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Microsoft’s Frontier Tuning aims to teach AI how enterprises work, not just context

The service will train AI models on real enterprise behavior, not just documents, to improve decision-making and output quality.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 3, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEnterprise ArchitectureIT Leadership

Anthropic grants Project Glasswing access to 150 more companies, with a focus on critical infrastructure

By Evan Schuman

Jun 2, 20267 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSecurity

Snowflake’s Horizon Context aims to give AI agents a common understanding of the business

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 2, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceBusinessData Governance

Oracle's first monthly patch release fixes 35 flaws, including 11 rated 'critical'

By John E. Dunn

Jun 1, 20263 mins

Open SourceOracleVulnerabilities

Salesforce’s Headless 360 monetization play could give CIOs a familiar budgeting headache

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 29, 20268 mins

BudgetingCRM SystemsSalesforce

Salesforce and Google expand partnership to bring Agentforce, Gemini together

The expansion of the strategic partnership will enable customers to build Agentforce AI agents using Google Gemini and to deploy Salesforce on Google Cloud.

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 25, 2025 2 mins

Generative AI Google Technology Industry

IT leaders: Perform these 3 actions in 2025, says PwC

The accounting firm says ambitious CIOs have a golden opportunity to be more strategic this year as they help organizations hire key talent, navigate complexity, and modernize data.

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 24, 2025 6 mins

CIO Generative AI IoT Platforms

How Birmingham’s $48M Oracle ERP project turned into an epic failure

A Grant Thornton audit reveals systemic governance, expertise, and vendor management failures led to catastrophic ERP rollout.

By Gyana Swain

Feb 21, 2025 6 mins

ERP Systems Oracle

‘Teleportation’ breakthrough could solve quantum computing’s scalability problem

Researchers have developed a distributed quantum algorithm that makes it possible to link small quantum units together, which could lead to functioning quantum computer systems on a large scale.

By Viktor Eriksson

Feb 20, 2025 2 mins

Quantum Computing

SAP taps Splunk’s Simon Davies to lead reorg’d APAC region

Paul Marriott passes the helm to the former Splunk exec who had previous stints with Salesforce and Microsoft in the region.

By editorial

Feb 19, 2025 2 mins

SAP Vendors and Providers

Musk’s plan to replace government workers with AI could create chaos

Without human oversight, a technocrat-led plan to push AI tools into government could mistakenly deny benefits and strand citizens in ‘endless loops’ of appeals, AI experts say.

By Grant Gross

Feb 19, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Government IT

EuroStack: Europe’s path to digital independence?

The EuroStack initiative aims to reduce Europe’s technological dependency through European solutions — but is the budget sufficient?

By Manfred Bremmer

Feb 19, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Government Open Source

Synthetic data takes aim at AI training challenges

Organizations are expected to increasingly turn to computer-generated data to protect customer privacy and deliver the volumes of data necessary to build better AIs.

By Grant Gross

Feb 19, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Governance Data Management

Data center spending to top $1 trillion by 2029 as AI transforms infrastructure

AI is driving an unprecedented transformation in data centers, with global data center CapEx spending projected to more than double from $430 billion in 2024 to $1.1 trillion by 2029.

By Maria Korolov

Feb 18, 2025 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Data Center Data Center Design

SAP aims to unify data for AI, analytics with new Business Data Cloud

SAP is partnering with Databricks to offer advanced data science and AI capabilities within Business Data Cloud.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 13, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Applications SAP

SAP builds new business suite in the cloud

SAP is taking more control: From the new Business Suite to the Business Data Cloud and the AI apps, everything is to be pre-configured in the cloud.

By Martin Bayer

Feb 13, 2025 10 mins

Big Data

Hesitant digitization hamstrings manufacturers’ outlook

Instead of digitizing processes quickly, many companies in the manufacturing industry are standing still — and thus are in danger of falling further behind.

By Manfred Bremmer

Feb 13, 2025 4 mins

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Manufacturing Industry

Workday aims to manage AI agents like employees

The cloud-based HR and financial management company is developing the Workday Agent System of Record to help organizations manage their AI agents, and working on new role-based agents for the business.

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 11, 2025 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Skills and Training Workday

MicroStrategy goes big on BI and Bitcoin as rebranding drops ‘Micro’

Rebrand comes with major risks as cryptocurrency’s huge role could be viewed as a ‘distraction’ by firm’s customer base, analyst says.

