Retailers bet on AI for supply chain, ‘smart’ shopping

Large retailers are using AI technologies to overhaul their customer experience, supply chain and personalized shopping offerings, according to Q2 earnings calls.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 31, 2026

Enterprises bet on agents to build in-house software, boost productivity

While they parse out ROI, cost-conscious organizations are finding ways AI can replace technology line items.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 27, 2026

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CIO Priorities

CIOs are tasked with balancing their company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.

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CIOs are still waiting for AI’s cost savings

Pressure to deploy, not measurable gains, are setting the pace for enterprise AI investments, according to an Infosys report.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 26, 2026

How CIOs can navigate a disrupted software market

AI will upend the state of play for software providers, but the changes will not be uniform across verticals, according to Forrester research.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 25, 2026

Victoria’s Secret reshapes its tech leadership

The retailer tapped former Foot Locker executive Adrian Butler to oversee technology and former Starbucks CTO Gerri Martin-Flickinger to sit on its board.

By Paige Gross • Updated Aug. 21, 2026

Target eyes bigger tech investments amid growth efforts

The retailer is betting on tech to simplify work and connect with customers as it executes its turnaround plan, executives said in a Q2 earnings call. 

By Paige Gross • Aug. 19, 2026

Only daily AI users feel positively about job security

Unclear AI policies and a lack of training are compounding employee concerns about the technology, a SurveyMonkey and CNBC survey found.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 18, 2026

Advances in AI capabilities to outpace cost savings

Enterprise dependence on AI will keep overall costs increasing exponentially even as per-token prices fall, according to Gartner.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 17, 2026

For enterprises, the cautious AI era has begun

The all gas, no brakes approach to AI is giving way to a more pragmatic playbook as costs, policy concerns and talent issues pile up.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 17, 2026

Full-scale AI agent adoption remains years away for enterprises

Most organizations will need to overhaul their business processes, data and workforces before reaching widespread adoption of agentic AI, Deloitte found.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 12, 2026

Target taps Lowe’s executive as first chief AI officer

For Chandhu Nair, collaboration will be essential as the retailer focuses on how technology can elevate user experience.

By Nicole Laskowski • Aug. 11, 2026

AI infrastructure spending shifts in latest sign of deployment maturity

Enterprises are now pouring more resources into operating the technology at scale rather than on training models, according to Gartner.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 10, 2026

With AI, CIOs need a new playbook

IT leaders need to rewrite operations from the ground up while facing regulatory pressure, capacity constraints and concerns about vendor lock-in.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 10, 2026

Meta launches coding agent Muse Code in latest enterprise AI push

Coupled with heavy cloud infrastructure investments, the launch underscores the company's efforts to diversify revenue streams.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 6, 2026

Home Depot reshuffles leadership to accelerate tech innovation

The company is consolidating tech teams under the leadership of its new EVP and CTO as part of this effort.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 5, 2026

Agentic AI boosts productivity, but C-suite struggles to reap value

Fewer leaders are finding reportable business value from their AI use than they did earlier this year, according to Accenture data.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 4, 2026

AI incidents cost enterprises $2M or more, and the biggest shadow AI culprit is IT

Among enterprise decision-makers, 47% named IT and infrastructure as the top source of shadow AI, per a WitnessAI survey.

By Nidhi Sharma • Aug. 4, 2026

Amazon ups AI investments as cloud sector chases windfall

Yearly enterprise cloud spending jumped to $500 billion in support of AI buildouts, according to Synergy Research Group.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 3, 2026

Microsoft holds the line on infrastructure spending

The company is well-positioned with its current data center investments as cloud revenue soars, executives said Wednesday.

By Paige Gross • July 30, 2026

Most US companies lack mature AI governance frameworks

Companies are spending on governance, but aren't fully prepared as agentic AI spreads, a Schellman report found.

By Paige Gross • July 30, 2026

Demand outweighs supply for AI-skilled workers

Businesses must sharpen upskilling efforts to bridge the looming gap in talent availability, according to Indeed.

By Roberto Torres • July 29, 2026

What OpenAI’s model breach says about future enterprise security

Businesses don’t need to panic, but they should be ramping up their incident response capabilities, Gartner VP analyst Dennis Xu said.

By Paige Gross • July 22, 2026

Employee distrust hinders AI scale

Companies can overcome the skepticism by working with their employees so that they understand governance and risk, a TeamViewer report found.

By Paige Gross • July 22, 2026

End-user AI spending to soar as CIOs grapple with costs

Contract management, AI architecture and governance are key to keeping AI budgets in check, according to Gartner.

By Paige Gross • July 20, 2026

Banks report operational changes driven by AI adoption

Executives at Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase highlighted the scale of ongoing AI adoption efforts and its effects on operations.

By Makenzie Holland • July 20, 2026