Digital Transformation

Here you'll find articles exploring digital transformation in higher education.


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Salesforce to Acquire Data Management Firm Informatica

Salesforce has announced plans to acquire data management company Informatica for $8 billion. The deal is aimed at strengthening Salesforce's AI foundation and expanding its enterprise data capabilities.

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AI-Focused Data Security Report Identifies Cloud Governance Gaps

A new Varonis data security report notes that excessive permissions and AI-driven risks are leaving cloud environments dangerously exposed.

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Google Reimagines Search with AI Mode

About a year after launching AI Overviews in its flagship search offering, Google has announced broad availability of AI Mode in Search.

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Report: 93% of Students Believe Gen AI Training Belongs in Degree Programs

The vast majority of today's college students — 93% — believe generative AI training should be included in degree programs, according to a recent Coursera report. What's more, 86% of students consider gen AI the most crucial technical skill for career preparation, prioritizing it above in-demand skills such as data strategy and software development.

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University of Pittsburgh Partners with AWS on Cloud Innovation Center

The University of Pittsburgh is teaming up with Amazon Web Services to establish a new Cloud Innovation Center focused on health sciences and sports analytics.

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Researchers Develop AI-Powered Method for Business Process Redesign

Researchers have developed a novel AI-powered approach that enables non-technical users to modify complex process models through simple conversations with chatbots.

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Survey: Generative AI Surpasses Cybersecurity in 2025 Tech Budgets

Global IT leaders are placing bigger bets on generative artificial intelligence than cybersecurity in 2025, according to new research by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Report: Identity Has Become a Critical Security Perimeter for Cloud Services

A new threat landscape report points to new cloud vulnerabilities. According to the 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report from Fortinet, while misconfigured cloud storage buckets were once a prime vector for cybersecurity exploits, other cloud missteps are gaining focus.

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Improving AI Governance for Stronger University Compliance and Innovation

AI can generate valuable insights for higher education institutions and it can be used to enhance the teaching process itself. The caveat is that this can only be achieved when universities adopt a strategic and proactive set of data and process management policies for their use of AI.

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AWS Updates AI Offerings with Amazon Nova Premier, Llama 4, Anonymous User Q Business Chatbots

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made a number of AI moves to maintain its position alongside fellow cloud giants Microsoft and Google.