CIO First Look
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May 09, 2024
Ways IT leaders can meet the EU AI Act head on
The biggest mistake companies of all sizes could make is to put conformity before innovation, according to EU AI Act co-rapporteur DragoÈ Tudorache. Read more
Red Hat seeks to shrink IT skills gap with Lightspeed gen AI
Building on the success of Ansible Lightspeed, Red Hat will extend generative AI capabilities across its platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Read more
CDOsâ biggest problem? Getting colleagues to understand their role
Chief data officers face several challenges, including new demands from AI, but they must also sell the value of their jobs to coworkers unsure what CDOs do. Read more
6 cloud market forces impacting IT strategies today
Several ongoing and emerging cloud market developments are sure to have downstream impacts on CIOsâ cloud roadmaps. Hereâs what to know about recent and predicted market changes. Read more
Rethinking âBig Dataâ â and the rift between business and data ops
As an era, âBig Dataâ may be over, but its underlying value (and tensions) live on, even as organizations seek to make the leap to an AI future. Read more
SAP forecasts clarity in the cloud
After customers and user groups that adopted S/4HANA early accused SAP of bait-and-switch tactics, CIO editor-in-chief in Germany Martin Bayer recently sat with Christian Klein, CEO of the multinational software company, to clear the air on cloud reassurance, using gen AI as a migration accelerant, and positive growth for the future. Read more
7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results
From leaning on peers to accepting inconvenient challenges, CIOs offer time-tested, hard-won advice for achieving and sustaining IT and career success. Read more
