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MAY 6, 2025

AI is uniquely positioned to help us reshape how we design products, streamline operations, and enhance experiences, says Satyajith Mundakkal, CTO of Hexaware. Identifying transformational use cases depends on your ability to get a full view of teams, projects, and the overall organization, says Jon Kennedy, CTO at Quickbase.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

Cloud-based data-warehousing company Snowflake has taken this to heart with their Sales Assistant, an internal agentic AI tool designed to empower their global sales team with instant, data-driven insights, resulting in time savings and improved targeting. Another area is democratizing data analysis and reporting.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In many cases, using an LLM for simple AI tasks, such as transcribing and translating, can be expensive when cheaper tools are available, LeHong said during a recent webcast. BlackLine has deployed its own AI tools by focusing on projects that affect most employees and customers, Johar says.

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CIO

MAY 6, 2025

Dont do it Several IT leaders, however, urged DOGE to rethink its plans, although some dissenting experts suggested that AI tools are now able to refactor existing codebases and assist with large-scale projects like COBOL replacement at the SSA. The agency did not respond to a request for clarification.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

They can’t fall into typical traps like overlooking transparent communication, failing to address the needs of remote or less-engaged stakeholders, or underestimating the influence of non-traditional stakeholders, such as employees using unapproved technology tools.

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CIO

MARCH 14, 2025

In 2016, Andrew Ng, one of the best-known researchers in the field of AI,wroteabout the benefits of establishing a chief AI officer role in companies, as well as the characteristics and responsibilities such a role should have. In many companies, they overlap with the functions of the CIO, the CDO, the CTO, and even the CISO.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Skepticism from IT practitioners is natural, given they will have to work out how to deploy and maintain AI agents, says Tim Armandpour, CTO at PagerDuty. True AI agents will have the freedom to decide on the processes they run and on tool usage and learn from these decisions, she adds.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2025

Just as generative AI tools are fundamentally changing the ways developers write code, theyre being used to refactor code as well. AI tools can be adept at spotting code that technically works but is poorly designed and could give rise to future problems exactly the sort of code you need to eliminate to pay down tech debt.

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CIO

MARCH 10, 2023

By Leonard Kleinman, Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO) ) Cortex for Palo Alto Networks JAPAC Many things challenge how we practice cybersecurity these days. It also enables a greater ROI on your current tools and technology, bringing them into play as part of the orchestration process. Where to start?

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Rather than view this situation as a hindrance, it can be framed as an opportunity to reassess the value of existing tools, with an eye toward potentially squeezing more value out of them prior to modernizing them. A first step, Rasmussen says, is ensuring that existing tools are delivering maximum value.

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. We need individuals who can apply gen AI with an industry sector specific and functional perspective, focusing on solving business problems rather than merely adopting a tool or technology-first approach.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With C-suite leaders under increasing pressure to align technology with strategic objectives, many experience that roles — whether CEO, CFO or even CTO — lack the deep technical insight needed to bridge the gap between business and technology. The CTO and CIO handle IT management and technological innovation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Together, they offer complementary tools and services to achieve data discovery, gain access to real-time insights, implement multi-environment data management, and embed data protection at the chip level.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

An organization’s finance team shouldn’t have access to the data being used in an HR AI tool, and vice versa, he says. At the same time, data necessary for an AI tool to work is often siloed across organizations. Access control is important, Clydesdale-Cotter adds. Many POCs appear to lack clear objections and metrics, he says.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The right tools and technologies can keep a project on track, avoiding any gap between expected and realized benefits. Clearing business strategy hurdles Choosing the right technologies to meet an organization’s unique AI goals is usually not straightforward. But this scenario is avoidable.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2025

I think well come to the realization that AI is a great tool, but its not a replacement, Doughty says. While AI is a powerful tool for boosting productivity and assisting with writing code, it wont replace the need for skilled software engineers it will shift the demand, Farmer says. Theres real hand-holding that needs to be done.

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2025

The study also found that IT leaders currently see AI as more of an employee productivity tool than a driver of innovation. Its an oversimplification to think of AI as purely a job replacement tool, says Brian Weiss, CTO at enterprise AI platform vendor Hyperscience. AI is here to empower, not replace humans, he says.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

the company went after additional capital that Sean Turner, chief technology officer at Swiftly, said via email will enable it to ensure that retailers “have the digital platforms necessary to both service their customers and gain new customers, as well as capitalize on the opportunity to gain their market share of the retail media revenues.”.