By Paul Barker

Feb 6, 2025 4 mins

Business Intelligence Cryptocurrency

NetSuite adds new AI capabilities to improve enterprise workflows

The new AI capabilities include the Prompt Management API, the CPQ AI Assistant, the NetSuite Expert for SuiteAnswers, and a text enhancer for custom fields, and come with no additional cost.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 6, 2025 3 mins

ERP Systems Generative AI

European companies less willing to invest in IT than US firms

A recent global survey of business decision-makers shows a significant gap in investments in IT between companies in Europe and the US, regardless of size.

By Karin Lindström

Feb 6, 2025 2 mins

Budgeting Digital Transformation IT Strategy

Workday to cut 1,750 jobs, shift focus to AI and global expansion

CEO says the move ‘has the potential to drive a new era of growth for Workday,’ but there are concerns about customer service during the transition.

By Sascha Brodsky

Feb 5, 2025 1 min

Generative AI IT Jobs Workday

Trump reclassifies government CIOs, allowing for political appointees

CIOs will no longer be career civil servants but instead will become policymakers taking on controversial political topics. Critics say it’s a terrible idea.

By Grant Gross

Feb 5, 2025 4 mins

CIO Government Government IT

AI to shake up Salesforce workforce with possible shift to sales over IT

With the help of AI, Salesforce can probably do without some staff. At the same time, the company needs salespeople trained in new AI products, CEO Marc Benioff has stated.

By Martin Bayer

Feb 5, 2025 4 mins

CRM Systems IT Jobs Technology Industry

H-1Bs under Trump: Lots of heat, little action

While the Trump administration combats other immigration, the high-skilled worker visa program appears safe, even with strong opposition from the president’s MAGA base.

By Grant Gross

Feb 5, 2025 6 mins

Careers H-1B Visas Hiring

SAP throws a lifeline to large organizations with new ECC offering

Scheduled for release in 2028, it will, says analyst, reduce risks, security vulnerabilities, and compliance challenges tied to outdated systems.

By Paul Barker

Feb 4, 2025 5 mins

ERP Systems Managed Cloud Services SAP

How would a potential ban on DeepSeek impact enterprises?

While some experts believe the ban would be limited to the consumer-facing app running the model, others believe enterprises should stick to a private deployment to safeguard investments.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 4, 2025 8 mins

Generative AI Risk Management

Nvidia unveils preview of DeepSeek-R1 NIM microservice

The GPU-maker has released a preview of an Nvidia inference microservice (NIM) to help developers deploy the new open-weight gen AI model.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jan 31, 2025 3 mins

Generative AI Nvidia Technology Industry

AI Pact: Simplifying EU AI Act compliance for enterprises

With the February 2 deadline for implementing the first stages of the EU AI Act upon us, more than 130 companies have joined the AI Pact initiative launched by the European Commission to help on the path to compliance with this complex legislation. M

By Patrizia Licata

Jan 30, 2025 11 mins

Artificial Intelligence CIO Generative AI

How DeepSeek changes the gen AI equation for CIOs

The new gen AI model’s explosion on the scene is likely to amp up competition in the market, drive innovation, reduce costs and make gen AI initiatives more affordable. It’s also a metaphor for increasing disruption. Maybe it’s time for CIOs to reass

By Thor Olavsrud

Jan 30, 2025 8 mins

CIO Generative AI Technology Industry

ServiceNow adds AI Agent Orchestrator, Studio to its Now platform

The additions aim to help enterprises manage their AI agents more easily while increasing productivity.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 30, 2025 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Generative AI Robotic Process Automation

SAP restructures board to emphasize AI-first, suite-first strategy

SAP is expanding its Executive Board to include the Strategy & Operations division and is appointing an expanded Executive Board consisting of eight additional managers.

By Martin Bayer

Jan 29, 2025 4 mins

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications SAP

Will the US cloud soon be illegal in the EU?

Donald Trump has poked a first hole in the EU-US data agreement, putting the Biden agreement on Transatlantic data privacy concerns to the test.

By Tristan Fincken

Jan 28, 2025 4 mins

Cloud Computing Laws and Regulations Privacy

SAP to give on-prem customers three-year reprieve — with a catch

Since many migrations to S/4HANA are still stalled, SAP apparently wants to give its customers more time to make the switch.

