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In the age of #AI, it can't hurt to boost your profile with an #AICertification 👀 💼 AI is on track to be the key technology that enables business transformation, giving companies -- and employees who take invest in their AI learning -- a competitive edge. As AI adoption accelerates, AI certifications and courses have proliferated. These offerings here go beyond the basics, deepening your knowledge of this rapidly evolving technology. ✍️ Andy Patrizio and Jim O'Donnell explore the top 10 AI certifications for 2026. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/e6PHKgPS

🔎 Do you have observability over your AI agents? 🔍 With the added autonomy that agentic AI brings to an organization, AI agent observability has become more important than ever. Unsatisfactory behaviors can become a reality as more agents receive broader authority to interact with enterprise systems -- making AI agent observability essential. ✍️ Abhishek Jadhav explores agent intent, method and outcome, and the best practices for AI agent observability. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/eBmzG4zB #AIAgent #AIAgentObservability #Observability #EnterpriseTech #AgenticAI

🤔 What makes for digital transformation success? Is it a complete migration to the technologies supporting digital transformation? The implementation of advanced CRM platforms? Increased revenue and market share? Whether your company is in the midst of a digital transformation initiative, nearing completion or just starting out on its digital transformation journey, it must have a clear sense of what it hopes to achieve by this effort. ✍️ Paul Kirvan and Grant Hatchimonji explore what makes digital transformation successful, giving 14 must-have tips for IT leaders. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/eftf9PvH #DigitalTransformation #EnterpriseTech #DX #DXStrategy #TechLeadership #ITStrategy

IT and operational technology have historically operated separately. However, IT and OT have been melding in recent years, as new-to-market technologies and increasing demands for OT-generated data require connectivity between the two spheres. 🫂 As IT and OT converge, leaders face new opportunities and risks around connected devices, data quality, cybersecurity, team structures and legacy technology. ✍️ Mary Pratt explores the top IT/OT trends for 2026. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/eCn2Y77K #ITTrends #OperationalTechnology #2026TechTrends #ITOT #TechLeadership

"Hope and a high-hope leadership mindset motivates teams to be more productive, cohesive and entrepreneurial." -- Nikolas Badminton As pessimistic predictions about the future pile up, CIOs have an opportunity to take a more hopeful approach to leadership. In this interview, futurist Nikolas Badminton discusses how hope can be a leadership skill, why CIOs should give teams more agency and how futures thinking can help organizations prepare for what's ahead. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/guMRr6pK - TechTarget - Page Two Publishing #ITStrategy #CIO #Leadership #ITLeadership

Are you working on an AI infrastructure upgrade? 🤖 Modern AI platforms impose significant demands on local infrastructure for computing, networking, storage, power and cooling, making regular and systematic infrastructure upgrades a necessity. ✍️ Stephen Bigelow unpacks what it is that makes for successful AI infrastructure upgrades -- from setting strong business goals to existing AI infrastructure assessments. ⭐ Discover the four critical steps that can make or break your AI infrastructure transformation ⭐ 🔗: https://lnkd.in/eegzfSMn #AI #AIInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation #DX #EnterpriseAI

A central message coming from the 17th annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit is clear: As nation-state actors target commercial networks alongside government systems, public-private collaboration is no longer optional -- it is an operational imperative. ✍️ Richard Livingston explores the theme of public-private collaboration, and why an independent company's cybersecurity posture can directly America's economic stability. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/e7qHRpDg #BillingtonCybersecuritySummit #Cybersecurity #PublicPrivate #NationalSecurity #CyberDefense #CriticalInfrastructure

💸 OpenAI has pledged $1 billion in subsidized model access for frontline defenders, just days after calling for a collective surge in cyberdefense. However, this pledge arrived on the same day the company shipped its new model, Astra, the company's first model to meet its "critical" cybersecurity threshold, leaving experts concerned. ✍️ Alissa Irei unpacks OpenAI's pledge timing with Neil Wyler, senior network operations lead at Black Hat. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/e5CsUQ74

The adoption of AI and machine learning workloads demands a network fabric at scale, with release cycles compressed from months to hours. ⏳ But the underlying network relies on too many manual configurations. 🔧 API-first network infrastructure offers benefits and flexibility, but enterprises must plan their deployments carefully to ensure their networks aren't exposed to new threats. ✍️ Venus Kohli explores API-first networking, its benefits and key considerations. 🔗: https://lnkd.in/e646YTbR #API #APINetworking #APIFirst #NetOps #APISecurity #EnterpriseIT

If your IT budget grew by 10%, where would you invest it? 💡 Our CIO Chris Campbell, along with 5 IT peers, shares where he’d put those dollars to work — and what it takes to scale AI effectively. Read more in TechTarget ⬇️.