Emerging Technology

5 ways CIOs can help gen AI achieve its lightbulb moment

Despite the current level of hype and mainstream adoption, gen AI still needs to experience the trough of disillusionment before embarking on a path to peak productivity.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Feb 09, 20246 mins

CIOGenerative AIArtificial Intelligence

Articles

8 questions CIOs should ask to prime their business for gen AI

Gen AI has captured the attention of companies worldwide with speed and force, and, in turn, has significant implications for business operations, models, products, and services. And business leaders are taking note.

By Diana Bersohn and Lan Guan

Sep 26, 2023 7 mins

CIOGenerative AIApplication Management

10 mistakes that can tank IT innovation

With expectations to innovate higher than ever, IT leaders must ensure they have the right culture, skills, and alignment with business value when pursuing innovative IT initiatives.

By Mary Pratt

Sep 13, 2023 12 mins

Digital TransformationInnovationEmerging Technology

Is AI in the enterprise ready for primetime? Not yet.

AI has the potential to raise productivity over the next decade, but we’re still some way from it transforming the enterprise in the short term.

By Martin De Saulles

Sep 08, 2023 6 mins

CIOGenerative AIArtificial Intelligence

Financial IT leaders prep for a quantum-fueled future

Banks and investment management groups are experimenting with quantum to reduce risk and gain accurate knowledge about portfolios faster than ever. Here’s how those initial projects and use of this potentially game-changing technology are evolving.

By Poornima Apte

Aug 23, 2023 9 mins

Financial Services IndustryMachine LearningQuantum Computing

The 4 most overhyped technologies in IT

CIOs are not immune to infatuation with the promise of emerging tech. Here, IT leaders and analysts share which technologies they believe are primed to underdeliver, offering advice on right-sizing expectations for each one.

By Mary Pratt

Aug 21, 2023 10 mins

Emerging Technology

4 ways to ask hard questions about emerging tech risks

For too long we’ve accepted all technology as progress. Today, that comfort zone can be a detriment to the business unless tech leaders start scrutinizing beyond face value.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Aug 04, 2023 6 mins

Risk ManagementEmerging TechnologyIT Leadership

How AI is reshaping demand for IT skills and talent

With artificial intelligence poised to become a business priority across every industry, employers are eyeing the skills necessary to lead the next leap in AI-assisted digital transformation.

By Sarah K. White

Jun 22, 2023 8 mins

CIOGenerative AIIT Skills

Examining Mr Price Group’s search to modernize

As CIO of South African fashion-value retailer Mr Price Group, Kim Sim has to keep up with emerging tools and technologies so a decades-old business can modernize operations.

By Joanne Carew

Jun 15, 2023 6 mins

CIOE-commerce ServicesChange Management

Positive signs for generative AI’s change management challenge

Workers are becoming more accepting of AI, but more work remains to reduce concerns, a study by Boston Consulting Group has found.

By Peter Sayer

Jun 15, 2023 6 mins

CIOEmployee ExperienceGenerative AI

10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIOs must keep an eye on the horizon. The following forward-thinking strategies and technologies are starting to gain traction and could impact the next decade of IT.

By Peter Wayner

Jun 13, 2023 14 mins

DatabasesEdge ComputingGreen IT

3 things CIOs must do now to accurately hit net-zero targets

More than a third of the world’s largest companies are making their net-zero targets public, yet nearly all will fail to hit them if they don’t double the pace of emissions reduction by 2030. This puts leading executives, CIOs in particular, in a critical position.

By Diana Bersohn and Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer

Jun 05, 2023 5 mins

CIOAccentureEmerging Technology

How IT leaders use EV tech to fuel the transport revolution in Kenya

Many African nations are starting to invest in electric vehicle (EV) transportation as a means to broaden access and help keep pace with global environmental initiatives. In Kenya, strides are being made despite industry and tech leaders grappling to overcome early challenges.

By Vincent Matinde

May 31, 2023 5 mins

CIOCTOEmerging Technology