CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Uber no longer offers just rides and deliveries: It’s created a new division hiring out gig workers to help enterprises with some of their AI model development work. Its first customers include Aurora Innovation, which makes self-driving software for commercial trucks, and game developer Niantic, which is building a 3D map of the world.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Entering a new market with a different social structure, cultural history, and regulatory issues is never easy for a large retailer, even if the difference seems slight. This was a major roadblock for a large American retailer when it started on its journey to enter the Chinese market in 1996.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2025

(Polana Photos) A onetime Seattle startup founder who went on to lead engineering teams at Google, Meta, Yahoo, Tinder and LinkedIn, is heading up a new startup called Palona AI that builds customer-facing AI agents for retail businesses. Palona AI officially launched Thursday with $10 million in seed funding.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2024

As they take stock after the year-end frenzy of shopping the holiday season always brings, retail CIOs attending the National Retail Federation’s annual show, NRF 2024, may be wondering how they can improve their IT systems’ performance over the next 12 months. year on year in the first 11 months of 2023, AI or no AI.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as Azure OpenAI have been drawing attention in recent months, and there is widespread consensus that these technologies can significantly transform the retail industry. How can Generative AI speed innovation in retail?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 5, 2025

Moreover, siloed initiatives can lead to duplicated efforts, with different departments independently developing overlapping AI capabilities, resulting in wasted time, inflated costs, and diminished efficiency. 4] On their own AI and GenAI can deliver value.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 2, 2025

Whether in process automation, data analysis or the development of new services AI holds enormous potential. Whether healthcare, retail or financial services each industry presents its own challenges that require specific expertise and customized AI solutions. Strategy development and consulting.

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Network World

MARCH 6, 2025

The market is rapidly expanding as industries such as manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, and retail increasingly deploy IoT devices and require immediate data processing for decision-making and operational efficiency, according to the report.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. In 2020, McKinsey surveyed 440 large companies about their “ developer velocity” — meaning the practices that best tap the full potential of development talent. Right now, there are roughly 27 million developers on the job, 4.4 That isn’t easy.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You will have more connected devices than ever on your network in 2021, especially if you’re in healthcare, retail, or logistics, industries that are among the early adopters of the Internet of Things (IoT). And there’s a good chance that some or many of these IoT devices have built-in security vulnerabilities that can endanger your network.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Consequently, employees received personalized career development opportunities, and leaders could make informed decisions regarding strategic workforce planning. Case study number 2: Grinds partnership with Google to embrace GenAI Grind, a specialty coffee retailer based in the U.K., Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Today, key vendors xAI, Meta, IBM, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Figure.ai, FourierIntelligence, and Sanctuary.ai have plans to develop AI humanoid robots that can reason and adapt. The robot, called Rapid 3PRO, has been under development since September.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

Were 80 to 85% in the cloud and for us, the job is proactively tracking this spend, then educating developers and data teams on how to use cloud capabilities in a cost-effective manner, he says. And for Shamim Mohammad, EVP and CITO at used car retailer CarMax, FinOps helps provide spend oversight.

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Network World

APRIL 8, 2025

That] is the interesting story, and [how] thats going to unlock applications at some of the biggest banks, telcos, retailers, government departments, Dickens said. IBM will also add a new version of its watson X Code Assistant for Z to help developers modernize mainframe applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2025

For instance, a mid-level clothing retailer will now be able to provide, say, a Nordstrom-style tailor to follow a customer and advise them about suits on any number of factors, from their own style and fit to preferred pricing. Prediction #4: 2025 will be a RAG to riches AI story.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The opening of this new office in Dubai not only marks a key development for the company but also reflects its dedication to helping local businesses with their digital transformation journeys. In the years to come, Salesforces role in Dubai will likely grow, contributing to the continued development of the UAEs digital economy.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

According to recent investigations, fraudsters have developed more sophisticated methods to manipulate used drives to make them appear new, making detection increasingly challenging for buyers. Seagates standard policy grants a five-year warranty on retail versions of IronWolf Pro drives.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 29, 2025

AI concierges will follow the buyer, instead of being linked to a specific seller, enabling them to learn and develop a deep understanding of the customers preferences and lifestyle. Sharma envisions AI concierges coming early to the retail, travel, and wellness sectors.

