XTI Aerospace Posts $27.7M Q1 Revenue, Targets $160M+ in 2026
XTI Aerospace announced first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $27.7 million and a gross profit margin of 18.6%, while securing a $20 million asset‑based loan from JPMorgan. The company outlined a full‑year revenue target of at least $160 million and expects to break even on cash flow by Q3.
Prioritize IT Value Over Cost to Fulfill AI Promise
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Arizona State Appoints Sean Dudley as Deputy CIO for Research to Steer AI and Quantum Strategy
Arizona State University has named long‑time technologist Sean Dudley Deputy Chief Information Officer for Research. The role consolidates AI‑driven discovery, quantum initiatives and digital science platforms under the university’s Enterprise Technology organization, signaling a strategic push to embed cutting‑edge computing...
AI‑Powered Insight Loops Give CIOs a New Product Edge
Marchex announced a pending $200 million acquisition of Archenia to scale AI‑bundled solutions that already double per‑customer revenue for half its top accounts, while Exterro launched an autonomous AI subpoena manager that cuts manual work by up to 95% and promises...
Providence’s Ratliff Says Merging Cybersecurity and Emergency Management Builds Stronger Cyber Resiliency
In this episode, Providence CISO Mike Ratliff discusses how merging cybersecurity with emergency management creates stronger cyber resiliency for a large, nonprofit health system. He explains the restructuring of Providence’s security teams, the launch of "Project Oscar" to align IT...
Boards Demand Real Resilience Proof, Not Just Plans
#CIOChat Q3: Boards and regulators increasingly expect proof of resilience, not just paper plans. What metrics, sims, telemetry, tabletop exercises, recovery testing, or operational drills actual help CIOs measure readiness and expose weaknesses before a real crisis hits? https://t.co/uIagXFRm2V
Resideo Posts 8% Revenue Rise on Smart‑Home IoT Growth, Announces ADI Spinoff
Resideo (REZI) posted $1.9 billion in Q1 revenue, up 8% YoY, driven by a 9% surge in its smart‑home Products & Solutions line. The company also confirmed a pending spinoff of its ADI Global Distribution unit and warned of modest margin...
Equinix Expands Fabric Geo Zones to Tackle Data Sovereignty
Equinix announced the global expansion of its Fabric Geo Zones, a network‑level feature that enforces data‑sovereignty rules by preventing regulated data from crossing borders during routing events. The service, now in preview across key markets including the United States, United...
The Beauty of Iteration
Anthony Guerra argues that iteration and low‑risk experimentation are essential for health‑system IT leaders, using his team’s evolution of raw interview recordings into SEO‑optimized YouTube Shorts as a case study. He stresses that near‑miss failures provide the richest learning, especially...
Fivetran CPO Says Closed Data Stacks Won’t Survive AI‑Agent Surge
Anjan Kundavaram, chief product officer at Fivetran, warned that closed data stacks will buckle under the query load of AI agents, calling the inefficiency “like using a Lamborghini to mow the lawn.” He urged CIOs to shift to open data...
How Southwest Airlines Is Putting Endpoint Operations on Autopilot
Southwest Airlines has scaled AI‑driven automation across its endpoint fleet, using Nexthink’s Digital Employee Experience (DEX) platform to run billions of remote actions that fix issues before they surface. The airline’s 14‑person endpoint team now leverages automated workflows, AI chat‑assistant...
Saviynt Hires New CCO and CCO to Accelerate AI‑focused Identity Security
Saviynt announced the hiring of Pete Angstadt as Chief Commercial Officer and Brad Myers as Chief Customer Officer to drive its AI‑focused identity security strategy. The moves come on the heels of a $700 million financing that valued the Los Angeles‑based firm...
Red Hat Unveils Free Agentic AI Development Suite for Hybrid Environments
Red Hat announced at its Summit that its latest Red Hat AI release now includes a free, unmetered desktop and Advanced Developer Suite for building and testing agentic AI. The rollout adds sandboxed AI agents, Podman Desktop support, and integrations...
