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Deconstructing the data center: A massive (and massively liberating) project

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IT leaders can take an active role in improving how many AI projects get fully off the ground.

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Your AI isn't broken, your data context is; you need solid data engineering to bridge the gap between a smart model and a reliable, real-world business agent.

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The inference bill nobody budgeted for

Your pilot budget was a lie. Not intentionally. But the math does not survive contact with production.

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Apr 28, 2026 9 mins

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From wrong use cases to weak governance, here's where CIOs keep getting stuck.

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Apr 28, 2026 7 mins

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Dustin Wilcox, senior VP and CISO at S&P Global, and Michael Adams, Docusign CISO, share advice for CISOs on securing the enterprise as agentic AI identities proliferate.

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With 74% of companies still struggling to deliver ROI on AI investments, most CIOs already have what they need — what’s missing is the layer that ties it all together.

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SaaS providers must adopt modular architectures and distributed intelligence models to ensure their platforms remain adaptable as AI technology rapidly evolves.

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Shadow AI is already inside your organization. Now what?

Your team is already using AI behind your back; the trick isn't to ban it, but to bring it into the light and give them secure tools they actually want to use.

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Apr 27, 2026 7 mins

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