Last week, AWS held their “What’s next with AWS” event in San Francisco. The event brought together a group of analysts, media and customers to view their new launches firsthand. In addition, the event keynote was livestreamed for those who…
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Is SaaS dead? The reports of SaaS’ death are greatly exaggerated.
The discussion centers on whether AI can replace Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. While many assert AI will fully replace SaaS, it's more accurate to say AI may augment or improve certain SaaS functionalities. The complexity of building enterprise applications using AI, alongside governance and operational challenges, suggests that a complete replacement is improbable.
CIO Playbook for 2026
This year’s CIO playbook is a little different from past years…and for good reason. The items in the CIO Playbook for 2025 still hold true. What has changed is something that has been evolving for some time. The way we conduct business and the…
CIO In The Know – AI or not to AI. That is the question…and how.
It seems every conversation touches on AI. AI is everywhere. At the same time, CIOs and CEOs are growing in their fatigue with AI conversations. Part of the problem is that vendors are adding ‘AI’ to everything and making it hard to…
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Four Key Takeaways from SAP Sapphire
This week, SAP held their annual Sapphire conference in Orlando. Sapphire brought together 14,000 people to see the latest SAP has to offer…and the evolution of their thinking. I’ve attended Sapphire for many years, and this year has been one…
CIO In The Know – CIOs, Buckle Up: The First 120 Days of 2025 Just Redefined Your Roadmap
The first four months of 2025 have significantly altered the CIO landscape, emphasizing the need for transformational leadership amid disruptions in AI, governance, and cybersecurity. CIOs are now focusing on data strategy and emerging AI agent discussions while grappling with complex regulatory environments. A mid-year Playbook update may be necessary to navigate these changes.
CIO In The Know – The multiple ways AI is maturing and CIOs are shifting gears into other subjects
Starting the last two months of 2024 takes us into a maturing of the AI conversation with both vendors and enterprise alike. Investment in AI continues for both as well. Enterprises are largely moving from an experimentation phase to finding…
CIO In The Know – Mapping the CIOs second half of 2024
As we start the second half of 2024, a number of items are on the minds of CIOs including AI PCs, VMware, AI and data. As if that wasn’t enough, there are incoming regulatory requirements alongside political and economic instability.…
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CIO In The Know – Starting 2024 with a new focus on technology
January proved to be quite the month for changes in the tech space. Between industry events, acquisitions, tech shifts and cybersecurity breaches, there was no loss of things to keep track of. From a personal perspective, I ended up taking…
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CIO In The Know – Starting 2024 with a new focus on technology
Happy New Year! Kicking off the first of this year’s CIO In The Know newsletters talking about The CIO Playbook for 2024. Bottom line: The CIO’s remit is huge! And complicated. Simplification is the key word here. Any conversation in 2023…
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