In that time, we have heard your feedback, learned a lot, and shipped a number of improvements. We are delighted by the virtuous cycle of feedback and iteration that is driving strong Bing improvements and usage.

We wanted to share a bit about what we have learned on your usage of Bing and some of the early stats that are helping to shape our future product development.

Not only do they have to be quick-witted in spotting and grabbing opportunities even before they make their presence known to the general public, but they also play a pivotal role in the development and implementation of new technologies in the organization, keeping in mind the compliance and their overall alignment with the company's objectives. The CIO makes sure that the IT resources of the company are used optimally and cost-effectively so that the company thrives.

It indeed takes a superhuman to carry so much weight on their shoulders. Here's a list of the top CIOs in the US (alphabetically), that are making their IT companies forge ahead in a blaze and ushering the rest of us to the age of advancement.

IT service management vendor TEKsystems released its 2023 State of Digital Transformation report on Feb. 28, revealing how economic uncertainty is having an impact on decision-making.

Among the key findings in the report is that there are four key strategies that help separate digital transformation leaders from laggards.

With technology increasingly central to business value, CIOs stepping up to plus-size roles and even making the leap from CIO to CEO is no longer the rare feat it once was. Still, earning that corner office is an achievement few IT leaders can list among their career accomplishments.

As XPO's first CIO, Mario Harik played a key role in making the logistics company an industry leader and innovation powerhouse. Now, as XPO looks to capitalize on that foundation, Harik's deep understanding of both IT and the business has made him the perfect candidate to helm the company in its next phase, having become CEO and a member of the board last August.

Since the onset of the pandemic, we've seen companies innovate at an unprecedented speed. Many of these advances have increased productivity while allowing teams to collaborate more seamlessly. Businesses that have been slow to make these shifts face a competitive disadvantage as they remain behind the tech curve.

The good news is it's not too late to embrace this new era. Here are three things to keep in mind as you level up your transformation in 2023.

By virtue of their position between IT and effecting business strategy, CIOs can identify what processes their organizations need in order to modernize and automate. When it comes to updating core systems to drive operational efficiencies, they also have to ensure that a sound business case exists to automate them, says Laurie Shotton, VP and analyst at Gartner. That's not surprising since CIOs typically own IT automation, as well as help drive business automation. But it's not always a given the two aren't working at cross purposes.

IDC estimates that upwards of 80% of business information is likely to be formed of unstructured data by 2025.

And while 'unstructured' can be something of a misnomer, because all files have some sort of metadata by which they can be searched and ordered, for example, there are huge volumes of such data in the hands of businesses.

From aircraft and car manufacturers to pharmaceutical and high-tech companies, military institutions and suppliers - various industries fear espionage. While most of us are too irrelevant in the global struggle for economic and technological dominance, some companies and institutions are less relaxed. It is a real risk that foreign secret services might steal their business secrets and pass them to competitors.

Can (and should) they move their data to the cloud? How does encryption help them? In the following, we discuss four approaches to handling data-at-rest encryption in the cloud after elaborating on three basic patterns for integrating cloud (storage) services in enterprise application landscapes.

With the advent of AI and machine learning, it suddenly became possible to imagine an AI that could learn to interact creatively. Now we have a new question to deal with: 'Will creative AI be more of a problem than it's worth?'

Creative AI and art

One concern many have voiced is that generative AI could encroach on human-specific domains, like art. This fall, an AI artwork won the Colorado State Fair's fine arts competition. The creator, Jason Allen, wasn't an artist. He created the artwork using Midjourney, one of several generative AI art creators.

Very few data scientists before that are hired by an organization have any kind of vertical industry expertise.

The gap between data science teams and the rest of the business as highlighted by Alejandro Muller, founder of Savvy AI, a digital lending platform that makes use of AI to reduce loan processing costs, during a virtual AI at Scale Summit hosted by the AI Infrastructure Alliance is wider than many business executives fully realize.

Add "fly a military fighter jet" to the list of tasks AI can accomplish.

