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• October 08, 2026 08 Oct'26

  Zapier explores extra pay for employees driving AI gains

  Zapier has planned a compensation pilot for select marketing employees driving AI gains, raising questions for CIOs about rewards and retention.

• October 06, 2026 06 Oct'26

  Is AI making the CIO role harder? IT leaders respond

  AI is making the CIO role harder as business leaders demand faster results and the technology brings more risks and decisions.

• October 06, 2026 06 Oct'26

  Upcoming SAP CX features to focus on content and marketing AI

  SAP is moving deliberately to build more CX connections across its platforms -- for example, plugging ERP data into marketing to spin up campaigns.

• October 02, 2026 02 Oct'26

  New book urges CIOs to envision better futures

  AI risk matters, but CIOs also need to imagine what could go right. Nikolas Badminton's book shows how futures thinking can turn hope into action and shape what's next.

• September 30, 2026 30 Sep'26

  AI gives OneDigital more capacity, but ROI remains to be seen

  OneDigital's AI coworkers are freeing up employee capacity. The company is now figuring out how to turn those gains into measurable business value.

• September 28, 2026 28 Sep'26

  Progress-Domo deal is the latest test of CIO software assumptions

  The Progress-Domo deal offers a fresh look at what happens when a software vendor changes hands, from pricing and product strategy to broader enterprise technology decisions.

• September 28, 2026 28 Sep'26

  Software contracts can lock CIOs in long before they need to leave

  Exit readiness starts at signing. CIOs need contract terms that preserve data access, migration options and leverage if a vendor relationship changes.

• September 25, 2026 25 Sep'26

  Salesforce CCaaS to be released globally, adds workforce management

  Salesforce's contact center as a service offering replaces a patchwork customers cobbled together to make Service Cloud work, but it puts longtime partners in a peculiar place.

• September 24, 2026 24 Sep'26

  AI agents know what to do -- but should they have authority to do it?

  AI agents are gaining access to enterprise systems, but moving from reading data to making changes requires new rules about authority, permissions and human oversight.

• September 24, 2026 24 Sep'26

  CIOs must rethink third-party risk as AI creeps into tools

  AI creep is making point-in-time vendor checks less reliable. IT leaders need continuous oversight of the added AI capabilities vendors are putting in place.

• September 24, 2026 24 Sep'26

  When AI has permission to act, who gives it authority to decide?

  Giving AI permission to take an action is different from letting it decide when that action should occur. CIOs need explicit boundaries for when AI can act autonomously.

• September 23, 2026 23 Sep'26

  ERP access control debt can turn old roles into current risk

  ERP access control can drift far from the business roles and responsibilities it was designed to reflect. CIOs need to treat authorization as an ongoing governance discipline.

• September 22, 2026 22 Sep'26

  Is AI really paying off for companies? CIOs weigh in

  AI is delivering measurable value for some companies, but most are struggling to turn productivity gains into meaningful business returns.

• September 22, 2026 22 Sep'26

  Why CIOs should invest in agent harnesses

  As AI agents access data and take autonomous actions, agent harnesses provide essential security and governance controls, enabling CIOs to scale AI safely across the enterprise.

• September 17, 2026 17 Sep'26

  CLARITY Act stalls in Senate: What crypto uncertainty means for CIOs

  A failed Senate cloture vote stalled the CLARITY Act, leaving CIOs to make digital-asset vendor, custody and contract decisions without a broader market-structure framework.

• September 16, 2026 16 Sep'26

  HubSpot adds AI CRM intelligence layer, marketing AI

  With AI automatically entering data into the systems of record, there remains a need for humans in the loop.

• September 15, 2026 15 Sep'26

  AI control is becoming an architecture problem for CIOs

  CIOs face multiple AI control layers across orchestration, models, data, identity and governance. The challenge is understanding how those layers work together.

• September 15, 2026 15 Sep'26

  Why enterprise AI fails at the org chart, not the model layer

  AI models are easy to access. Organizational authority is not. David Linthicum explains why the org chart -- not the model layer -- keeps enterprise AI from delivering.

