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Why your 2026 IT strategy needs an agentic constitution

AI agents can’t read dusty SOP PDFs, so smart IT teams are encoding rules as code to let autonomy scale without losing control.

By Ritu Jyoti

19 Jan 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIIT Strategy

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McKinsey starts testing job candidates with AI assistant

If the new pilot program is successful, it could become a new standard for the company.

By Viktor Eriksson

16 Jan 2026 1 min

Artificial Intelligence

The workforce shift — why CIOs and people leaders must partner harder than ever

AI isn’t just another tech rollout — it changes how work feels and flows, which is why CIOs and people leaders have to redesign jobs together.

By Rebecca Fox

15 Jan 2026 9 mins

Human ResourcesRolesStaff Management

The illusion of control: Why IT leaders cannot rely on clear roles and responsibilities

Trying to lock down roles won’t tame uncertainty — empowering teams to adapt, learn fast and focus on outcomes works far better in today’s IT reality.

By Fredrik Hagstroem

15 Jan 2026 6 mins

IT LeadershipIT ManagementStaff Management

IBM pushes sovereign computing with a software stack that works across cloud platforms

By decoupling sovereignty from dedicated data center regions, IBM's Sovereign Core aims to help CIOs meet rising regulatory scrutiny, automate continuous compliance, and deploy sensitive AI workloads into production under strict data‑residency conditions.

By Anirban Ghoshal

15 Jan 2026 5 mins

Cloud ComputingComplianceIT Strategy

2026 Study from Panorays: 85% of CISOs Can’t See Third-Party Threats Amid Increasing Supply Chain Attacks

By Cyber NewsWire – Paid Press Release

14 Jan 2026 6 mins

CyberattacksCybercrimeSupply Chain

Agentic AI poised for progress in 2026 — if CIOs get it right

CIOs still have issues to overcome in their approach to AI agents, including trust concerns and not enough focus on outcomes. Nonetheless, experts see growth ahead for agentic AI in the enterprise.

By Grant Gross

15 Jan 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT LeadershipIT Strategy

Architecture and decision-making

Good architects don’t chase perfect diagrams — they make smart calls with incomplete info, balancing today’s constraints with tomorrow’s goals and the team they have.

By Kamal Sampathkumar

15 Jan 2026 10 mins

Enterprise ArchitectureIT Leadership

6 maxims for today’s digital leader playbook

Published today, The Digital Leader’s Playbook by veteran FTSE 100 CIO Paul Coby distils in 62 maxims his experience at the highest levels of business. Here, we highlight six to focus on as the new year hits its stride.

By Paul Coby

15 Jan 2026 6 mins

Business ContinuityBusiness IT AlignmentCIO

What you need to know — and do — about AI inferencing

Training gets the hype, but inferencing is where AI actually works — and the choices you make there can make or break real-world deployments.

By Tushar Katarki

14 Jan 2026 10 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ManagementGenerative AI

The convergence of SaaS and AI: Trends, opportunities and challenges

SaaS isn’t just adding AI anymore — it’s being rebuilt around it, changing how products work, how teams scale and what customers now expect.

By Ankita Bhargava

14 Jan 2026 10 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingSaaS

Beyond the hype: 4 critical misconceptions derailing enterprise AI adoption

AI isn’t failing because it’s immature. It’s failing because companies overestimate readiness, expect magic ROI, ignore data quality and treat AI like old-school software.

By Assad Mansour

14 Jan 2026 12 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData GovernanceData Quality

When it comes to AI, not all data is created equal

Companies collect data for years in hopes of someday making use of it. With gen AI, the time has come, but the hard work is just beginning.

By Maria Korolov

14 Jan 2026 8 mins

Data QualityData and Information SecurityGenerative AI

The tech leadership realizing more than the sum of parts

At the CIO100 Symposium & Awards last summer, ComputerWorld’s Lucas Mearian sat with John Fraser, CIO of All States Ag Parts (Parts ASAP), and discussed, among other things, how the North American supplier for agricultural, construction, and industrial equipment unified technology by balancing culture, transparency, and best-in-breed platforms after merging 23 businesses.

By Carl Friedmann

14 Jan 2026 8 mins

CIOCIO 100E-commerce Services

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Spotlight: Setting the 2026 IT agenda

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Given the rapid pace of technology change today, IT leaders are setting their short-term agendas with agility, flexibility, and tangible business outcomes in mind. This month’s topic leans on Foundry’s original Tech Priorities research and external research, along with conversations with IT leaders to uncover enterprise technology trends for the year ahead. Automating, streamlining, and modernizing IT operations is a must as IT teams struggle with skill and staff shortages and increasing demands. A wide variety of tech vendors have solutions aimed at bring IT operations into the AI age.

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