Our Insights on Technology
Building the foundations for agentic AI at scale
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Agentic AI scales on strong data. To capture value, tech leaders can agentify high-impact workflows, modernize data architectures, enforce data quality, and evolve operating models.
Recalibrating technology budgets for the AI era
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CIOs have long struggled to balance enterprise tech budgets—and big investments in AI are compounding the problem. Our research shows how they can reallocate expenditures to generate maximum growth.
Rethinking enterprise architecture for the agentic era
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Tech leaders face a choice in modernizing enterprise IT architecture: incremental change or full-scale transformation. Here are the benefits and pitfalls of each path.
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State of AI trust in 2026: Shifting to the agentic era
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Findings from McKinsey’s 2026 AI Trust Maturity Survey reveal progress in trust maturity, alongside persistent gaps in strategy, governance, and risk management.
Securing the agentic enterprise: Opportunities for cybersecurity providers
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The rise of agentic AI is exposing enterprises to new cybersecurity risks, creating extensive opportunities for providers that can make the world of autonomous systems safer.
Tech officers leading the new dawn
This interview series spotlights women who are not only breaking barriers but also reshaping the role of enterprise technology.
The ‘octopus CIO’: Strategic technology leadership at Harvard
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Harvard University CIO Klara Jelinkova describes the “soft power” needed to make sure that IT is delivering value....
To serve and protect: A great customer experience while ensuring compliance
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State regulatory variations create challenges for insurance companies seeking technology solutions that improve both customer...
Show me the value: A CIO view on how tech can shape the business
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Analog Devices CIO Nancy Avila charts a course to value through building trust between the business and IT.
The greatest gift to the business: A strong technology architecture
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Starbucks Coffee Company CTO Deb Hall Lefevre explains why architecture is strategy for modern businesses looking to compete...
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Tech: Forward
Our short takes on key technology and architecture topics
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Security and AI’s potential to protect
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Cisco’s Jeetu Patel discusses how companies can optimize their tech stack to harness the full potential of AI without compromising their own or their consumers’ security.
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Cybersecurity in a digital era
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Even before the advent of a global pandemic, executive teams faced a challenging and dynamic environment as they sought to protect their institutions from cyberattack, without degrading their ability to innovate and extract value from technology investments.
Over the past year, we’ve sought to publish cybersecurity articles in various areas that will help senior executives consider their options and make pragmatic decisions about how to move forward in making the right tradeoffs in managing technology risks.