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IBM's recent earnings show a reallocation of investment toward AI infrastructure, yet CIOs must still find a way to fund IT as a whole.

In this fireside chat, InformationWeek's Kelsey Ziser talks with Matthew Cimaglia of Quantum Coast Capital about the networking infrastructure, workforce skills and policy requirements needed to support the 'quantum node economy.'

Bill Vass, CTO at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Ameya Kanitkar, CTO at Larridin, share how they address the potential for AI to become pricey.

Enabling data centers to perform daily operations more responsibly and resource-efficiently is a continuous process, not a one-time checklist, advises one IT executive.

Philadelphia's GIS team created a digital dashboard and interactive maps to identify housing challenges facing the city's Kensington neighborhood and help drive changes to local housing policy.

AI guardrails are nonnegotiable at payroll and HR giant ADP, but Roberto Masiero works to ensure governance is not a barrier to innovation.

Network resilience requires a disciplined approach across architecture, operations and culture — designing systems to survive failures, not just prevent them, writes Telesat's chief network and information officer.

In this week's roundup: Lawmakers propose an AI Kill Switch bill, Verizon commits $1billion to Google, and Alphabet burns cash on AI.

A Montana-based think tank learned GIS mapping to help reshape state housing policy by revealing how zoning rules drove sprawl and worsened the state's housing shortage.

Geopolitical risks are invalidating regional cloud redundancy. CIOs must adopt a multi-cloud strategy to ensure true business resilience, advises Tata's CTO.

OpenAI models hacking into Hugging Face's digital library has reminded CIOs that they need more than AI governance — they need effective AI containment.

What tech leaders need to know about the disappearance of in-house AI knowledge and how they can retool to prevent it.

Agentic AI adoption isn't a switch to flip—it's a learning pathway. An IT leader outlines a curriculum that helps teams move from basic prompting to multi-agent orchestration.

Alex Lisle, CTO, Reality Defender and Hui Zhang, CTO, Conviva, share their approaches to preparing potential new tech leaders as roles continue to evolve.

Beware of 'agent washing' — chatbots, RPA and assistants are increasingly being rebranded as autonomous agents. Learn the questions and evaluation criteria CIOs can use to separate genuine AI agents from marketing hype before signing a contract.