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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    Delta, CrowdStrike file dueling lawsuits as squabble continues

    The airline seeks to recover damages of more than $500 million in the aftermath of a disruptive IT outage in July. The software provider is looking to hold its liability to the terms of its service agreement.

    By Oct. 28, 2024
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    Even small IT failures can cost millions, tech leaders say

    Businesses lose up to $1.9 million per hour from high-impact events like the CrowdStrike outage, according to a New Relic survey.

    By Oct. 25, 2024
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    Trendline

    Digital transformation

    Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    IRS CFO says robotic automation saved 30K labor hours

    Partnering with software firm UiPath, the agency has tapped software robots to complete previously manual tasks, IRS CFO Teresa Hunter said Tuesday.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • Oct. 25, 2024
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    IBM leans into software as infrastructure revenue slides

    Since its 2019 acquisition of Red Hat, IBM has moved software closer to the center of its product portfolio.

    By Oct. 24, 2024
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    SAP leans on ‘supercharging’ Joule to accelerate ERP migrations

    The software giant said just one-fourth of its existing customers were shifting to cloud as segment revenues continued to mount.

    By Oct. 22, 2024
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    Gartner sounds alarm on AI cost, data challenges

    “Cost is as big an AI risk as security,” Mary Mesaglio, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, said during a conference keynote Monday.

    By Oct. 21, 2024
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    Microsoft to roll out AI agents in Copilot Studio next month

    The company also unveiled 10 autonomous agents within Dynamics 365, targeting sales, customer service and supply chain functions.

    By Oct. 21, 2024
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    Opinion

    Why data curation can make or break large language models

    Before generative AI tools can be trusted to carry out critical enterprise tasks, LLMs must be tailored to their specific purpose using the right mix of data sources.

    By Noah Pruzek • Oct. 16, 2024
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    How CIOs are reskilling their workforce

    A learning culture can help tech executives promote continuous training opportunities, especially as organizations embed AI across key processes.

    By Oct. 15, 2024
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    AT&T, Broadcom move toward settling legal feud

    The two parties told the New York Supreme Court Friday they were making progress in resolution discussions over VMware support services.

    By Oct. 14, 2024
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    Walmart advances AI ambitions with LLM trained on its own data

    The retailer’s AI investments include LLMs tailored to its own needs and personalized homepages set to launch by the end of 2025.

    By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 10, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    How HP dodged the July CrowdStrike outage

    After catching early signs of the problem, the company used its IT management tool to install a remediating patch in its global fleet of 79,000 PCs.

    By Updated Oct. 14, 2024
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    Senior AI talent rakes in top dollar amid rising demand

    Data scientists and other specialized roles earn cash compensation of up to $350,000, according to a Menlo Ventures report. 

    By Oct. 3, 2024
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    Workers have AI confidence — but no training to back it up, survey shows

    The disconnect could expose organizations to ethical and security risks, according to a Multiverse report.

    By Kathryn Moody • Oct. 2, 2024
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    AT&T claims it faced a tenfold VMware price hike under Broadcom

    The telecommunications company projected it would cost up to $50 million to migrate off VMware, EVP and GM Susan Johnson said in an email to Broadcom CEO Hock Tan.

    By Oct. 1, 2024
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    Top CIO conferences to watch in 2025

    IT executives headed to technology conferences next year can expect sessions on tech talent attraction, cloud cost management, IT automation and the ever-evolving AI tech stack.

    By , , Updated Jan. 31, 2025
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    IT workers struggle to keep up with fast-moving tech

    Technologists who work to expand their skills expect a salary bump, according to a Pluralsight survey.

    By Sept. 27, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    CrowdStrike CEO pushes ‘resilient by design’ framework, promising changes

    The cybersecurity vendor is embracing a new business framework after a defective software update led to one of the largest IT outages in history.

    By Matt Kapko • Sept. 26, 2024
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    Google accuses Microsoft of stifling cloud competition in EU complaint

    Microsoft's licensing terms restrict European customers from migrating workloads to competing platforms, Google told the European Commission.

    By Sept. 25, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    CrowdStrike’s mea culpa: 5 takeaways from the Capitol Hill testimony

    CrowdStrike was quick to apologize after a faulty content update triggered a global IT network outage. An executive detailed internal changes designed to prevent it from happening again.

    By Matt Kapko • Sept. 25, 2024
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    Most mainframe application rewrites fail the first time

    “Almost everyone in the mainframe space recognizes that these are not toy workloads,” Rocket Software executive Phil Buckellew said.

    By Sept. 24, 2024
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    Broadcom fires back at AT&T in legal battle over VMware support

    The chipmaker said AT&T had time to choose an alternative and was planning to migrate off VMware anyway, according to court documents filed last week.

    By Sept. 23, 2024
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    Unilever readies use cases, adoption plans for EU AI Act provisions

    “We are in a really good place because we started early and we had that foundation of understanding,” Chief Privacy Officer Christine Lee said. 

    By Sept. 23, 2024
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    T-Mobile, OpenAI to equip customer care agents with AI platform

    The IntentCX platform will dig through existing information, as well as real-time customer intent data, to power better customer service outcomes.

    By Bryan Wassel • Sept. 19, 2024
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    Microsoft finance team puts Copilot to the test in transformation push

    The software giant’s finance professionals have become some of Copilot's top users in the company, Microsoft’s Cory Hrncirik said.

    By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 19, 2024