Ransomware, resilience, and the endpoint blind spot: What CIOs must fix now

When ransomware hits, it rarely announces itself with flashing warnings or a clear point of failure. It arrives quietly—sometimes through a compromised update, sometimes through a well-crafted phishing lure—and then, all at once, your world stops.  In one global organization, 4,000 screens froze simultaneously, silencing the support center, halting manufacturing, and locking out remote workers…

Closing the endpoint gap: The new BC&DR mandate for CIOs

For years, business continuity and disaster recovery (BC&DR) strategies have focused on protecting data and restoring applications. Backup systems, cloud failovers, and hardened DR sites are now table stakes. However, one critical gap continues to undermine even the most robust business continuity strategies: the endpoint.  When user devices are compromised, corrupted, or unavailable, accessing fully…

Anna Sánchez Simó (Volkswagen Distribución): “El coche es el IoT más grande que existe”

La teleco barcelonesa Anna Sánchez Simó lidera, desde hace más de cuatro años, la estrategia de TI y de datos de Volkswagen Group España Distribución, la compañía del grupo Volkswagen que distribuye en este país los vehículos, recambios, accesorios, servicios y soluciones de movilidad de las marcas de automoción Volkswagen, Audi, Škoda, Volkswagen Vehículos Comerciales…

4 AI strategy archetypes every CIO should know

“Such an embarrassment of a flag carrier. I will never fly AC unless I absolutely have to.” “This is absolutely outrageous.” These were some of the nicer social media reactions on carrier Air Canada following November 2022, when a well-intended chatbot on the airline’s website confidently invented a refund policy, triggering lawsuits and a reputational…

Sonia Segade Blanco, nueva directora general de Innovación, Sostenibilidad y Transformación Digital de Renfe

Sonia Segade Blanco es la nueva directora general de Innovación, Sostenibilidad y Transformación Digital de Renfe. Sustituye en el cargo a Sonia Araújo López, quien lideró esta división desde enero de 2024 hasta su destitución, realizada a principios de este mes unos días después del accidente ferroviario producido el 18 de enero en Adamuz (Huelva),…

Rethinking virtualization in the age of AI

Concerns about cost unpredictability and AI readiness are prompting IT leaders to plan major changes to their virtualization strategies. According to a new survey commissioned by HPE, two-thirds of IT decision-makers are thinking about revamping their virtualization deployments in the next two years, but only 5% say their organizations are ready for the change. Cost…

Why open source is the cheat code for AI

The frontier of large-language models is shifting daily. GPT‑5.1, Claude 4.4 and Gemini 3 Pro are now routinely outperforming what seemed cutting-edge mere months ago. As commercial AI accelerates, we’re hearing the same question from enterprise leaders again and again: how do we put this power to use?  For those interested in moving quickly, the…

Community push intensifies to free MySQL from Oracle’s control amid stagnation fears

Pressure is building on Oracle to loosen its grip on MySQL, with a group of database veterans, developers, and long-time contributors urging the company to transition the open source database to an independent foundation model. The call, articulated in an open letter, reflects mounting concern about MySQL’s development velocity, roadmap transparency, and role in an increasingly AI-driven…

칼럼 | 프롬프트 거버넌스는 새로운 데이터 거버넌스다

불과 얼마 전까지만 해도 프롬프트 작성은 개인 역량에 가까웠다. 조용히 다듬어 메모 앱에 저장해두거나, 특히 잘 작동했던 문장을 채팅창 사이에서 복사해 사용하는 정도였다. 하지만 그런 방식은 더 이상 통하지 않는다. 이제 조직 전반에서 생성형 AI 프롬프트는 임원용 요약 보고서, 정책 초안, 운영 대시보드, 임상 문서, 실제 서비스 사용자 인터페이스에까지 영향을 미치고 있다. 그럼에도 많은 환경에서…