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5 top business use cases for AI agents

CIO Business Intelligence

In October, Microsoft announced that 100,000 organizations including Standard Bank, Thomson Reuters, Virgin Money, and Zurich Insurance are using Copilot Studio, double the number just months earlier. Throughout late 2024, Microsoft continued to expand its agentic offerings with purpose-built agents for specific use cases.

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Microsoft commits to AI integration, but delivers no particulars to differentiate from rivals

CIO Business Intelligence

In his latest AI positioning statement, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that everything must revolve around Azure. Analysts, however, agreed that the statement reflected no meaningful changes to Microsofts AI strategy. IDC sees the move likely shifting many Microsoft offerings around in terms of internal structure.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP leads new ‘Trusted Technology Group’; MicroVision adds CTO

GeekWire

LinkedIn Photo) Microsoft’s Teresa Hutson has taken the role of corporate vice president for the company’s newly created Trusted Technology Group. Microsoft is modifying its mission-focused “four pillars,” which include working to expand opportunities, earn trust, protect fundamental rights and advance sustainability.

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What is an IT consultant? Roles, types, salaries, and how to become one

CIO Business Intelligence

IT consultants are often hired to provide companies guidance on what technologies they should use to achieve their aims, according to career website Indeed. These include strategy consultants, systems consultants, and security consultants, among others, says Paul Farnsworth, CTO attechnology careers site Dice.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’

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Cost concerns put CIOs’ AI strategies on edge

CIO Business Intelligence

Pay-as-you-go pricing is a way to reduce financial risk by not locking into long-term contracts. For example, Microsoft this week introduced consumption-based pricing for Copilot Chat. A simple yet effective approach is to track the relationship between tokens, watts, and dollars, says Chris Sharp, Digital Realty CTO.

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CTO Dwayne Allen on delivering transcendent business impact

CIO Business Intelligence

Equipped with experiences across a range of industries, a healthy dose of self-awareness, and a passion for learning and people, Allen is redefining the art of the possible as a strategic and innovative CTO. I’ve been in four industries, but while I was at Microsoft, I served several more — healthcare and retail, for example.

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