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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. In a November report by HR consultancy Randstad, based on a survey of 12,000 people and 3 million job profiles, demand for AI skills has increased five-fold between 2023 and 2024. Other surveys found a similar gap.

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AI-native software engineering may be closer than developers think

CIO Business Intelligence

Developers unimpressed by the early returns of generative AI for coding take note: Software development is headed toward a new era, when most code will be written by AI agents and reviewed by experienced developers, Gartner predicts. Some companies are already on the bandwagon. Gen AI tools are advancing quickly, he says.

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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. This yesterday, however, was five to six years ago, and developers are no longer the kings and queens of the IT employment hill.

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5 top business use cases for AI agents

CIO Business Intelligence

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. Agents also can be difficult to build and expensive to deploy at scale.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

Speaker: Beekey Cheung, Software Consultant, Professor Beekums, LLC

Estimates are a contentious topic in software development. Most of our development teams hate providing estimates and many managers are starting to view them as unnecessary. As senior software leaders, how can we determine whether estimates are helpful or harmful to our teams?

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Many CIOs operate within a culture of fear

CIO Business Intelligence

Forty percent of IT leaders specifically overseeing software development at their organizations say they fear acknowledging their mistakes, according to a recent report by digital transformation provider Adaptavist. This behavior has been prevalent in recent years, with commonplace layoffs, adds Jon Mort, Adaptavists CTO.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

The fields of customer service, marketing, and customer development are going to see massive adoption, he says. He expects the same to happen in all areas of software development, starting with user requirements research through project management and all the way to testing and quality assurance.

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