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CIO 100 Award winners spotlight IT’s power to transform

From improving customer care to future-proofing the business, 2026’s award-winning projects for IT innovation and leadership demonstrate how IT leaders and their teams are organizational difference-makers.

By Mary K. Pratt

Aug 10, 202618 mins

CIO 100Digital TransformationInnovation Awards

Recent news & fresh reads

Why enterprise IT environments get more complex as companies grow

Most IT complexity isn't bad planning — it's years of smart decisions piling up. The trick is knowing what to keep and what to cut.

By Michael Shonholz

Aug 10, 2026 8 mins

Business OperationsIT LeadershipIT Management

The AI reckoning every CIO saw coming (and still wasn't ready for)

AI isn't failing — how we're managing it is. The winners treat AI like a business tool, not a free-for-all.

By Tal Carmi

Aug 10, 2026 5 mins

Data GovernanceIT GovernanceIT Strategy

The modern CIO: From technology expert to business leader

Great CIOs don't need all the answers — they build teams, ask better questions and turn technology into real business value.

By Varun Bansal

Aug 10, 2026 6 mins

IT LeadershipRoles

Agentic AI workforce is more than doubling year on year, says Salesforce

Agents are taking less time to deploy to production, too, data from Salesforce customers indicates.

By Lynn Greiner

Aug 7, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSalesforceVendors and Providers

How to Launch Your AI Projects from Pilot to Production – and Ensure Success

IT leaders can take an active role in improving how many AI projects get fully off the ground.

By Isaac Sacolick

Nov 7, 2022 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ScienceMachine Learning

Snowflake attacker pleads guilty to hack of 165 companies’ data

Connor Riley Moucka faces between 2 and 30 years in prison for the hacks.

By Maxwell Cooter

Aug 7, 2026 2 mins

CyberattacksCybercrimeData Breach

There are two completely different roles called ‘FDE’

Think every FDE does the same job? Picking the right type could be the difference between scaling smoothly and spinning your wheels.

By Kabir Sial

Aug 7, 2026 7 mins

DeveloperEngineerHiring

AMD wants to make enterprise inference cheaper and faster with chips from Taalas

AMD is betting enterprises will embrace the chips, made to run a single AI model at lower cost, but analysts say the technology’s lack of flexibility means it is only suited to mature, high-volume workloads.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 7, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterData Center Design

Beyond chatbots: How embedded GenAI is transforming banking application development

Banking apps are getting smarter as embedded GenAI and hyperautomation cut busywork while keeping governance front and center.

By Magesh Kasthuri

Aug 7, 2026 13 mins

BankingFinancial Services IndustryGenerative AI

Your AI hiring tool isn't an HR problem. It's a security one

AI is changing hiring faster than enterprise security programs are changing their risk models. That gap should worry every CIO.

By Jay Barach

Aug 7, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceHiringHuman Resources

Enterprise-wide AI transformation starts with change management

CIOs can create the operational conditions for AI by reducing employee friction first.

By Shannon Bell

Aug 7, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDigital TransformationIT Leadership

Deepfakes are targeting your executives. Here's what actually works

Your next executive fraud may look and sound perfectly real — and only strong verification habits are likely to stop it.

By Tony McChrystal

Aug 7, 2026 7 mins

CybercrimeSecurity

Cloudflare wants to provide the operating system for the AI-first enterprise

Cloudflare OS brings AI workspaces, zero-trust access, governed connectors, model routing, and enterprise data together in the browser, while new tools help IT teams track AI identities, token spending, and insider risk.

By Taryn Plumb

Aug 6, 2026 8 mins

BusinessEnterpriseIdentity and Access Management

Enterprise Spotlight: Rethinking cloud strategy in the age of AI

Digital Edition

Cloud computing has reached a crossroads. The high cost and data sensitivity of AI workloads are raising the appeal of private clouds, even as neoclouds and sovereign clouds shake up the cloud provider landscape. Download the June 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight and learn how to navigate the latest cloud strategy developments.

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