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Spotlight report: IT careers in the AI era

AI is not only changing the world at large, it’s radically changing the professional worlds of all IT workers—from developers and SOC analysts, to helpdesk staff, I&O teams, enterprise architects, and CIOs. What new skills and knowledge will you need to thrive in the age of AI? What new roles are emerging to support your organization’s AI efforts and IT strategy? In this special report, you’ll learn how to capture the opportunities for growth and innovation that AI affords and find success as you take your own career in a new direction.

By CIO staff

Sep 1, 20251 min

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

New IT roles emerge to tackle AI evaluation

Some organizations are building evaluation teams as they find surprising outputs from decision-making agents that passed initial tests.

By Grant Gross

Feb 27, 20266 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT Skills and TrainingStaff Management

Florida Crystals puts process intelligence at the heart of its operations

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 27, 20264 mins

C-SuiteCIODigital Transformation

C3 AI slashes 26% of its workforce; CEO attributes the move, in part, to AI efficiency

By Evan Schuman

Feb 26, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersVendors and Providers

IT leaders burnish their reps in big business moments

By Clint Boulton

Feb 26, 20266 mins

Business IT AlignmentCareersIT Leadership

5 revealing stats about career challenges Black IT pros face

By Sarah White

Feb 26, 20269 mins

Diversity and InclusionGenerative AIIT Jobs

How weak talent strategy leaves IT with too much — and not enough — talent

By Alex Khang

Feb 25, 202612 mins

Generative AIHiringHuman Resources

Using AI to unlock human potential at Liberty Mutual

By Martha Heller

Feb 25, 20268 mins

CIOFinancial Services IndustryInsurance Industry

Why training budgets are now strategic weapons

By Vishal Shukla

Feb 24, 20267 mins

Digital TransformationGenerative AIIT Skills and Training

AI isn’t failing, people are failing with AI

By Sunita Verma

Feb 23, 20268 mins

Data QualityDigital TransformationIT Skills and Training

Articles

4 tips to help the new innovator’s struggle with AI and traditional code

A typical dilemma is a choice between two options. However, today’s innovators and CIOs face a different challenge of dealing with both probabilistic and deterministic code, not separately, but together in a new hybrid application landscape.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Feb 23, 2026 7 mins

C-SuiteCIOCode Security

Workers, bosses, disagree on whether AI will create jobs

A survey found AI’s impact on employment has so far been limited, but workers and bosses both expect that to change; the question is, how?

By Maxwell Cooter

Feb 20, 2026 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersIT Jobs

Future-proof tech skills for the evolving AI job market

AI isn’t killing tech jobs — it’s changing them, favoring pros who pair data and cloud savvy with curiosity, empathy and business sense.

By Maruf Ahmed

Feb 20, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT Skills and TrainingStaff Management

State of IT jobs: AI sparks rapidly changing market for skills

With AI increasingly ingrained in business, IT leaders and job seekers adjust to shifting skills needs and job requirements.

By Sarah White

Feb 20, 2026 8 mins

IT JobsIT Skills and TrainingSalaries

My first 10,000 days in cybersecurity

From campus chaos to platformization: A CSO’s 10,000-day reflection.

By Haider Pasha, Chief Security Officer, EMEA & LATAM, Palo Alto Networks

Sep 18, 2025 6 mins

CSO and CISO

How agentic AI will reshape engineering workflows in 2026

In 2026, agentic AI won’t just help engineers code — it’ll run first drafts of the SDLC, leaving humans to steer, review and think bigger.

By Lalit Wadhwa

Feb 20, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEngineerEnterprise Applications

Top 12 governance, risk, and compliance certifications

With regulations, cybersecurity events, and geopolitical issues on the rise, GRC skills are in high demand. Here are the top certs worth your time, money, and effort.

By Sarah White

Feb 19, 2026 11 mins

CertificationsComplianceIT Governance

Why most agentic AI projects stall before they scale

As enterprises race from pilots to autonomous systems, rising costs, fragile governance, and unrealistic expectations are forcing a reckoning. So what separates agentic AI initiatives that survive from those that quietly shut down?

By Pat Brans

Feb 18, 2026 10 mins

C-SuiteCIOData Quality