The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) brings technical and business acumen to organization to align technology-related decisions with the company's future. Most times they are responsible for recommending a company's overall technology direction.
On the technical front, the CTO is responsible for setting the technology innovation trends and determining how this is applied to the business. They are also responsible for being a liaison and a two-way link between research, innovation teams, and development teams. On the business front, the CTO is responsible for applying technology macro trends to meet regulatory requirements, achieve operational efficiency, create new innovation models, and identify the new risks that are created by adding these new technologies to the mix. They also make recommendations to the C-suite, CIO in particular, on where in IT enterprises should invest in the future..
The CTO is responsible for spearheading and evangelizing the company's technology strategy to C-suite, employees, board, partners, and investors.
Here’s a look at some choice quotes from the buy side of enterprise technology and how they’re thinking about AI, technology and transformation.
As enterprises embark on their cloud transformation journeys, security must be a foundational element rather than an afterthought. The shift to cloud-based and hybrid environments brings significant operational benefits but also introduces new security challenges that traditional perimeter-based models cannot address.
DeepSeek has become an overnight sensation, rattled the US AI sector and may have single-handedly focused CxOs on cost of genAI. We convened a call of Constellation Research analysts to outline the issues CxOs need to know about when it comes to DeepSeek.
Cognizant said that consumers that embrace artificial intelligence are likely to drive $4.4 trillion in AI-influenced consumer spending in the US by 2030.
While, Trump, China, and the global economy take centerstage at this year’s World Economic Forum, AI will be the main topic du jour. Senior executives and policy wonks seek to understand how AI will transform businesses, societies, and economies. The AI Age truly is the 4th Industrial Revolution, not the other stuff that was peddled as conference fodder over the past five years in Davos.
Lowe's has laid the groundwork and is starting to leverage artificial intelligence throughout its operations including store experiences across multiple channels and backend supply chain processes. The plan is to invest in an uncertain market to reap the awards when the home improvement market improves.