OMB Announces $0 Cost‑Saving Refresh of Federal IT Dashboard to Ease Agency Burden
The Office of Management and Budget, led by Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia, unveiled a refresh of the Federal IT Dashboard to reduce reporting costs and administrative burden. The update targets a system that has been largely unchanged for two decades,...
Microsoft VP Of Copilot Security And AI Joins AWS To Lead Agentic AI Charge At ‘Crucial Moment’
Amazon Web Services has hired former Microsoft executive Shawn Bice as vice president of AI Services to lead its Automated Reasoning Group and accelerate agentic AI initiatives. Bice, who previously oversaw Microsoft Security Copilot and AI Security Research, also spent...
PagerDuty Appoints John DiLullo as CEO to Drive AI‑first Digital‑operations Growth
PagerDuty announced John DiLullo as its new chief executive officer, replacing founder‑CEO Jennifer Tejada, who moves to executive chair. DiLullo, a veteran of Deepwatch, LiveVox and Lastline, will steer the AI‑first Operations Cloud platform as the firm serves over 35,000...
Inspira Enterprise Hires Former Infosys SVP Narendra Sonawane as CIO and Head of Innovation
Inspira Enterprise announced the appointment of Narendra Sonawane, a former senior vice president at Infosys, as its chief information officer and head of innovation & transformation. Sonawane brings more than 16 years at Infosys, where he oversaw IT for a $10 billion business...
Wits CIO Joins Council on Higher Education Board
Wits University CIO Dr Stanley Mpofu has been appointed to the ICT Committee of Council (ICTCoC) at South Africa’s Council on Higher Education for a three‑year term. Mpofu brings over 30 years of ICT experience, having led digital transformation at Wits...
AWS’ Rianne Van Veldhuizen Steps Away From A/NZ Role
Amazon Web Services’ Australia‑New Zealand vice‑president Rianne van Veldhuizen announced she is leaving her role after five years, handing the reins to Chris Casey. During the AWS Sydney Summit she highlighted AWS’s $20 billion Australian and $7.5 billion New Zealand investments—roughly $13 billion and $4.5 billion USD—alongside...
F5 and Red Hat Launch Certified WAF for NGINX on OpenShift, Boosting Kubernetes and AI Security
F5 announced that its Web Application Firewall for NGINX, built on NGINX Gateway Fabric, is now available as a certified Red Hat OpenShift Operator. The joint offering adds Layer 7 protection and AI‑focused security blueprints to Kubernetes‑native and AI‑driven applications, signaling...
Semperis Appoints John Podboy as CISO to Boost Identity‑First Cyber Resilience
Semperis, the identity‑driven cyber‑resilience firm, announced John Podboy as its new Chief Information Security Officer. Podboy brings 15+ years of experience across federal agencies and Fortune 100 firms, positioning Semperis to deepen its AI‑infused, identity‑first ransomware defenses. The hire reflects...
One OS, Two Speeds: How Red Hat Enterprise Linux Is Bridging AI Innovation and Enterprise Stability
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is being recast as the control plane for enterprise AI, offering a dual‑speed architecture that lets organizations run ultra‑stable legacy workloads while rapidly adopting AI‑driven services. At Red Hat Summit 2026, VP Gunnar Hellekson highlighted...
U.S. Education CIO Thomas Flagg Appointed Deputy Federal CIO
Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia has appointed Department of Education CIO Thomas Flagg as the new deputy federal CIO, ending a year-long vacancy. Flagg brings more than a decade of experience at the Department of Labor and two years leading Education’s...
Malaysia’s AI Hub Goal Stumbles on Fragmented Enterprise Data
Databricks’ ASEAN VP Cecily Ng says Malaysia’s ambition to be a regional AI hub by 2030 is undermined by enterprises still operating fragmented, multi‑cloud data estates. The data foundation gap makes scaling AI beyond pilots difficult, raising doubts about the...
DLA CIO: Securing AI Pipelines Is Now a Core Mission
At the CyberScape Federal Cybersecurity Summit, DLA CIO Adarryl Roberts announced that securing AI‑driven logistics pipelines is now a core mission for the agency. The Defense Logistics Agency will tighten third‑party risk through DFARS‑mandated contractual enforcement, requiring prime contractors to...
