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Oracle’s new EU Sovereign Cloud regions to help enterprises meet data regulations

In contrast to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, Oracle’s EU Sovereign Cloud is physically separate from its existing ten cloud regions in the EU.

IT leaders expand high-value talent search across globe

CIOs are increasingly looking beyond their borders to fill vital IT positions, fueled by greater acceptance of remote work, constrained local talent pools, cost considerations, and emerging direct-hire models in remote locales.

Atlantic Health streamlines insurance authorization with intelligent automation

To ensure more timely patient care, Atlantic Health System has expedited the intricate process of obtaining prior authorizations for diagnostics by reimagining its business processes with intelligent automation at the core.

MoneyGram profits from mainframe move to multicloud

To stave off digital upstarts and capitalize on opportunities enabled by the cloud, the international money transfer company’s digital transformation is paying dividends and opening up new lines of revenue.

The top 10 IT outsourcing service providers

Accenture maintained its hold at the top of the IT service provider market, as TCS inched to No. 2 and CapGemini leapfrogged to No. 6 in a year marked by a more incremental approach to modernization, according to Everest Group’s 7th annual rank

Examining Mr Price Group’s search to modernize

As CIO of South African fashion-value retailer Mr Price Group, Kim Sim has to keep up with emerging tools and technologies so a decades-old business can modernize operations.

Generative AI’s change management challenge

Workers are becoming more accepting of AI, but more work remains to reduce concerns, a study by Boston Consulting Group has found.

Informatica acquires Privitar to boost data access management

The acquisition will augment Informatica’s IDMC platform, which will combine Privitar’s data access management capabilities along with Informatica’s Claire AI engine to automate application of policy-based privacy and access control

NetSuite ERP gets account reconciliation feature from Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM

The new feature, which is expected to automate the reconciliation process for all balance sheet accounts and improve global auditability, was built on Oracle’s Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management.

What digital business acceleration means for Gulfstream Aerospace’s CIO

During a recent CIO Leadership Live session, Sheryl Bunton, SVP and CIO of business jet aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace, detailed priorities surrounding digital business acceleration, IT's agility layer, and a culture steeped in inten

How the modern CIO grapples with legacy IT

Every IT leader wants to extract the maximum value from tech investments before retiring them, but that’s not always possible.

ServiceNow offers virtual agent to assist with generative AI

As generative AI becomes prevalent in enterprise software, CIOs must give thought to the data it’s trained on.

Accenture to invest $3 billion in AI

Two months after announcing massive staff cuts, consulting firm Accenture pledges to spend $3 billion on developing AI expertise and credentials, through hiring, acquisitions and more.

What is Salesforce AI Cloud: Should you subscribe?

Salesforce is stressing trust and security features as it unveils its new AI Cloud, but it's not very different from existing offerings, and analysts feel there could be few takers for the pricey AI cloud starter pack.

10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIOs must keep an eye on the horizon. The following forward-thinking strategies and technologies are starting to gain traction and could impact the next decade of IT.

The surefire way to waste money on IT consultants

Want me to be your paid dirt-digger? You aren’t paying me enough. Politics are an inescapable part of most consulting engagements. Just don’t make politics the point.

CDO Deepak Sharma on banking IT success

With close to three decades of experience in consumer services, telecom, and banking, the chief digital officer at Kotak Mahindra Bank reveals what it takes to become a successful business-technology leader.

The four-way test: Find the answers to better IT leadership at FutureIT Chicago

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4 ways Swedish CIOs strengthen defenses against bombarding AI sales

AI development is growing exponentially, and the hype makes it a powerful selling point to the extent that suppliers are peppering CIOs with products they call AI, but aren’t always so.

What is COBIT? A framework for alignment and governance

COBIT is an IT management framework developed by the ISACA to help businesses develop, organize, and implement strategies around information management and governance.

How Capital One delivers data governance at scale

With hundreds of petabytes of data in operation, the bank has adopted a hybrid model and a ‘sloped governance’ framework to ensure its lines of business get the data they need in real-time.

Assessing the business risk of AI bias

The lengths to which AI can be biased are still being understood. The potential damage is, therefore, a big priority as companies increasingly use various AI tools for decision-making.

10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

The demand for tech workers hasn’t slowed down, as rising salaries reveal the most sought-after tech professionals for 2023, according to data from Dice.

What LOB leaders really think about IT: IDC study

Businesses leaders increasingly rely on digital innovation to meet their goals but are not always giving IT a say in key business decisions, a disconnect that could hinder innovation, a new IDC study has found.

Oshkosh CIO Anu Khare on IT’s pursuit of value

The specialty truck maker’s IT chief sees tech-enabled transformation being fueled by a relentless focus on strategic fit and customer value — and passionate business involvement.

