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MARCH 19, 2025

At the time, the best AIs couldnt pass the 5% mark on the SWE-bench, a challenging benchmark designed to see how well AI can solve real-world coding problems. The next evolution of AI has arrived, and its agentic. The technology is relatively new, but all the major players are already on board. Devin scored nearly 14%.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Global Banking Benchmark Study 2024 , which surveyed more than 1,000 executives from the banking sector worldwide, found that almost a third (32%) of banks’ budgets for customer experience transformation is now spent on AI, machine learning, and generative AI. Among laggards, only 70% think so.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

IDC’s Global Retail Survey (July 2023) found that 36% plan to invest in robotics for guest and store services in the next 36 months. International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the technology markets. Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Our benchmark studies tell us there is a $60 to $80 million efficiency opportunity. Inspired by the vast potential of generative AI, many IT and business leaders are concluding the best way to realize the transformative potential of all forms of AI is by handing responsibility to a single leader — a chief AI officer (CAIO).

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

She notes, however, that the green sector has a lot of overlap globally as climate and sustainability goals become increasingly universal. One of the fastest-growing industries in the world, climate tech and its companion area of nature tech require a wide range of skills to help solve significant environmental problems.

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CIO

AUGUST 1, 2024

Woerner notes that MIT CISR has a 50-year record of success in helping executives at global organizations realize more value from digital and data while evolving with the times as technology changes the world at large. By joining FIRST, CIOs gain access to a diverse network of more than 700 global security experts. “It

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CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With the solution, powered by Avalara, customers can connect directly to national and international networks from within NetSuite to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and address compliance with global e-invoicing mandates,” it said. The new capabilities were announced on Tuesday at the company’s annual SuiteWorld conference in Las Vegas.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

As a digital transformation leader and former CIO, I carry a healthy dose of paranoia. Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. Is the organization transforming fast enough?

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CIO

JULY 17, 2024

The EU AI Act, as the first global AI regulatory framework, may set the AI standards for other jurisdictions, as GDPR has done for information privacy. Similar to GDPR, an enterprise with operations in the EU must comply with the EU regulations, which means that the AI Act will impact global enterprises by 2026 at the latest.

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CIO

APRIL 13, 2023

At global marketing agency and consulting firm The Channel Company, security considerations are deeply embedded in business strategy and budgeting, says CIO Rik Wright. The reality is often the most popular or well-known new security solution can waste money and slow the business, especially if it doesn’t align with business goals.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mashreq initiated a strategy to modernize its core systems globally, aiming for open, modular, and scalable solutions through infrastructure upgrades. Mashreq embarked on a strategic initiative to modernize its global core systems, aiming for solutions that are open, modular, and scalable through crucial infrastructure upgrades.

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Banking IT Benchmarking Innovation 448

CIO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This ambitious plan positions Saudi Arabia as a global aviation hub, driving economic growth and diversification beyond oil. By deepening our collaboration with IBM, we are harnessing the power of AI, from intelligent customer interactions to optimized flight operations, to set a new benchmark for the future of aviation.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

It is often suggested that rapid advances in technology are threatening jobs in the IT sector perhaps more than any other. Among the cited factors are the rapid popularity of AI technologies and the desire to automate many processes. The most important action is to ensure that IT staff are kept current with new and critical technologies.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

By migrating its essential systems to Google Cloud, Almarai now leverages a scalable, flexible, and cost-effective platform designed to accelerate its pace of innovation and enhance resilience in a competitive global market.

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IT Benchmarking Innovation Globalization 341

CIO

JULY 25, 2024

CIOs have a long history of managing incidents and disasters through established IT practices, guided by frameworks such as ITIL for incident management and disaster recovery. However, as ecommerce has proliferated, security threats have increased, elevating cybersecurity to a board-level concern.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. But as digital transformation efforts have intensified in recent years, CIOs have had fewer opportunities to pause and reevaluate IT’s financial situation. But it’s not the only one.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2023

Describing India as a “bright spot” in the global economy, Kristalina Georgieva, MD of International Monetary Fund, has said the country will contribute 15% of the global growth in 2023. We expect the situation to ease by October as the impact of the global layoffs will be felt by then.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

What is a managed service provider? MSPs can also bundle in hardware, software, or cloud technology as part of their offerings. Subscription-based pricing: Because MSPs provide ongoing services for their clients, payments for services are typically recurring on a monthly or annual basis.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Modern chemistry delvers solutions and revolutionary products, and Clariant supports global production in everything from home care to vehicles, energy, electronics, mining, agriculture, and cosmetics – even your kid’s brightly colored toys (with safe, stable paint) to the stain-trapping polymers that protect their favorite Star Wars t-shirts.

