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Agentic AI poised for progress in 2026 — if CIOs get it right

CIOs still have issues to overcome in their approach to AI agents, including trust concerns and not enough focus on outcomes. Nonetheless, experts see growth ahead for agentic AI in the enterprise.

By Grant Gross

Jan 15, 20268 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT LeadershipIT Strategy

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McKinsey starts testing job candidates with AI assistant

If the new pilot program is successful, it could become a new standard for the company.

By Viktor Eriksson

Jan 15, 2026 1 min

Artificial Intelligence

The workforce shift — why CIOs and people leaders must partner harder than ever

AI isn’t just another tech rollout — it changes how work feels and flows, which is why CIOs and people leaders have to redesign jobs together.

By Rebecca Fox

Jan 15, 2026 9 mins

Human ResourcesRolesStaff Management

The illusion of control: Why IT leaders cannot rely on clear roles and responsibilities

Trying to lock down roles won’t tame uncertainty — empowering teams to adapt, learn fast and focus on outcomes works far better in today’s IT reality.

By Fredrik Hagstroem

Jan 15, 2026 6 mins

IT LeadershipIT ManagementStaff Management

IBM pushes sovereign computing with a software stack that works across cloud platforms

By decoupling sovereignty from dedicated data center regions, IBM's Sovereign Core aims to help CIOs meet rising regulatory scrutiny, automate continuous compliance, and deploy sensitive AI workloads into production under strict data‑residency conditions.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 15, 2026 5 mins

Cloud ComputingComplianceIT Strategy

2025 CIO Hall of Fame honorees

Meet the CIOs enshrined in the CIO Hall of Fame — from the Class of 1997 to the Class of 2025.

By CIO US Events

Mar 25, 2025 12 mins

CIOCIO 100Technology Industry

Architecture and decision-making

Good architects don’t chase perfect diagrams — they make smart calls with incomplete info, balancing today’s constraints with tomorrow’s goals and the team they have.

By Kamal Sampathkumar

Jan 15, 2026 10 mins

Enterprise ArchitectureIT Leadership

What you need to know — and do — about AI inferencing

Training gets the hype, but inferencing is where AI actually works — and the choices you make there can make or break real-world deployments.

By Tushar Katarki

Jan 14, 2026 10 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ManagementGenerative AI

The convergence of SaaS and AI: Trends, opportunities and challenges

SaaS isn’t just adding AI anymore — it’s being rebuilt around it, changing how products work, how teams scale and what customers now expect.

By Ankita Bhargava

Jan 14, 2026 10 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingSaaS

Beyond the hype: 4 critical misconceptions derailing enterprise AI adoption

AI isn’t failing because it’s immature. It’s failing because companies overestimate readiness, expect magic ROI, ignore data quality and treat AI like old-school software.

By Assad Mansour

Jan 14, 2026 12 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData GovernanceData Quality

Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol aims to simplify life for shopping bots… and CIOs

Agentic AI is struggling with the complexity and variety of real-world commerce, so Google and others are helping enterprises standardize interactions with online shopping bots.

By Maxwell Cooter

Jan 13, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceE-commerce SoftwareEnterprise Applications

How analytics capability has quietly reshaped IT operations

AI didn’t fix IT operations in 2025 — analytics capability did, exposing which CIOs could turn insight into action and which couldn’t.

By Ranko Cosic

Jan 13, 2026 8 mins

AnalyticsIT OperationsPredictive Analytics

The AI readiness gap: Why healthcare and insurance struggle to scale beyond pilots

Healthcare doesn’t fail at AI because of bad models. It fails because the enterprise isn’t ready to trust, govern or operationalize them.

By Anup Gupta

Jan 13, 2026 9 mins

Artificial IntelligenceHealthcare IndustryInsurance Industry

Agentic browsing: A real change with a big impact

AI agents can kill busywork fast, but the real win isn’t speed — it’s resilience, smart oversight and knowing when a bot should click and when it shouldn’t.

By Óscar Monrio

Jan 13, 2026 10 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEmerging TechnologyIT Governance

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Spotlight: Setting the 2026 IT agenda

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Given the rapid pace of technology change today, IT leaders are setting their short-term agendas with agility, flexibility, and tangible business outcomes in mind. This month’s topic leans on Foundry’s original Tech Priorities research and external research, along with conversations with IT leaders to uncover enterprise technology trends for the year ahead. Automating, streamlining, and modernizing IT operations is a must as IT teams struggle with skill and staff shortages and increasing demands. A wide variety of tech vendors have solutions aimed at bring IT operations into the AI age.

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