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### 3 musts when recruiting vendors for AI
While 2025 seems to be the year when AI becomes business as usual, due diligence and vendor scrutiny are still paramount to finding what works best toward ROI, other business objectives, and board approval.
By Pat Brans
Mar 05, 20259 mins
CIOGenerative AIVendor Management
](https://www.cio.com/article/3833575/3-musts-when-recruiting-vendors-for-ai.html)
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### IT leaders brace for the AI agent management challenge
By Paula Rooney
Mar 04, 20258 mins
Artificial IntelligenceCloud ManagementIT Strategy
](https://www.cio.com/article/3836084/it-leaders-brace-for-the-ai-agent-management-challenge.html)
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### The 8 new rules of IT leadership — and what they replace
By Mary K. Pratt
Mar 03, 202510 mins
CIOIT Leadership
](https://www.cio.com/article/3829606/the-8-new-rules-of-it-leadership-and-what-they-replace.html)
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### The product operating model that’s driving transformation at Modivcare
By Martha Heller
Mar 05, 20256 mins
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](https://www.cio.com/article/3834755/the-product-operating-model-thats-driving-transformation-at-modivcare.html)
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### How CIOs can survive CEO tech envy
By Bob Lewis
Mar 04, 20255 mins
Business IT AlignmentIT LeadershipIT Strategy
](https://www.cio.com/article/3829629/how-cios-can-survive-ceo-tech-envy.html)
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### AI priorities: IT leaders emphasize productivity over innovation
By Grant Gross
Feb 28, 20256 mins
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](https://www.cio.com/article/3834904/it-leaders-ai-priorities-emphasize-productivity-over-innovation.html)
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### Product-based IT: 6 key steps for making the switch
By Isaac Sacolick
Feb 27, 20259 mins
Business IT AlignmentIT StrategyProject Portfolio Management
](https://www.cio.com/article/3829602/product-based-it-6-key-steps-for-making-the-switch.html)
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### CIO hiring on the rise: How to land a top tech exec role in 2025
By David Weldon
Feb 25, 202510 mins
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](https://www.cio.com/article/3829299/cio-hiring-on-the-rise-how-to-land-a-top-tech-exec-role-in-2025.html)
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### 6 reasons so many IT orgs fail to exceed expectations today
By Mary K. Pratt
Feb 24, 202510 mins
Business IT AlignmentIT LeadershipIT Strategy
](https://www.cio.com/article/3829265/6-reasons-so-many-it-orgs-fail-to-exceed-expectations-today.html)
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### CIO Leadership Live with Kory Jeffrey, Principal and VP, Technology, Inovia
Kory Jeffrey, Principal and VP, Technology, Inovia discusses leadership, building technology teams to build business productivity, and successful roadmaps for GenAI. What’s next? Listen in here, on CIO Leadership Live with Lee Rennick.
Feb 20, 2025 29 mins
CIO Leadership Live
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Feb 05, 2025 14 mins
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### Ethics in action: Building trust through responsible AI development
AI ethics seem to consist of a volatile maze of laws, tech and public whims. Build agility to control the uncontrollable, or risk losing everything.
By Vipin Jain, Jim Wilt
Mar 05, 2025 14 mins
Development ApproachesGenerative AIIT Strategy
](https://www.cio.com/article/3837651/ethics-in-action-building-trust-through-responsible-ai-development.html)
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### Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors
New and expanding China-backed threat groups are pushing a broader cyber strategy, likely with eventual reunification with Taiwan in mind, CrowdStrike security researchers say.
By Lucian Constantin
Mar 04, 2025 6 mins
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](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3838331/chinese-cyber-espionage-growing-across-all-industry-sectors-2.html)
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### Salesforce’s AgentExchange targets AI agent adoption, monetization
The marketplace will initially feature action, topics, and templates from 200 partners for sales, service, finance, HR, productivity, and operations across various industries.
By Anirban Ghoshal
Mar 04, 2025 4 mins
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](https://www.cio.com/article/3837608/salesforces-agentexchange-targets-ai-agent-adoption-monetization.html)
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### Deep tech disruption: How advanced technologies are transforming businesses
Deep technologies — once the domain of research labs — are now reshaping corporate strategies.
By Mark Shmulevich
Mar 04, 2025 9 mins
Artificial IntelligenceIT StrategyRobotics
](https://www.cio.com/article/3836645/deep-tech-disruption-how-advanced-technologies-are-transforming-businesses.html)
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### US Cybercom, CISA retreat in fight against Russian cyber threats: reports
Press reports suggest that US Cybercom is standing down from tracking Russia’s offensive cyber operations, and CISA may no longer consider Russia a priority. Officials say Cybercom’s action is a gambit to get Russia to negotiate, and CISA says the press reports are wrong.
By Cynthia Brumfield
Mar 03, 2025 6 mins
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### How RTC and Black Wings support women in tech
Rewriting the Code’s Black Wings empowers Black women and helps break down barriers in tech by providing mentorship, networking, and professional development opportunities to members.
By Sarah White
Mar 03, 2025 7 mins
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### 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.
By Peter Sayer
Feb 28, 2025 11 mins
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](https://www.cio.com/article/196371/the-biggest-enterprise-technology-ma-deals.html)
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### How to avoid the hidden costs of onboarding
The success of any organization hinges on its ability to attract and retain top talent, and onboarding is a critical step in the hiring process. Getting it wrong can mean valuable time, money, and promising talent lost.
By Aaron Painter
Feb 28, 2025 7 mins
BusinessEmployee Experience
](https://www.cio.com/article/3835929/how-to-avoid-the-hidden-costs-of-onboarding.html)
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### How company philosophy transcends tech at Cisco
CIO Fletcher Previn reveals his vision of a cultural roadmap for the multinational tech developer that accommodates AI regulations, internal tech projects, and a balance between legislation, innovation, and risk.
By Irene Iglesias Álvarez
Feb 28, 2025 6 mins
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](https://www.cio.com/article/3833658/how-company-philosophy-transcends-tech-at-cisco.html)
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### IDC launches TechMatch to help businesses select software vendors
The AI-enhanced tool provides self-service vendor evaluations backed by analyst input.
By Lynn Greiner
Feb 27, 2025 5 mins
Enterprise Applications
](https://www.cio.com/article/3834832/idc-launches-techmatch-to-help-businesses-select-software-vendors.html)
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### Can AI live up to its promise?
The realm of artificial intelligence, long a source of imaginative tales, has transitioned into a robust and evolving discipline. It's emerging as a major catalyst for societal transformation.
By Jesús López Lobo, Javier del Ser Lorente
Feb 27, 2025 13 mins
Artificial IntelligenceEmerging TechnologyGenerative AI
](https://www.cio.com/article/3833821/can-ai-live-up-to-its-promises.html)
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### ServiceNow integrates AI support, AI agents throughout ITSM platform
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