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Colorado AI legislation further complicates compliance equation

Senate Bill 24-205, which takes aim at company use of AI in making ‘consequential decisions,’ passed the state’s assembly, leaving gray area on how to comply.

UK government’s Pensions Dashboards Programme delayed

Skills shortages, inadequate governance, and rising costs stymie the PDP, but the National Audit Office says it believes progress is being made.

SAP, IBM Consulting partner to offer genAI-based services

The partnership will see both companies offer generative AI-based services to enterprises via RISE with SAP offering.

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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.

Atos receives four offers of help

Rival bids seek to make the company either an integrated IT services powerhouse or a low-cost provider of data centers as a service.

Appeal court overturns $1.6bn mainframe software ‘poaching’ ruling against IBM

AT&T ‘independently decided” to replace BMC software, the appeals court found.

IBM and AWS forge global alliance, streamlining access to AI and hybrid cloud solutions

This partnership will allow businesses in 92 countries access to IBM’s software products, including data technologies and AI, directly through the AWS Marketplace.

Google spurs US to ease immigration rules for tech talent

Citing a US talent shortage, the tech giant has urged the Department of Labor to expand Schedule A occupations to include AI, software engineering, and cybersecurity roles.

AI is set to transform hiring requirements: Report

About 50% of technology leaders in an EY survey said they anticipate a combination of layoffs and hiring in the next six months as a direct result of AI adoption.

Tableau further democratizes analytics with AI-fueled features

New AI and gen AI additions to Tableau Pulse and Einstein Copilot for Tableau seek to help business users and ‘novice’ data analysts gain expert insights with ease.

Microsoft can’t keep up with demand for AI in the cloud — for now

Usually when demand outstrips supply, prices go up or customers go elsewhere. But will they have time to before the balance changes?

Data protection activists accuse ChatGPT of GDPR breach

When the LLM hallucinates incorrect personal information, there’s no way to get it fixed, they say.

Atos may sell national security activities to French government

The troubled IT service provider could net up to $1 billion from the sale, meeting most of its financing needs for the next year.

The new CIO mandate: Selling AI to employees

Employees surveyed express enthusiasm about AI, but they also worry about the impact on their jobs and want training and guidelines.

CIOs eager to scale AI despite difficulty demonstrating ROI, survey finds

CIOs prioritize integrating AI into their organizations alongside cybersecurity, according to a new survey.

Oracle adds AI capabilities to its Fusion Cloud CX

The new capabilities are expected to take on offerings from rivals such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, and SAP.

IBM doubles down on hybrid cloud with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition

HashiCorp is known for its Terraform product, an infrastructure automation tool, which is considered an industry standard for infrastructure provisioning in hybrid and multicloud environments.

FTC’s noncompete decision signals major shifts in IT job market ahead

By voiding noncompete clauses, the Federal Trade Commission may open employment options for IT pros and push employers to reevaluate strategies for protecting intellectual property.

Salesforce debuts Zero Copy Partner Network to ease data integration

The new ecosystem of ISVs and systems integrators aims to help Salesforce customers leverage third-party data by providing bidirectional support for zero-copy integrations with Salesforce Data Cloud.

Salesforce launches Einstein Copilot for general availability

Salesforce today announced the general availability of its conversational AI assistant along with a library of pre-programmed ‘Actions’ to help sellers customers get the most out of the Copilot.

Microsoft and Cognizant team up to boost enterprise Copilot adoption

The companies hope to broaden enterprise adoption of generative AI by pairing Microsoft’s technology with Cognizant’s digital advisory services and customer base.

US government extends warrantless FISA monitoring

Section 702 of FISA has a new lease on life thanks to a reauthorization passed over the weekend.

Global managed services to grow in 2024 as enterprise IT spending rises

Several mega deals with TCV of more than $500 million have already been signed in the first quarter of 2024, of which 15% of TCV is from AI-related deals.

VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

Controversial VMware moves by Broadcom, including revamped licensing terms, have raised many questions, but customers by and large are still evaluating the impact the acquisition will have on their IT strategies and budgets.

