General-purpose AI models work well for broad horizontal use cases but are impractical for higher-value enterprise use cases that require industry-specific data and domain expertise. As the market for GenAI solutions matures and vertical solutions tailored to specific industry needs are developed, selecting the most suitable vendor and solution becomes crucial. Comparing industry requirements against technical and large-language-model foundati...

Contemporary patterns for security protection do not seem fully applicable to modern realities, including public cloud computing, digital democratization, AI adoption and radical outsourcing. While Gartner identified a number of new success patterns, it will take several years to fully establish best practices for continuously evolving digital environments. As key enablers of digital business, chief information security officers (CISOs) and se...

Generative AI (GenAI) has the potential to revolutionize industries. As enterprises expand their GenAI initiatives, they are recognizing that the cost of developing and deploying these models can be significant as use cases scale and expand. Join this complimentary Gartner leadership webinar as a Gartner expert explores the top best practices for optimizing GenAI costs. By implementing these best practices, organizations can maximize the retur...

The economic headwinds affecting enterprises make it easy for executive leaders to delay innovation. However, leaders with the courage to innovate have typically come out ahead and understand the importance of innovation - education, learning, creativity, and exploration. Innovation leaders need a foundation that can align with business goals and deliver business outcomes using a more robust series of measurements. Join this complimentary Gart...

CIOs and IT leaders routinely make a “business case” to secure funding for technology initiatives. Yet, many provider technology projects lose their stakeholder value during execution. To maintain alignment with stakeholder expectations, CIOs should adopt an outside-in strategy, focusing deeply on understanding stakeholder value propositions. In this complimentary Gartner IT webinar, we will look at examples of the five fundamental...

CEOs and boards of directors want more technology delivery to happen directly in business areas. To enable this shift, CIOs must boost their engagement with other CxOs and revisit the mission and structure of their IT organizations. Join this complimentary webinar as a panel of Gartner experts explore why CIOs must increase CxO engagement to change the way technology projects are funded and find new ways to communicate the business value of IT...

During economic and social volatility, organizations achieve success through sustainable efficiency. Organizations must determine how to make the best possible use of new technology developments that could cause significant disruption over the next three years, such as generative AI, and embrace the connected workforce nature while remaining resilient. Join this complimentary Gartner webinar as a Gartner expert explores the Top Strategic Techn...

For chief information officers (CIOs) to get the optimal return on their spending on IT staff, they first must evaluate how staffing levels will impact the delivery of IT services for business continuity and enterprise performance. Then, they must develop an action plan that aligns with business objectives. Failure to align IT investment and related staffing levels to business outcomes leads CIOs to focus on short-term cost goals rather than l...

Dive into the quantum realm and explore how quantum computing (QC) is setting the stage for a major paradigm shift in technology and business. Quantum computing is poised to revolutionize data encryption, amplify decision-making in complex scenarios, speed up R&D, refine financial models and redefine AI-driven insights. Its emergence could result in competitive realignments, the birth of novel markets, and redirection of strategic investme...

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will be a natural companion of many human workers, augmenting or autonomously delivering tasks, activities or jobs. Organizations will expect general human workers to interact with GenAI in the same way they expect an office worker to be productive in using basic productivity tools, such as email, calendars and word processors. Instead of waiting until GenAI-based tools can show their full maturity in...