• September 15, 2026 15 Sep'26

  Salesforce AI agent governance, development key themes at Dreamforce

  Salesforce goes deep under the hood of AI architecture and agentic management with new releases.

• September 11, 2026 11 Sep'26

  Salesforce Enterprise AI Harness latest salvo aimed at ServiceNow

  Salesforce battling ServiceNow, AWS and a cast of thousands for the soul of agentic AI management.

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  The human in the loop is falling asleep

  AI agents can overwhelm human reviewers, creating new security risks. CIOs must rethink how they oversee AI agents and decide when humans should step in.

• September 04, 2026 04 Sep'26

  Weekly news roundup: Anthropic’s $35B deal, Nvidia buys Hugging Face and AI banned in schools

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• August 28, 2026 28 Aug'26

  Where should CIOs invest next? IT leaders weigh in

  Six CIOs share where they would invest if their IT budgets increased. AI leads, with data, infrastructure and security investments helping to scale it.

• August 28, 2026 28 Aug'26

  Weekly news roundup: Meta settles lawsuit, Big Tech acquisitions and Boston Scientific cyberattack

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• August 26, 2026 26 Aug'26

  CIOs say data engineers, AI architects hardest roles to fill

  CIOs face a growing talent gap as AI changes IT roles. Seven IT leaders explain which skills are hardest to find and what hiring teams should look for.

• August 14, 2026 14 Aug'26

  Weekly news roundup: Claude watermark controversy and Nvidia $500 billion deal

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• August 13, 2026 13 Aug'26

  Uniphar taps Diagrid Catalyst for orchestration, observability

  The company's platform engineering team replaced open source Dapr with the commercial product for built-in observability, with AI agents waiting in the wings.

• August 13, 2026 13 Aug'26

  Fintech execs unblock AI with shadow AI detection, org shifts

  C-level executives in a regulated industry strike a balance between the benefits AI can offer their businesses and the need to guard against its risks.

• August 13, 2026 13 Aug'26

  Dynatrace acquires Arize for AI agent development

  With its third acquisition this year, Dynatrace continued its march from pure observability to systems of control, adding AI agent development tools to its observability arsenal.

• July 31, 2026 31 Jul'26

  Weekly news roundup: Anthropic hacking and Al safety concerns, plus ServiceNow layoffs

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• July 24, 2026 24 Jul'26

  Weekly news roundup: OpenAI hacks Hugging Face, Google expands Gemini, Meta lawsuit dropped

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• July 23, 2026 23 Jul'26

  How CIOs can navigate federal, state AI regulation uncertainty

  AI laws are evolving across the EU, U.S. states and the U.S. federal government. An effective governance framework helps organizations meet requirements across all jurisdictions.

• July 17, 2026 17 Jul'26

  Weekly news roundup: Legal trouble for Google, New York pauses data centers and Muse Image retreat

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• July 10, 2026 10 Jul'26

  Weekly news roundup: Microsoft layoffs, Muse Image controversy, xAI rebrand and Reddit ends AI slop

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• July 03, 2026 03 Jul'26

  Weekly news roundup: OpenAI weighs 5% government stake, Google loses appeal and Fable 5 return

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Anthropic models' foreign national ban exposes AI dependency risks

  U.S. export controls cut foreign nationals' access to Anthropic's Fable and Mythos, partially restored later. Experts advise CIOs to build multi-model, resilient AI architectures.

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  Weekly news roundup: OpenAI launches chip, Anthropic privacy updates and Bitcoin’s sudden slump

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Weekly news roundup: SpaceX acquires Cursor; Anthropic met with U.S. government; social media bans

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26

  U.S. court block of H-1B visa fee adds to uncertainty

  A U.S. court struck down Trump's H-1B visa policy, potentially providing relief for companies that rely on foreign workers. But the situation is uncertain as the case is appealed.

