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6 IT management traps to avoid
When the work gets stressful, it’s easy to fall prey to quick management fixes that can harden into habits that do more harm than good.
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Singapore small and medium businesses struggle in digital transformation
Digitalisation efforts remain at early stages, with many not seeing success, despite multiple government programmes. And the need is only getting more acute.
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6 best practices for good data governance
Data governance is becoming a key strategic initiative. Here’s how to ensure critical data assets are reliable, secure, and available for your business.
Opinion
The hard truth about IT process success
Building effective IT 101: Want to design and implement effective IT processes? You must establish these four fundamentals before you can even begin.
Developing IT Leaders
Leading a hybrid IT workforce: 10 steps to ease the transition
Today’s hybrid workplace is being driven entirely by management decision—and everyone has an opinion on how it should be done. Here are 10 steps to prepare for leading in this new and evolving reality.
Opinion
10 dark secrets of the cloud
The cloud has increasingly become a cornerstone of IT strategies across every industry, providing enterprises with agility and scale. But in every dark corner, hidden risks and imbalances await.
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7 ways to win the IT talent war
In the battle for IT talent, victory goes to the bold and ingenious. Here’s how to ensure your organization outmaneuvers the competition’s hiring efforts.
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The 5 most in-demand IT jobs in Southeast Asia in 2021
As the region emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses’ technology needs are shifting—as are the IT skills needed.
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8 reasons data science projects fail
Data science may be the hottest tool for solving business problems, but flawed projects can cause significant damage, leading decision-makers astray.
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Redefining IT risk in post-pandemic world
With technology ever more critical to enterprise success and survival, IT leaders are taking a larger, more strategic role in assessing business challenges and opportunities.Feature
4 digital transformation success stories
Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, and others are steering digital initiatives to drive growth and efficiency. These real-world transformation examples detail IT leaders’ strategies and implementations.Feature
Cloud or bust: IT leaders go all in on cloud computing
A growing number of CIOs are committing most if not all of IT to the cloud to improve security, flexibility, and agility — and to free up teams to focus on innovation and enhancing IT services.
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7 IT cost-cutting mistakes you must avoid
Are you cutting costs or cutting corners? Your job may depend on knowing the difference.
Interview
How CommBank Indonesia is charting a new tech path, aided by Finance
Timothy Delahunty is balancing innovation and risk to help set the course for the next five years of progress at the Jakarta-based banking giant.Feature
5 ways IT is driving new revenue
CIOs are increasingly being called on to boost bottom lines by driving new revenue. Here’s how five IT leaders have transformed IT into engines for business growth.
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5 unpopular decisions every IT leader must make
Having to make difficult decisions may be the most challenging part of a CIO’s job. But from an organizational and career perspective, tough choices can be the most rewarding.
Managing Innovation & Disruptive Technology
Consequential innovation: 4 tips for unlocking hidden growth opportunities
For innovation to be consequential, you must strike the right balance between incremental innovation and disruptive innovation. Here's how to get started.
Opinion
The hard truth about business-IT alignment
Building effective IT 101: Forget what you’ve heard about aligning IT to the business. In the digital era, IT-business integration is the true key to organizational success.
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8 secrets of successful AI projects
Artificial intelligence holds great business promise, but it takes more than a working model to create scalable, transformative changeFeature
How Southeast Asian CIOs are embracing the hybrid workplace and hybrid workforce
Remote work was just one part of the new approach to digitalisation that the pandemic has boosted across the region.
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Real-time analytics: 7 tips for success
Fast and accurate insights are crucial in today’s data-driven world, making real-time analytics essential for many enterprises. Here’s how to get it right.
The CIO Whisperers
4 strategies for retaining IT talent
Author and career development expert Bev Kaye shares her best advice for inspiring, motivating, and keeping top performers.
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‘Citizen developer’ success requires strong IT oversight
In the hands of business users, low-code and no-code tools can be powerful — and risky. Here’s how IT leaders are setting up guardrails to ensure projects don’t go off track.
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Southeast Asia can—and should—do better to close the gender gap in IT
There are many reasons why Southeast Asian IT organisations lack significant participation by women, but IT leaders agree that a real effort could lead to real change over time.
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Innovation vs. operations: A critical balancing act IT must master
The sweet spot between business innovation and operational excellence is elusive, but IT’s pandemic response has provided new skills and strategies for solving an age-old IT conundrum.
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The quest for end-to-end intelligent automation
AI-powered process automation remains piecemeal, but new innovations are arising to fill the gaps, bringing the promise of fully intelligent automation that much closer.
