Software: Page 4


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    US sheds 131K tech jobs in May as economic uncertainty persists

    Despite the dip, total IT employment remains positive for the year, according to a CompTIA review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

    By June 6, 2025
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    Broadcom takes a private cloud victory lap as it axes bottom-tier VMware partners

    The tech giant has converted 87% of its 10,000 largest customers to the VMware Cloud Foundation bundle, CEO Hock Tan said during a Thursday earnings call.

    By Matt Ashare • June 6, 2025
  • Trendline

    Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

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

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Nearly half of CEOs say employees are resistant or even hostile to AI

    AI adoption faces three barriers: organizational change management, a lack of employee trust and workforce skills gaps, a Kyndryl report shows.

    By Carolyn Crist • June 6, 2025
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    FinOps gets a hyperscaler boost as AI, SaaS costs come into FOCUS

    AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Oracle expanded their support for the FinOps Foundation’s ongoing battle to tame enterprise IT spending.

    By Matt Ashare • June 5, 2025
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    Psst, employers: AI interviewers may be alienating applicants

    Some companies are creating an ethical quandary by bringing a “wild west” mentality to AI integration in the workplace, organizational psychologist Brian Smith said.

    By Emilie Shumway • June 5, 2025
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    Business leaders expect agentic AI to take over customer service

    Agentic AI will handle most customer service interactions with tech vendors in the next three years, according to Cisco projections.

    By Kristen Doerer • June 3, 2025
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    AWS curbs transfer of marketplace cloud credits

    The hyperscaler banned the transfer of Reserved Instances and Saving Plans discounts by third-party providers, effective June 1.

    By Matt Ashare • June 2, 2025
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    Nvidia’s next AI move? Bringing GPUs into the enterprise

    “We're going to see AI go into enterprise, which is on-prem, because so much of the data is still on-prem,” CEO Jensen Huang said during a Wednesday earnings call.

    By Matt Ashare • May 29, 2025
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    SAP and Microsoft broaden cloud ERP alliance

    The two tech giants rolled out a migration acceleration initiative coupled with extensive platform integrations Tuesday.

    By Matt Ashare • Updated June 2, 2025
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    Salesforce reinforces its AI cloud with $8B Informatica acquisition

    The CRM provider plans to use the software company’s data governance tools to build “the most complete, agent-ready data platform in the industry,” Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff said.

    By Matt Ashare • May 27, 2025
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    Nvidia, American Express join the FinOps Foundation

    The nonprofit trade group also welcomed AMD, Snowflake and ServiceNow to its ranks Wednesday amid a tech sector push to curb cloud spend.

    By Matt Ashare • May 21, 2025
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    SAP retools its cloud-based ERP to ease migrations

    The software vendor aims to simplify the shift from on-premises systems with line-of-business bundles for finance, supply chain, HR, procurement and CX.

    By Matt Ashare • May 20, 2025
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    Nvidia activates AI PC partners, rolls out GPU cloud

    “We have to reinvent computing and bring AI into traditional enterprise computing,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at the Computex conference.

    By Matt Ashare • May 19, 2025
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    AI makes further inroads into the mainframe ecosystem

    Capgemini and Rocket Software each rolled out automation tools to help enterprises manage and modernize legacy infrastructure last week.

    By Matt Ashare • May 19, 2025
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    The high price of untested code

    Two-thirds of organizations are at risk of a costly software outage in the next year, according to Tricentis.

    By Matt Ashare • May 16, 2025
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    Salesforce beefs up agent capabilities with Convergence acquisition

    The startup’s resources will help power Agentforce as the CRM vendor deploys flexible pricing for the platform. 

    By May 15, 2025
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    Enterprises eye AI assistants to modernize systems

    “Tech debt isn't just a weight — it's a ticking time bomb that’s threatening the future of global enterprises,” HFS Research Chief Analyst and CEO Phil Fersht said.

    By Matt Ashare • May 12, 2025
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    EY, DXC join SAP’s ongoing ERP migration push

    The consulting firms launched services to help enterprises move to S/4HANA cloud-based systems as a 2027 support deadline for on-prem customers looms.

    By Matt Ashare • May 8, 2025
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    Economic uncertainty roils tech labor market as IT unemployment spikes

    Tech positions fell by 214,000 last month, according to a CompTIA review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

    By May 2, 2025
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    IBM touts software segment gains as infrastructure revenue falls

    Despite tariff-driven economic uncertainty, the company has not seen a major shift in IT buying behavior, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said Wednesday.

    By Matt Ashare • April 24, 2025
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    SAP banks on cloud’s stability to navigate tariff turbulence

    The ERP software giant is counting on longstanding hyperscaler partnerships to keep customer costs down as economic uncertainty looms.

    By Matt Ashare • April 23, 2025
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    Opinion

    How governance and security can drive agentic AI adoption

    Without the right visibility and guardrails, the brisk adoption of the latest applications can result in shadow AI agents.

    By Heather Gentile • April 23, 2025
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    ROI, full-scale deployment of AI remains elusive

    Most businesses estimated returns of 50% or less on their AI projects, according to a CDW report.

    By Updated April 22, 2025
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    Leaders pursue ML engineers, AI researchers in hiring efforts

    For CIOs, filling specialized job openings has emerged as a key challenge, according to an EPAM Systems survey.

    By April 18, 2025
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    Opinion

    Why CIOs should prioritize IT modernization

    Technology leaders must find ways to maximize productivity gains while minimizing disruption as they choose the most pressing upgrades.

    By David White • April 17, 2025