In a time when companies are reducing headcounts in favor of adopting AI tools, IBM is doing something completely different: The tech giant is tripling its entry level hiring, not easing up on it or indiscriminately slashing jobs. This initiative, according to SVP and chief human resources officer Nickle LaMoreaux, not only includes hiring software…
디브라이 대학이 학생들의 불편 사항을 해결하기 위해 에이전틱 AI를 도입했다. 1931년 시카고에서 디포레스트 트레이닝 스쿨로 설립된 디브라이 대학은 현재 기술, 비즈니스, 의료 분야에서 온라인 및 하이브리드 교육 프로그램을 운영하며 3만 2,000명 이상의 학생을 지원하고 있다. 학부생 가운데 약 83%는 25세 이상이며 대부분이 직업을 갖고 있다. 또한 약 50%는 부모다. 문제는 학생 대다수가 교수나 지도 인력이…
프랑스 AI 기업 미스트랄AI가 클라우드 스타트업 코예브(Koyeb)를 인수했다. 모델 개발 기업으로 출발한 미스트랄AI는 이번 첫 인수합병을 통해 엔터프라이즈 인프라 시장에 본격적으로 진출했다. 이는 그동안 최첨단 모델 개발에 주력해 온 미스트랄AI가 전략적으로 방향을 전환하고 있다는 신호로도 해석된다. 미스트랄AI는 이제 컴퓨팅 역량 강화와 배포 옵션 확대에 대규모 투자를 단행하며 사업 영역을 넓히고 있다. 이번 인수를 통해 코예브의…
While the predicted mass exodus from VMware hasn’t materialized, many enterprises are actively reducing their VMware footprint, a new survey shows. Broadcom’s 2023 acquisition of VMware prompted forecasts that enterprises would rethink their virtualization strategies amid fears that VMware license costs would triple. So far, though, only 14% of enterprises questioned have so far seen…
Enterprise AI has reached an inflection point. Models are more powerful than ever, infrastructure is increasingly accessible and organizations across every sector are experimenting with generative and agentic systems. Yet a familiar tension keeps surfacing in my conversations with fellow technology leaders. I began to see this trust gap most clearly when teams moved from…
I’ve walked into infrastructure review meetings expecting to talk about AI acceleration, only to spend the entire time on a different problem: Why the cloud footprint kept growing even though application demand had flattened. Teams had modernized aggressively. Platform leaders were confident, and contracts were up to date. Yet, spend curves no longer matched business…
For years, I have seen organizations believe that data and advanced analytics provide competitive advantage. Yet despite massive investments in data foundation, many companies still struggle with slow, inconsistent and low-confidence decisions. The truth is that data is never an advantage on its own. The advantage comes when data is leveraged as a catalyst in…
Artificial intelligence promises to boost efficiency, cut costs and improve service, and businesses have invested heavily in the technology. According to Foundry’s 2025 AI Priorities Study, nearly half of enterprises now have a dedicated AI budget. However, initial results have been mixed. A study by Genpact found that despite the proliferation of AI projects, only…
Cloud technology deployments are maturing as global enterprise digitises and emerging technology such as agentic AI becomes a key priority. According to PwC’s 2025 EMEA Cloud Business Survey, 80% of organisations reported medium or high cloud maturity in 2025 and 86% of respondents plan to increase their budgets over the next 12 months. The rise…
I haven’t come across a CIO who considers themself vendor-led. However, I’ve seen CIOs quietly shaped by vendors in ways that only become apparent years later, once platforms are deeply embedded, choices have narrowed and their strategy closely aligns with supplier roadmaps. This is not a moral failure; it is a structural condition of modern…