CXOTALK

Truth, Not Hype: How CIOs Can Survive AI Vendors Join #CXOTalk guest Kyler Cheatham, Chief Performance Ofcr, The Confluencial. cxotalk.com/episode/truth-no… What are must-haves in AI contracts? #CIO #CFO #AI #AIhype #AIagents #AgenticAI

#CXOTalk talks about AI sales hype w Kyler Cheatham, Chief PERF. Ofcr, The Confluencial, Fri. 30 Oct. 2026. Get more in the mood. Replay ep. 932 w Patrick Bangert, CAIO @WeAreOxy and hear his view on #AI vendor hype. cxotalk.com/episode/occident… #AIhype #AIagents #AIstrategy #AIatWork

Define test cases first, then ingest them into an #AI-native #SLDC platform plus our code base, + engineering + dev. stds, to form the context to generate test cases, code, + testing. -- @Kris_Tok, Global CITO, @Vitality_UK cxotalk.com/episode/autonomo… #CXOTalk #Bitzy #CIO #CTO #AgenticAI #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareDevelopmentLifecycle

Save the Date! Friday, 13 November 2026 #CXOTalk guest will be @HariGopalkrishn, CITO, @BofA #CIO #CTO #AI #EnterpriseAI #Banking #AutonomousBanking #AIgovernance

Truth, Not Hype: How CIOs Can Survive AI Vendors Join #CXOTalk guest Kyler Cheatham, Chief Performance Ofcr, The Confluencial. cxotalk.com/episode/truth-no… What are the gotchas in AI contracts? #CIO #CFO #AI #AIhype #AIagents #AgenticAI

Fri 30 Oct 2026, LIVE, 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT Truth, Not Hype: How CIOs Can Survive AI Vendors Join #CXOTalk guest Kyler Cheatham, Chief Performance Ofcr, The Confluencial. cxotalk.com/episode/truth-no… How can a #CIO avoid low-ball #AI platform cost during the sales process? #AIagents

#CXOTalk talks about AI sales hype w Kyler Cheatham, Chief PERF. Ofcr, The Confluencial., Fri. 30 Oct. 2026. Get in the mood. Replay ep. 867 (2025) w Prof. @random_walker of @PrincetonCITP exposing #AIsnakeoil. cxotalk.com/episode/ai-snake… #AI #AIhype #AIagents @PrincetonUPress

Save the Date! Friday, 6 November 2026 #CXOTalk guest China Widener, vice chair, & US Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry leader @Deloitte #CIO #CTO #AI #AIinfrastructure #Technology

Vibe-coding agents access “things outside your managed ecosystem of your endpoint”, increasing your organization's attack surface. -- @AOswal1234, EVP & GM @PaloAltoNtwks cxotalk.com/episode/palo-alt… #CXOTalk #CSO #CISO #AIagents #Cybersecurity #AgenticAI

Fri 30 Oct 2026, LIVE, 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT Truth, Not Hype: How CIOs Can Survive AI Vendors Join #CXOTalk guest Kyler Cheatham, Chief PERF. Ofcr, The Confluencial. cxotalk.com/episode/truth-no… How can a #CIO realistically est. cost during the sales process? #AI #AIhype #AIagents #AgenticAI

This Fri. 30 Oct 2026, LIVE, 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT Truth, Not Hype: How CIOs Can Survive AI Vendors Join #CXOTalk guest Kyler Cheatham, Chief Performance Ofcr, The Confluential. cxotalk.com/episode/truth-no… How can you tell that an #enterpriseAI platform is right for you? #AI #EnSW #CIO #AIhype #AIagents #AgenticAI

See video + transcr of #CXOTalk ep. 934 w guest @jpatel41, Pres. & Chief Prod. Ofcr., @Cisco. Topic: Making Agentic #aiTransformation Work cxotalk.com/episode/cisco-pr… This transformation will shift biz models and this will require #AIagentStrategy. #CIO #COO #CAIO #AI #AIagents

This Fri 30 Oct 2026, LIVE, 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT Truth, Not Hype: How CIOs Can Survive AI Vendors Join #CXOTalk guest Kyler Cheatham, Chief Performance Ofcr, The Confluential. cxotalk.com/episode/truth-no… How should companies evaluate #enterpriseAI platforms? #AI #EnSW #CIO #AIhype #AIagents #AgenticAI

Get the podcast again to hear #CXOTalk ep 919 w * @TCrawford of @AVOAcom * @Scriffignano1 of @StimsonCenter Topic: #AgenticAI in the Enterprise open.spotify.com/episode/2Ld… IT will have to learn #AIagents + learn how to govern #AgenticWorkflows as they're in use. #AIagents #AI #CIO

Here's a peek at who'll be on #CXOTalk this November 2026: * China Widener of @Deloitte - 6 Nov * @HariGopalkrishn of @Bofa - 13 Nov * Thanksgiving Day long weekend- 27 Nov

Watch this clip to hear how a #ZeroTrust #EnterpriseBrowser makes it easy for IT to default to YES. For biz benefits of a secure enterprise #browser, watch all of the #CXOTalk intervu w Matthew Cochran, Dir. #IT @TeamHendrick. cxotalk.com/episode/securing…… @Island_io #CSO #CIO

#Data is the 1st priority. The system must be “as easy as possible for the user to give it to us +, more importantly, easy + interpretable to give back to the executives in a digestible way.” -- Parl Johnson, Chief Nerd, Nuvia Smiles cxotalk.com/episode/data-fir… #CXOTalk @Zoho #CIO

By 2030, the convergence of #AI + #QuantumComputing will break data encryption that ensured digital trust. Cryptographic algorithms e.g. RSA + ECC will be deprecated and by 2035, disallowed for most uses. -- @AOswal1234, EVP & GM @PaloAltoNtwks cxotalk.com/episode/cybersec… #CXOTalk #CSO #CISO

Advice to CIOs + CSOs on Adopting #AIagents (1:2) 1. Partner w other orgs in the co. 2. Simplify messaging. Ex. Biz folks want to know Yes / No. 3. Adoption will involve testing + learning. -- Pradeep Mannakkara, #CIO @Cvent cxotalk.com/episode/ai-agent… #CXOTalk @Glean #AIgovernance #CISO #AgenticAI

There were so many great questions and not enough time to ask all of them. Here is the #CXOTalk ep. 934 (guest @jPatel41, Pres. & Chief Prod. Ofcr., @Cisco) honor roll, honorable mentions: @ArsalanAKhan @CPetersen_CS On LinkedIn: Swami Vaidyanathan, MBA, @Scriffignano1 who was on a roll, Ali Ahmed, Muhammad Mudassir, Tristia Hennessey