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OCTOBER 31, 2024

And with his almost 200 IT employees, Thomas Reitz, the company’s group CIO, sees himself primarily as a driver of innovation and transformation, and a promoter of what he calls real ​​digitalization. Reitz has set up a global service model with hubs in three time zones that operate according to the follow-the-sun approach.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise. Over the next 12 months, IT leaders can look forward to even more innovations, as well as some serious challenges. As 2025 dawns, CIOs face an IT landscape that differs significantly from just a year ago.

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CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The new Dubai office is set to serve as a crucial hub for Salesforces operations in the UAE, providing businesses across the region with innovative tools, insights, and solutions designed to drive success and foster growth in an increasingly digital-first world.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Regulation will play a key role in the successful implementation of AI and will be just as much of a priority as innovation is for leaders,” said Karl Crowther, VP of MEA at Alteryx.

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CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the GCC countries continue to evolve into global digital hubs, the adoption of technologies such as 5G, AI, and IoT is accelerating rapidly. These advancements offer immense economic growth and innovation potential, but they also introduce new cybersecurity challenges. But security must evolve with it.”

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The world must reshape its technology infrastructure to ensure artificial intelligence makes good on its potential as a transformative moment in digital innovation. New technologies, such as generative AI, need huge amounts of processing power that will put electricity grids under tremendous stress and raise sustainability questions.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

While the ROI of any given AI project remains uncertain , one thing is becoming clear: CIOs will be spending a whole lot more on the technology in the years ahead. Research firm IDC projects worldwide spending on technology to support AI strategies will reach $337 billion in 2025 — and more than double to $749 billion by 2028.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

Innovate Shane McDaniel, CIO for the City of Seguin, Texas, says his city has grown by about 35% since the 2020 census. Hes leveraging his vendor relationships to keep pace with emerging as well as tried-and-true technologies and practices. Were embracing innovation, he explains. Were embracing innovation, he explains.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Salima Bhimani has been encouraging the responsible and ethical use of AI for several years as Alphabet’s first chief strategist and director for inclusive and responsible technology, business, and leaders from 2017 to 2023. Now, we have to think about innovation as a way of really reshaping the world so that it works for everybody.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In an era where technology reshapes entire industries, I’ve had the privilege of leading Mastercard on an extraordinary journey. When I think about the technology we started working with early in my career and look at what we’ve been able to do since, it truly is amazing, a global transformation led by and driven through technology.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

In a global economy where innovators increasingly win big, too many enterprises are stymied by legacy application systems. As a consequence, these businesses experience increased operational costs and find it difficult to scale or integrate modern technologies. The foundation of the solution is also important.

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CIO

JULY 9, 2024

The UAE’s vision for AI is encapsulated in its National AI Strategy 2031, which aims to position the country as a global leader in AI by integrating it across various sectors. In the UAE, 91% of consumers know GenAI and 34% use these technologies. Positioning the country at the forefront of AI development.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

During the Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit, held at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center from September 5-6, Tencent unveiled a slew of cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offerings, proprietary innovations, and global solutions for enterprises to advance their digital transformation efforts.

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CIO

JANUARY 12, 2025

A recent report from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and consultancy firm Hello Tomorrow highlights the rapid growth of deep tech startups in Saudi Arabia, with 50% of these startups focusing on AI and IoT.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2024

At Gitex Global 2024, Core42, a leading provider of sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure under the G42 umbrella, signed a landmark agreement with semiconductor giant AMD. The partnership is set to trial cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions while exploring confidential compute technology for cloud deployments.

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CIO

MARCH 25, 2025

Heineken ha anunciado en sociedad su primer laboratorio global de inteligencia artificial (IA) generativa en Singapur. Con esta maniobra la organizacin busca mejorar a partir de la IA generativa el crecimiento, la productividad y la interaccin con los clientes en las operaciones globales de la empresa.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Generative AI is likely to confuse the capital investor as much as any technology ever has,” he adds. In many cases, CIOs and other IT leaders have moved past the peak expectations about what gen AI can do for their organizations and are headed into more realistic ideas about the future of the technology, Lovelock adds.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This collaboration marks a significant milestone for both Du and the UAE’s digital vision, which is focused on integrating cutting-edge technology into every aspect of governance and public service. According to Al Awadi: “The UAE’s ICT sector is not only advanced within the region but also competes on a global scale.

