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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO Business Intelligence

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. But not every company can say the same. These are also areas where organizations are most willing to use contract talent. Weve been innovating with AI, ML, and LLMs for years, he says.

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RIP (finally) to the blockchain hype

CIO Business Intelligence

A recent criticism of blockchain comes from Jim Fowler, CTO at insurance carrier Nationwide. The crazy hype around digital art NFTs turned blockchain into a bit of a joke, adds Trevor Fry, an IT consultant and fractional CTO. Many organizations havent found other uses for blockchain, he says.

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Do You Need a CTO: Decision Factors

Information Week

Technology companies hire chief technology officers to lead research into new products and projects. But should IT departments in non-technology companies consider hiring CTOs as well?

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5 top business use cases for AI agents

CIO Business Intelligence

Then in November, the company revealed its Azure AI Agent Service, a fully-managed service that lets enterprises build, deploy and scale agents quickly. According to a Capgemini survey released in mid 2024, 60% of executives at large companies say that AI agents will handle most of the coding in enterprises within three to five years.

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Where CIOs should place their 2025 AI bets

CIO Business Intelligence

Whereas robotic process automation (RPA) aims to automate tasks and improve process orchestration, AI agents backed by the companys proprietary data may rewire workflows, scale operations, and improve contextually specific decision-making.

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SAP CTO to step down after ‘inappropriate behavior’

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP CTO Juergen Mueller will step down from SAP’s executive board at the end of September. “I I want to address an incident at a past company event where my behavior was inappropriate. I take full responsibility and believe stepping down is best for the company. It’s not the first reshuffling of SAP’s executive board this year.

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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.