• June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26

  Weekly news roundup: Siri AI, Salesforce layoffs, xAI lawsuit and Anthropic expands Mythos access

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• June 05, 2026 05 Jun'26

  Weekly news roundup: Anthropic goes public, Nvidia 'superchip,' and SpaceX historic IPO

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• May 29, 2026 29 May'26

  Weekly news roundup: Pope AI warnings, YouTube tackles AI slop and Meta subscriptions

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• May 22, 2026 22 May'26

  Weekly tech news: Musk lawsuit verdict, Anthropic acquisition, Meta layoffs and billions for quantum

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• May 15, 2026 15 May'26

  Weekly news roundup: Googlebook announced, WhatsApp Incognito, Altman under fire and Foxconn breach

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  Weekly News Roundup: OpenAI launch, AI lawsuits and frameworks and Pentagon AI alliances

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• May 07, 2026 07 May'26

  Enterprises are making an AI native transformation

  AI agents are transforming enterprises and taking on work in financial analysis, customer experience and coding. But strong leadership is needed for companies to become AI-native.

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  CISO shortage may reflect unrealistic job expectations

  A new report warns of a CISO shortage, but interviews suggest the reality is more complex. The gap may reflect unrealistic job expectations rather than a true talent shortage.

• May 01, 2026 01 May'26

  Weekly news roundup: Musk vs. Altman, Google’s Pentagon AI deal, China and EU hit Meta

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  MIT EmTech: 2026 is the year AI goes to work

  At MIT EmTech AI, 2026 is called the year for enterprise agentic AI, with companies deploying agents that autonomously handle marketing, service desks and background workflows.

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  Weekly news roundup: Tim Cook exits Apple, Meta layoffs intensify and Anthropic investigates Claude

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• April 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  Weekly news roundup: Snap layoffs, OpenAI safety concerns and Altman attack

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• April 10, 2026 10 Apr'26

  Weekly news roundup: Claude Mythos concerns, Muse Spark debut and U.S. infrastructure disruption

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• April 06, 2026 06 Apr'26

  ITPro Today, Network Computing, IoT World Today combine with TechTarget

  Our editorial mission continues, offering IT leaders a unified brand with comprehensive coverage of enterprise technology trends and practical guidance.

• April 03, 2026 03 Apr'26

  Weekly news roundup: Oracle layoffs, geopolitical risks and Claude Code leak

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• March 27, 2026 27 Mar'26

  Weekly news roundup: Meta lawsuit, Sora shutdown and DarkSword leak

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Weekly news roundup: Stryker cyberattack, Meta layoffs and AI spending surge

  Stay up to date with the latest U.S. tech news, IPOs and executive moves shaping the industry each week.

• November 13, 2025 13 Nov'25

  EmTech MIT 2025 looks at the future of U.S. nuclear energy

  Experts at EmTech MIT 2025 discussed the latest breakthroughs in sustainable technology and nuclear energy. What successes do they predict for the future of nuclear in the U.S.?

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  Gartner unveils top technology trends for 2026

  Analysts reveal the top technology trends that CIOs need to know for 2026, including AI development, cybersecurity and data geopatriation.

• September 23, 2025 23 Sep'25

  Nvidia bets on Intel: What it means for IT leaders

  Nvidia invests $5B in Intel and partners to combine CPUs and GPUs, creating new integrated architectures that could affect AI workloads, data centers and enterprise computing.

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Capital One AI partnerships aim to build trust, grow talent

  Capital One's relationships with the National Science Foundation and several universities seek to improve AI's responsiveness and create new metrics to measure its progress.

• August 25, 2025 25 Aug'25

  DOJ targets state laws in latest inquiry

  In another effort to further President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda, the DOJ is seeking public comment on state laws that burden U.S. businesses.

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  U.S. could feel effects of EU AI Act as companies comply

  The U.S. may be making a deregulatory push on AI, but the EU AI Act means large U.S. AI developers must comply with AI regulations that will affect their models regardless.

