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Big tech companies are fighting enterprises, mid-market organizations and each other for the best AI talent out there. 🥊 As if AI hadn't already transformed workforces enough, this AI talent poaching spree is poised to do the same. Why is this poaching happening? It's simple: 🕐 The timeline is short. 🪫 The talent pool is small. 📈 The stakes are high. It's more crucial than ever for CIOs to retain, fight for and support their AI leaders and teams. ✍️ Sean M. Kerner lays out how CIOs can retain talent amid this poaching at the link below. #AI #AIstrategy #AIleadership #BigTech #CIO #CIOs #CIOstrategy #ITstrategy #ITleadership #AItalent #AIhiring #DigitalTransformation

When Oracle acquired PeopleSoft in 2004, I thought the promise of truly integrated enterprise systems would be fulfilled. What followed instead was twenty years of point solutions plugging holes that poor ERP designs left wide open: EPM for consolidation and planning, data warehouses for reporting, specialty tools for tax, payment processing, reconciliations. Some call it progress. I'd call it complexity with better marketing. AI is dominating the conversation right now, and for good reason. But ERP remains the digital core of every business. It's the system of record for how a company buys, holds, moves, and accounts for value. That connection matters more than most people realize: a fragmented ERP landscape, a tangled web of integrations, clunky workflows, manual workarounds—all of it caps what AI can actually deliver for internal operations. You can't build intelligent automation on a shaky foundation. TechTarget recently asked for my perspective on how ERP and supply chain platforms protect margins under structural (not just cyclical) pressure. Two points I'd highlight: ▶️ Legacy ERP debt compounds Many organizations took a "silver bullet" approach to ERP implementations, hoping a new system would fix what process discipline should have addressed. The result was new platforms with the same old limitations, plus a growing web of bolt-on tools that quietly erode data confidence and drive up costs. ▶️ The path forward starts with a clear-eyed assessment Map your full system landscape before designing anything. Define a target state, then make smarter tradeoffs on customizations, point solutions, and where automation actually eliminates manual work rather than just digitizing it. Check out the full article here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gcza_VnD #ERP #FinanceTransformation #DigitalStrategy

Honored to be included in TechTarget discussing the evolving AI talent competition and how big tech hiring strategies are shaping the broader market. As organizations navigate rapid AI adoption, it’s clear that attracting and retaining the right talent requires more than just scale—it takes intention, culture and long-term investment. Thanks to Sean M. Kerner for the thoughtful conversation and to everyone continuing to push this dialogue forward. Check out the piece here: https://lnkd.in/eefMKnc9 #ArtificialIntelligence #AITalent #FutureOfWork #Leadership #TechTrends #TEKsystems TEKsystems

🎓 As CISOs become more and more business-oriented, will MBAs become standard for the role? Going forward, a CISO with an MBA may be better positioned to contribute to decisions outside security. This degree hasn't been required before, but many organizations may prefer to hire CISOs with that advanced business savvy. MBAs can help CISOs understand how their businesses function across disciplines and what drives business strategy. The degree can also help CISOs translate risk and technology into terms that colleagues in other disciplines can relate to. However, the true value of an MBA depends on your career path and ambitions. ✍️ Michael Nadeau writes about how to weigh the value of a master's degree for cybersecurity careers. #Cybersecurity #CybersecurityStrategy #SecurityStrategy #CISO #CISOs #CISOstrategy #CybersecurityLeaders #CybersecurityCareers #CybersecurityDegree #MBA

CIOs, beware the MCP protocol -- AI agents are talking, but there's no standard yet. Learn how the CIO of Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits manages AI, vendor and operational risks while keeping humans in the loop. https://lnkd.in/gicu4bte TechTarget #RiskManagement #CIO #ITStrategy

📢 Have you heard? Enterprise Connect is next week! Here's what you can expect from the conference: ✔️ The overarching theme: AI. ✔️ Ways to address AI governance strategies for successful deployment. ✔️ How to protect against deepfake attacks and other prominent security threats. ✔️ Tips to properly manage data for AI capabilities. ✔️ Answers to -- or, at least, advice on how to handle -- common AI questions. Want more from Enterprise Connect? Check out the link below, and follow along with our Enterprise Connect conference guide for all the latest news. ✍️ Katherine Finnell spoke with Irwin Lazar about what to expect from the conference, from AI governance to deepfake security and practical ROI as IT leaders move from AI hype to real-world UC and CX deployments. #EnterpriseConnect #UnifiedCommunications #CustomerExperience #CX #CXleadership #ITleadership #AI #AgenticAI #AIagents #AIgovernance #Deepfakes #DeepfakeSecurity

No cybersecurity professional would ignore an alert of an attack. But too many false positives might make them want to. ⚠️ Technology can make mistakes. That's not in question here. However, false positives in cybersecurity detection tools drain resources and distract from real threats. So, how can you avoid these events? Cybersecurity leaders can put strategies in place to reduce the amount of false positives, so teams can prioritize authentic alerts and not waste time or resources on simple mistakes. ✍️ Karen Kent explains best practices to reduce these false positive alerts, and explores the reasons behind them in the first place. #Cybersecurity #CybersecurityStrategy #SecuritySrategy #CybersecurityLeadership #CISO #CISOs #CISOstrategy #FalsePositive

There is ❌NO❌ SaaSpocalypse. "Wall Street tends to see mirages all the time," says TechTarget reporter Don Fluckinger. In reality, SaaS giants supposedly facing extinction are reporting good earnings. While some small businesses may benefit from vibe coding apps, it's just not practical, secure, or compliant enough for larger businesses. Get more SaaS vendor stock analysis in Don's piece below ⤵️ #Salesforce #Oracle #SAP

Great article by Don Fluckinger for TechTarget on the Salesforce acquisition of Momentum.io to boost sales functions. I was pleased to add to the conversation: While sales and RevOps have had advanced AI analytics and pipeline prediction tools for a few years, it's still difficult for executives to get to the truth of what is really going on in their pipelines, said Rebecca Wettemann, founder of Valoir, an independent research firm. It comes with the territory because salespeople are optimists at heart. See the full article: https://lnkd.in/euCN4YDN #Salesforce #MandA #AI #Sales #Valoir