AI ROI Isn't About Cost Savings Anymore

Sandhya Michu • September 16, 2025

As artificial intelligence deployments surge and cloud costs spiral, CIOs and AI data experts are under pressure from boards and CFOs to prove returns. But the old formulas of cost savings and headcount reduction no longer capture the real impact.

Digital Transformation

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Why Most AI Pilots Never Take Flight

Rashmi Ramesh • September 4, 2025

Enterprises keep hyping artificial intelligence, but the numbers tell a different story: 95% of projects never reach production. Is it that the technology is holding them back or simply leadership choices? Here's why firms are stuck in pilots and how they can escape the trap.

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Transforming Legacy: From Siloed Systems to Elastic Cloud

Sandhya Michu • September 3, 2025

Berger Paints has modernized its operations, empowered employees and built resilience by adopting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. By moving to the cloud and unifying data, the company dismantled operational silos and enabled sharper, exception-based decision-making, said CIO Partha Protim Mondal.

Business Transformation

Volkswagen Renews AWS Factory Cloud, Betting on AI at Scale

Rahul Neel Mani • September 2, 2025

Volkswagen's AWS renewal aims to accelerate its shift from digital experiments to large-scale AI deployment. The automaker is moving beyond pilots and embedding AI directly into core production processes.

Event Horizon for Vibe Hacking Draws Closer, Anthropic Warns

Rashmi Ramesh • September 1, 2025

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said it's disrupted a cybercrime operation that tapped its large language models, including Claude Code, to an "unprecedented" extent to help automate a data theft and extortion campaign that targeted more than a dozen critical infrastructure organizations.

Technology

Snowflake AI Data Cloud to Fuel IndiGo's AI Engine

Brian Pereira • September 1, 2025

IndiGo is betting big on data and AI to fuel its next phase of growth. From a multi-cloud migration to Snowflake's AI Data Cloud, the airline is breaking data silos to boost efficiency, improve customer experience and scale globally.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

AI and the New Rules of Observability

Yamini Kalra • August 29, 2025

Observability has now become a mission-critical capability for enterprises operating complex, distributed and AI-driven systems. Leonard Bertelli, senior vice president at FPT Americas, shares how observability is changing and why both culture and technology must align to move enterprises forward.

How ACI Worldwide Plans to Take APP Scams Head-On - Part 2

Brian Pereira • August 28, 2025

ACI's network intelligence harnesses neural networks and federated machine learning to spot fraud in real time without banks sharing data. Beyond fraud detection, its insights can drive business growth from other business units, and ACI aims to accelerate adoption by making it open source.

How ACI Worldwide Plans to Take APP Scams Head-On - Part 1

Brian Pereira • August 26, 2025

Real-time payments are set to boost global GDP by $285.8 billion and bring 167 million people into the financial system by 2028. ACI Worldwide says real-time fraud prevention is key to protecting these gains.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Why Generative AI's Future Isn't in the Cloud

Yamini Kalra • August 25, 2025

Cloud-first AI assumes constant connectivity - but in battlefields, disaster zones and enterprises, that's not always possible. Colton Malkerson of EdgeRunner AI explains why the future of generative AI may lie at the edge: offline, secure and mission-ready.

API Security

AI Code Tools Spur Risks, Demand Agentic AppSec Shift

Rahul Neel Mani • August 22, 2025

As AI code assistants speed up software delivery, they also multiply risks. Apiiro Co-Founder and CEO Idan Plotnik explains why the old scan-and-fix model is obsolete and how AI agents are reshaping AppSec with proactive, context-driven defense from design to deployment.

CXO / IT Leadership

CIOs at the Crossroads of Innovation and Trust

Rahul Neel Mani • August 21, 2025

As AI scales, agentic AI emerges and cloud-edge synergy deepens, CIOs must navigate a future where digital trust is the ultimate differentiator. The role is no longer just technical - it's about blending innovation, governance and resilience into growth strategies for enterprises.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Beyond AI Hype: A Broader View of Business Transformation

Suparna Goswami • August 20, 2025

Despite the AI buzz, ISMG’s Business Transformation Week showed that business transformation is more than generative models. It takes strategy, structure and stakeholder alignment to unlock innovation while keeping infrastructure simple and scalable, according to CIOs at the conference.