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CIO

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Data architecture principles According to David Mariani , founder and CTO of semantic layer platform AtScale, six principles form the foundation of modern data architecture: View data as a shared asset. Choose the right tools and technologies. Provide user interfaces for consuming data.

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CIO

JUNE 20, 2024

As SVP and CTO for the Boston Red Sox, Brian Shield is responsible for the strategic direction of technology, fan engagement, day-to-day IT operations, and cybersecurity in support of the team, their fans, and Fenway Sports Management. We’ve changed our software development tools multiple times over the years.

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CIO

JANUARY 7, 2025

2025 will be the year when generative AI needs to generate value, says Louis Landry, CTO at Teradata. AI tools exacerbate the issue by exposing these data pockets, creating new security risks.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Since then, several organizations have begun using the technology , and major vendors such as Salesforce and ServiceNow have offered AI agents to customers. Agentic AI focuses on performing specific tasks and emphasizes operational decision-making instead of the content generation often associated with gen AI tools.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Baker says productivity is one of the main areas of gen AI deployment for the company, which is now available through Office 365, and allows employees to do such tasks as summarize emails, or help with PowerPoint and Excel documents. This is a use case thats been rolled out widely, he says, though not all tools are available to all employees.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

He’s also adding other emerging technologies, including using Freshworks’ generative tool, Freddy AI, to summarise service requests. The group includes the CTO, the VP of technology, and business leaders from other functions, including finance and HR. “One Just come and say, ‘We’ve found this tool.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

As a result, for IT consultants, keeping the pulse of the technology market is essential. Being a successful IT consultant requires knowing how to walk in the shoes of your IT clients and their business leaders, says Scott Buchholz,CTO of the government and public services sector practice at consulting firm Deloitte.

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CIO

JANUARY 22, 2025

IT leaders should be under-hypers rather than over-hypers, and promote technology only in the context of business cases. According to Ron Guerrier, CTO of Save the Children Foundation, one way of helping business leaders learn whats really possible is to recommend books to read on AI. This is going to be critical, he says.

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CIO

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Your communication strategy is lacking Leaders often overlook the importance of building strong communication links between management and team members, says Pavlo Tkhir, CTO at software development firm Euristiq. Leveraging AI tools to gather insights on employee sentiment and project impact can inform real-time adjustments, Mohanty says.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Overemphasis on tools, budgets and controls. FinOps initiatives often prioritize implementing cost-management tools over cultivating a culture of accountability and collaboration, which is essential for lasting change. Neglecting motivation. A more compelling driver like addressing climate change is needed. Long-term value creation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The high price of FOMO New AI tools are coming out seemingly every week, each one promising to revolutionize some area of work. Workday announced new AI agents to transform HR and finance processes, and Google issued more AI-powered advertising and marketing tools. With too many tools, you’re always playing catch up.

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Modern CTO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We discuss the rapid improvements they’ve made to observability thanks to their new AI tool, ScoutIt. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! The post #818 Radically Transforming Network Observability with Tony Davis & John Balsavage from A&I Solutions appeared first on Modern CTO.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Muliro has also been appointed as HotelOnline’s chief technology officer. The full terms of the transcation were not disclosed but Eric Muliro , who founded HotelPlus in Kenya 13 years ago is getting a payout and $1.9 million in shares in HotelOnline, which was valued at $24 million before the deal.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2025

tagging, component/application mapping, key metric collection) and tools incorporated to ensure data can be reported on sufficiently and efficiently without creating an industry in itself! Observer-optimiser: Continuous monitoring, review and refinement is essential.

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CIO

APRIL 25, 2024

The dynamic nature of the cloud — and the need for continually optimize operations — often drives requirements unique to a CIO’s enterprise, meaning that even some popular third-party cloud cost optimization tools may no longer fit an enterprise’s specific requirements. Garcia gives the example of the AWS cURL file, written three times daily.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Disha provided them with tools to create a one-page site to curate and share links, content, portfolios and a checkout system to receive payments. We [the founders] decided to shut down the company because we ran out of resources to continue driving the very valid vision we had,” ex-CTO Oyemade told TechCrunch in an email.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Structured frameworks such as the Stakeholder Value Model provide a method for evaluating how IT projects impact different stakeholders, while tools like the Business Model Canvas help map out how technology investments enhance value propositions, streamline operations, and improve financial performance.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Case in point was the high turnover rate at road and highway maintenance company AVR Group, and the solutions enacted by its CTO Pierangelo Perdomi to remedy it. Plus, AI tools that help with talent searches must be well understood and embraced by the CEO.

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