By Martin Bayer

Jan 27, 2025 3 mins

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications SAP

Gen AI ROI falls short of expectations, but belief persists

A new Deloitte survey shows ROI on gen AI is not coming as quickly as hoped, but interest and excitement remain high. Nevertheless, CIOs need to identify and overcome barriers to large-scale deployment.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jan 22, 2025 5 mins

CIO Deloitte Generative AI

67% of digital transformations delayed due to skill shortages

Skills shortages are impacting businesses in myriad ways, slowing down digital initiatives and damaging the bottom line.

By Sarah K. White

Jan 22, 2025 3 mins

Digital Transformation IT Skills and Training

OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle lead $500B Project Stargate to ramp up AI infra in the US

The project is designed to keep the US ahead of competing nations, such as China, in AI.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 22, 2025 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Data Center Technology Industry

Microsoft joins the European cloud group that sued it for antitrust

The world’s largest software company paid a mere €54,000 to join CISPE as a non-voting member, but Amazon still voted to block Microsoft from joining at all.

By Evan Schuman

Jan 21, 2025 4 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft

Trump repeals Biden’s AI oversight order, shifts focus to innovation-driven policies

The move sparks debate over balancing innovation with safeguarding security and societal interests.

By Gyana Swain

Jan 21, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Laws and Regulations Technology Industry

Trump charges DOGE with modernizing federal technology and software

In a sleight of hand, Trump is renaming the existing US Digital Service as the US DOGE Service.

By Peter Sayer

Jan 21, 2025 4 mins

Government IT Industry

Delays in TSMC’s Arizona plant spark supply chain worries

Major tech firms may have to remain dependent on Taiwan-based plants, increasing their exposure to geopolitical risks.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Jan 21, 2025 5 mins

Supply Chain Technology Industry

US GPU export limits could bring cold war to AI, data center markets

The Biden export limits, enacted during his last days in office, may drive data center construction to US allies while forcing China and Russia to develop their own AI chips.

By Grant Gross

Jan 21, 2025 7 mins

Computer Components Government Laws and Regulations

Altman now says OpenAI has not yet developed AGI

But this month, the company will release the model he previously claimed had achieved it.

By Paul Barker

Jan 20, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

Cloud infrastructure spending more than doubles in the third quarter of 2024

With shared cloud dominating 62% of total spending, AI-driven infrastructure investments are redefining enterprise strategies globally.

By Gyana Swain

Jan 20, 2025 1 min

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing

Lenovo to acquire Infinidat to expand its storage folio

The acquisition can be seen as part of Lenovo’s strategy to support more AI workloads.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jan 17, 2025 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Storage Lenovo

Nvidia intros new guardrail microservices for agentic AI

Three new NIM microservices leverage small language models (SLMs) to help enterprises boost safety, security, and compliance for AI agents.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jan 16, 2025 4 mins

Generative AI Nvidia Technology Industry

Companies look to sell off assets to pay for AI investments

While many CIOs worry about funding for AI projects, some companies are considering selling off non-core assets to keep investing.

By Grant Gross

Jan 15, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Budgeting Technology Industry

Microsoft commits to AI integration, but delivers no particulars to differentiate from rivals

CEO Satya Nadella speaks of an even more Azure-centric environment: “Azure must become the infrastructure for AI, while we build our AI platform and developer tools on top of it.”

By Evan Schuman

Jan 14, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Microsoft

EU joins industry backlash against Biden’s AI Chip export restrictions

Seventeen EU nations face export restrictions ; the bloc hopes to persuade the incoming Trump administration to change the rules.

By John E. Dunn

Jan 14, 2025 6 mins

Computer Components Generative AI Laws and Regulations

AI will transform the enterprise ‘in a generation,’ say CDOs

A survey of Fortune 1000 AI and data leaders found ‘techno optimism prevails,’ with 97% of organizations seeing AI as beneficial overall.

By Paul Barker

Jan 10, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Generative AI

Enterprises willing to spend up to $250 million on gen AI, but ROI remains elusive

Generative AI adoption gains momentum as 67% of enterprise leaders anticipate business transformation within two years.

By Gyana Swain

Jan 10, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI IT Management

Tech industry sounds alarm over US AI Export Control Framework

Oracle leads industry backlash, warning of dire consequences for US innovation, while others debate the effectiveness of AI regulation to address national security risks.

By Gyana Swain

Jan 8, 2025 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Laws and Regulations

Microsoft promotes American-first AI

In the fight against Chinese AI ambitions, Microsoft is demanding more support from the incoming Trump administration. The tech giant’s tone is becoming more nationalistic.

By Martin Bayer

Jan 8, 2025 5 mins

Government Microsoft Technology Industry