Jen Stirrup

JULY 12, 2025

As Forrester's 2024 AI Implementation Survey notes, "Companies that prioritize data strategy before AI deployment are 3.2 "Organizations that underinvest in modernizing their data infrastructure find themselves unable to deploy AI solutions that can operate reliably at enterprise scale."

Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

research firm Vanson Bourne to survey 650 global IT, DevOps, and Platform Engineering decision-makers on their enterprise AI strategy. The Nutanix State of Enterprise AI Report highlights AI adoption, challenges, and the future of this transformative technology. Nutanix commissioned U.K.

Marketing

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2025

We are in favor of AI regulations as well as regulatory simplification, also recommended by the Draghi Report, and the effective execution of the AI Act and any new AI regulatory instruments. Support for compliance The AI Pacts voluntary commitments are based on the European Commissions call for compliance with at least three key tasks.

Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

But this year three changes are likely to drive CIOs operating model transformations and digital strategies: In 2024, enterprise SaaS embedded AI agents to drive workflow evolutions , and leading-edge organizations began developing their own AI agents.

Digital Transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2025

In a global economy where innovators increasingly win big, too many enterprises are stymied by legacy application systems. Indeed, more than 80% of organisations agree that scaling GenAI solutions for business growth is a crucial consideration in modernisation strategies. [2] The solutionGenAIis also the beneficiary.

Cost-Benefit

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 31, 2024

CIOs failing to gain organizational traction with generative AI might want to rethink how they are introducing the technology — and how they are honing their AI strategies to suit. This was in part because their full effects may be hard to calculate , given that employees don’t often track the time savings.

Data-driven

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

With the AI revolution underway which has kicked the wave of digital transformation into high gear it is imperative for enterprises to have their cloud infrastructure built on firm foundations that can enable them to scale AI/ML solutions effectively and efficiently.

Optimization

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

CRM leader Salesforce has since centered its strategy around agentic AI, with the announcement of Agentforce. It will be important for enterprises to pool all their data and avoid information silos. Think about all of the knowledge you have of your enterprise. Microsoft and others are also joining the fray.

Business Intelligence

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2025

A sharp rise in enterprise investments in generative AI is poised to reshape business operations, with 68% of companies planning to invest between $50 million and $250 million over the next year, according to KPMGs latest AI Quarterly Pulse Survey. However, only 12% have deployed such tools to date.

ROI

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2025

This is where LLMs can extend the systems capabilities by converting raw data into actionable insights on a zero-shot basis , without the need for specialized machine learning models, namely: Automatic reporting: LLMs can analyze time series data and generate detailed reports in natural language. Pro can process up to 2,000,000 tokens.

Software

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

For enterprises operating on the cloud, security and cost management are rising concerns. This can be challenging, as CISOs and FinOps teams often do not fall under the same reporting structure, which can impede collaboration in some corporate cultures, especially those where security operates in a silo.

Cost-Benefit

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 21, 2025

Defining AI’s scope and application is now a foundational element of enterprise risk management, requiring attention to legal exposure, operational impact and ethics. Recent surveys show 78% of organizations use AI in at least one business function — up from the 55% reported two years ago.

Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Dealing with these challenges requires a holistic approach with a comprehensive analytics platform and a data-driven strategy to improve organizational decision-making. Inefficient reporting: Manual reporting processes were time-consuming and prone to errors.

Sales

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As businesses race toward digital transformation, Gartner has forecasted a game-changing shift in customer service strategies for Fortune 500 companies. By 2028, 30% of these enterprises are expected to streamline their service operations through single, AI-enabled channels capable of handling text, image, and sound interactions.

Risk

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Jayesh Chaurasia, analyst, and Sudha Maheshwari, VP and research director, wrote in a blog post that businesses were drawn to AI implementations via the allure of quick wins and immediate ROI, but that led many to overlook the need for a comprehensive, long-term business strategy and effective data management practices.

ROI

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A new report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) appears to indicate that no US federal agency reporting into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) knows the full extent or probability of harm that AI can do the nations critical infrastructure.

Risk

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2025

I aim to outline pragmatic strategies to elevate data quality into an enterprise-wide capability. Key recommendations include investing in AI-powered cleansing tools and adopting federated governance models that empower domains while ensuring enterprise alignment. The patterns are consistent across industries.

Data Quality

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 24, 2025

Microsoft Fabric users will soon face more work to set up analytics workflows for new datasets, as Microsoft is retiring a feature that automatically creates semantic models on enterprise data. Microsoft said that retiring the Default Semantic Models is part of its broader push to tighten up data governance across its enterprise offerings.

