Intelligent CIO North America Issue 58 | Page 3

CONTENTS

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence
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NEWS: Latest news round-up from across North America
LATEST INTELLIGENCE: The latest whitepapers from SentinelOne and Crowdstrike
TRENDING: PagerDuty report finds more than half of companies have deployed AI agents
INFOGRAPHIC: Datadog’ s State of DevSecOps 2025 report finds only 18 % of critical vulnerabilities are truly worth prioritising
PROJECT LATEST: Updates from Idaho, California, Saskatchewan and Ontario
EDITOR’ S QUESTION: How do you decide whether an LLM or SLM will set your enterprise up for success?
TALKING BUSINESS: How to manage C-suite expectations while integrating AI solutions
FEATURE: C3ntro Telecom unveils Tikva Project: A 2,500 km fiber network connecting Mexico and the US

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CIO OPINION: Can AI sales agents keep up with the right side of the law?
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COUNTRY FOCUS: Broadband Nation launches workforce initiative to upgrade Florida’ s
communications infrastructure
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FEATURE: T-Mobile and Palo Alto Networks to launch managed SASE offering for wireless devices
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CASE STUDY: Building a better remote working experience
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CASE STUDY: Digital connectivity for tribal veterans
COVER STORY

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INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY WATCH: Why event-enabled AI is taking off in aviation
TECH TALK: Virtual desktop infrastructure on the edge of a new world

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GET TO KNOW: Mark Holzberg, CEO, Cloud5 Communications
FINAL WORD: Temperature check: Are executives still betting on technology?
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