As AI becomes a core business capability, a new strategic imperative has emerged for CIOs: sovereign AI. The next phase of competitive advantage will belong to organizations that control their intelligence stack, including where data resides, how models are governed, and who owns the intellectual property they generate. The urgency is growing. In a recent global…
The digital bedrock of the modern enterprise—the encryption that secures every financial transaction, medical record, and state secret—is approaching an expiration date. While the arrival of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) remains uncertain, the threat it poses is already present. For today’s CIO, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is no longer a futuristic research project; it…
For decades, the metric for success in the C-suite of research institutions and enterprise data centers was simple: raw CPU clock speed. In the supercomputing landscape, solving the world’s most complex problems—weather forecasting, aerodynamic modeling, or seismic analysis—means stringing together thousands of traditional processors. However, we have entered a new era. The CPU-only approach has…
It’s 2 a.m. The change window is open. The plan was reviewed and the change review board signed off. And still, everyone on the call is holding their breath because nobody actually knows what will happen next. That feeling isn’t paranoia. It’s the accurate read of an industry that has spent decades changing production networks with no…
Teradata is adding a context engine, an execution layer, and reusable agent skills to Tera, its AI-powered workspace for enterprise data and AI tasks, in order to make agentic execution of multistep workflows more efficient. Tera was initially introduced in May as part of Teradata’s Autonomous Knowledge Platform. The new additions are designed to cut…
A decade ago, UiPath built its business on watching people work, recording keystrokes and clicks to automate tasks employees already did by hand. This week, amid an industry consumed by autonomous agents, the company’s newest product suggests that same instinct still has a place. UiPath used its Fusion conference in Las Vegas to launch Cartographer,…
Artificial intelligence may prove to be one of the most transformative technologies in human history. But amid the excitement over smarter models, autonomous agents, enormous data centers and seemingly unlimited computational power, we may be overlooking a much simpler question: Does AI create more value than it costs? My position is that the ultimate constraint…
For such a rapid innovation cycle, AI has been given unprecedented levels of responsibility. According to the Stanford AI Index 2026, 88% of organizations used AI in 2025, with 70% using generative AI in at least one business function. Most analysts agree that this technology, particularly when it comes to generative and agentic AI, is…
IT modernization remains a key pillar of CIOs’ strategic agendas, and even CEOs are coming around to the value that addressing legacy systems has in fueling transformation and innovation. Yet a solid majority of application and infrastructure modernization projects are failing to meet expectations, with many IT leaders having to cut IT corners to divert…
For decades, the technology industry was built around supply chains that were global, but highly concentrated and fragile. The shifting geopolitical landscape in recent years necessitated an evolution of these supply chains that, on the surface, seem more diversified — but are no less fragile. Instead of strengthening them, certain aspects of tech supply chains…