3 restaurant brands tap tech chiefs to scale operations

Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company and Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers added IT chiefs to their ranks in recent weeks.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 10, 2026

Google’s $185B bet on rising customer demand for AI

CEO Sundar Pichai said Wednesday the surge in CapEx spend will let the company set "an eye toward the future" amid a boom in cloud revenue.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 5, 2026

IT services help drive global tech spend above $6 trillion: Gartner

Despite surging data center investments and substantial year-over-year growth in software, third-party IT services will remain the largest segment in 2026.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Feb. 5, 2026

How one CIO focuses on small wins to shape AI adoption

Gold Bond Inc.’s Matt Price says the promotional products supplier has found value in targeted use cases, including workflow automation.

By Makenzie Holland • Feb. 3, 2026

AI is changing how work gets done. Here’s how CIOs can help

Operations are rapidly evolving amid AI adoption, shifting job categories and responsibilities in the process. CIOs can rely on their tech know-how to usher in change.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 30, 2026

Enterprise infrastructure still not ready for AI

Most tech leaders report feeling ill equipped to manage rising infrastructure demands as AI compute ramps up.

By Scarlett Evans • Jan. 29, 2026

Amazon cuts 16K jobs citing ongoing culture shift

The company tied the cuts back to the reorganization push that drove 14,000 layoffs in October. 

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 28, 2026

Data immaturity leads to billions in wasted AI spend

Data infrastructure issues hinder AI ROI for more than half of businesses, according to a Hitachi Vantara report published Tuesday.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 27, 2026

Supply constraints hinder Intel’s turnaround efforts

Revenues remained flat during the 2025 fiscal year as the chipmaker's plan to return to growth unfolded.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 23, 2026

Tech hiring intentions are down despite demand for tech-oriented skills, report says

“What we’re seeing is a move from broad, volume hiring to precision hiring,” said Kye Mitchell, president of Experis U.S.

By Kathryn Moody • Jan. 22, 2026

Why multicloud needs a new definition

The common term among IT decision-makers has become nebulous, prompting the need for an alignment with industry best practices.

By Nathan Thomas • Jan. 20, 2026

Kroger taps Google Gemini, announces more key AI moves

The expanded partnership with Google Cloud includes the launch of an AI-powered personal shopping assistant for customers and builds on the grocer’s growing fleet of AI capabilities.

By Peyton Bigora • Jan. 14, 2026

Tech hiring fell flat in December

IT positions and job postings shrank last month, although unemployment among tech professions eased, according to CompTIA.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 12, 2026

Nvidia’s Rubin platform aims to cut AI training, inference costs

The processor is expected to speed AI inference and use less AI training resources than its predecessor, Nvidia Blackwell.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 6, 2026

The challenge for software engineers in 2026 — and beyond

CIOs can support their teams in navigating seismic change as AI reshapes workflows and difficulties from past adoption waves linger.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 5, 2026

Companies reinvest AI productivity gains into more automation

In the search for greater ROI, businesses are using AI to further automate research and upskilling, according to EY.

By Scarlett Evans • Dec. 23, 2025

Big tech takes steps to build open standards for agentic AI

Anthropic said it will donate the Model Context Protocol to the Linux Foundation, a move that could ease AI agent interoperability and enterprise adoption.

By Makenzie Holland • Dec. 10, 2025

Microsoft 365 to include more AI tools – at a higher price

Commercial pricing for Microsoft’s flagship subscriptions will rise 16% on average starting in July 2026 as the catalog of AI tools expands, the company said Thursday.

By Makenzie Holland • Dec. 5, 2025

Should CIOs let go of long-term planning cycles?

As businesses adapt to seismic technology shifts, leaders must find the balance between short-term responses and longer strategies.

By S.L. Fuller • Dec. 4, 2025

AWS pitches enterprises on frontier agents built for scale, autonomy

IT teams stand to see the most benefit from AI that can continuously work in the background to put out fires, triage issues and monitor the tech stack.

By Makenzie Holland • Dec. 3, 2025

US workers report a ‘major AI trust gap’ that affects their view of companies

Half of workers said they prefer humans to review job applications, evaluate work performance and make decisions that affect careers, according to talent insight firm SHL.

By Carolyn Crist • Nov. 25, 2025

Alphabet, HP, IBM finance execs spotlight cautious AI pilots

Keeping humans “in the loop” and sanitizing data were among the AI deployment guardrails emphasized by top financial executives at an FEI conference last week.

By Alexei Alexis • Nov. 19, 2025

SAP addresses EU’s competition concerns

The ERP vendor defended its platform maintenance and support policies as standard industry practices but still committed to a series of changes.

By Makenzie Holland • Nov. 14, 2025

RaceTrac names former Pilot, McDonald’s exec as first CIO

Ameet Shetty will spearhead the Atlanta-based retailer’s ongoing tech transformation, which has advanced at an industry-leading pace in recent years.

By Brett Dworski • Nov. 14, 2025

3 in 10 firms plan to replace workers with AI next year

The industries most likely to see AI-related layoffs include IT, financial services and accounting, a survey found.

By Alexei Alexis • Nov. 14, 2025