Salesforce-Informatica acquisition talks fall through: Report

The two companies, reportedly, couldn’t agree on the terms of the deal.

Generative AI gold rush drives IT spending — with payoff in question

Worldwide IT spending should grow by 8% this year, with AI hype and COVID-era device replacements helping to push the spending numbers up, Gartner predicts.

Oracle to invest $8 billion in Japan through 2034

The investment spread across a period of 10 years will see the public cloud service provider expand its cloud infrastructure footprint in the country to meet the growing demand for AI-based workloads.

Certinia bakes AI into its latest professional services updates

The Salesforce-based ERP and professional services software provider has integrated generative AI to streamline the estimation process and ‘de-risk’ new projects.

Subscription economy defies economic headwinds, fuels recurring growth

Despite a general slowdown in growth in the SaaS domain, companies leveraging consumption-based models, indicating a shift toward more flexible and customer-aligned pricing strategies.

Decoding Salesforce’s plausible $11 billion bid to acquire Informatica

If the deal goes through, analysts claim that it would not only mean consolidation in the iPaaS market but also a new revenue source for Salesforce.

Generative AI sparks family business renaissance: PwC report

A whopping 73% of NextGen leaders acknowledged that GenAI is a powerful force for transformation and has the potential to reshape business operations and drive innovation.

AI poised to replace entry-level positions at large financial institutions

Financial services firms such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are quietly testing AI tools that could leave CIOs delivering IT services to more bots and fewer employees.

Atos staves off bankruptcy, casts wider net for refinancing

IT services company Atos has won a few months’ reprieve from its bankers, but still needs a long-term solution to its debt problems if it is to continue serving customers.

US proposes draft data privacy legislation

The draft legislation represents a concerted effort to establish a unified national standard for data privacy, addressing the fragmented regulatory framework created by a patchwork of state laws.

EU and US agree to chart common course on AI regulation

The two blocs agreed to collaborate on interoperable and international standards for safer AI.

Cisco-led consortium to spread AI expertise in the workforce

Group of major tech companies will first release a report on AI skilling in the workforce in advance of recommendations for reskilling strategies.

Amazon downsizes AWS in a fresh cost-cutting round

Hundreds of employees across AWS’ sales, marketing, and brick-and-mortar technology development teams will be affected.

Amazon drops ‘just walk out’ technology at its US retail locations

Fully automated retail technology is going away in US-based Amazon Fresh stores, the company confirmed.

US and UK sign agreement to test the safety of AI models

The agreement will see the UK’s new AI Safety Institute and its US counterpart collaborate to formulate a framework to test the safety of large language models.

Nvidia points to the future of AI hardware

CIOs with major AI ambitions will see value in the GPU maker’s new offerings: The new Blackwell hardware architecture and a software package to optimize inference for several popular AI models.

White House requires agencies to create AI safeguards, appoint CAIOs

A new OMB policy focuses on maintaining public safety and protecting human rights as the federal government begins to embrace AI.

NetSuite adds more Text Enhance gen AI capabilities

Other updates to the company’s SaaS ERP suite include the addition of new connectors for its analytics warehouse and point of sale (POS) offerings.

Swiss Federal Railways CIO relies more on AI than concrete

Jochen Decker is fully committed to AI for complex optimization projects to yield measurable cost benefits.

Women in tech increasingly dissatisfied, job search rates surge

More women in tech than men are currently looking for new jobs, a new study has found.

Cisco: Workers like the hybrid model, but crave better offices

New survey points at poorly equipped workspaces as drivers of dissatisfaction with in-office work.

Dell cuts jobs amid growing economic uncertainties

In its latest filing, the company said it continued to execute cost management measures, “including limiting external hiring, employee reorganizations, and other actions.”

Salesforce adds Contact Center updates to Service Cloud

The new updates include features such as conversation mining and generative AI-driven survey summarization.

Stability AI CEO steps down ‘to fix concentration of power in AI’

AI governance is a hard problem, and Emad Mostaque wants to spread the workload.

Deutsche Telekom calls on SAP for IT infrastructure move to Rise

Deutsche Telekom will move its SAP infrastructure to Rise with the help of its own IT services subsidiary, T-Systems.