6 tips for ensuring IT manager success
Are your department managers reaching their full potential? Here’s how to gain relevant insights into their performance — and to ensure necessary adjustments are made.
SAFe certification: Launch your Scaled Agile Framework career
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) helps large organizations leverage the benefits of agile, making those who have SAFe certification in demand. Here’s how to kick off your SAFe career in the right direction.
CIOs embrace business-led IT amid tech democratization
Shadow IT no more: CIOs are increasingly welcoming technologies built or bought by business lines, while providing governance and vendor management support.
4 reasons to prioritize developers' infrastructure needs
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Making sense of Microsoft’s new certifications scheme
Microsoft’s new certifications are based on industry analysis of jobs and roles and are built in sync with documentation and training materials so you can stay up to date for cloud skills for free, but certs for on-prem technologies remain unclear.
12 hot Southeast Asian fintechs for the CIO watchlist
For payments processing, cross-border trade enablement, insurance platforms, and digital banking, Southeast Asia has plenty of innovative providers your company may want to partner with.
Looking to advance your IT career? Join the club
Active participation in IT industry associations is key to accelerating leadership growth. Here's how to reap the benefits now and throughout your career.
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4 ways to diversify your IT hiring pipeline
Diverse teams deliver better results. Here’s how companies are reevaluating their hiring strategies to ensure they’re reaching qualified candidates outside traditional hiring avenues.
CSM certification: Cost, requirements, what you need to know
The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification sets the standard for establishing Scrum theory, developing practical applications and rules, and leading teams and stakeholders through the development process.
11 dark secrets of application modernization
Dragging legacy apps into the modern era is a key pillar of digital strategies today. It’s also harder, more costly, and less rewarding than you might think.
7 secrets of IT talent magnets
From offering meaningful work to embracing hybrid environments, CIOs whose organizations have established virtuous IT recruiting cycles share tips on how to consistently attract IT talent.
20 tips for supporting team mental health
The mental health of each team member is vital to your organization’s performance. Leaders at every level must intentionally and continually commit to finding ways to improve the mental health of their teams.
Getting to no: 3 things your cloud vendor won't give you (and what to ask for instead)
Knowing what vendors will say "no" to can be a powerful tool in your negotiation arsenal.
Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with John T. Marcante, Global Chief Information Officer, Vanguard
John T. Marcante, Global CIO at Vanguard, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss new ways of working, hiring strategies and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.
Top 10 AIOps platforms
Infrastructure monitoring tools injected with artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms can anticipate and analyze events and alerts, keeping your enterprise stack humming.
IT asset management (ITAM): Best practices and certs for optimizing IT assets
ITAM is a centralized approach to managing IT systems and assets. A strong ITAM strategy will help you oversee and optimize the wide range of technology at the heart of your business.
7 toxic team behaviors IT leaders must root out
When an IT team member begins behaving poorly, performance and productivity will likely suffer. Here’s how to detect and eradicate destructive attitudes before they take root.
6 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete
Broaden your skills beyond previously high-demand niches to ensure your career continues to thrive in the hybrid, cross-functional, cloud-based future of IT.
What is CPQ? Automating quotes for customized solutions
Configure-price-quote (CPQ) software automates the order quote process, from gathering a customer’s needs to delivering a detailed quote for the customized products or services that can fulfill them.
How to make the most of an executive coach
Coaching can yield far-reaching benefits for your IT leadership career. IT execs share tips on how to make the most of an experience that will reshape how you work and lead.
Building an internal dataops team: 7 considerations for success
Advanced data analytics is transforming the way companies make decisions and respond to market changes. Here's what that means for CIOs looking to build internal dataops teams.
Despite pandemic, Singapore saw ICT job growth in 2020
The infocomm media sector grew 4.8% even as the overall Singapore economy contracted 5.4%. And the government is pushing for more digitalisation.
Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Nicole Nitowski, CIO, National Resident Matching Program
Nicole Nitowski, CIO at National Resident Matching Program, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss career mapping for women IT leaders, IT contract negotiation and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.
7 new rules of project management
COVID-19 has greatly affected the future of work and how teams collaborate to get projects done, resulting in significant changes in the skills and strategies necessary to succeed as a project manager.
Zoho enters self-service BI market with focus on usability, data prep
Zoho’s new AI-powered, self-service BI platform combines an enhanced version of its Zoho Analytics offering with its new Zoho DataPrep application.
CAPM certification: Cost, salary, training, and more
The Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certification is a great starting point for accelerate your project management career. Cost, salary expectations, training — here’s what you need to know.
Rethinking IT governance for agility and innovation
To meet today’s need for constant innovation, IT leaders must take a different approach to IT governance centered around flexibility and agility — without sacrificing stability and security.
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.
What is iPaaS? Integrating data flows to create new services
An integration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a cloud-based tool for linking existing applications and data flows into new services. Here are the key use cases, examples, and vendors.
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.
5 tips for creating an IT culture where women thrive
Advice for women in tech from women in tech.
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.
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.
What is a project manager? The lead role for project success
Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing projects. Here is a look at the project manager role, responsibilities, relevant certifications, expected salaries, and job-seeking tips.
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.
Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Mojgan Lefebvre, EVP, Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Travelers
Mojgan Lefebvre, EVP and Chief Technology and Operations Officer at Travelers, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss AI in customer engagement, data culture, agile work, and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.
4 tactics for getting SIs to bid on your project
Systems integrators will be in high demand this year as digital transformation projects heat up. Here's how to make your project stand out in a seller's market.
Singapore ups IT budget to accelerate digital transformation
The 2021 spend of S$3.8 billion will seek to improve citizen services, increase government efficacy, and make it easier for smaller businesses to participate.
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.
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.
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.
15 power tips for Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft’s Power BI service can do a lot more than visualize data. From AI insights to curating data to use elsewhere, here’s how to make the most of it.
What is project portfolio management? Aligning projects to business goals
PPM is a process in which an organization’s projects are evaluated to ensure strategic alignment with company goals. To achieve companywide objectives, project managers and executives must understand PPM's benefits, best practices, and software.
What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption
Digital transformation is a foundational change in how an organization delivers value to its customers. Here is what transformation entails, along with tips to ensure your company is on the correct course.
Oracle to customers: Spend more on cloud, save on support
With Oracle Support Rewards, the company hopes to tempt existing on-premises customers to move workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Casey's General Stores IT delivers business outcomes in product management shift
CIO Adrian Butler has adopted a product management model to enhance the guest and team member experience at Casey’s 2,300 stores.
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.
CISA certification guide: Certified Information Systems Auditor explained
If you want to demonstrate your knowledge, abilities, and skills for IT auditing, the CISA certification from the ISACA is a great place to start.