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CIO

JUNE 24, 2024

Various industry benchmarks show that new generations of central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), network equipment, and other IT infrastructure assets are significantly faster than their predecessors, but this alone is often not enough to designate existing equipment as legacy infrastructure.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This should be no surprise since the global average cost of a data breach is $4.88 International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the technology markets. million , per IBM, which represents a 10% increase over the prior year.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

No CIO or CISO should expect to remain unaffected by this global threat; therefore, must be prepared. International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the technology markets. Get professional advice Second, you must get professional advice on several fronts.

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Hospitals Benchmarking Research Globalization 482

CIO

AUGUST 29, 2024

Mastercard has chosen India as the launchpad for its Payment Passkey Service, a new way of conducting online transactions, marking a significant step in the global payments landscape. This not only speeds up the checkout process but also adds a layer of security that is believed to be much harder for fraudsters to bypass.

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Banking Commerce Benchmarking Security 459

TBR

JUNE 28, 2024

What Is Competitive Benchmarking? Competitive benchmarking uses qualitative and quantitative data to rank IT vendors against their peers. Competitive benchmarking is a tool that TBR has been providing to leading IT vendors for nearly 20 years.

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CIO

JULY 15, 2024

Carbon emissions for datacenters exceed the airline industry Most people do not understand complex global datacenters. An MIT report determined that the carbon footprint for all datacenters globally, about 0.3% of global carbon emissions, exceeds carbon produced by the airline industry globally.

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Airline Profiling Globalization Travel 418

CIO

AUGUST 6, 2024

The recent global outage at CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity firm, has sent shockwaves through the business community. The CrowdStrike outage: A wake-up call CrowdStrike’s global outage disrupted services for numerous Microsoft clients, highlighting the far-reaching impact that a single point of failure can have on businesses.

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Business Hospitals Airline Banking 417

CIO

JULY 10, 2024

CIOs are under pressure to integrate generative AI into business operations and products, often driven by the demand to meet business and board expectations swiftly. But many IT departments might not thoroughly consider the prerequisites for successful GenAI deployment, and moving quickly can lead to costly errors and implementation failures.

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Benchmarking Security Security Research 418

CIO

JUNE 27, 2024

The founders of the Dataset Providers Alliance (DPA) include Rightsify, Global Copyright Exchange (GCX), vAIsual, Calliope Networks, ado, Datarade, and Pixta AI. Swapnil Shende, associate research manager for AI at IDC Asia/Pacific, sees complications for multinational organizations.

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Intellectual Property Alliance Benchmarking Innovation 480

CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After experimenting with both GitHub copilot and ChatGPT for over six months, I’m amazed by the pace at which generative AI is evolving,” says Yves Caseau, global CIO of Michelin. But many are finding that the technology on the market doesn’t yet live up to the hype. But in its current state, it’s just a toolbox.”

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Algorithm Predictive Analytics Globalization Benchmarking 492

CIO

JULY 30, 2024

IDC’s Future of Industry Ecosystems MaturityScape Benchmark Survey, 2023 Notwithstanding the power of collaboration, high-profile programs bring the risk that new partners will present themselves opportunistically. For example: Walmart’s management of supplier commitments helped meet defined targets six years ahead of its 2030 deadline.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2025

Whether youre a growing team looking for intuitive tools or a global enterprise needing advanced AI-driven analytics, the right software can transform your sales operations. Performance Benchmarking: Chorus allows teams to benchmark individual and team performance against top performers by analyzing patterns in successful deals.

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Sales Benchmarking Analysis Intelligence 246

CIO

AUGUST 22, 2024

Most large businesses have a security team. But what, exactly, does that security team look like? How is it structured? To whom do its members report? And is it optimized in each of these respects to maximize the organization’s security posture? CISOs should expect to build and manage multiple teams. The answer, it turns out, varies widely.

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Security Security Management Startups 459

CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the technology markets. For example, one of the largest energy companies in the world has embraced TOGAF — to a point. Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders. Contact us today to learn more.

Banking 434

Banking Benchmarking Research Technology 434

CIO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

After re-tooling, it’s crucial to test the current performance against the previous performance to establish benchmarks. This creates a situation where there is no benchmark, and the business may run into the same challenges as they had before. But it comes at a cost. The Importance of Self-Analysis. Is it dormant or active?

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Benchmarking Analysis Banking Gaming 418

CIO

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Vipul Nagrath, who was global CIO of ADP during the company’s early embrace of the cloud, spearheaded ADP’s companywide digital transformation, which started in earnest five years ago fueled by the company’s hybrid cloud. An early partner of Amazon, the Roseburg, N.J.-based

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Innovation Predictive Analytics Startups Globalization 435

CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

global inflation rate. Gartner’s managing VP Mary Mesaglio said she remained optimistic for tech investments, with the latest crisis offering CIOs yet another opportunity to “make the difference”. But released the next day, the 2023 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey revealed that EMEA-based CIOs expect IT budgets to increase 4.4%

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A poll of public and private sector leaders in the latest World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2022 found that environment-related threats, including climate action failure and extreme weather events, topped the lists of short and long-term global risks.

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