The Defense Department revealed last week that artificial intelligence flew a jet similar to an F-16 for 17 total hours over 12 flights. The series of flights happened in December at Edwards Air Force Base in California, using an experimental plane called the X-62A Vista.

In collaboration with Keysight Technologies Inc., Semtech and Broadcom will be conducting a live demonstration based on Semtech's state-of-the-art FiberEdge 200G PAM4 EML Driver and TIA and Broadcom's leading-edge 5nm 112GBd PAM4 DSP platform in Semtech's booth #1901 and Broadcom's booth #6425 at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) 2023 exhibition in San Diego, California from March 7 to 9.

In an interview with HPCwire, Ayar Labs CEO Charlie Wuischpard called the solution 'the full realization of 'Ayar Labs'' commercial-grade product' and discussed the future of the company and its products.

But first, some technical details. The optical solution that Ayar Labs will be demoing consists of two key components: a SuperNova laser light source and a TeraPHY optical I/O chiplet. According to Ayar Labs, each SuperNova powers eight fiber links, each of which, in turn, is capable of 256Gbps. That gets you 2.048Tbps in each direction, or 4.096Tbps bidirectional.

The keys to a successful enterprise resource planning (ERP) overhaul are planning, communication and change management, former city and county officials said during a webinar.

Before starting an ERP replacement, agencies should ask questions that will inform the business case for the project, said Christine Binnicker, director of state and local government technology at Guidehouse and a former deputy chief information officer for the city and county of Denver. She spoke about lessons learned from leading an ERP project in 2017 during a Feb. 22 webinar titled 'Executive Perspectives on Preparing for an ERP Replacement Project' and hosted by the National Association of Counties and Guidehouse.

As the world continues to generate greater quantities of data from multiple sources, organizations are beginning to understand and appreciate its importance in their operations. To capitalize on this opportunity, businesses around the globe are increasingly turning towards Business Intelligence (BI) solutions - a trend that is expected to continue with an estimated CAGR of 7.6%, driving market growth up to USD 33 billion by 2025, according to MarketsandMarkets analysis.

A well-utilized BI technology can offer numerous advantages, from improved financial visibility through reporting capabilities to better decision-making and increased sales revenue, unlocking possibilities for any organization looking forward to future success.

The United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that energy demand will increase by 50% over the next 30 years, while just in the last 12 months energy prices have increased significantly-with some parts of the world experiencing record energy prices and energy shortages. In addition, the energy industry is working to reduce its environmental footprint and accelerate the transition to renewable sources. Herein lies the question-how does the energy industry ensure affordable access to energy, but with a significantly lower environmental footprint?

The bank thought it was talking to me; the AI-generated voice certainly sounded the same.

On Wednesday, I phoned my bank's automated service line. To start, the bank asked me to say in my own words why I was calling. Rather than speak out loud, I clicked a file on my nearby laptop to play a sound clip: 'check my balance,' my voice said. But this wasn't actually my voice. It was a synthetic clone I had made using readily available artificial intelligence technology.

In recent years, cybersecurity has garnered a staggering amount of attention, especially with the rise of high-profile data breaches. But, we still find companies grappling with an absent plan for preparing staff to handle impending and emerging threats. A new research report developed with Omdia examines several common myths about professional cybersecurity training in the hopes of assisting practitioners and technology vendors in dispelling some of these myths and better preparing your organization for the future.

Verizon reports a dramatic surge in the attack method in 2022 - a quarter of all breaches for the year included ransomware. Meanwhile, as Sophos reports in its 'State of Ransomware 2022' report, ransomware impacted 66% of organizations in 2021, an increase of nearly 80% over the prior year.

Let's take a look at 8 prominent ransomware attacks that illustrate the ways modern cyber criminals are approaching ransomware. These attacks also show how damaging ransomware can be to not only corporate organizations, but also to the general public when personal data and entities like municipal infrastructure organizations are targeted.

Over the past decade, data breaches have become more frequent and more destructive, with the average cost of a data breach rising over 13% since 2020 according to IBM. Companies of all sizes and across all industries are struggling to protect their data, keep client and employee information private, and defend themselves from malicious cyberattacks.