Salesforce’s Marketing GPT and Commerce GPT to help build personalized services

The new generative AI based services take advantage of the company’s Data Cloud and proprietary Einstein GPT, Salesforce said.

Salesforce CEO Benioff shakes up executive team with new hires

Six months after the company lost its co-CEO and announced it was laying off 10% of its global workforce, Salesforce’s top team is undergoing a major personnel change.

7 ways to spot hidden IT talent within your ranks

Your organization has hidden IT superstars in the making — both within and outside IT. Here’s how to find and elevate them for maximum impact.

The NBA’s digital transformation is a game-changer

The National Basketball Association’s move to Azure cloud is helping improve fan experience and in-game performance due to analytics- and AI-assisted tools aimed at unlocking data’s full potential.

How Palladium targets tech to better serve the business

Palladium Hotel Group has prioritized strategies surrounding its digital transformation, with a focus on two primary objectives: to improve the business and better customize the customer experience.

5G ready or 5G really? Industry CIOs face hard truths about private 5G

Some enterprises are building private 5G networks for their industrial environments, only to find they have to initially settle for 4G service. So what is private 5G ready for, and what can it really do?

5 tips for startup partnership success

Corporate venture investments provide IT leaders with new engines for IT innovation, broader networks for emerging opportunities, fuel for in-house transformation, and improved career prospects — if done right.

13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

IT leaders too often find themselves behind on business-critical transformation efforts due to gaps in the technical, leadership, and business skills necessary to execute and drive change.

3 things CIOs must do now to accurately hit net-zero targets

More than a third of the world’s largest companies are making their net-zero targets public, yet nearly all will fail to hit them if they don’t double the pace of emissions reduction by 2030. This puts leading executives, CIOs in particul

Merck Life Sciences banks on RPA to streamline regulatory compliance

Automated bots assisted in compliance, thereby enabling the company to increase revenue and save precious human hours, freeing up staff for higher-level tasks.

Expedia poised to take flight with generative AI

CTO Rathi Murthy sees the online travel service’s vast troves of data and AI expertise fueling a two-pronged transformation strategy aimed at growing the company by bringing more of the travel industry online.

Deoleo doubles down on sustainability through digital transformation

The Spanish multinational olive oil processing company is immersed in a digital transformation journey to achieve operational efficiency and contribute to the company's sustainability strategy.

Zendesk to lay off another 8% of its staff, cites macroeconomic issues

The new tranche of layoffs comes just six months after the company let go of 300 staffers and hired a new CEO in order to navigate its operations through macroeconomic distress.

5 CxOs on leading change

To be the agents of change that businesses require today, IT leaders must embrace a flexible mindset, prep their orgs for change, and recognize that intention and purpose are vital to empowering transformation.

Can you spot the hidden theme of CSO’s Future of Cybersecurity summit?

How IT leaders use EV tech to fuel the transport revolution in Kenya

Many African nations are starting to invest in electric vehicle (EV) transportation as a means to broaden access and help keep pace with global environmental initiatives. In Kenya, strides are being made despite industry and tech leaders grappling to

How CIOs distill the most sought-after data skills

From back-end engineers to data scientists and line-of-business experts, here’s the in-demand talent that all organizations need to turn a glut of information into game-changing insight.

Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan on what cloud success really looks like

The CTO, CSO, and head of software engineering and operations knows firsthand that a successful move to the cloud is all about changing the culture and replacing on-prem’s sunk cost mentality with incentivized FinOps.

Key IT initiatives reshape the CIO agenda

While cloud, cybersecurity, and analytics remain top of mind for IT leaders, a shift toward delivering business value is altering how CIOs approach key priorities, pushing transformative projects to the next phase.

Managing IT right starts with rightsizing IT for value

While there are few universals when it comes to saying unambiguously what ‘managing IT right’ looks like, knowing how to navigate the limitless possibilities of IT is surely one.

Red Hat embraces hybrid cloud for internal IT

The maker of OpenShift has leveraged its own open container offering to migrate business-critical apps to AWS as part of a strategy to move beyond facilitating hybrid cloud for others and capitalize on the model for itself.

10 most popular IT certifications for 2023

Certifications are a great way to show employers you have the right IT skills and specializations for the job. These 10 certs are the ones IT pros are most likely to pursue, according to data from Dice.

Stepping up to the challenge of a global conglomerate CIO role

Dr. Amrut Urkude became CIO of Reliance Polyester after his company was acquired by Reliance Industries. He discusses challenges IT leaders face while transitioning from a small company to a large multinational enterprise, and how to overcome them.

Alteryx works in generative AI for speedy analytics results

OpenAI integration and AI wizardry for report generation are aimed at making Alteryx’s analytics products more accessible.