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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

To be sure, enterprise cloud budgets continue to increase, with IT decision-makers reporting that 31% of their overall technology budget will go toward cloud computing and two-thirds expecting their cloud budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the Foundry Cloud Computing Study 2023.

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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI

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As part of Microsoft’s development team, Sun created Bing Predicts, the inference engine that provides the “favored to win” forecasts beneath search results for sporting fixtures and attempted to predict the 2016 US presidential election winner. The company is hiring engineers in Berlin and Shanghai. Enterprise Applications, SAP

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5 steps to minimum viable enterprise architecture

CIO Business Intelligence

At Vault Health, CTO Steve Shi begins enterprise architecture (EA) work with a site survey of the entire IT, application, system, and data infrastructure but restricts it to two weeks with one-hour interviews about each function. At Carrier Global Corp., Trim the red tape.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

According to a separate study on the AI readiness of Indian enterprises conducted by EY and Indian IT industry body Nasscom, enterprises are also holding back the deployment of AI due to concerns about data security, privacy, brand reputation, and the safety and security of people and equipment.

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CIOs press ahead for gen AI edge — despite misgivings

CIO Business Intelligence

But if there are any stop signs ahead regarding risks and regulations around generative AI, most enterprise CIOs are blowing past them, with plans to deploy an abundance of gen AI applications within the next two years if not already. A recent survey of nearly 1,000 IT decision-makers conducted by Foundry underscores this.

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Navigating Tomorrow: The Crucial Role of Innovation in Technology

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Valerian Technology: A Case Study in Innovation At Valerian Technology, innovation is more than just a buzzword – it's the heartbeat of our operations. At its heart, technology serves people, and through innovation, it can enhance the quality of life for communities globally.