CDO at the Center
4 tips to kickstart your agile practice
As we go from crisis to recovery in year two of COVID, it's time to reset your team's agile velocity. Here's how.
Interview
Meet the brains behind KBank’s innovation drive in Thailand
Krating Poonpol is motivated by a bold mission for Thailand to become one of the world’s standout technology hubs by 2022.
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7 IT governance myths
Are flawed beliefs damaging your IT organization’s governance framework? Here’s a rundown of common fallacies that should be immediately rooted out.Feature
7 pitfalls that undermine DevOps success
IT leaders seeking faster delivery of apps and services are increasingly turning to DevOps. But blending development and operations is tricky business.
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The new IT skills mandate for digital success
New emphasis on business value, agility, and customer experience has IT leaders remaking the IT skills mix, with upskilling strategies aimed at unearthing hidden talent within.
Opinion
The dirty secret of data analytics: Culture of honest inquiry required
For far too many organizations, analysis has been corrupted by a culture of tweaking parameters to support desired outcomes. Here’s how to establish an honest path to data-driven decisions.
Interview
Amid Southeast Asian expansion plans, HGC builds digital foundations
As global chief digital officer, Jacqueline Teo is taking a lead role in helping a giant of industry transition away from traditional telecommunications heartlands.
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9 ways to tame a bad boss
You don’t have to suffer silently under a difficult manager. Here’s how to manage up, enlist help, and offer feedback to make the best of a challenging leadership situation.
Opinion
11 dark secrets of multicloud
In many situations, multicloud architectures make the most sense. But playing the field, baking in agility, and avoiding lock-in can expose your enterprise to hidden costs and issues.
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7 ways CIOs sabotage their own success
The past year has accelerated the need for CIOs to become business leaders. Here’s how many IT chiefs will undercut their ability to step up to the challenges ahead.
Interview
How DBS Bank’s digitalisation paid off during the pandemic
Group CIO Jimmy Ng details how the Singapore-based bank used its in-house technology expertise to quickly change work tactics, aid customers, and still double down on diversity and green strategies.
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12 project management myths to avoid
Don’t let your projects fall prey to the unnecessary confusion, uncertainty, and harm that can result from these all-too-commonly held project management misconceptions.
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Ensuring culture fit when hiring remotely
The pandemic’s push to remote work has opened up new talent pools beyond commuting distance. But hiring remotely presents challenges, causing IT leaders to rethink culture and how to assess team fit.
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8 ways to get the most from your managed service provider
A growing number of IT leaders are turning to MSPs to help address challenges posed by rapidly evolving IT services. Here’s how to ensure your MSP provides maximum value and minimal distress.
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13 secrets of a successful cloud ERP migration
Migrating legacy ERP systems to the cloud is a big undertaking rife with gotchas. Here’s how to ensure your massive shift of mission-critical enterprise applications goes smoothly.
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IT leaders re-evaluate skillsets for the long haul
CIOs are meeting talent shortages and transforming tech agendas head on by assessing staff skills and developing roadmaps for obtaining the know-how necessary for long-term success.
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The promise and challenges of RPA adoption in Southeast Asia
Robotic process automation and related technologies like intelligent automation can improve processes and reduce costs, but few organisations have gone beyond limited-value tactical deployments around task automation.
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7 IT hiring trends for 2021
COVID-19 sparked immediate change in the technology industry — and businesses have overhauled how they recruit, hire, and retain IT talent as a result.
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IT confronts climate change
Data analytics and AI are taking center stage in efforts to combat the fallout of climate change and environmental disasters across the globe.
CIO Executive Council POV
How COVID contingency best practices can help save the planet
The shift to a hybrid workforce has had a positive impact not just on productivity and work/life balance, but on the environment and global climate change. Let's keep it that way.
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The state of ICT training in Singapore
Talent shortages mean key positions go unfilled, and rapid technology change means employees can’t keep up their skills. How the government is trying to help.
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Anatomy of a killer IT internship program
With demand for tech talent on the rise, a robust IT internship program is key to ensuring the organization builds a reliable talent pipeline for the future, say IT leaders.
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CIO change agents: The art of the IT turnaround
CIOs from ecommerce, insurance, and automotive sectors discuss how they changed their IT cultures to pave the way for digital transformations.
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CEO directives: Top 10 initiatives for IT leaders
The CEO charter for CIOs this year: Lead digital transformation, capitalize on data analytics, and collaborate more with the business.
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