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    IT hiring swings upward after 4-month slump

    The addition of more than 200,000 tech positions across the economy marks a “welcome return to stability,” CompTIA Chief Research Officer Tim Herbert said.

    By Matt Ashare • April 5, 2024
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    As mainframes turn 60, skill gaps threaten the enterprise workhorse

    “Great technology doesn't really go away — it finds the niche that it was made for,” Forrester Senior Analyst Brent Ellis said.

    By Matt Ashare • Updated April 12, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

    Ongoing AI adoption efforts and the evolution of the executive scope ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Why CIOs should rope tax into ERP modernizations

    “The tax agenda is the most underserved corporate function by legacy ERP systems,” said David Nickson, principal in EY’s tax, technology and transformation practice.

    By Matt Ashare • April 4, 2024
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    Microsoft decouples Teams from 365 globally

    The move comes eight months after the software giant unbundled the two solutions in the European Economic Area and Switzerland to quell regulatory concerns.

    By Matt Ashare • April 1, 2024
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    CIOs remain senior members of C-suite as responsibilities grow

    Among Fortune 100 companies, healthcare CIOs were the oldest of the group, while financial services CIOs were the youngest.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • March 22, 2024
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    Nvidia, SAP unite to accelerate industry-focused generative AI

    “SAP is sitting on a gold mine of enterprise data that can be transformed into custom generative AI agents,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Monday.

    By Matt Ashare • March 19, 2024
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    Generative AI jobs, though rare, are on the rise: Indeed

    Postings that include generative AI keywords have proliferated since January 2023, according to the company’s analysis.

    By March 18, 2024
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    SAP beefs up Commerce Cloud in ongoing SaaS push

    The enterprise software vendor added third-party payment integration capabilities to its e-commerce platform.

    By Matt Ashare • March 14, 2024
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    Skills gap threatens new tech implementation, executives say

    Technologies such as generative AI are developing faster than companies' ability to incorporate them into operations, according to an Infosys study.

    By March 13, 2024
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    In an era of AI, skill building is a top organizational priority, LinkedIn says

    Providing learning opportunities is a top strategy for companies as retention concerns persist.

    By Carolyn Crist • March 13, 2024
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    Costs, not security, worry enterprise leaders most as cloud estates multiply

    Optimizing spend surpassed security among enterprise concerns, Flexera’s annual survey found.

    By Matt Ashare • March 12, 2024
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    Klarna sees its AI assistant as a success. Is it too early to tell?

    The customer service assistant is handling the work of 700 full-time agents, Klarna said, but experts note the human touch is still important.

    By Bryan Wassel • March 12, 2024
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    IT unemployment spiked in February to pandemic-era highs: CompTIA

    While some positive indicators remain, unemployment reached 3.5% last month according to a CompTIA analysis.

    By March 8, 2024
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    Microsoft rolls out Copilot AI tool to finance teams

      The move is part of Microsoft’s effort to layer AI across its enterprise offerings, aiming to impact every role in the workplace.

    By Alexei Alexis • March 8, 2024
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    Enterprises spend hundreds of hours a year on SaaS contracts

    Organizations pour far more into SaaS than what shows up on the books once the dollar value of time spent on contracts is factored in, according to Vertice.

    By Matt Ashare • March 7, 2024
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    Salesforce adds low-code tools to customize generative AI copilot

    The set of low-code tools includes a Copilot Builder, Prompt Builder and Model Builder, which let customers work with select LLMs or import their own.

    By March 6, 2024
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    Legal woes continue for OpenAI as Elon Musk sues over contract breach

    OpenAI eschewed its nonprofit status to become a de facto Microsoft subsidiary, the Tesla CEO alleged in a Thursday filing before the Superior Court of California.

    By March 1, 2024
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    ‘Maverick’ SaaS spending by workers can waste millions: report

    A company with more than 2,000 employees wasted, on average, as much as $4.3 million on underutilized SaaS licenses in 2023, according to Vertice data.

    By Alexei Alexis • March 1, 2024
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    Salesforce wants to unlock ‘islands of trapped data’

    CEO Marc Benioff is adamant that businesses need a seamless data experience if they want to benefit from generative AI.

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    With ambition changing, only 3 in 10 workers aspire to C-suite roles

    Money is the top driver of job satisfaction, not recognition or advancement, according to Empower research.

    By Carolyn Crist • Feb. 29, 2024
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    How CIOs can prepare for the stumbling blocks of ERP migration

    Security, data and integration issues plague ERP migrations. But planning and change management can lead businesses to clear advantages.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    Kubernetes cloud costs spike as overprovisioning persists

    Despite optimization efforts, enterprises regularly buy more compute than needed to run containerized workloads, according to a Cast AI analysis.

    By Matt Ashare • Feb. 28, 2024
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    Zoom wants to customize, monetize generative AI assistant, CEO says

    Launched in September, 510,000 accounts are already using the Zoom AI Companion platform. 

    By Feb. 27, 2024
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    Average software waste hit $18M last year despite optimization push

    Overall SaaS spending fell year over year, but shadow IT overspend and app redundancies persisted, Zylo research found.

    By Matt Ashare • Feb. 27, 2024
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    Cloud intrusions spiked 75% in 2023, CrowdStrike says

    Threat actors took advantage of inconsistent cloud security structures, abusing unique features of the technology to initiate attacks.

    By Matt Kapko • Feb. 26, 2024