When the CEO leads the AI initiative

Having been involved in some of the most significant technology-driven business and cultural shifts over the past five decades, including the explosive growth of the internet and the rise of open source, there are parallels from the past that are worth considering in the age of AI. A critical one is the role of the…

Cloud modernization is advancing. Utilization isn’t

At Datadog, an observability and security platform for cloud applications, I work on research studies that analyze anonymized infrastructure telemetry from thousands of production environments across Kubernetes, managed container platforms and serverless services across cloud providers. The datasets span multiple cloud providers and billions of workload hours. Much of that work goes into our annual…

The fake IT worker problem CIOs can’t ignore

Hiring fake IT workers has been a growing problem in recent years — but it’s often a problem very few want to admit to. From Fortune 500 companies down to smaller organizations, remote hiring practices have been exploited to grant trusted access to individuals who are not who they claim to be creating an insider…

Your data left the building. Did anyone notice?

The question nobody is asking loudly enough I keep hearing the same AI conversation everywhere I go. Better models, faster inference, more capable agents. The race is on and everyone wants in. But something is missing. Most organizations I work with have already moved past experimentation. AI is embedded in workflows, shaping customer interactions, processing…

CISOs step up to the security workforce challenge

A robust cybersecurity program needs a range of skilled people, yet many CISOs continue to face an ongoing skills shortage — and the squeeze may only get worse as AI gains traction. Some 95% of cybersecurity practitioners and decision-makers noted at least one security skills gap at their organization, with almost 60% citing critical or significant…