CIO Strategy

How business executives are combating AI sycophancy

Discover how experts view AI sycophancy and the strategies they use to safeguard their organizations, from using AI tools as a “judge” to frameworks that work to eliminate the problem.

By Everett Bishop • Oct. 30, 2026

AI superusers drive usage, but broader adoption proves harder

Giving employees AI tools is one thing. Getting them to use those tools takes more — and some IT leaders are rethinking the incentives.

By Tim Murphy • Oct. 30, 2026

Gartner presents its top strategic predictions for 2027 and beyond

Discover Gartner's 10 strategic predictions for 2027, covering physical AI, agent swarms, AI costs, governance and disposable software.

By Amanda Hetler • Oct. 29, 2026

28 top CIO conferences for 2027

Learn what 2027 conferences will be most valuable for CIOs.

By Molly Clancy • Oct. 29, 2026

Chasing AI ROI? Here’s why it keeps slipping away

IT leaders explain why AI ROI remains elusive -- from incomplete data to weak processes -- and what it takes to scale AI successfully. Read more here.

By Sarah Amsler • Oct. 29, 2026

How World Insurance’s CIO evaluates AI skills in IT hires

AI experience on a resume isn't enough. CIO Michael Corrigan wants candidates to show how they've used the tools, what they achieved and why it mattered.

By Tim Murphy • Oct. 29, 2026

What CIOs are learning as AI agents take on real workflows

Production experience is teaching CIOs that reliable AI agents depend on evolving workflows, business rules and controls — and can also reveal older problems.

By James Alan Miller • Oct. 29, 2026

Chinese AI invasion gives enterprises a new way to control cost

Low-cost, powerful Chinese open-weight models are becoming a competitive threat to U.S. closed models from vendors such as Anthropic and OpenAI.

By Patrick Thibodeau • Oct. 28, 2026

What FBI breach tells CIOs about outsourced IT oversight

A missed patch at the FBI shows why CIOs need more than provider reports. Here's how to verify critical outsourced work without checking every task.

By Liz Hughes • Oct. 28, 2026

IT leaders reveal the hidden costs of AI adoptions budgets miss

Discover the hidden AI adoption costs—token sprawl, messy data and workforce prep—that IT leaders say most executives fail to budget for.

By Amanda Hetler • Oct. 28, 2026

IT leaders weigh in on overhyped, underhyped tech trends

Discover what IT leaders at Gartner Symposium say is overhyped and underrated in AI, governance and 2027 tech trends.

By Amanda Hetler • Oct. 28, 2026

IT skills shortage often a complexity problem in disguise

Could your IT skills shortage be a problem of your own making? Dave Linthicum argues that companies sometimes make their technology jobs harder to fill than they need to be.

By David Linthicum • Oct. 28, 2026

Sticking with Windows 10 is getting pricier, and so is moving on

Windows 10 ESU now costs $122 per device in year two. CIOs weigh higher security update fees against replacement costs and the 2028 deadline.

By James Alan Miller • Oct. 27, 2026

IT leaders need these skills -- and they’re not technical

IT leaders share key non-technical skills reshaping the field, including trust, curiosity, adaptability, collaboration and communication.

By Sarah Amsler • Oct. 27, 2026

Forget tokenmaxxing: IT leaders want AI that’s worth the cost

At OpenText World, IT leaders made the case for examining business processes and using simpler automation to avoid unnecessary AI token costs.

By Don Fluckinger • Oct. 27, 2026

Anthropic maintains its focus on safety in IPO filing

Anthropic filed for its IPO with the SEC.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 27, 2026

The CIO reboot: Why yesterday’s skills won’t cut it

CIOs must evolve beyond tech oversight. Gartner and industry leaders reveal the strategic, soft and AI skills shaping the CIO role's future.

By Sarah Amsler • Oct. 27, 2026

Welcome to a new chapter for TechTarget

TechTarget’s relaunch is more than a new look. With expanded reporting, deeper analysis, and clearer coverage across enterprise IT, we’re helping technology leaders understand what matters and what to do next.

By Nick Martin • Oct. 27, 2026

Welcome to TechTarget CIO

From emerging technologies to shifting business priorities, TechTarget CIO covers the challenges, decisions and consequences shaping enterprise IT.

By Michaela Goss , James Alan Miller • Oct. 27, 2026

AI cost controls lag as CFOs’ influence grows, Deloitte finds

CFOs are taking a bigger role in AI investments, but spending controls aren't keeping pace. Deloitte found 53% still review AI usage costs after the fact.

By Tim Murphy • Oct. 23, 2026

Why CIOs and CHROs should be forming strategic partnerships

Previously unlikely bedfellows, CIOs and CHROs are starting to realize how AI's impact on workforce management is turning HR into a strategic IT partner.

By Harriet Jamieson • Oct. 23, 2026

Contact center AI isn’t making the work disappear

Is your contact center AI going to be a concierge or a bouncer? That's the decision to make before you turn it on, said ICMI co-founder Brad Cleveland.

By Don Fluckinger • Oct. 23, 2026

Gartner unveils top technology trends at Gartner IT Symposium

Gartner unveils its top 10 strategic technology trends for 2027, including large quantitative models, AI agent identity and wetware as a service.

By Amanda Hetler • Oct. 22, 2026

Reality complicates CIOs’ big AI observability plans

What happens when an AI agent does something nobody intended? New Omdia research puts CIOs' observability plans under the microscope.

By James Alan Miller • Oct. 22, 2026

Salesforce bets $5.66B on Braze to sharpen Marketing Cloud

Salesforce wants Braze's real-time engagement tech to strengthen Marketing Cloud. Analysts see the logic, but integration and customer migration will be the test.

By Don Fluckinger • Oct. 21, 2026