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The Workforce Skills Gap That AI Can't Solve for Itself
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (738+ words) Tech skills got organizations into the AI era. They won't be enough to navigate it. As enterprises move from AI pilots to full deployment, a harder problem is coming into focus. The bottleneck isn't compute or tooling. It's judgment. Without…...
The Agent Takeover: What Happens When AI Becomes the Primary User of Enterprise Software
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (491+ words) Enterprise software has always been built around the assumption that there will be a human sitting at the keyboard. Every design decision, every workflow, every pricing model has been optimized for people interacting with interfaces. That assumption is collapsing faster…...
The AI Answer Gap: Why Fast Answers and Defensible Ones Are No Longer the Same Thing
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1041+ words) Technology leaders have more AI research tools than ever. Most of them are making the problem worse, not better. There is no shortage of ways to get an answer quickly. A question into Chat GPT, a search across a few…...
Anthropic, Space XAI, and the New Compute Race in AI
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (256+ words) Watch the full interview with Arnal Dayaratna, Research VP, Software Development, IDC. To go deeper on what this deal means for enterprise AI strategy, read IDC's full research on the Anthropic-Space XAI agreement. Also publishing: IDC's analysis of the Cursor-Space XAI…...
Hannover Messe 2026: 7 Insights and 3 Pieces of Advice on Industrial AI, Manufacturing, and the Future of the Factory
2+ week, 2+ day ago (349+ words) Hannover Messe 2026 ran from April 20 to 24 in Hannover, Germany, and it delivered. Under the theme "Think Tech Forward, the show brought together over 130, 000 visitors from more than 150 countries, 4, 000 exhibitors, and 300+ start-ups across industrial automation, software, and hardware. Brazil was this…...
Coding by Prompt Is Coming to Your Business Units: What CIOs Should Do Next
2+ week, 4+ day ago (396+ words) The Growing Complexity of the CIO Role Development is no longer confined to IT. It's happening across marketing, finance, and operations " anywhere there's a problem to solve and the motivation to act. Without clear alignment within the organization, that quickly…...
Preparing Government for Agentic AI: Data, Governance, and Operating Model for Responsible Adoption
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (434+ words) What is Agentic AI and Why it Matters for the Government Why Data Readiness is the Real Barrier to Agentic AI Several macro-level forces are shaping the pace and direction of agentic AI adoption in government: How Agentic AI Transforms…...
Future Scape 2026: Charting the Path to Enterprise-Wide Orchestration
3+ week, 1+ day ago (664+ words) As part of IDC's Future Scape 2026 series, this pillar explores how organizations are moving beyond AI experimentation to enterprise-wide orchestration, and what it takes to turn fragmented pilots into scalable, operational impact in the agentic economy. Organizations today are navigating…...
From sustainability intent to operational impact
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (664+ words) Sustainability is no longer a side program or a reporting exercise. It is becoming an operational mandate. For business and technology leaders, the message is clear: ESG success over the next three to five years will depend less on ambition…...
7x Growth in Just Three Years: Japan's AI Infrastructure Will Surge Past $5. 5 Billion in 2026, IDC Reveals
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (417+ words) According to IDC's latest data, domestic AI infrastructure spending will reach over $5. 5 billion in 2026, growing at least 18% year over year after a seven-fold expansion between 2022-2025. AI infrastructure is now a core pillar of Japan's economic and industrial strategy. Drawing on…...