Subject: Intelligent Automation November 2025 Newsletter

For intelligent automaters

November 2025

In this issue...

  • Featured: The AI Paradox: 4 Surprising Statistics That Reveal What's Really Happening in 2025 - CM First

  • Article: Workers Don’t Trust AI. Here’s How Companies Can Change That. - Harvard Business Review

  • Watch: Bill Gates: AI is the biggest technical thing ever in my lifetime - CNBC Television

  • Listen: The AI ROI Surprise: Wharton Finds 75% of Enterprises Seeing Positive ROI from AI - AI Daily Brief

  • CA 2E/Plex Conference: Watch AI Day at the 14th CA 2E Plex Worldwide Developer Conference

  • Webinar - NexGen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems - CM First Group

  • Intelligence: Intelligent automation news on the greater web

Featured

The AI Paradox: Why We’re Investing More but Getting Less


AI adoption is skyrocketing, yet only a tiny fraction of companies are actually seeing meaningful returns. Most teams are busy “adding AI” to what they already do, instead of rethinking how the work should be done in the first place.


The companies that do break through take a different path. They rebuild how work gets done, pair humans and AI intentionally, and focus on decision quality, not just efficiency.


So the question isn’t “How do we add AI?”


It’s “What would we build if we weren’t constrained by how we’ve always done things?” That’s where the real gains start.


Read our full article →

Announcing CM evolveIT 11.7


Available for Streaming: Join us for informative, hands-on sessions focused on the new CM evolveIT 11.7 release. 


Tailored for future-minded developers, these sessions showcase groundbreaking enhancements aimed at revolutionizing your code analysis and transformation workflows. Expect hands-on demonstrations that you can take to your development workflows right away.

Watch one of these two webinars now...

Mainframe

Latest Advances in Mainframe COBOL Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn about cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools that promise streamlined analysis and transformation processes, automated tools that convert legacy COBOL code to Java, and advanced code slicing.


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IBM i

Latest Advances in IBM i Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn how to cut your analysis costs by up to 80% with new capabilities. We'll demo new CA 2E (Synon) and CA Plex superpowers, AI and Code slicing innovations, and improved support for DB2 and COBOL and more.


Watch Now

Heads Up

Workers Don’t Trust AI. Here’s How Companies Can Change That.


AI is everywhere at work — but employees aren’t buying it. Trust in employer-provided generative AI dropped 31% in just a few months, and confidence in autonomous AI systems plunged 89%.


The problem isn’t the technology itself; it’s how it’s rolled out. Workers often see AI as a mandate rather than a helper, worry about being replaced, and feel left out of how these systems are built and deployed.


So why do so many employees distrust the tools they’re expected to use? The Harvard Business Review breaks down the surprising reasons behind this trust gap and the steps companies can take to flip skepticism into engagement.


Read the full article on Harvard Business Review →

Watch

Bill Gates: AI is the biggest technical thing ever in my lifetime


Bill Gates isn’t just talking tech—he’s connecting AI, climate, and industrial policy in ways that could shape the next decade. Ahead of COP 30, he urges focusing on human impact, not just numbers on a chart. On AI, he calls it the most profound technical breakthrough of his lifetime; a high-stakes “internet-style bubble” where some bets will fail, but the winners could reshape medicine, jobs, and entire industries.


He also sounds the alarm on energy costs, job disruption, and unclear policies, stressing that the choices we make now will decide who thrives and who gets left behind.


Curious how AI, climate, and policy collide in Gates’ vision for the future? The full conversation lays it all bare.


Jump to the full video →

Listen

The AI ROI Surprise: Wharton Finds 75% of Enterprises Seeing Positive ROI from AI


As companies struggle to scale their pilot AI programs, many are beginning to see a return for their effort.


In this episode of The AI Daily Brief, host Nathaniel Whittemore explores how generative AI has moved beyond experimentation into the engine room of major organizations. Adoption isn’t the challenge anymore—scaling performance is. Companies are finding real value in intelligent automation and deeper data insights, but as they expand, they must carefully balance speed, quality, and investment risks.


The surprising insight is that most organizations are no longer in pilot mode. They’re in the scale-up phase, facing new metrics and tougher decisions than ever before.


Listen now on The AI Daily Brief Podcast →

 CA Plex/2E Worldwide Developer Conference 

Watch: AI Day at the CA 2E CA Plex Conference


Watch keynote addresses from IBM and Microsoft that cover the powerful role AI plays in modern application development, with a focus on IBM i. These streamable keynotes were delivered by experts with deep experience leveraging the mighty power of AI for developers ready to dive headfirst into the future! Watch these streamable keynotes any time.


Video Vault

Next-Gen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems


Join us for a cutting-edge webinar that merges the art of pair programming with the innovation of AI for IBM i and IBM z systems. This session is dedicated to COBOL developers working on IBM's midrange and mainframe platforms and offers a deep dive into how AI can amplify coding collaboration and efficiency.


In this webinar:

  • Discuss the integration of AI-driven pair programming in IBM i and IBM z COBOL development.

  • Address the unique challenges of maintaining and evolving COBOL applications with AI support.

  • Showcase a live demonstration of AI tools tailored to IBM i and IBM z developers.

  • Share actionable strategies for embedding AI into the pair programming workflow on both platforms.

Whether you're involved in IBM i or IBM z development, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge to leverage AI for better code quality, faster problem-solving, and more productive pair programming sessions. Take the first step towards a smarter, AI-assisted development future.


Watch →

Are you tired of time-consuming manual testing software applications? Fortra's Automate Plus RPA is here to help. Join us for a webinar where we review the features of this powerful tool and show you how it can revolutionize your software testing processes, making it better, more accurate, and quicker to get results.


Watch →

Frightened about the prospect of your legacy IBM i and z application developers leaving? We have a solution that can put your fears to rest. In this webinar, we demonstrate how you can “refactor” your legacy app developed in COBOL, RPG, or CA 2E (Synon) directly to maintainable runtime-free Java and JS.


Watch →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading your IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-commitment fifteen minute conversation with a CM First Group technical rep.

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CM First Support

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Current Releases


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CM evolveIT 11.7, last supported 10.6
CM M3 2023 Edition
CA Plex 7.2.1 SP005, last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2022)
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