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• IoT initiatives raise new complications for CIOs

  As CIOs integrate IoT team projects, they must find a new balance between operational technology and IT -- a process that requires as much political savvy as tech expertise.  Continue Reading

• How to make AI agents better conversationalists: Context is key

  IBM's Bob Moore and Raphael Arar are committed to designing AI agents that actually understand -- and retain -- context. The aim? To make AI exchanges more like conversations.  Continue Reading

• Conversational UX design: What it is and who's paving the way

  Two researchers at IBM aim to make AI systems converse more like humans. Here, they discuss the emerging field of conversational UX design and the expertise that goes into it.  Continue Reading

• Tackling security debt: The role of risk register, patch management

  In this Q&A, Akamai's Dave Lewis offers pointers on how to address security debt and also discusses how organizations can avoid incurring such debt.  Continue Reading

• CIOs won't own enterprise machine learning -- they'll enable it

  How can CIOs support an enterprise machine learning initiative? They can start by building a data lake.  Continue Reading

• Security debt: Why you should pay attention

  Akamai's Dave Lewis -- a speaker at the upcoming RSA Conference 2018 -- discusses how organizations build security debt over time and its potential risks.  Continue Reading

• CIOs dissect what makes their artificial intelligence projects tick

  AI has been described as the ultimate disruptor. These three IT leaders are prepping for the shake-up with artificial intelligence projects designed to harness that potential.  Continue Reading

• Readying your IT shop for RPA software

  IT's role in an RPA implementation varies depending on the scope of the project and the company's enterprise architecture. Here's how Fannie Mae, Duke Energy and Abbyy handle RPA.  Continue Reading

• Crypto-agility: Strategies and best practices to get there

  Staying crypto-agile is vital for data security. Venafi's Paul Turner discusses how to establish crypto-agility and the need for creating an inventory of cryptographic assets.  Continue Reading

• Serverless computing model puts the developer in the driver's seat

  The application design method is all the rage in IT circles. A former developer sounds off on what it's good for -- and what it isn't.  Continue Reading

• Machine learning use cases, touch-text-talk on Box CIO's to-do list

  Intuitive interfaces, automating menial work so people can focus on big ideas, finding AI and machine learning use cases -- Box CIO Paul Chapman's to-do list is awesome.  Continue Reading

• Box CIO talks IT innovation and pressures in an 'all-cloud' environment

  Box CIO Paul Chapman discusses the demands of running IT at a company that was 'born digital' and why an 'all-cloud' environment doesn't preclude having to manage legacy IT.  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation for insurance: Idaho firm opts for HCI

  An Idaho-based property and casualty insurance company has swapped out its VMware infrastructure and separate storage systems for hyper-converged hardware from Scale Computing.  Continue Reading

• From phishing attempt circumvention to AI, new CIO has a big job

  As the new CIO at Snow Software, Alastair Pooley is taking on a range of priorities, from helping the business to recognize a phishing attempt to exploring AI for customer support.  Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity skills gap: Get creative about cyber hiring

  Hiring candidates from disciplines beyond infosec can go a long way to address the widening cybersecurity skills gap, says industry veteran Javvad Malik.  Continue Reading