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  Trump shifts U.S. competition policy

  While revoking former President Joe Biden's executive order on competition may make M&A more favorable for tech companies, it doesn't hand the industry a pass for future deals.

• August 08, 2025 08 Aug'25

  Intel CEO's potential China links a warning for U.S. companies

  President Donald Trump called for Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign, another signal of the administration's heightened focus on competition and support of domestic manufacturing.

• July 28, 2025 28 Jul'25

  Domestic manufacturing policy emphasizes U.S. tech, products

  Bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. might be a lofty goal for some products, but companies like Apple are making moves to source some components for products locally.

• July 22, 2025 22 Jul'25

  Federal research funding cuts could slow tech innovation

  With massive funding cuts proposed at both federal research agencies and U.S. universities, U.S. R&D investment is poised to fall behind China and the EU.

• July 14, 2025 14 Jul'25

  U.S. pushes back on China, invests in rare earth resources

  U.S. officials are increasingly concerned about China's dominance over critical minerals used in advanced technologies.

• July 10, 2025 10 Jul'25

  Tariffs could hamper U.S. manufacturing growth

  The Trump administration's fluctuating position on tariffs is creating pricing unpredictability for U.S. businesses and manufacturers.

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  In an FTC antitrust win, Meta could face divestitures

  The FTC argues that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to eliminate competition in social media networks. If the FTC wins its case, Meta could be forced to sell those products.

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Google settlement may affect DOJ antitrust remedies

  Google faces numerous antitrust challenges and has agreed to spend $500 million revamping its regulatory compliance structure in a settlement with shareholders.

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Trump wants to axe rules affecting business competition

  As the FTC and DOJ work to assess what rules to cut, lawmakers disagree on how deregulation will affect U.S. markets.

• June 18, 2025 18 Jun'25

  U.S. senators offer perspectives on U.S. energy policy

  Nuclear energy dominates the discussion among lawmakers and the tech industry as a top potential power source for AI data centers, which consume large amounts of electricity.

• June 17, 2025 17 Jun'25

  Big tech, UAE make U.S. energy investments to support AI

  The Trump administration has pointed to key partnerships, including with the United Arab Emirates and U.S. tech companies, to bolster U.S. power needs to keep up with AI advances.

• June 12, 2025 12 Jun'25

  Policymakers assess nuclear energy for AI data centers

  Big tech vendors are recognizing the energy demands of their AI services, causing them to make significant energy investments.

• June 10, 2025 10 Jun'25

  U.S. will need policy to navigate EU rules

  Protecting U.S. tech companies from the EU's regulatory regime will present a challenge to U.S. officials, who have pursued antitrust cases against big tech.

• June 06, 2025 06 Jun'25

  FTC sends message with Synopsys, Ansys divestiture order

  To prevent the creation of a monopoly in software tools used to design semiconductors, the FTC wants the two companies to divest assets before merging.

• June 05, 2025 05 Jun'25

  UK backdoor order to Apple raises bipartisan concerns

  U.S. officials fear that gaps in existing law may enable countries to target U.S. companies with data access requests that harm user privacy and security.

• May 22, 2025 22 May'25

  U.S. policy moves reflect big tech issues with state AI laws

  House Republicans proposed a 10-year moratorium on state AI rules, reflecting a concern among tech companies about the growing patchwork of state AI and data privacy measures.

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  State AI law moratorium shapes congressional debate

  While some policymakers argue that protecting consumers from AI-related harms means regulation, others say existing rules offer sufficient protection.

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Court to weigh divestiture in Google ad tech antitrust case

  Forcing Google to divest assets in the DOJ's advertising market antitrust case against it will present a challenging issue to the court during the upcoming remedies trial.

• May 20, 2025 20 May'25

  Early-stage tech companies comb through data, software code

  Software startups participating in the 2025 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium's Innovation Showcase take on the challenge of picking out the key signals from vast amounts of data.

