AI & Future Tech

IT chiefs pursue automation, productivity in AI adoption plans

Nearly three-quarters of businesses currently use AI within the IT department, according to a Celigo report published this month.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 27, 2024

AWS flexes data center muscles as AI workloads increase cloud use

The battle for AI workloads is intensifying and, to keep its lead, Amazon's cloud division is investing more than $50 billion in U.S. infrastructure.

By Matt Ashare • June 26, 2024

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Generative AI

Companies are pushing technology executives to leverage generative AI, a task that requires customize strategies and the necessary guardrails.

By Tvphc staff

AI startups are growing up — thanks to the enterprise

Low-code platform provider Creatio reached a $1.2 billion valuation Wednesday. It's the latest provider to benefit from generative AI's grip on enterprise tech.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 26, 2024

KPMG partners with Microsoft to deploy Copilot, upgrade internal ChatGPT tool

The firm’s Advisory Content Chat tool was built using Microsoft’s OpenAI Service and Azure AI Search.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 24, 2024

What CIOs can learn from the first 30 days of an AI copilot trial

Tech leaders can gain critical information to help support wider adoption plans.

By Jen A. Miller • June 24, 2024

Cyber, AI and data dominate upskilling priorities, Skillsoft finds

The three categories align with the positions businesses are having the greatest difficulty filling, according to the report.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 21, 2024

Accenture banks $2B in AI deals as enterprises double down on data

“Every other GenAI project is now leading to some data project,” Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said Thursday.

By Matt Ashare • June 20, 2024

IT pros worry over the data that fuels AI

More than 2 in 5 technologists have already had a negative AI experience, according to a SolarWinds survey.

By Matt Ashare • June 18, 2024

EY plans Microsoft Copilot rollout for 100K workers

The professional services firm will deploy Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales and Copilot for Sales, making the company one of Microsoft’s largest customers.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 18, 2024

McDonald’s ends IBM drive-thru voice order test

The fast food chain still sees a future for automated order taking at the drive-thru and expects to make a decision about the technology by year’s end.

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • June 18, 2024

Enterprises prioritize tech spend over cost-cutting, PwC says

More than half of C-suite leaders said their organization is investing in new technologies, such as generative AI, according to a PwC survey.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 17, 2024

Llama 3 earns early enterprise wins as open-source AI expands

More than three-quarters of companies turn to open-source large language models, Databricks said in a report.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 17, 2024

AWS expands cloud-based AI training portfolio, adds 2 pro certifications

The new learning programs focus on technical and non-technical proficiencies, business use cases and prompt engineering.

By Matt Ashare • June 14, 2024

How CIOs can ease the generative AI transition for developers

Software developers require clear goals, training and open communication as the technology becomes part of work processes, according to Forrester research.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 13, 2024

IBM’s Apptio unit tests AI tool trained to tackle rising IT costs

The effort comes as finance leaders grapple with runaway cloud expenses.

By Alexei Alexis • June 13, 2024

Oracle inks Google alliance in push toward multicloud future

The technology company also extended its Microsoft partnership to provide OpenAI with infrastructure services, Oracle CEO Safra Catz said during a Tuesday earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • June 12, 2024

AI cost, security worries stand in the way of scalable solutions

Organizations can’t overlook the need for solid data and security foundations in the rush to add the technology to their tech stacks, according to an F5 report.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 12, 2024

Colgate-Palmolive moves forward on AI plans with distaste for hype

The household brand plans to train every non-plant worker on AI principles, guardrails and ethical use by the end of the year, according to CEO Noel Wallace.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 11, 2024

Citi’s new tech chief takes the helm

Tim Ryan will lead Citi's ongoing efforts to transform its technology operations, a goal the bank poured $12 billion into last year.

By Matt Ashare • June 10, 2024

Clorox to restart ERP upgrade as it looks past August cyberattack

With the company out of recovery mode, teams are looking to advance on digital transformation projects.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 10, 2024

Microsoft, playing the long game, invests billions globally to expand Azure empire

“The pressure is on — this is no longer the experimental phase of the cloud,” Alistair Speirs, director of Azure global infrastructure, said.

By Matt Ashare • June 10, 2024

ERP vendors target insights, automated reports in generative AI push

The technology has the potential to enhance processes deployments, according to Forrester, but CIOs will need to address costs and risks.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 7, 2024

AWS, Udemy launch generative AI leadership training program

The six-week cohort will equip executives across industries with change management strategies and talent development skills.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 6, 2024

Snowflake aims to ease analytics headaches, embeds Nvidia AI in data cloud

The vendor-agnostic Polaris Catalog streamlines access across Apache Iceberg data tables and extends the company’s integrations with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

By Matt Ashare • June 5, 2024

Norwegian Cruise charts AI adoption course after 15-month AWS migration

The cruise company moved more than 100 applications and thousands of virtual and physical servers among other assets.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 5, 2024