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

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Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. Other surveys found a similar gap. In a November report by HR consultancy Randstad, based on a survey of 12,000 people and 3 million job profiles, demand for AI skills has increased five-fold between 2023 and 2024.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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It was an interesting case study of global cyber impact, says Charles Clancy, CTO at Mitre. In response to the outage, 84% of companies are either considering diversifying their software and service providers, or are already doing so, according to a survey by Adaptavist released in late January.

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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

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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.

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5 top business use cases for AI agents

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And in a January survey by KPMG of 100 senior executives at large enterprises, 12% of companies are already deploying AI agents, 37% are in pilot stages, and another 51% are exploring their use. Weve developed our own agentic AI for code management, says Charles Clancy, CTO at Mitre. And thats just the beginning.

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CIOs’ lack of success metrics dooms many AI projects

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Many organizations have launched dozens of AI proof-of-concept projects only to see a huge percentage fail, in part because CIOs don’t know whether the POCs are meeting key metrics, according to research firm IDC. We could hire five people.’” The potential cost can be huge, with some POCs costing millions of dollars, Saroff says.

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10 AI strategy questions every CIO must answer

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The 2024 Board of Directors Survey from Gartner , for example, found that 80% of non-executive directors believe their current board practices and structures are inadequate to effectively oversee AI. As part of that, theyre asking tough questions about their plans. Now many are admitting they werent quite ready.

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Cost concerns put CIOs’ AI strategies on edge

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Questionable outcomes and a lack of confidence in generative AIs promised benefits are proving to be key barriers to enterprise adoption of the technology. Sastry Durvasula, chief operating, information, and digital officer at TIAA, firmly believes consumption-based pricing is the best model for business organizations AI strategies.

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