CIO’s news and analysis lineup centers on how IT leaders are turning Artificial Intelligence from hype into business value while preparing for governance pressures. Features examine what makes an Artificial Intelligence strategy work in both the short and long term, the CIO’s role in championing change, and why many organizations are reconsidering public cloud once Artificial Intelligence workloads stabilize due to cost and data privacy concerns. Opinion pieces emphasize continuous alignment to keep Artificial Intelligence safe and on mission, and outline how agentic Artificial Intelligence and human teams can be structured to drive scale and adaptive execution.
Regulatory uncertainty takes a front seat as the Computer and Communications Industry Association, whose members include Apple, Google, and Meta, urges the European Union to “stop the clock” on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act ahead of its August 2 implementation, with some EU leaders signaling openness to delays. In the courts, a US judge issued a split decision in an antitrust case against SAP, allowing parts of the case to proceed to trial while pushing back on claims that the vendor improperly denied a rival access to customer data.
Across enterprise applications, SAP’s rebranded Rise offerings raise cost vigilance for CIOs, particularly around Artificial Intelligence services. Industrial ERP vendor IFS plans to roll TheLoops’ agentic Artificial Intelligence capabilities into its suite by year-end, with pricing details to come. Case studies highlight execution on the ground: AdventHealth is deploying ambient voice technology to ease clinician documentation burdens, and Hakkoda Labs has evolved a homegrown Artificial Intelligence assistant into a “support engineer” to automate data migration tasks, with broader agentic ambitions. Additional reporting explores who should lead business transformation, the need for IT to differentiate for survival, and market roundups for Oracle and SAP. An interview with Ron Insana provides perspective on leading through economic uncertainty as technology and innovation agendas continue to advance.
