This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
AWS Chief Information Security Officer Amy Herzog said cybersecurity is becoming more about the time to act than time to detect due to the sheer scale of incidents and alerts. Herzog pitched a more active defense approach amid emerging AI use cases.
Speaking at AWS re:Inforce 2025 in Philadelphia, Herzog's message echoed what was heard previously from AWS about security by design. The twist is that AWS is rolling up its various security services into one package that can automate security processes and various chores that eat up response time.
We are proud to unveil the 2025-2026 Business Transformation 150 (BT150) — an esteemed list recognizing the world’s top digital transformation executives who are redefining the enterprise with disruptive technologies and visionary leadership.
Executives Honored for Exemplary Digital Leadership in Navigating 2025’s Complex Business Landscape CUPERTINO, Calif – June 17, 2025 – Today, Constellation Research announced the ninth annual Business Transformation 150 (BT150), a prestigious list recognizing top executives driving exponential digital transformation.
Adobe launched LLM Optimizer, an application that aims to enable brands to optimize content and messaging as consumers move from traditional Google search to genAI and LLM-generated summaries.
Adobe's move, announced at Cannes Lions festival, is designed to address generative engine optimization (GEO). Adobe said that GEO is designed to be more than an evolution of SEO but a new approach to digital marketing. Going forward, brands will need to be seen, cited and chosen by large language models.
Anthropic outlined how it has built multi-agent systems for Claude Research and CIOs need to read and heed the practical advice and challenges when thinking through AI agents.
In a post, Anthropic's engineering team laid out how the company built a multi-agent system and there's a lot of practical advice on architecture, orchestrating multiple large language models (LLMs) so they can collaborate, and challenges with reliability and evaluation.
Technology executives are tossing around the term inflection point a good bit when it comes to agentic AI, quantum computing and any other not-quite-ready for primetime technology.
With that in mind here's a tour of tech inflection points to watch. The issue with inflection points is that they don't have time frames. Where relevant I dropped in a time frame on my believability scores.
Meta has hired Scale CEO Alexandr Wang to oversee its AI efforts as it pursues superintelligence. With the worst kept secret in Silicon Valley out of the way, it's time to ponder one massive, nagging question: Can an effort that may depend on social media data really be superintelligent?
One of the tried and true axioms is "garbage in, garbage out," or GIGO. Any system that has low quality input is going to give you garbage. Let's face it there is nothing "super" about social media and spare me on the "intelligent" argument.
Adobe said its various AI offerings are driving usage and monetization as the company delivered better-than-expected second quarter results.
CEO Shantanu Narayen said AI is becoming a "nice tailwind" for the business and adoption as customers either pay for higher-tier plans for AI or buy individual features.
Narayen breaks down the AI effect as "AI influence revenue"--innovation that drives usage and higher subscription revenue in products like DX, Acrobat and Creative Cloud--and direct revenue from a standalone Firefly app, Creative Cloud Pro and GenStudio.
AMD launched new Instinct MI350 Series accelerators, previewed Instinct MI400 Series GPUs and outlined its next-gen AI rack systems that integrate the company's stack.
The upshot is that AMD is going after AI workloads as inferencing has ballooned and models for multiple use cases have proliferated.
Databricks said that Google Cloud's Gemini models will be available natively within its Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Databricks also said that it extended a partnership with Microsoft Azure.
The deals were announced at Databricks Data + AI Summit.
Oracle's cloud infrastructure business posted revenue growth of 52% in the fourth quarter as its results were better than expected.
The company reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.19 a share on revenue of $15.9 billion, up 11% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings were $1.70 a share.
Wall Street was looking for Oracle to report fourth quarter earnings of $1.64 a share on revenue of $15.59 billion.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said artificial intelligence shouldn't be a part of the technology org since it impacts all of the business. Dimon also gave his take on data, cybersecurity, management and technology shifts.
Speaking at the Databricks Data + AI Summit, Dimon in an interview with CEO Ali Ghodsi said:
AI isn't about replacing marketers - it's about empowering them. Constellation analyst Liz Miller sits down with Pegasystems product marketing whiz Tara DeZao to discuss marketing transformation through AI partnerships and ushering in the next wave of collaborative CustomerExperience.
Key takeaways:
📌 AI helps overcome the 'blank page' challenge
📌 Authenticity remains at the heart of great marketing
📌 Decisioning trumps data overwhelm
📌 Customer journeys need orchestration, not rigid paths
Watch the full conversation to learn more!
Databricks launched Mosaic Agent Bricks, a workspace for creating AI agents that are production ready, accurate and cost efficient, Lakeflow Designer and Lakehouse, a transactional database.
Agent Bricks advances the Databricks approach with Mosaic AI, which can build agent systems delivering domain-specific results, and aims to move AI agents into production. Agent Bricks will automatically generate domain-specific synthetic data and task-based benchmarks.
Nvidia outlined plans to scale AI factories and research hubs in Europe, expanded partnerships with Schneider Electric and Siemens and expanded model choices for sovereign AI and NIM Microservices.
Nvidia expands its DGX Cloud Lepton GPU marketplace with the addition of AWS and Microsoft Azure to its roster of providers.
DGX Cloud Lepton is a marketplace that unified Nvidia GPU resources across providers and regions. The marketplace is also integrated with Nvidia's AI stack for microservice containers, multiple large language models and management.
OpenAI released o3-pro for ChatGPT Pro and Team users in what it calls its most capable model yet as it cut the prices for o3 by 80%. The moves come as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ponders 2030 where there limitations of energy will lead to AI superintelligence that's almost free.
Don't miss the latest CR CX Convo covering the future of marketing decisioning...
Tuning in LIVE from #PegaWorld2025, Constellation analyst Liz Miller and Pegasystems' Matthew Nolan discuss the evolution of #marketing beyond traditional campaigns.
Key takeaways:
📌 Marketing is shifting from sales-driven to customer-outcome focused
📌 AI and decisioning are transforming how brands engage customers
📌 The goal: Create relevant, personalized experiences that truly matter
Cisco outlined a series of AI infrastructure, security products and software designed to support AI agents, hyperscale data centers and enterprises for various workloads.
The upshot from Cisco Live in San Diego is that the networking giant is reordering its stack for AI workloads.
We’re thrilled to unveil the 2025–2026 Artificial Intelligence 150 (AI150), a distinguished group of executive leaders who are setting the pace for enterprise AI transformation.
IBM updated its quantum computing roadmap heading into IBM Quantum Starling, a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum system in 2029.
Big Blue said IBM Quantum Starling will be delivered by 2029 and installed at the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. That system is expected to perform 20,000 times ore operations than today's quantum computers.
Executives Leading the Charge Toward an AI-Powered World Celebrated for Innovation and Impact CUPERTINO, Calif – June 10, 2025 – Constellation Research proudly unveils the second annual Artificial Intelligence 150 (AI150), spotlighting the trailblazing executives redefining the future of AI.