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    Southwest Airlines to spend $1.7B on tech, cloud migration this year

    The commercial carrier has shifted just under half of its tech estate to cloud, President and CEO Bob Jordan said Thursday.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 29, 2024
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    Tech positions take a tumble on Indeed’s best jobs ranking

    In 2023, tech dominated the company's rankings. But this year, just one IT role landed in the top 10.

    By • Jan. 24, 2024
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    Agentic AI

    CIOs face an enormous challenge: Fielding a technology that could forever change how enterprise work gets done.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    CIOs for hire shift focus as clients tackle cyber, AI rollouts

    Amid enterprise resource constraints, interim and fractional CIOs lead longer-term strategies.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • Jan. 23, 2024
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    Can FinOps save cloud from itself in 2024?

    Mistakes were made. Budgets ballooned. Repatriations commenced. Now, enterprises are learning from costly migrations.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 22, 2024
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    How CIOs can respond to AI vendor red flags

    Companies expect generative AI implementations to trim costs or improve user experiences. But not every tool can deliver on its promises.

    By • Jan. 19, 2024
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    CIO ‘change fatigue’ dampens enterprise IT spend

    Gartner trimmed back its global tech spending forecast for 2024, as executives contend with AI tool proliferation.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 17, 2024
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    CEOs expect jobs cuts — and some gains — because of generative AI

    Adoption of the technology will have a greater impact on headcount in industries like media and entertainment, a PwC survey found.

    By • Jan. 17, 2024
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    Bank of America CEO on digital transformation: ‘There’s always more to go’

    The company has spent billions on data systems to support AI tools in the last decade, CEO Brian Moynihan said Friday.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 17, 2024
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    Citi poured $12B into tech last year, retired nearly 400 legacy apps

    While efforts to modernize are underway, the company is operating at a loss and plans to cut 20,000 positions by 2024 as part of a broader restructuring.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 16, 2024
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    Demand for software developers to persist, despite 2023 woes

    New layoff waves kicked off the new year, but demand for technical talent will persist, according to CoderPad data.

    By • Jan. 11, 2024
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    Businesses work to deliver on generative AI aspirations in 2024

    Turning hype into tangible business value is quite the feat, but it's what the C-suite expects from CIOs this year.

    By • Jan. 11, 2024
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    Cracking COBOL: Banks to deploy AI to retool legacy apps

    Generative AI will help engineers retool aging applications, overcoming a major modernization hurdle, according to Accenture.

    By Matt Ashare • Jan. 9, 2024
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    7 business technology trends to watch in 2024

    Technology leaders will spend much of this year perfecting their businesses' AI strategies, keeping an eye on the budget and attracting tech talent.

    By , Matt Ashare , • Jan. 9, 2024
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    How CIOs can overcome ‘AI-washing’ while vetting vendors

    Analysts expect regulatory agencies to monitor the validity of AI claims. But CIOs need to keep a close eye on vendors as well. 

    By • Jan. 8, 2024
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    Xerox to trim 15% of workforce in restructuring effort

    The IT firm will cut its headcount by roughly 3,000 workers in the first quarter as it rolls out a new operating model.

    By • Jan. 3, 2024
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    7 CIO storylines to watch in 2024

    Cloud, AI and tech talent will keep IT leaders on their toes as the year advances.

    By • Jan. 2, 2024
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    Accenture’s AI business booms as enterprises shift to deployment mode

    “2023 was a year of generative AI experimentation,” CEO Julie Sweet said Tuesday. “We are now focusing on helping our clients in 2024 realize value at scale.”

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 19, 2023
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    CIO most likely chief to be external hire: report

    The trend suggests a desire to bring outside perspectives into the tech suite as transformation unfolds, according to executive search firm Spencer Stuart.

    By • Dec. 15, 2023
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    Enterprise cloud aspirations hindered by buyer’s remorse

    Most organizations are saddled with second thoughts about their primary hyperscaler contract as adoptions proceed.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 14, 2023
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    6 IT experts share what’s next in cloud, generative AI and tech talent

    Enterprise technology pros shared their top priorities and outlooks ahead of the new year during a CIO Dive live event last week.

    By • Dec. 11, 2023
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    Cloudflare doubles down on inference workloads

    CEO Matthew Prince sent technicians with “suitcases full of GPUs” around the world with the goal of deploying the chips in 100 cities by the end of the year.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 5, 2023
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    For Arvest Bank, wholesale cloud modernization had to start small

    With an end-to-end IT assessment in place, Chief Transformation and Operations Officer Laura Merling's team rolled out pre-migration modernizations to make way for cloud.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 5, 2023
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    ChatGPT turns 1: What’s next for enterprise generative AI?

    The public release of ChatGPT fueled a scramble to embed the tech in workflows. Despite efforts, CIOs still grapple with transparency and responsible use.

    By • Nov. 30, 2023
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    15 CIO appointments that shaped 2023

    Southwest Airlines, Walgreens and Citi are among the companies that switched up their top tech leadership this year.

    By • Nov. 28, 2023
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    3 takeaways from AWS’ generative AI course for executives

    Knowledge workers, employees with technical expertise and high-level executives alike can benefit from training to grasp the nascent tech.

    By • Nov. 27, 2023