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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

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Gen AI-related job listings were particularly common in roles such as data scientists and data engineers, and in software development. According to October data from Robert Half, AI is the most highly-sought-after skill by tech and IT teams for projects ranging from customer chatbots to predictive maintenance systems.

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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

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trillion industry in the United States — a complex ecosystem of lenders, owners, developers, architects, general contractors, subcontractors and more. Roughly 41% of domestic construction value is in residential property, 25% in commercial property and 34% in industrial projects. Construction is a massive, $1.3

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Six steps to creating a successful IT strategy: A guide for CIOs

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This requires evaluating competitors’ strategies; identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities; and leveraging insights from the competitive market analysis team or similar teams within the organization. With this information, IT can craft an IT strategy that gives the company an edge over its competitors.

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7 ways gen AI can create more work than it saves

CIO

But a substantial 23% of respondents say the AI has underperformed expectations as models can prove to be unreliable and projects fail to scale. With our attention split too much, people might start making bad decisions, she adds. “It Generally, there’s optimism and a positive mindset when heading into AI.”

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Unlocking the full potential of enterprise AI

CIO

Research from Gartner, for example, shows that approximately 30% of generative AI (GenAI) will not make it past the proof-of-concept phase by the end of 2025, due to factors including poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, and escalating costs. [1] Reliability and security is paramount.

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

CIO

For example, developers using GitHub Copilots code-generating capabilities have experienced a 26% increase in completed tasks , according to a report combining the results from studies by Microsoft, Accenture, and a large manufacturing company. These reinvention-ready organizations have 2.5 times higher revenue growth and 2.4

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Overcoming the 6 barriers to IT modernization

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Solution: Invest in continuous learning and development programs to upskill the existing workforce. It collaborated with compliance experts to ensure that modernization efforts adhered to industry regulations and standards and leveraged automated compliance tools to streamline the process and reduce the risk of human error.