Digital Transformation

Do it Best launches innovation hub to develop AI plans

After its major True Value acquisition, the hardware retailer has opened a new tech center to separate AI initiatives from day-to-day integration efforts — to ensure both get done well.

An IT team’s lesson in integration efficiency

In April last year, Lactalis South Africa officially announced its acquisition of the Cremora coffee creamer brand from Nestlé. Werner Leithgöb, Lactalis’ IT director, was tasked with combining two technology environments on a very tight deadline.

What CIOs must get right for the AI era

CIO Hall of Famer Shelia Anderson offers an IT leadership blueprint for architecting the strategies, alignment, culture, and balance necessary to succeed as AI acceleration takes hold.

From go-live to always-live: How agentic AI is rewriting the finance transformation playbook

Big, painful ERP migrations are fading, replaced by agentic SDLC that turns rigid integrations into adaptive, self-healing finance systems.

Most AI strategies will never become agentic. Here’s why.

10 AI predictions for 2026

Last year, we saw the integration of gen AI into everything, the rise of AI agents, and the explosion of vibe computing. As this year gathers pace, we'll see agentic AI move from pilots into production, the emergence of AI payments, and AI redefine how we think of user interfaces.

If your AI strategy still looks like 2024, you’re already too late

AI models are becoming cheap and interchangeable; if you’re still betting on tools instead of workflows, data and people, you’re running behind.