For three decades, enterprise software has been a buy-it decision. Packaged software from SAP, Oracle and Salesforce covered roughly 80% of requirements at a fraction of the cost of building. The economics were obvious, and for traditional applications, they still are. AI is introducing a wrinkle that is forcing even the most committed enterprise software…
The Linux Foundation has launched the x402 Foundation, a new industry body that will oversee the x402 payment protocol, an open standard designed to let AI agents, applications, and APIs pay for digital services over HTTP. The x402 protocol, originally developed by Coinbase, embeds payment capabilities directly into web interactions, allowing AI agents, APIs, and applications to…
The industry conversation around AI infrastructure has narrowed to a single dimension: scale. The focus is on GPUs, power, cooling and the massive physical footprint required to train and run AI agents and models. At the same time, organizations are adjusting to the speed and scale with which AI is identifying vulnerabilities — which is…
Salesforce’s AI agent platform, Agentforce, is seeing weaker-than-expected customer traction, according to a recent KeyBanc Capital Markets investment research note, which attributed the slowdown in part to the product itself, stating that “Agentforce, as a product, just isn’t there” yet, following customer checks and a CIO survey. “Our checks and customer conversations have not been…
As AI use ratchets up, demand for data center capacity is higher than it’s ever been. But New York State is telling the industry: Not so fast. New York Governor Kathy Hochul this week signed an Executive Order described as the “nation’s first moratorium” on new hyperscale data centers, massive factories that typically comprise thousands…
With AI increasingly tucked into every cranny of the enterprise, someone has had to step up and provide the tools necessary to discover, track, and monitor all the agents and LLMs and keep them humming along in their various workflows. Thankfully, the DevOps world answered the call, building the tools to support our new overlords…
I have sat in a lot of ERP training sessions over the years. Some were excellent. Most were not. And the ones that failed share a pattern I have come to recognize almost immediately: a vendor trainer at the front of the room, working through the same slide deck they use for every client, at…
Every major sporting and pop culture event creates a familiar conversation among employers: How much productivity will be lost? This year’s FIFA World Cup was no exception. Before the tournament began, UKG research found that 37% of employees globally planned to adjust their work schedules during the tournament. Some intended to take time off. Others…
Recent data from the CompTIA Tech Jobs Report shows that tech jobs have seen a drop in unemployment, down to 3.1% in May from 3.5% in April, accounting for an increase of around 6,700 in May. Roles that saw the highest demand include software developers and engineers, systems engineers and architects, tech support specialists, cybersecurity…
Today’s CIOs must master a complex balancing act of maintaining operational excellence while enabling AI experimentation, modernizing legacy environments while accelerating innovation, leading workforce transformation while maintaining culture, and communicating fluently across boards, business units, customers, and technical teams alike. Few leaders understand this balancing act better than former Verizon CIO Jane Connell. Over her…