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CIOs Must Rethink Resiliency For An Increasingly Complex IT World

CIO, Thursday, February 5th, 2026

Maintaining a minimum viable business through service disruptions is becoming more challenging due to widespread IT interdependencies. AI will soon compound the complexity and court greater risk.

A database error knocked out digital services at Starbucks, McDonald's, and many more big brands last November. A cybersecurity update grounded flights, canceled surgeries, and thousands of other services in 2024.

Today IT-related disasters get their own year-in-review recaps. Tomorrow the growing prevalence of agentic AI systems will compound complexity and court greater risk.

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