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AI dominates Gartner’s 2025 predictions

CIO

Enterprises’ interest in AI agents is growing, but as a new level of intelligence is added, new GenAI agents are poised to expand rapidly in strategic planning for product leaders. Agentic AI will be incorporated into AI assistants and built into software, SaaS platforms, IoT devices and robotics.

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What is technical debt? A business risk IT must manage

CIO

It is based on the idea that cutting corners for the sake of speed when writing code or setting up infrastructure will create more work to upkeep, secure, or manage in the future. Every minute spent on code that is not quite right for the programming task of the moment counts as interest on that debt. Why is technical debt important?

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

CIO

Observer-optimiser: Continuous monitoring, review and refinement is essential. Software architecture: Designing applications and services that integrate seamlessly with other systems, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable and secure and leveraging the established and emerging patterns, libraries and languages.

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From project to product: Architecting the future of enterprise technology

CIO

Understanding and tracking the right software delivery metrics is essential to inform strategic decisions that drive continuous improvement. Wikipedia defines a software architect as a software expert who makes high-level design choices and dictates technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms.

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Generative AI’s killer enterprise app just might be ERP

CIO

The use of gen AI with ERP systems is still in its early days, but the combination is expected to provide several benefits, including helping employees create specialized ERP functionality on their own through code wizards, says Liz Herbert, a Forrester analyst and lead author of the report, “ How Generative AI Will Transform ERP.”

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21 Ways to Leverage GenAI in Product Development

Perficient

Planning and Ideation Innovative products with effective solutions start with strategic planning, ensuring that each decision is aligned with business value, addressing customer needs and driven by market trends. Self-Healing Tests Implement tests that adapt to code changes, maintaining testing as products evolve and change.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

CIO

Most companies have transitioned to become more software-centric, and with this transformation, application programming interfaces (APIs) have proliferated. Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value.