article thumbnail

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. According to October data from Robert Half, AI is the most highly-sought-after skill by tech and IT teams for projects ranging from customer chatbots to predictive maintenance systems. Tell us a story,' he says.

CTO Hire 342
article thumbnail

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

CIO Business Intelligence

Many companies are still hiring developers, but not at the same rate as five years ago. In those years, many companies hired more programmers than they would need over the long term, says Sarah Doughty, vice president of talent operations at IT recruiting firm TalentLab.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO Business Intelligence

It was an interesting case study of global cyber impact, says Charles Clancy, CTO at Mitre. What happened In CrowdStrikes own root cause analysis, the cybersecurity companys Falcon system deploys a sensor to user machines to monitor potential dangers. Clancy asks. Ditching them isnt the answer if theyre the best product on the market.

CTO Hire 281
article thumbnail

5 top business use cases for AI agents

CIO Business Intelligence

AI agents are powered by the same AI systems as chatbots, but can take independent action, collaborate to achieve bigger objectives, and take over entire business workflows. Copilot Studio allows enterprises to build autonomous agents, as well as other agents that connect CRM systems, HR systems, and other enterprise platforms to Copilot.

CTO Hire 359
article thumbnail

Where CIOs should place their 2025 AI bets

CIO Business Intelligence

To achieve this, innovation must focus on AI systems that seamlessly blend advanced autonomy with user-centric control, incorporating adaptive transparency, ethical safeguards, and context-aware learning to empower customer decision-making. Why should CIOs bet on unifying their data and AI practices?

CTO Hire 356
article thumbnail

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 SAP had only just renewed Mueller’s contract, announcing in April that it was extending it by three years to the end of 2027. Hasso Plattner, chairman of SAP at the time of the announcement, said then. “We

SAP 328
article thumbnail

12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Smaller models, on the other hand, are more tailored, allowing businesses to create AI systems that are precise, efficient, robust, and built around their unique needs, he adds. Reasoning also helps us use AI as more of a decision support system, he adds. Nobody wants to be hired or fired by a machine that has no accountability.

CTO Hire 354