CIOs Look to Accelerate Digital Transformation With AI
CIO, Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
A few CIOs are using generative AI to rewrite code, redesign workflows and migrate databases, cutting modernization time and cost.
IT leaders hunting for AI use cases may be overlooking IT modernization itself, where a handful of large-enterprise CIOs have used generative AI to rewrite code, redesign workflows and migrate databases.
Avaya says AI tools can cut contact-center modernization from months to days, and Ensono uses AI for code discovery and legacy cleanup.
Gartner's Arun Chandrasekaran sees strong potential in requirements gathering, legacy code mapping and code QA, though hallucinations still hinder results and governance and data foundations must come first.
Mead Johnson Nutrition's CIO Rama Donepudi describes using gen AI and automation in a transformation that began in 2024.