Emerging technologies catch IT leaders flat-footed, so it comes as no surprise that some are clenching their teeth over shadow AI, or the unsanctioned use of generative AI and associated services. CIOs recall when cloud computing disrupted the industry more than a decade ago. They remember business line leaders using corporate credit cards for cloud…
Generative AI is the biggest breakthrough technology in years, democratizing information creation for the masses. As genAI caught fire in 2023, many organizations rushed to test and learn from the technology and harness it to grow productivity and improve processes. Yet ironically, genAI’s potential has created a paradox within organizations. On one hand, 76% of…
By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO at DataStax Along with the exciting possibilities of generative AI (genAI), there have been concerns around job (in)security and displacement. Leaders are feeling the pressure to implement genAI quickly and automate as much as possible. Some will see this as an opportunity to “get lean” and reduce headcount. Others…
IT leaders have gotten the message: To successfully perform their jobs, they need more than technical skills. They also need general business acumen, industry knowledge, and accounting talent. Some expertise in marketing, operations, cybersecurity, and other functional areas is important, too. That has been the message coming from veteran CIOs, executive advisors, and management consultants…
SAP customers have a lot to navigate in 2024. A host of new product and feature launches, questions about SAP’s plans for managing commitments to legacy platform customers, and the acceleration of generative AI in popular products such as SAP RISE are just a few of the major issues enterprise SAP customers will need to…
The changing of the guard at the top of SAP’s supervisory board is anything but smooth. The German software company has announced that Punit Renjen, who it originally intended would become chairman of the supervisory board, is to be replaced. They have mutually decided to go their separate ways, SAP said in a statement. The…
Salesforce is working on adding two new prompt engineering features to its Einstein 1 platform to speed up the development of generative AI applications in the enterprise, a top executive of the company said. The two new features, namely a testing center and the provision of prompt engineering suggestions, are the fruit of significant…
From the initial kickoff at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, an artificial intelligence platform will be tracking every move on the field to help keep players safer. Like many other professional sports leagues, the NFL has been at the leading edge of data-driven transformation for years. For example, in…
The rapid adoption and democratization of generative AI has been compared to that of the lightbulb, which did the same for electricity nearly 150 years ago. Much as its invention in 1879, which came decades after the invention of electricity (1831), brought practical use cases to the masses and businesses, generative AI is doing the…
Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). “Today, CISPE confirms that it has opened discussions with Microsoft aimed at resolving ongoing issues related to unfair software licensing for cloud infrastructure providers and their…