Modeling

DataKitchen

AUGUST 11, 2025

While this multi-layered approach to data processing offers significant advantages in organizing and refining data, it also introduces complexity that demands rigorous testing strategies to ensure data integrity across all layers.

Data Quality

DataKitchen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A Guide to the Six Types of Data Quality Dashboards Poor-quality data can derail operations, misguide strategies, and erode the trust of both customers and stakeholders. Another example is an analytic team that wants to focus on data that goes into the weekly report for the executive team. We have corporate goals on CDE data quality.

Data Quality

Jen Stirrup

JULY 17, 2025

Enterprises are going to have to think about agents and specialisms, and how these can be orchestrated to allow humans to focus on more human activities rather than more mundate tasks. Enterprise AI has reached a pivotal inflection point. This evolution marks a critical maturity stage in enterprise AI adoption.

Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

Now, contrast that with a transformation effort inside a global enterprise where two business units, each generating billions in revenue, are asked to stop operating independently and start delivering holistic solutions that span the full customer value chain. No less complex. No less consequential. Where should it sit?

IT

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2025

The 2024 NACD Blue Ribbon Commission Report, Technology Leadership in the Boardroom: Driving Trust and Value , was released in early October 2024. This report from the NACD examines the impact of technology and data on corporate governance. The report gives a well-written rationale and game plan to get the improvement started.

Reporting

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Trading: GenAI optimizes quant finance, helps refine trading strategies, executes trades more effectively, and revolutionizes capital markets forecasting. GenAI can also play a role in report summarization as well as generate new trading opportunities to increase market returns.

Forecasting

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

We may look back at 2024 as the year when LLMs became mainstream, every enterprise SaaS added copilot or virtual assistant capabilities, and many organizations got their first taste of agentic AI. AI at Wharton reports enterprises increased their gen AI investments in 2024 by 2.3 Why focus on the marketing department?

Cost-Benefit

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2024

When IBM this week introduced its genAI program for consulting, it didn’t reveal any meaningful differentiators when comparing its offerings to what every consulting firm, and enterprise, is already doing with genAI. From an enterprise CIO’s perspective, Schadler said, “I would rather you use mine.

Consulting

AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, enterprises often encounter challenges with data silos, insufficient access controls, poor governance, and quality issues. By decentralizing data ownership and distribution, enterprises can break down silos and enable seamless data sharing. At the core of this ecosystem lies the enterprise data platform.

Sales

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Significantly, this comes days after Reuters reported that Chinese research institutions linked to the People’s Liberation Army develop a chatbot using Llama for intelligence gathering and decision support. The CIO’s role in these enterprises is among the toughest, as it involves issues of privacy, security, and criticality.

Modeling

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The company provides industry-specific enterprise software that enhances business performance and operational efficiency. Infor offers applications for enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, customer relationship management and human capital management, among others.

Finance

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2025

Keep reading for a dive into what the survey reveals about the role of data in AI rollouts, along with guidance on how businesses can solve obstacles related to data infrastructure as part of their AI strategies. In the context of enterprise AI adoption, the most important type of data is information that is specific to individual businesses.

Data Governance

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2025

In a global economy where innovators increasingly win big, too many enterprises are stymied by legacy application systems. Indeed, more than 80% of organisations agree that scaling GenAI solutions for business growth is a crucial consideration in modernisation strategies. [2] The solutionGenAIis also the beneficiary.

Cost-Benefit

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A once in a generation opportunity Mayorkas explained the need for the framework in a report outlining the initiative, “AI is already altering the way Americans interface with critical infrastructure. IDC research reveals that security is the number one concern in any sector, be it the enterprise, academia, or government.

Risk

Jen Stirrup

AUGUST 9, 2025

Now, forward-thinking companies—supported by AI strategy consulting—are transforming those experiments into robust, enterprise-wide systems that deliver measurable results. Today, forward-thinking companies are transforming experiments into enterprise-wide impact, thanks to smart AI strategy consulting.

Experimentation

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

Forrester reports that 30% of IT leaders struggle with high or critical debt, while 49% more face moderate levels. Accenture reports that the top three sources of technical debt are enterprise applications, AI, and enterprise architecture.

Risk

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

Agentic AI is the new frontier in AI evolution, taking center stage in todays enterprise discussion. UIPaths 2025 Agentic AI Report surveyed US IT execs from companies with $1 billion or more in revenue and found that 93% are highly interested in agentic AI for their business. Another area is democratizing data analysis and reporting.

IT

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CIOs have been able to ride the AI hype cycle to bolster investment in their gen AI strategies, but the AI honeymoon may soon be over, as Gartner recently placed gen AI at the peak of inflated expectations , with the trough of disillusionment not far behind. That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight.

Sales