Northside, North East, Judson, Alamo Heights, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City, Southside, East Central and Edgewood independent school districts were among the Texas school systems that lost access.

Industry Insider — Texas will pause the morning newsletter during the long holiday break in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. To our readers and friends, the staff of Industry Insider wishes you a happy, safe holiday season! We’ll see you back here with our next newsletter on Friday, Jan. 3.

Election pollbooks hung during the early voting period, causing the wrong ballots to be handed to some voters. The vendor, Election Systems & Software, appeared before commissioners to answer questions this week and said it could be a while before a fix can be certified.

The Alcoholic Beverage Commission oversees a growing alcohol industry in Texas and is asking for $1.9 million to expand data management and enable state code compliance. IT is asking the Legislature for at least $7.1 million in its exceptional items request.

The agency is currently using AI solutions for contract comparison, bid item price estimation, roadway incident detection and recruitment automation.

In an era where digital transformation is no longer an option but a necessity, the ability to innovate and adapt rapidly while mitigating risk is a must-have for enterprises. That is why I am thrilled to share our statement of direction for the BMC AMI Platform, an industry-first cloud-native solution with generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) currently under development. This article delves into the strategic direction and vision behind this groundbreaking platform, which aims to integrate all BMC AMI products while leveraging Gen AI capabilities to simplify mainframe transformation, enhance productivity, and accelerate innovation.

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Central IT faces a reckoning. On-premises IT infrastructure represents a massive sunk cost that requires significant ongoing expenditures. But agencies are increasingly adopting their own cloud solutions that sidestep the centralized IT structure. Without modern chargeback processes, central IT will be left carrying the technical debt with no way to recover it. Learn what can be done to improve operations in the full publication.