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How AI in SAP AMS is Redefining SAP Application Management
As SAP landscapes continue to evolve across cloud and hybrid environments, traditional support approaches are struggling to keep pace. Organizations today need more than reactive ticket resolution. They need intelligent, scalable support models that improve visibility, increase efficiency, and help teams focus on higher-value initiatives. In the lead up to SAP Sapphire, Syntax introduced its AI-First [...]
7 Questions Every CIO and CSO Should Ask About Disaster Recovery in 2026
Disaster recovery is having a moment in 2026. For years it sat quietly in the background of IT operations—important, but rarely the topic of a board meeting. The shift started in 2025: Gartner's CIO Leadership Perspective Survey of 2,200 IT executives ranked cybersecurity and risk management as the top CIO priority for the fourth year [...]
Supply Chain Optimization: Building Intelligent, Resilient, Adaptable Networks
In today’s volatile global economy, supply chains sit at the epicenter of change. Every disruption—geopolitical conflict, inflationary pressure, climate-related event, or labor shortage—ripples through production lines, distribution networks, and customer expectations. But while the challenges are familiar, the opportunities have never been greater. For manufacturers, retailers, and any business managing a supply chain, the challenge [...]
Digital Manufacturing in Action: How Connected Factories Deliver Real Results
Manufacturers today operate in an environment defined by complexity, global competition, and rising cost pressures. CIOs and COOs are tasked with modernizing operations while maintaining uptime, controlling costs, and meeting rising expectations for product quality and speed. One of the biggest differentiators in manufacturing is visibility. Production data often lives in multiple systems across the [...]
Six Ways CIOs Strengthen Cloud Management and Sustain Value After Migration
You’ve done it. You’re in the Cloud. Your organization made the leap to the cloud—a major milestone that likely took months (or years) of planning, coordination, and investment. Workloads are running. Teams are collaborating. Your infrastructure is no longer anchored to a data center. But after the adrenaline rush of “go live” fades, a new [...]
The Future of the Construction Industry: Smart, Connected, and Cloud Enabled
The construction industry—including technical services companies—are entering a period of extraordinary change. Global infrastructure investment is fueling unprecedented demand for transportation, energy, and modernization projects. According to McKinsey & Company, the global construction industry market is projected to grow from $13 trillion in 2023 to $22 trillion by 2040. For CIOs, this growth represents both opportunity and challenge. Many construction industry firms are still weighed down by [...]
Broadcom, VMware, and What Comes Next: Top Questions CIOs Are Asking in 2026
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware continues to create uncertainty across the industry. From licensing shifts to changing support expectations to cost concerns, many organizations are reassessing their long-term reliance on VMware and exploring what a modernization or cloud migration strategy might look like. Across dozens of conversations with CIOs, architects, and infrastructure leaders, a few questions [...]
Cloud ERP in the Mining Industry: Real Stories of Digital Transformation
Today’s mining industry faces new levels of complexity. Global operations, volatile commodity markets, supply chain disruptions, and rising operational costs are placing pressure on companies to operate more efficiently, maintain real-time visibility across geographies, and make data-driven decisions. Yet many miners are still constrained by aging systems, disconnected processes, and limited access to actionable data. [...]
The New Strategic Power of the Chief Data Officer in the AI Era
For years, organizations have recognized data as their most valuable asset. But, as AI, intelligent automation, and predictive analytics move from experimentation to enterprise data management execution, many organizations still lack a clear strategy for how to manage, govern, and activate data as the foundation of insight and innovation. The technology is ready. The opportunity [...]