SAP ECC Is Still Running Your Enterprise. Here’s How to Modernize Around It
SAP ECC still powers core finance and supply‑chain functions for many enterprises, but data flowing in from CRM, HR and other cloud platforms often arrives with quality gaps that ripple through the ecosystem. Syncari positions itself as a governed data...
5 Reasons Why Storage Modernization Is a Smart Business Priority
Dell Technologies warns that staying on legacy storage drives up hidden costs as data volumes and AI workloads surge. Operational complexity, regulatory exposure, energy waste, and engineering bottlenecks intensify when modernization is delayed. The article outlines five specific risk areas...
FBI Director Kash Patel Accelerates AI Overhaul of Legacy Systems
FBI Director Kash Patel unveiled a multi‑year AI modernization plan that adds a chief AI officer, an AI Review Board and partnerships with private‑sector tech firms. The agency reports a 30% rise in missing‑child identifications and a 20% jump in...
HPE Expands Hybrid Cloud Stack with Unified Private Cloud and AI-Ready Storage Updates
Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveiled a fourth‑generation Private Cloud that merges virtual machines and Kubernetes under a single Morpheus interface, while expanding its Alletra MP X10000 storage platform to support both file and object workloads up to 23 petabytes. The company also upgraded...
Tanium Atlas Brings AI Into Endpoint Operations, Gives MSPs a New Services Play
Security firm Tanium unveiled Atlas, an autonomous operating system that merges AI models with its real‑time endpoint data platform. The solution surfaces relevant information, recommends actions, and lets users interact via natural language, aiming to cut manual investigation and context‑switching...
SAP Patches Critical S/4HANA, Commerce Vulnerabilities
SAP announced its May 2026 Security Patch Day, delivering 15 new security notes that address critical vulnerabilities in its flagship S/4HANA and Commerce platforms. The most severe flaws—CVE‑2026‑34260 and CVE‑2026‑34263—receive a CVSS score of 9.6 and could allow attackers to inject...
Red Hat Adds Support for Agentic AI Development
Red Hat unveiled a suite of agentic AI development tools at its Summit, including the generally available Red Hat Desktop with sandboxed AI agent testing, an enhanced Advanced Developer Suite, dedicated AI skill bundles, and the free rolling‑release Fedora Hummingbird...
What Is the Solid Project and What Could It Mean for Businesses?
The Solid Project, championed by Tim Berners‑Lee, proposes personal data pods that let individuals own and control their digital information. If widely adopted, businesses will need to shift from hoarding data to accessing it via secure APIs and zero‑trust architectures....
New Data From the Diginomica Network - Q1 2026 Sees AI Benefits Despite a Rough Economy
Early‑quarter data from diginomica shows AI investments beginning to generate measurable business value despite a turbulent global economy. Forty‑two percent of CIO and CTO respondents report clear AI‑driven outcomes, while another 24 percent see early indicators of value. Technology budgets...
Consultants Rush to Tame 'Shadow AI' As Unapproved Tools Surge in Enterprises
A Business Insider investigation reveals that 71% of UK employees have used unapproved consumer AI tools at work, with many doing so weekly. The rise of “shadow AI” is forcing consulting firms to develop governance frameworks to mitigate data‑leak and...
Application Security Shifts to Secure‑by‑Design as Continuous Deployment Outpaces Patching
Enterprises are abandoning the traditional find‑and‑fix security treadmill in favor of secure‑by‑design operating models. Continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines now demand board‑level accountability and new tooling to curb mounting security debt.
General Motors Trims up to 600 IT Roles While Recruiting AI Talent in Workforce Overhaul
General Motors is eliminating 500‑600 salaried IT jobs, chiefly in Austin and Warren, as part of a cost‑saving restructure, yet it is simultaneously posting dozens of openings for AI, motorsports and autonomous‑vehicle specialists. The move reflects a shift toward generative‑AI...
AI Saddles CIOs with New Make-or-Break Expectations
CIOs are at a make-or-break crossroads as boards elevate AI to a strategic priority. Deloitte’s 2026 Global Leadership Technology Study of 660 senior IT executives shows 79% now prioritize business outcomes, while 81% feel confident deploying AI but 75% say...
