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‘Slay the dragon’: Appian says process orchestration is the fix enterprise AI keeps skipping
The enthusiasm for enterprise AI is outpacing strategic thinking — and process automation, not more AI tools, is the fix most organizations might be missing. The wall that most enterprises face is an overabundance of unmanaged “white space”, not a lack of AI tools, according to Marc Wilson (pictured), co-founder and chief executive ambassador at Appian ...
No more waiting: Enterprise AI transformation has become the top CEO mandate
Enterprise AI transformation is clearing the proof-of-concept stage for many organizations, with execution at scale becoming the new challenge that IT departments alone can’t handle. Governance, talent and organizational structure are required to meet C-suite mandates, according to Daniel Prager (pictured, right), global partner development lead for Google Cloud at Slalom Consulting LLC, a global ...
With agents on the rise, is the ‘modern’ data stack already legacy infrastructure?
The modern data stack might already be the new legacy. In response, Google Cloud is rebuilding for a world where AI agents — not humans — are the primary users of data infrastructure, unveiling an agentic data platform called Agentic Data Cloud designed for that new era. This is a fundamentally different architecture, according to ...
‘You can’t make great decisions without good data’: How fragmented data blocks enterprise AI success
Without trusted data as the foundation, even the most sophisticated models will produce outcomes that enterprises can’t act on with confidence. As a matter of fact, enterprises are paying a steep price because of fragmented, problematic data stores, according to Alyson Welch (pictured), chief revenue officer at Reltio Inc., a cloud-native master management company. Organizations ...
Enterprises are leaving major AI customer experience gains on the table
Enterprises are investing heavily in AI customer experience, but many experiments are stalling out before ever going live. The culprit is a confidence gap, according to Chris Mina (pictured), chief product and technology officer at LivePerson Inc. Organizations build compelling proof-of-concept workflows and run successful demos, but freeze up when edge cases materialize or legal ...
Why virtualization modernization remains enterprise IT’s hardest leap
Enterprises are locked in a long-term standoff with legacy infrastructure, with growing demand for virtualization modernization that doesn’t require a full rebuild. SUSE S.A. has positioned itself to help customers bridge that gap, but the challenge is less technical than psychological, according to Imran Khan (pictured), chief customer officer of SUSE. Organizations with imposing, decades-old ...
‘Nobody wants to be a news story,’ but bad data is making that a real risk factor for enterprise AI
Data quality is emerging as the critical gating factor separating enterprise AI projects that produce results from those that fizzle out. However, leadership pressure to move fast on AI is running into a difficult reality at many organizations, according to Matt Hayes (pictured), general manager of the data business unit at Qlik Technologies Inc. Companies ...
Nutanix expands agentic AI infrastructure platform as token costs threaten to spiral
Managing AI infrastructure across the full stack is getting more complex — and more expensive. Now, Nutanix Inc. is tackling both problems with an expanded agentic AI infrastructure platform that gives service providers and enterprises a single control plane for accelerated computing. The expansion focuses on two additions to the company’s AI stack, according to ...
Feature flags are becoming the secret weapon behind faster, safer software releases
Feature management is becoming a critical control point for software releases. As teams race to ship faster without letting operational complexity spiral, the ability to fine-tune rollouts is taking on new urgency. Separating code releases from feature releases gives teams a way to ship faster without exposing every customer to the full risk of a ...
When the data layer is weak, enterprise AI is always one prompt away from disaster
Data security is emerging as the bedrock of enterprise success, mostly out of necessity. As agentic AI scales, faulty data classification and ungoverned access are exposing organizations to serious risk. But the challenge runs deeper than most organizations realize, according to Ronan Murphy (pictured), chief data strategy officer of Forcepoint LLC. Teams are discovering that overconfident ...