To boost AI adoption, CIOs lean on training, guardrails

Executives are aiming for a careful balance in AI adoption efforts: expand use of the technology while ensuring no employee is left behind.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 4, 2025

Clorox blames Q1 sales drop on elongated ERP overhaul

The company says the majority of the implementation is complete as executives shift focus to rebuilding momentum.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 4, 2025

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Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

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How corporate changes at OpenAI will affect CIOs

The ChatGPT-maker is restructuring to command a for-profit business in addition to its nonprofit foundation amid changes to its partnership with Microsoft.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Updated Oct. 29, 2025

2026 budget planning strategies for CIOs

Executives can polish up their spending plans for next year by recalibrating AI strategies, cutting waste and bolstering security spending.

By Jen A. Miller • Oct. 28, 2025

Australian regulators sue Microsoft over ‘misleading’ pricing structure

The consumer watchdog said the vendor failed to disclose the existence of a cheaper Microsoft 365 plan sans Copilot, the latest query into the company’s bundling practices.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 27, 2025

Infrastructure, software drive IBM Q3 growth

The company saw revenues rise 9% year over year, marking its biggest quarterly increase in the last three years.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 23, 2025

How CIOs can navigate the conversational AI maze

The provider landscape is getting crowded, but CIOs can follow a seven-step process to shape adoption for their organizations.

By Bern Elliot • Oct. 23, 2025

Global IT spend to exceed $6 trillion in 2026

Technology spending will grow nearly 10% next year, bolstered by demand in generative services, according to Gartner.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 22, 2025

A look at Target’s approach to generative AI

Chief Information and Product Officer Prat Vemana described the retailer's technology strategy while it undergoes a turnaround.

By Dani James • Oct. 22, 2025

Tech vendors switch up pricing models to offset rising cloud costs

Significant delivery costs for AI products and soaring cloud spend is driving providers to reassess pricing structures, according to a Revenera report.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 17, 2025

Whataburger taps tech chief to guide infrastructure rollout

Rohit Kapoor, formerly EVP and CIO at Claire's, will be tasked with leading an expansion of the company's digital infrastructure in support of its growth plans.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 16, 2025

CIOs will gravitate toward purpose-built infrastructure in 2026

Companies are preparing to align their systems with growing AI use as executives seek lower cloud costs, according to Info-Tech Research Group.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 10, 2025

AWS launches Quick Suite in latest hyperscaler agentic push

The platform combines research, business intelligence and automation capabilities into one hub, the company said Thursday.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 9, 2025

Cloud marketplace sales set to skyrocket by 2030

Multiyear enterprise cloud commitments will lead software sales to increase more than fivefold in the next five years, according to Omdia.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 7, 2025

Hiring managers say they will pay for in-demand skills

Machine learning, AI and data science are among the areas garnering salary premiums, according to a Robert Half report.

By Ginger Christ • Oct. 3, 2025

Generative AI drives cloud spend blitz

Public cloud spend will increase fourfold over the next three years, largely driven by growing generative AI workloads, according to TD Cowen.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 3, 2025

SaaS spend jumps amid shifts in the vendor landscape

Consumption-based pricing has left many companies struggling to track spending, leading to a proliferation of underutilized “shelfware,” according to BCG.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 2, 2025

Top CIO conferences to attend in 2026

The roster of tech conferences next year will give IT leaders a chance to gauge the latest trends, honing their strategies in response to fast-paced change. 

By Roberto Torres , Lindsey Wilkinson , Matt Ashare , Makenzie Holland • Oct. 1, 2025

VMware customers face crossroads as Broadcom ends vSphere 7 support

“If you don't upgrade or renew, whatever the case might be, you will not get support from Broadcom,” said Spinnaker Support CTO Iain Saunderson.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 29, 2025

Legacy tech woes fuel IT upgrades as CIOs grapple with costs

Maintaining old systems slows down modernization efforts as enterprises rush to adopt agentic and generative AI.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 26, 2025

SAP’s ERP support services raise antitrust concerns in EU

SAP isn’t the first tech company scrutinized for its business practices. It could eventually be forced to make concessions to avoid hefty fines.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 25, 2025

Generative AI will affect tech jobs more than other sectors

More than half of skills related to tech jobs will face greater transformation as generative AI comes into the fold, according to an Indeed report.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 23, 2025

Citi deploys agentic tools to in-house AI platform

The financial services firm began initial rollout of agentic capabilities to 5,000 of its workers this month, according to a Monday announcement.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 22, 2025

Enterprise software spend accelerates amid AI adoption blitz

As the technology ripples through IT budgets, it’s driving up costs across infrastructure, data management and applications, according to West Monroe.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 22, 2025

Global AI spending to approach $1.5 trillion this year: Gartner

Hyperscaler investments in GPUs and accelerators will nearly double the size of the AI server market, the analyst firm said Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 17, 2025