How gen AI can make your business work faster - really

Your weekly round-up of the questions asked by readers of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World explains how to use generative AI to accelerate business processes; how to earn extra in IT; and why organizations are choosing hybrid cloud to support AI.

Going with the flow

The biggest story with readers of CIO this week was this article about how IT leaders are using agentic AI to accelerate business workflows. It’s the Holy Grail for many organizations – introduce AI agents to an existing workflow and in so doing create efficiency and velocity across the business.  

Easy to say, hard to do. The article shared real-world examples of where agentic had been proven to improve workflows, but the readers wanted more – asking Smart Answers how to identify processes that could be improved by agentic. Fuelled by many years of human reportage our AI chat bot has the insights.  

Short answer – you need a process that maps to business goals, and is well defined. Long answer below.  

We said that getting certified can benefit IT professionals and the organizations that employ them, boosting productivity and engagement, while also closing skills gaps. And, yeah, in many cases increasing earning potential. And that is the bit our readers latched on to – naturally.  

One stat suggests that certification can be worth as much as $30k on top of the certified professional’s salary. CIO readers asked Smart Answers if this is true. And to find out you will need to ask, too.  

Find out: What percentage of IT executives estimated $30,000 to be value of IT certification?  

About Smart Answers 

Smart Answers is an AI-based chatbot tool designed to help you discover content, answer questions, and go deep on the topics that matter to you. Each week we send you the three most popular questions asked by our readers, and the answers Smart Answers provides.  

Developed in partnership with Miso.ai, Smart Answers draws only on editorial content from our network of trusted media brands—CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World—and was trained on questions that a savvy enterprise IT audience would ask. The result is a fast, efficient way for you to get more value from our content.