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Gartner: Network automation to increase threefold by 2026

Network World

By 2026, 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities, according to Gartner. Certifications that can land you a job as a network-automation engineer : Certification programs like those offered by Cisco and Juniper Networks can help network engineers document their proficiency in network automation.

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67% of digital transformations delayed due to skill shortages

CIO Business Intelligence

By the end of 2026, IDC predicts that more than 90% of organizations will feel similar pain, costing as much as $5.5T IDC recommends IT leaders to leverage generative AI to create personalized and improved training courses and upskilling programs for employees. USD globally, says Smith.

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AI-native software engineering may be closer than developers think

CIO Business Intelligence

Organizations and vendors are already rolling out AI coding agents that enable developers to fully automate or offload many tasks, with more pilot programs and proofs-of-concept likely to be launched in 2025, says Philip Walsh, senior principal analyst in Gartner’s software engineering practice. This technology already exists.”

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Balancing the costs and opportunities of GenAI adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

Credit: Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 10, October 2024 (n = 36 IT C-level executives who indicated higher IT spending in 2025 than 2024) This trend is expected to only intensify in 2026, where IT executives project GenAI budgets will more than double from an average of $3.45 million in 2025 to $7.45

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How Birmingham’s $48M Oracle ERP project turned into an epic failure

CIO Business Intelligence

The system, intended to streamline payments and HR processes, is now unlikely to function correctly before 2026 four years after its 2022 launch. Despite the programs complexity and critical nature, no review was undertaken by Internal Audit until just before go-live. Staff concerns were systematically downplayed or ignored.

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Quantum networking takes off… into space

Network World

Boeing announced today that its quantum satellite, named Q4S, will launch in 2026 to demonstrate quantum entanglement swapping capabilities on orbit. Europe and Canada have plans to launch satellites in 2025 or 2026. When it comes to space-based quantum communications, only China has a satellite up in orbit.

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AI humanoid robots inch their way toward the workforce

CIO Business Intelligence

Many car manufacturers launched pilot programs in 2024,but we are still in the research phase, primarilysince it was determined that the robots Musk showcased were being piloted by human operators and not acting independently, he adds. However, I dont think that Musks claims of 2025 deployment are realistic, says Carlos M.

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