We began by asking the respondents to finish a sentence: “In 2026, a Chief Data Officer is…” One called the CDO a transformation agent. Others chose architect, catalyst, trusted advisor, strategic ...

Pythian experts outline a six-layer operational framework designed to help enterprises overcome pilot failures and achieve sustainable AI agility.

As AI adoption accelerates across the enterprise, women data leaders are uniquely positioned to drive transformative change. While the 2026 CDO Insight Survey reports that 69% of companies have ...

Eighty-eight percent of companies say they use AI, yet 95% of generative AI pilots fail, and 56% of CEOs report zero financial benefit from AI investments, according to AI Business Weekly. My ...

Enterprise AI systems can run on flawless data pipelines and still produce answers nobody trusts. Beth Hiatt, SVP of Product Management, Data Governance and Responsible AI at LPL Financial, continues ...

Allied Universal has appointed Jordan Avnaim as Global Chief Information Security Officer. In his new role, Avnaim will focus on strengthening the company’s cyber resilience and protecting its ...

The Pentagon’s $1.01 trillion FY 2026 defense budget request includes a record $13.4 billion investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy — marking the first time the Department of Defense ...

This shows the challenge that Chief Data Officers (CDOs) face—they have an enormous (and growing) range of technology options ...

Enterprises racing to deploy AI are hitting a critical barrier that’s often overlooked. While boardroom discussions focus on model capabilities and architecture comparisons, the true bottleneck lies ...

A new forecast from Gartner warns that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, as organizations grapple with rising costs, unclear returns, and poor risk management.

According to a recent report by Gartner, the global spending on AI software is expected to increase from US$124 billion in 2022 to US$297 billion by 2027, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 ...

The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) unveiled Open DAGIR, a fresh strategy for expanding data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) ...