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February 12, 2025
The low-code lessons CIOs can apply to agentic AI
If youâre searching for a playbook for successful gen AI adoption, look back at what works for citizen developers.
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Sponsored by EXL: EXL Insurance LLM offers industry-specific language model for insurance firms
With an industry-specific large language model to support claims and underwriting-related tasks, EXL is helping insurers with claims reconciliation, data extraction and interpretation, and providing summaries to help speed up the insurance claims process. Sumit Taneja, senior vice president and global head of AI consulting and implementation at EXL, demonstrates key features of the Insurance LLM offering.
New US CIO appointments, February 2025
Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer, senior IT, or board role.
Matching tech to degrees of scale at the Salvation Army
Milad Kruze, executive GM for IT at the Salvation Army, recently spoke with Cathy O'Sullivan, editorial director for Foundry in Australia and New Zealand, about the organization's multi-faceted mission, modernizing disaster management software, and implementing AI for community connections.
The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year (so far)
2025 is likely to see an uptick in acquisition activity among enterprise technology vendors, with AI a key consideration.
Workday aims to manage AI agents like employees
The cloud-based HR and financial management company is developing the Workday Agent System of Record to help organizations manage their AI agents, and working on new role-based agents for the business.
How sensors will provide new use cases in 2025
Advances in artificial intelligence, networking and software are allowing sensor companies to create new use cases for âolderâ technologies. For example, millimeter wave technology once aimed at creating a better VR experience within the home can now be used to detect falls for older residents living at home. Gregg Rouse, president of Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM), joins the show to discuss advances in sensor technologies and what new use cases will emerge from them.