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CIO

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This empowers the workforce to leverage technology, ensuring scalability and success in the digital age. Sustainability is a core value at EGA, and the company is using digital innovation to reduce the environmental impact of its aluminium production. Upskilling the workforce plays a key role in this process. 15:51) We have both.(15:52)

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI), a term once relegated to science fiction, is now driving an unprecedented revolution in business technology. From nimble start-ups to global powerhouses, businesses are hailing AI as the next frontier of digital transformation. Nutanix commissioned U.K. Nutanix commissioned U.K.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

Digital transformation represented among the largest investments in technology to modernize businesses starting in the early 2000s. With the rise of generative AI, CEOs recognize an opportunity to shift from technology-led digital transformation to executive-led business reformation.

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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.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

Imagine navigating a rapidly changing landscape, where technology seems to evolve at the speed of light and the pressure to keep up is relentless — this is the reality for today’s CIO. CIOs face the daunting challenge of driving innovation while managing costs and ensuring practical implementation in a rapidly advancing digital landscape.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Guan, along with AI leaders from S&P Global and Corning, discussed the gargantuan challenges involved in moving gen AI models from proof of concept to production, as well as the foundation needed to make gen AI models truly valuable for the business. “Our Secondly, how do you give them tools to do different work and innovate?”

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CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Thanks to AI, 5G-A, cloud, and other technologies, the physical world is merging with the digital world. The rapid adoption of these technologies is contributing to driving efficiency, reducing operational costs and improving end-user experiences across vertical industries, all contributing to measurable economic improvements.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To drive change, a reworking of what defines CIO/IT success is needed, with a focus on strategic business goals, innovation, and market differentiation. Business is too dependent on technology as a key driver for both business value and differentiation. The CIO is no longer the chief of “keeping the lights on.”

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Microsoft has announced the expansion of its Global Engineering Development Center to Abu Dhabi, marking a significant milestone in the UAE’s journey to becoming a global technology leader.

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CIO

MAY 7, 2024

According to Foundry’s State of the CIO 2024 study, technology leaders will be focused on driving digital innovation, redesigning processes, and modernising infrastructure and apps in the next three years in order to stay ahead. Tackling these requires innovation, built from a base of experience and knowledge.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“Our digital transformation has coincided with the strengthening of the B2C online sales activity and, from an architectural point of view, with a strong migration to the cloud,” says Vibram global DTC director Alessandro Pacetti. SAP S/4HANA in the RISE version has more innovations and features than the on-premise version,” says Paleari.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

From October 14 to 18, Huawei will participate in the GITEX Global 2024, one of the world’s largest technology exhibitions, as a Diamond Sponsor. There, it will showcase a variety of innovative products and solutions at the exhibition under the theme “Accelerate Industrial Digitalization and Intelligence”.

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CIO

JUNE 12, 2024

Managed infrastructure services provider Kyndryl is considering a bid for competitor DXC Technology, Reuters reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. If Kyndryl announces this deal, I would be bullish on the company’s prospects to drive innovation for clients and to drive out costs,” Dickens said.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

However, successful AI implementation requires more than cutting-edge technology. Enter Akeneo, a global leader in Product Experience Management (PXM) and AI tech stack solutions. The disruption isnt in the technology itself but in how it can transform buying behaviours. Learn more about Akeneo Product Cloud here.

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CIO

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Some struggle to imagine how AI will displace existing technology. And people worry that AI might change how we live and work, imposing a technological tyranny on us all. AI technology is developing much quicker and needs far less infrastructure to succeed. The great innovations with AI are largely yet to come.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We have 52 manufacturing plants globally, some of which have been in place for more than 100 years. Our program isn’t to replace people but to empower them to be more productive because we strongly believe the value is driven not from technology but from people. How are you transforming manufacturing and supply chain?

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As the chief research officer at IDC, I lead a global team of analysts who develop research and provide advice to help our clients navigate the technology landscape. Industries will innovate, engage customers and deliver value in fundamentally new ways. We were full of ideas and possibilities.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

But some companies, particularly in the IT sector, now appear to be reevaluating their business models and will consider selling non-core lines of business and products to fund AI projects, says James Brundage, global and Americas technology sector leader at EY, an IT and tax advisory firm.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Since its inception in 2019, the Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Conference has been showcasing Tencent’s latest technology advances, products, and solutions, and inspiring enterprises worldwide. Its sixth edition was recently held in Shenzhen from September 5-6 under the theme Intelligence Brings Opportunities, Cloud Boosts Growth.

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