AI ROI Lies in Workflow Redesign, Not Quarterly Numbers
Many companies are struggling to prove AI ROI because they are measuring the wrong things. The biggest impact of AI may not appear first in quarterly numbers, but in workflow redesign, decision speed and organizational capability. That is the key shift. AI...
CIOs Shift AI Funding to Production, Reallocate Budgets
New report with our newest CIO survey data: How CIOs and CTOs are funding AI, where deployment is moving into production, and which vendor categories are exposed as AI shifts from experimentation to budget reallocation https://t.co/q8I4QW5HCo
Blue Connections IT Wins BMW in Ingram Micro’s Windows 11 Upgrade Drive
Ingram Micro wrapped up its ten‑month “Windows 11 Pro: Race to Upgrade” partner program, awarding a BMW iX2 electric SUV to Blue Connections IT. The initiative, run with Microsoft, AMD, Dell, HP and Lenovo, delivered a 39 percent year‑on‑year increase in...
TCS and JAL Digital Sign Strategic AI Partnership to Boost Aviation Productivity
Tata Consultancy Services Japan (TCS) and JAL Digital have formalized a comprehensive, long‑term strategic partnership aimed at scaling AI, shortening development lead times and cultivating next‑generation digital talent for Japan Airlines. The deal upgrades their 2019 collaboration to a full‑service...
England to Roll Out Unified Patient Record System Across NHS
The UK government confirmed that England will launch a unified patient record system for the National Health Service, giving every citizen a single, comprehensive medical history. The rollout, described as the largest health‑IT integration in the country, is intended to...
Standard Chartered CIO Guillermo Vega Maps Bold Innovation to Enterprise Resilience
Standard Chartered’s Group CIO Guillermo Vega outlined a roadmap that pairs aggressive digital innovation with a focus on operational resilience. The strategy emphasizes AI‑driven services, cloud migration, and risk‑aware governance to keep the global bank competitive while safeguarding core systems.
Yum Brands Deploys AI Backbone, Digital Sales Hit 70% of Taco Bell Revenue
Yum Brands chief digital and technology officer Jim Dausch detailed an AI‑centric overhaul that now drives 70% of Taco Bell’s sales, up from 1% in 2019. The company has deployed AI tools across 35,000 restaurants and partnered with AWS, Microsoft...
Women CIOs Leading Major Health Systems
Women are increasingly steering IT strategy at the nation’s largest health systems, with a growing roster of female chief information officers. Notable leaders include Bobbie Byrne at Advocate Health, Paola Arbour at Tenet Healthcare, and Sarah Hatchett at Cleveland Clinic,...
Integrated IT Investment Lifecycle Assurance Framework for High-Risk Technology Initiatives
The Integrated IT Investment Lifecycle Assurance Framework introduces a continuous‑oversight model for governing large technology initiatives. It embeds governance controls at every stage—from business case development to post‑implementation review—rather than relying on periodic approvals. By incorporating independent quality assurance, lifecycle...
Booz Allen Hires Former Army CIO Leonel Garciga to Drive Defense AI Strategy
Booz Allen Hamilton appointed former U.S. Army chief information officer Leonel Garciga as a senior executive adviser to accelerate defense technology delivery. Garciga warned that rapid AI adoption in the Army is creating a human‑centric tension, underscoring the need for...
HPE Memory Server Targets Compute-Heavy and Agentic AI Workloads
HPE announced the Compute Scale‑up Server 3250, a memory‑centric platform built on the Superdome Flex architecture and powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors. The system scales from four to 16 sockets and can hold up to 64 TB of DDR5 RAM, targeting compute‑heavy workloads,...
Unified Stack Enables AI Hypercomputer for Enterprise Security
Why a unified stack? Better context, better optimization, and stronger security against complex AI threats. The "AI Hypercomputer" isn't just a marketing term—it's an architectural necessity for the modern enterprise. https://t.co/CqZ5slgQDX #CIO #AI #Cloud #CyberSecurity #DataStrategy