• May 15, 2025 15 May'25

  Proposed U.S. budget cuts raise fears about tech innovation

  President Donald Trump's proposed FY 2026 budget slashes funding for federal agencies, including NSF and NIST, which support tech research and innovation in the U.S.

• May 14, 2025 14 May'25

  Cloud ERP can play role in attaining sustainability goals

  Sustainability and profitability don't need to be at odds if organizations can run more efficiently, aided by implementing and running cloud ERP systems.

• May 12, 2025 12 May'25

  Contempt order worsens Apple's antitrust woes

  A federal judge found Apple to be in contempt of an injunction ordering the company to make access to alternative payment options in the company's App Store easier.

• May 01, 2025 01 May'25

  Enterprises need to prepare for DOJ data rule

  Organizations must take steps to ensure compliance with emerging rules targeting foreign adversaries' access to U.S. citizens' sensitive personal information.

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  DOGE divides policymakers on federal IT modernization

  A former federal deputy CIO testified that reauthorizing the Technology Modernization Fund will help the government continue IT modernization projects.

• April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  Regulators urge businesses to cooperate on data privacy laws

  Providing detailed background information is one way to help data privacy regulators during investigations of potential violations.

• April 25, 2025 25 Apr'25

  AI tests limits of data privacy regulation

  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks about where data privacy guardrails are needed and where there might be room to rework privacy approaches.

• April 24, 2025 24 Apr'25

  Policymakers look to state laws for federal data privacy law

  Twenty U.S. states have adopted comprehensive data privacy laws, meaning that businesses face a complex network of laws with varied privacy requirements and definitions.

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  DOJ rule aims to block adversaries' access to personal data

  The new federal measure could apply to companies beyond data brokers. It stems from an executive order signed by former President Joe Biden.

• April 18, 2025 18 Apr'25

  Google, Meta antitrust cases could set legal precedents

  The courts dealt Google a blow this week, deciding it operates an illegal monopoly in digital ad tech. Meta's antitrust trial over Instagram and WhatsApp also began this week.

• April 15, 2025 15 Apr'25

  Global leaders reckon with U.S. tariffs

  The Trump administration says it is using tariffs to renegotiate trade deals, stop illegal drug crossings into the U.S. and boost domestic manufacturing.

• April 11, 2025 11 Apr'25

  DARPA quantum computing benchmark test seeks 'utility scale'

  DARPA aims to evaluate up to 20 vendors -- from startups to large tech companies -- using a benchmarking framework that spans multiple types of quantum computing.

• April 10, 2025 10 Apr'25

  Antitrust fix elusive as Google set to face remedies trial

  Divesting Chrome, ending search engine agreements and increasing data access are some of the remedies proposed by the Justice Department to fix Google's monopoly in online search.

• April 09, 2025 09 Apr'25

  Trump puts stamp on CHIPS Act deals with new office

  President Donald Trump tasks a new U.S. Investment Accelerator office with managing the CHIPS Program Office and reducing businesses' regulatory burdens.

• April 03, 2025 03 Apr'25

  Trump aims to consolidate federal IT contracts

  Moving billions of dollars' worth of contracts into the General Services Administration could create workload challenges as the federal agency navigates staffing cuts.

• April 02, 2025 02 Apr'25

  U.S. levies tariffs in onshoring bid, hiking tech costs

  Newly implemented tariffs mean businesses will face added costs and trade complexities as the Trump administration pushes for companies to manufacture onshore.

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  Congress weighs changes to regulatory agency CFPB

  Congress is taking a second look at federal agencies like the CFPB and considering reforms to ease regulatory and compliance burdens for businesses.

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  FTC commissioners fired as federal agencies face reckoning

  The FTC, IRS and other federal agencies providing business oversight face policy shifts and restructuring measures under President Donald Trump's administration.

• March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

  As lawsuits pile up, Section 230 shields digital platforms

  Section 230 immunity and First Amendment rights create a staggering challenge for legal teams looking to hold social media platforms accountable for alleged harms.