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Enterprise Spotlight: Setting the 2026 IT agenda

Download the January 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World and learn about the trends and technologies that will drive the IT agenda in the year ahead.

By Amy Bennett and Computerworld Staff

1 Apr 20261 min

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How Southwest Airlines is putting endpoint operations on autopilot

The company is using technology to resolve IT problems for its frontline workers before many employees even know there’s an issue.

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Microsoft, Google push AI agent governance into enterprise IT mainstream

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Who’s the better CEO, Apple’s Tim Cook or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella?

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29 Apr 20266 mins

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Can Apple’s new CEO turn things around?

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27 Apr 20266 mins

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Tim Cook’s legacy: a successful CEO who stumbled over AI

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23 Apr 20265 mins

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With John Ternus as CEO, expect Apple’s platforms to proliferate

The incoming CEO, who will take over for Tim Cook on Sept. 1, will likely lead the company through an era of hardware proliferation.

By Jonny Evans

21 Apr 2026 5 mins

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Apple CEO Tim Cook stepping down, to be replaced by John Ternus

Cook will become executive chairman of the board of directors after Ternus, the current senior vice president of hardware engineering, assumes the CEO mantle in September.

By Lynn Greiner

20 Apr 2026 3 mins

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AI-ready skills are not what you think

The real challenge of AI readiness is teaching employees how to question, validate, and supervise automated systems.

By Pat Brans

20 Apr 2026 9 mins

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About the Best Places to Work in IT

Find out about Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT program, including eligibility, survey contents, deadlines, and more.

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15 Apr 2026 10 mins

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Minimus Taps Yael Nardi to Lead Strategic Operations as Chief Business Officer

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7 Apr 2026 2 mins

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Agentic AI – Ongoing coverage of its impact on the enterprise

Agentic AI has given rise to autonomous systems that learn, adapt, and even communicate with each other. Follow this page for coverage of its impact on work and ethics.

By Dan Muse

10 Apr 2026 32 mins

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The top priority for Adobe’s next CEO? Prepping for the ‘age of agents’

Whoever gets the top job after Shantanu Narayen departs will have to help the creative tools company take advantage of real-world agentic AI, analysts say.

By Matthew Finnegan

9 Apr 2026 6 mins

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As Middle East tensions continue, IDC sees worsening tech environment

The research firm had already lowered its spending growth forecast for this year to 9%. Now it’s saying the drop could be even sharper.

By Agam Shah

8 Apr 2026 5 mins

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AI often doesn’t deliver ROI for IT departments either

A Gartner survey reveals the bulk of AI projects in I&O stall before they achieve ‘meaningful’ quantitative returns.

By Paul Barker

8 Apr 2026 5 mins

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AI project ‘failure’ has little to do with AI

Vendors are deliberately misinterpreting AI’s high failure rate. While failures do happen, it’s usually because management sets objectives without having a clue what the technology can do or how it works.

By Evan Schuman

2 Apr 2026 5 mins

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IT lesson from the Iran war: AI makes your data problems so much worse

Enterprise IT has struggled with keeping data clean and accurate for decades. But AI can supercharge the problems caused by bad data.

By Evan Schuman

31 Mar 2026 5 mins

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AI budgets soar, ROI still elusive

As IT leaders struggle to prove genAI value at scale, here’s what some of them are changing in response.

By Pat Brans

30 Mar 2026 8 mins

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AI regulations are already out of date — IT leaders need to think ahead

As lawmakers around the world scramble to keep up with fast-evolving AI technologies, IT leaders can make complying with future laws easier by establishing a solid AI governance foundation now.

By Agam Shah

27 Mar 2026 5 mins

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