Intelligent CIO North America Issue 55 | Page 3

CONTENTS

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence
ISSUE 55
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NEWS : Latest news round-up from across North America
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LATEST INTELLIGENCE : The latest whitepapers from Starline and Raritan
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TRENDING : CEOs undeterred by uncertain business landscape as confidence in growth outlook rises for 2025
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INFOGRAPHIC : Global data traffic volume hits new record-breaking high at internet exchanges
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PROJECT LATEST : Updates from Kentucky , Texas , California and New Jersey

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EDITOR ’ S QUESTION : How do you strike the right balance in overcoming platform engineering challenges ?
TALKING BUSINESS : Powering America ’ s Future

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FEATURE : KALiNA Power and Crusoe sign framework agreement for joint development of multiple co-sited AI
data center projects in Alberta

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CIO OPINION : Reskilling IT for AI and machine learning environments
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COUNTRY FOCUS : State of Maryland , University of Maryland announce $ 1 billion ‘ Capital of Quantum ’ initiative
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FEATURE : Future AGI launches world ’ s most accurate multimodal AI evaluation tool
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CASE STUDY : NHL partners with VAST Data to accelerate and streamline media production operations
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CASE STUDY : SoftBank and Quantinuum announce groundbreaking partnership toward practical application of
COVER STORY

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quantum computing
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES

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INDUSTRY WATCH : IBM study : Vehicles believed to be software defined and AI powered by 2035
TECH TALK : Managing data through hybrid cloud

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GET TO KNOW : Suresh Sambandam , Chief Executive Officer , Kissflow
FINAL WORD : Data integrity : the foundation of true data freedom
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