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Fractional CTO Tools Retail Report 319

Network World

MARCH 18, 2025

integrates Ciscos Hypershield and AI Defense packages to help protect the development, deployment, and use of AI models and applications, according to Jeetu Patel, Ciscos executive vice president and chief product officer. Nvidia AI Enterprise software platform, which featurespretrained models and development tools for production-ready AI.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 20, 2025

For Gareth Hemming, chief distribution officer for UK retail business at Hiscox, AI is currently streamlining the underwriting process in retail and high-net-worth home insurance, with the potential to provide more value to long-term clients.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Digital transformation initiatives have picked up in the retail sector in recent years as store chains compete for brand awareness and sales in a rapidly evolving market. By 2026, retailers’ global investments in digital transformation tools are expected to reach $388 billion , growing by 18% a year. And online ordering accelerated.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 2, 2025

In the 1970s, five formerIBMemployees developed programs that enabled payroll and accounting on mainframe computers. In 2008, SAP developed the SAP HANA architecture in collaboration with the Hasso Plattner Institute and Stanford University with the goal of analyzing large amounts of data in real-time.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 20, 2020

The March Numbers Are In: Retail Sales Are Down, But Not Out The Census Department released preliminary figures for March sales in the US on April 15, which provided an official glimpse of the impact of COVID-19 on the US economy and retail spend.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mark Read, CEO of global advertising giant WPP recently told shareholders: “AI will also offer the ability to develop new business and financial models.” AI bias has already got organizations such as online retailer Amazon into hot water, and here again, the CIO must play a pivotal role in protecting the business.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2025

Developing a clear and comprehensive strategic vision is the starting point of prioritizing AI initiatives with business goals. Systematic framework: A hypothetical case study Say youre working for a retail company to improve its supply chain. Answering the question Why sets the tone.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Other document processing use cases include conducting clinical trials in life sciences, loan underwriting in retail banking, and insurance claims processing. IT and devops teams suffer similar tool proliferation that may have been acceptable in the devops glory years, where many development teams selected their tools with few constraints.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

CIOs and business executives must collaborate to develop and communicate a unified vision aligning technology investments with the organization’s broader goals. CIOs must develop comprehensive strategies to mitigate risks such as cybersecurity threats, data privacy issues, and compliance challenges.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In retail, they can personalize recommendations and optimize marketing campaigns. In retail, basic database queries can track inventory. Imagine generating complex narratives from data visualizations or using conversational BI tools that respond to your queries in real time. These potential applications are truly transformative.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Retail is dynamic, ever-changing, and generates a lot of data, and through merchandising, in-store transactions, supply chain, digital, and pricing, the opportunities to leverage data are endless. Omni-channel retailing puts even greater importance on the ability to manage and integrate data effectively across the enterprise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2025

It wasnt just about upgrading technology but eliminating inefficiencies, reducing manual workflows, and positioning Ulta Beauty for breakout growth in beauty and wellness, says Mike Maresca, chief technology and transformation officer at the beauty retailer.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By explaining the concepts behind AI in a clear manner, the business leader can be introduced to the building blocks for AI, and the IT leader can develop an acceptable strategy,” advises Nidal Haddad, principal at business advisory firm Deloitte Consulting. Failing to align IT and business interests gradually erodes hard-earned trust. “It

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 17, 2024

The retail industry has no shortage of cases on display where generative AI has shown tangible benefits. Suddenly, you can create engaging customer-facing videos at the click of a button,” says Oliver Banks, retail consultant and author of Driving Retail Transformation: How to navigate disruption and change.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

It was prominent in CEO Jensen Huangs keynote at CES and at the National Retail Federations annual conference during a panel with Azita Martin, vice president and general manager of retail and CPG. The partnership will focus on developing true foundation models for biology using Nvidia BioNeMo frameworks and Nvidia DGX Cloud.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Its especially attractive as an alternative to MPLS, promising to do for wide-area backbones what the cloud did for compute, storage, and application development. As with other as-a-service offerings, the idea behind BBaaS is to simplify the process of providing secure, high-performance connectivity across geographic regions.

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Network World

JULY 31, 2024

Most organizations have adopted the public cloud as a cost-effective platform for hosting enterprise applications and for developing and deploying customer-facing solutions.” over the forecast period. over the forecast period. Software as a Service (SaaS) remained the dominant cloud category, capturing more than 40% of total spending.

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Cloud Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Insurance 435

Network World

JANUARY 31, 2025

For example, in a retail scenario, an organization can offload deployment and management of its Wi-Fi networks at all of its stores to a NaaS vendor, freeing up IT staffers for higher-level activities, McGillicuddy said. In addition, NaaS can help mitigate skills gaps for organizations facing a shortage of networking talent.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

If last years Huawei Industrial Digital and Intelligent Transformation Summit was about exploring the opportunities and challenges of industrial intelligent transformation, the 2025 edition was about how rapid AI development has changed the landscape. Lastly, open-source AI models are simply becoming more competitive.

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