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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. Gen AI-related job listings were particularly common in roles such as data scientists and data engineers, and in software development. We ask, When did you last learn a new thing? Tell us a story,' he says.

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RIP (finally) to the blockchain hype

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A recent criticism of blockchain comes from Jim Fowler, CTO at insurance carrier Nationwide. It hasnt yet delivered practical benefits at scale, says Salome Mikadze, co-founder at software development firm Movadex. Lacking benefits at scale Fowler is not alone in his skepticism about blockchain.

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5 top business use cases for AI agents

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Software development and IT Cognition released Devin, billed as the worlds first AI software engineer, in March last year. At the time, the best AIs couldnt pass the 5% mark on the SWE-bench, a challenging benchmark designed to see how well AI can solve real-world coding problems.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

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LLMs arent just expensive, theyre also very broad, and not always relevant to specific industries, he says. The fields of customer service, marketing, and customer development are going to see massive adoption, he says. For the last 15 years or so, its been the de-facto standard for how modern software development works, says Monteiro.

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

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Black women in technology are burnt out and impatient with an IT industry slow to change. Leonie, an agile delivery manager working in the retail industry, who only gave her first name, saw this first-hand earlier in her career. I’m not saying you should hire someone as a token [gesture], but I didn’t see many people progressing.”

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

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Soon after founding Netwatch Solutions as CTO, Beasley realized he would face even more barriers when acquiring funding. Beasley says he is “blown away” by how often he talks to people in their 20s in the IT industry who say they are the only Black person at their jobs — something he says he faced 40 years ago.

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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era

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Pivoting to tech provider JLL’s move to develop facilities management software is part of an expanded business model that has enabled the company to perform well in tough times, says Morin, who is employing a hybrid strategy for software development in which JLL Technologies will both build in-house and partner with other SaaS vendors.