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7 reasons you keep getting passed over for CIO

Many VPs and IT directors with the delivery track record to be CIOs can’t seem to land the role. It’s often not a question of skills and experience, but how aspiring CIOs think, communicate, and operate.

By Stephanie Overby

Apr 20, 202610 mins

C-SuiteCIOCareers

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Adobe bets on agentic AI to rewrite SaaS for customer experience

The company says its CX Enterprise platform reflects a broader shift: Software must become composable, agent-driven, and deeply integrated with enterprise data.

By Taryn Plumb

Apr 20, 2026 6 mins

AdobeArtificial IntelligenceSaaS

The metric missing from every AI dashboard

Most organizations know how fast AI is moving. Fewer are watching what it's doing to their workforce.

By Maruf Ahmed

Apr 20, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceROI and MetricsStaff Management

AI is scoring your job candidates. Can you explain how?

AI hiring tools that score candidates based on "black-box" metrics like facial expressions and tone create significant legal and regulatory risks for organizations.

By Gershon Goren

Apr 20, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceHiringHuman Resources

Living off the Land attacks pose a pernicious threat for enterprises

Attackers aren't breaking into your house; they’re using your own spare key to hide in plain sight. We need to stop assuming that "legitimate" tools are always doing legitimate work.

By David Bray and Evan Powell

Apr 20, 2026 9 mins

CyberattacksCybercrimeVulnerabilities

How to Launch Your AI Projects from Pilot to Production – and Ensure Success

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

By Isaac Sacolick

Nov 7, 2022 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ScienceMachine Learning

Why bizware is becoming the dominant form of software

Software is splitting just like carpentry did; we still have "fine furniture" engineers, but most work today is "bizware" — building the houses of digital business at scale.

By Chris Wardman

Apr 20, 2026 9 mins

Enterprise ApplicationsEnterprise ArchitectureIT Strategy

Managing AI agents and identity in a heightened risk environment

AI agents are great for speed, but they can go rogue; we need to treat them like high-risk employees by locking down their identities and securing their APIs.

By Rick Grinnell

Apr 19, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceRisk ManagementSecurity

Data centers are costing local governments billions

With the cost of data centers and the computing equipment that fills them on the rise, chasing tax breaks could be a way for enterprises to optimize their costs.

By Maxwell Cooter

Apr 17, 2026 2 mins

Data CenterGovernmentMarkets

Robot Zuckerberg shows how IT can free up CEOs’ time

Will a virtual CEO be an improvement on the flesh-and-blood version?

By Maxwell Cooter

Apr 17, 2026 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceFacebookRobotics

UK wants to build sovereign AI — with just 0.08% of OpenAI’s market cap

The UK government wants to have an outsize impact on AI, but with a tiny investment budget.

By Maxwell Cooter

Apr 17, 2026 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGovernmentMarkets

Oracle delivers semantic search without LLMs

Trusted Answer Search is a new offering from Oracle that prioritizes control, auditability, and predictable outcomes over generative flexibility, saving on compute but adding to data curation and governance costs.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 17, 2026 4 mins

Data ManagementDatabases

The 10 skills every modern integration architect must master

Forget just connecting apps; today’s integration architects need to be part coder, part business strategist and part security pro to keep modern systems hummin’.

By Sadia Tahseen

Apr 17, 2026 16 mins

Enterprise ArchitectureIT LeadershipIT Skills and Training

AI, market whiplash and the case for a force multiplier

The stock market is twitchy about AI, but don't let the headlines fool you. AI isn't a replacement for professional judgment; it's a tool to speed up the experts you already have.

By Arti Deshpande, Robert Stines and Mike Vaughan

Apr 17, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceFinancial Services IndustryMarkets

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Spotlight: Setting the 2026 IT agenda

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Our annual State of the CIO Survey, now in its 25th year, highlights the ongoing evolution of the CIO role from IT operator to strategic business leader. The data is brought to life in conversations with IT leaders about their experience shaping enterprise strategy, enabling business growth, and leading cultural change. State of the CIO illuminates key areas of business and technology investment and this focus provides an ideal opportunity for sponsors to align with the opportunities highlighted by the research.

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