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Remember when developers reigned supreme? The market for software coding goes soft

CIO Business Intelligence

It seems like only yesterday when software developers were on top of the world, and anyone with basic coding experience could get multiple job offers. In February, CEO Marc Benioff told CNBCs Squawk Box that 2025 will be the first year in the companys 25-year history that it will not add more software engineers.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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Last summer, a faulty CrowdStrike software update took down millions of computers, caused billions in damages, and underscored that companies are still not able to manage third-party risks, or respond quickly and efficiently to disruptions. It was an interesting case study of global cyber impact, says Charles Clancy, CTO at Mitre.

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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. These are also areas where organizations are most willing to use contract talent.

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5 top business use cases for AI agents

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Major enterprise software vendors are also getting into the agent game. Software development and IT Cognition released Devin, billed as the worlds first AI software engineer, in March last year. But there are already some jobs specifically in the software development lifecycle poised to be aided by AI agents.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Vendors are adding gen AI across the board to enterprise software products, and AI developers havent been idle this year either. In 2025, those use cases will see massive adoption, especially if the AI technology is integrated into the software platforms that companies are already using, making it very simple to adopt.

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6 ways you’re failing at change management

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You wouldnt hire someone who doesnt know how to write code to develop your software, so why would you expect a project manager or business analyst to drive change management? Bilow recommends creating a small OCM budget for a current project and then hiring a boutique OCM consulting firm to manage the effort.

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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.