How CIOs in the Middle East address talent shortages

IT organizations are having to transform themselves to meet the evolving needs of the future enterprise, and CIOs are increasingly being tasked with leading this transformation as IT becomes the enterprise operating system. As the world of work continues to evolve and organizations shift to hybrid work models, new challenges and opportunities present themselves. Finding…

CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

After years of marching to the cloud migration drumbeat, CIOs are increasingly becoming circumspect about the cloud-first mantra, catching on to the need to turn some workloads away from the public cloud to platforms where they will run more productively, more efficiently, and cheaper. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good…

Managing the ‘H’ out of AI

To survive in the Paleolithic Age, you had to be able to hunt and gather. In the Agrarian Age, thriving meant being able to farm. In today’s post-Industrial Age, you will need to master artificial intelligence. Full stop – end of conversation. Well, “master” might not be the right word. Like outrunning the proverbial lion,…

Q&A: Businesses need to be the boss of AI, or else

As with any revolutionary technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed with both optimism and fear.  The optimistic outlook posits that AI is our virtual assistant, taking care of mundane, task-oriented activities so we have time to conjure up new business ideas. On the other hand, the fearful outlook paints a dystopian picture where robots take…

Defining a new era of exponential companies

Before the popularization of DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Chat GPT, very few business executives were tasking technology leaders with accelerating AI strategies. That’s all changed. Now, Gartner estimates that by next year, 35% of large organizations will have named a Chief AI Officer reporting to a CEO or COO. And by 2033, the same study…