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CIOs must rethink operating models to unlock AI at scale

From data foundations to skills and culture, most organizations aren’t operationally ready to succeed with AI. Here’s where CIOs can make a strategic difference.

By Stephanie Overby

Jul 13, 202612 mins

Artificial IntelligenceChange ManagementIT Strategy

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AI is freeing up capital. Most companies have no plan for what comes next

Saving money with AI is just step one; if you don't actually reinvest those cash wins into better tools, training and breaking down silos, the ROI just vanishes.

By Chad Dunavant

Jul 13, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT LeadershipIT Strategy

Why AI needs contextual intelligence — not just bigger models

What I've learned as a CTO about the overlooked context layer between data and AI.

By Matthew Finlayson

Jul 13, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDigital TransformationIT Strategy

IT hiring sees a boost as software development jobs slowly bounce back

The tech job market has experienced a tumultuous few years, but recent data shows IT job postings are growing, especially outside the tech industry and for software developers.

By Sarah White

Jul 13, 2026 3 mins

CareersHiringIT Jobs

IBM grows mainframe family with rack, frame models targeting AI, hybrid clouds

The z17 and LinuxONE Rockhopper offer power and security in small, customizable packages.

By Michael Cooney

Jul 10, 2026 6 mins

High-Performance ComputingIBMMainframes

How to Launch Your AI Projects from Pilot to Production – and Ensure Success

IT leaders can take an active role in improving how many AI projects get fully off the ground.

By Isaac Sacolick

Nov 7, 2022 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ScienceMachine Learning

SAP concedes to EU, freeing CIOs from expensive support shackles

Under pressure from the European Commission, SAP is opening up its support and licensing policies for on-premises customers — but user group representatives warn that 2027 will bring difficult decisions for SAP customers

By Manfred Bremmer

Jul 10, 2026 11 mins

ERP SystemsEnterprise ApplicationsSAP

Accelerating financial closes with help from AI agents: A pragmatic guide

AI agents are great for doing the dirty work of closing your books, but don’t fire your accounting team yet—auditors still need human sign-off.

By Eamonn O'Neill

Jul 10, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCFOFinance and Accounting Systems

Your next insider threat doesn’t have a badge. It has an API token

Stop worrying about prompt injection; your next major breach will be caused by an authorized AI agent doing exactly what you permitted it to do.

By Krti Tallam

Jul 10, 2026 8 mins

Communications SecurityEmail SecurityThreat and Vulnerability Management

Operate like a Formula 1 team: The new AI operating model

Slapping AI onto a broken workflow is like putting a rocket engine on a tricycle; you need to redesign your entire operating system to win the race.

By Karthik Chakkarapani

Jul 10, 2026 11 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT Leadership

AI won’t transform your business if you’re still running it the same way

AI transformation fails when companies use new technology to automate old processes rather than aligning incentives, management and workflows to the future.

By Arti Deshpande, Robert Stines and Mike Vaughan

Jul 9, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDigital TransformationIT Leadership

Why the US is at risk of losing the AI talent and productivity war

The role of STEM education in an AI-transformed world, the SaaSpocalypse and the lesson we keep not learning.

By Shane Shook

Jul 9, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEducation IndustryIT Skills and Training

Reallocating cybersecurity capital in the Mythos era

AI hackers are finding and weaponizing our security flaws faster than humans can patch them, so we have to completely change how we fund cyber defense.

By Kris Lovejoy

Jul 8, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceBudgetingZero Trust

AI changed our cloud strategy. Quantum changes the questions behind it

AI shifted cloud strategy from basic architecture to operations, while quantum computing now demands long-term risk management and decision infrastructure.

By Maman Ibrahim

Jul 8, 2026 9 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT StrategyQuantum Computing

Enterprise Spotlight: Rethinking cloud strategy in the age of AI

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Cloud computing has reached a crossroads. The high cost and data sensitivity of AI workloads are raising the appeal of private clouds, even as neoclouds and sovereign clouds shake up the cloud provider landscape. Download the June 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight and learn how to navigate the latest cloud strategy developments.

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