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Top-level management plays a crucial role in sustainability strategies -- including the CFO. 💸 As sustainability becomes more embedded into overall business strategies, its reporting and investments continue to grow. That's where the CFO comes in. CFOs are becoming central to sustainability efforts, as they manage complex investments and reporting and partner with IT for effective data workflows. ✍️ Christine C. explores how CFOs can lead sustainability strategies and IT's role in building trusted ESG data. #Sustainability #CFOstrategy #ESG #SustainableFinance

You've heard of ChatGPT. But have you head of these 30+ other AI content generators? ⌨️ These tools have advanced from outputting simple (and occasionally sloppy) text to adding multimodal capabilities that can input and output different types of media. Now, more businesses are adopting these tools to streamline their content creation processes. ✍️ Benjamin Lutkevich lays out 35 different AI content generators businesses can use to produce text, images, music and code this year. #IToutlook2026 #ITtrends #AItrends #GenerativeAI #AIcontent

📉 Financial losses from deepfake cybercrime are projected to hit $40B by 2027. This type of crime is on the rise as AI proliferates, and threat actors develop new ways to deceive and defraud unsuspecting targets with synthetic image, video or audio content. ✍️ Amy DeCarlo explains how CISOs can protect organizations from AI-driven phishing attacks. #Deepfakes #Cybercrime #Cybersecurity #CISO #CISOstrategy #Phishing

🌍 In 2026, sustainability means business. From a strategy that served as a compliance checkbox to one that brings tangible benefits and results, sustainability has a lot to offer companies. Shifts in global and national regulations, as well as technological advancements, will shape sustainability this year. ✍️ Timothy Murphy explores five key sustainability trends for 2026, including AI analysis, climate risk and an increased focus on ROI. #IToutlook2026 #ITtrends #Sustainability #CIOstrategy #ESG #ESGtrends

As AI -- as we now know it -- transforms from a theory to an actual tool in practice, data management is more critical than ever. 🗃️ Nothing can compensate for poorly governed, inconsistent or disorganized data. To make AI work at scale, businesses need accurate data that is properly shared, protected and integrated into the correct systems. ✍️ Omdia's Stephen Catanzano explains how 2025's lessons will reshape enterprise data strategy and why coherence, trust and governance define what intelligent data means in 2026. #IToutlook2026 #ITtrends #DataManagement #DataStrategy #DataGovernance #AIstrategy

GenAI has become a key driver of digital transformation. But what does the future of this technology hold? 🔮 This year, experts say GenAI will be shaped by investment returns, power demands, agentic systems, ethics, security and human stewardship. ✍️ Mary K. Pratt explores key GenAI trends for 2026, as well as how this technology will continue to evolve businesses -- and itself -- going forward. #IToutlook2026 #GenerativeAI #ITtrends #AItrends #AIstrategy

Google's approach to AI in data stacks 🤔📚 AI was once all about LLMs. Now, this Google exec is saying it's all about integrating data in the stack. In this episode of the Targeting AI podcast from AI Business, Yasmeen Ahmad, of Google Cloud, discusses the transformative effect of generative AI on the data landscape with hosts Esther Shittu and Shaun Sutner. #generativeai #datamanagement #technews

⛰️ AI has been climbing the summit over the last few years, and it may have finally reached the top. This means it's hitting a plateau -- not a slowdown, as some may think, but a point where organizations actually begin to implement these tools rather than just speak about them. ✍️ Timothy Murphy lays out real strategies from CIOs Mike Bechtel, Graeme Thompson and Joe Locandro on how to navigate the AI plateau. #IToutlook2026 #ITstrategy #GenAI #AIstrategy #AIplateau

It's no secret that AI is trending. Here are some of the reasons why: ✔️ Advancements continue to be made. ✔️ Synthetic data is entering the mainstream. ✔️ AI is becoming less of a tool and more of a collaborator. ✔️ Sustainable and ethical concerns continue to increase. ✔️ AI regulation and governance is coming to the forefront. ✍️ Damon Garn explores these trends and more in his latest article. #IToutlook2026 #AItrends #ITtrends #GenerativeAI #AgenticAI

Whose job is it to educate end users? 🤔 In the latest IT Ops Query episode from Beth Pariseau, veteran cloud/DevOps analyst Rob Strechay talks vendor responsibility, AI data management, and other predictions for the state of enterprise tech in 2026. #TechPredictions #DevOps #AIregulation