Bob Violino
Freelance technology and business writer
Freelance technology journalism
Bob Violino is a freelance writer whose work focuses on technology and business innovation[1]. His areas of coverage include cloud services, mobile technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data and analytics, cybersecurity and the Internet of Things[1]. He holds a BS in Journalism from the University of Maryland[1].
Foundry's author pages describe him as a frequent contributor to CIO, CSO, Network World, InfoWorld, Computerworld and CNBC[1][2]. A Tanium author bio adds that his work has also appeared in Forbes and Fortune[3].
He won a 2025 AZBEE award for his coverage of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware[1][2]. His Network World coverage of that story included an August 2024 feature on customer concerns ahead of the VMware Explore event[2].
Reporting on enterprise AI
Much of Violino's recent work covers how companies adopt AI[1]. In a May 2026 CIO feature he reported that IT leaders were letting business users in departments such as human resources and marketing use AI coding assistants to build pilots and tools, and described the governance and guardrails they were putting around that work[4]. The article noted that, with guidance from IT, such projects can cut development backlogs and move solution-building closer to business problems[4].
In an August 2026 Computerworld feature he examined company AI policies and reported that organizations which listen to employee concerns and codify worker protections are more likely to gain from AI without losing trust[5]. In an April 2026 article for CNBC he wrote about workers' fear of being replaced by AI and how technology leaders could address it when introducing AI tools[6]. A source quoted in that piece argued that framing AI mainly as a way to cut costs and headcount makes employees hear a threat rather than an opportunity[6].
His CNBC articles in 2025 also covered company spending on agentic AI, the effect of AI on entry-level jobs and a possible gender gap in the use of generative AI at work[7]. For InfoWorld in 2026 he wrote about AI-powered devops tools, AI-first software development and where software development jobs are[8].
Infrastructure and IT leadership coverage
For Network World, Violino has written about data center readiness for generative AI, data center cooling systems and energy-efficiency rules for data centers[2]. In a February 2026 feature he reported that core internet infrastructure would need more redundancy and better congestion management to cope with traffic surges driven by AI[9]. Sources quoted in the piece said cloud operators would need more reserve capacity and faster dynamic scaling than older planning models allowed[9].
His CIO work in 2025 and 2026 includes articles on the barriers IT leaders face in getting value from AI, data debt and the career paths of late-career IT leaders[10]. For Computerworld he has written a yearly enterprise mobility review from 2024 to 2026, covering the arrival of generative AI and automation in mobility management software[1].
Books and blog
Violino is the author of three books: New Life: Lessons in Faith and Courage from Transplant Recipients, Children of the Light, and Life Lessons[11]. He also writes a personal blog on gratitude and positivity at inspirations-blog.com[11][3]. In a September 2026 post there he wrote that AI chatbots can be helpful but cannot be human[12].
Known for
- Enterprise technology reporting for CIO, Computerworld, Network World and InfoWorld
- Coverage of AI adoption in the workplace for CNBC
- 2025 AZBEE award for coverage of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware
Sources
- Computerworld: Bob Violino author page — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Network World: Bob Violino author page — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Tanium: Bob Violino author bio — checked 6 Nov 2026
- CIO: CIOs are enlisting business users to vibe code their own apps, May 2026 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Computerworld: AI policies work better when employees help write them, August 2026 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- CNBC: Why are workers so worried about AI?, April 2026 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- CNBC: Bob Violino author page — checked 6 Nov 2026
- InfoWorld: Bob Violino author page — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Network World: AI likely to put a major strain on global networks, February 2026 — checked 6 Nov 2026
- CIO: Bob Violino author page — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Bob Violino's website: About — checked 6 Nov 2026
- Bob Violino's website: blog — checked 6 Nov 2026