TechTarget and Informa Techs Digital Business Combine.TechTarget and InformaTechTarget and Informa Techs Digital Business Combine.Together, we power an unparalleled network of 220+ online properties covering 10,000+ granular topics, serving an audience of 50+ million professionals with original, objective content from trusted sources. We help you gain critical insights and make more informed decisions across your business priorities.Are CIO Plans for AI and the Cloud Permanently Joined Together?Are CIO Plans for AI and the Cloud Permanently Joined Together?Will the development of these resources proceed in tandem at enterprises, or must CIOs evolve these technologies with separate strategies?Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior EditorMarch 24, 2025As substantial plans to invest in AI and the cloud take shape, do CIOs at enterprises want to develop both resources together to maximize the potential they offer? Is it necessary for them to operate on dual or shared paths of evolution for these technologies to deliver? Should they favor one technologys use and deployment over the other?Leadership at enterprises may have hard choices to make on the resources they put toward their technology implementations. What if a CIO is caught in a circumstance where they only have the means -- whether it is a constraint on personnel, time, or money -- to truly invest in cloud or AI, but not both? Where should they put in their energies?Luiz Domingos, CTO for Mitel; Jon Kuhn, senior vice president of product for Delinea; Anshu Jain, co-founder and CTO with Outmarket AI; and Steve Williams, CISO, NTT DATA, tackled that and other questions in this episode of DOS Wont Hunt.Where does the conversation start in the C-suite on how to balance the development and investment into the cloud and AI? What is at stake if CIOs cannot steer the IT strategy to support cloud and AI? How far behind could a company fall if they dont pursue both technologies vigorously?Listen to the full episode here.About the AuthorJoao-Pierre S. RuthSenior EditorJoao-Pierre S. Ruth covers tech policy, including ethics, privacy, legislation, and risk; fintech; code strategy; and cloud & edge computing for InformationWeek. He has been a journalist for more than 25 years, reporting on business and technology first in New Jersey, then covering the New York tech startup community, and later as a freelancer for such outlets as TheStreet, Investopedia, and Street Fight.See more from Joao-Pierre S. RuthReportsMore ReportsNever Miss a Beat: Get a snapshot of the issues affecting the IT industry straight to your inbox.SIGN-UPYou May Also Like