MuleSoft extends automation capabilities with new RPA tool
No longer just an API management platform, MuleSoft is expanding into new areas of workflow automation.
What is RPA? A revolution in business process automation
More CIOS are turning to robotic process automation to eliminate tedious tasks, freeing corporate workers to focus on higher value work. But RPA requires proper design, planning and governance if it's to bolster the business, experts say.
7 key Microsoft Azure analytics services (plus one extra)
Microsoft offers an array of options for data analytics in its cloud that are meant to operate together as a full analytics stack. Here is an overview of the core services and where each fits.
11 dark secrets of data management
A solid data management strategy can reap rewards for any business seeking to capitalize on the value of data. Still, the road to data-driven decision-making remains rife with challenges and conundrums.
Misled by metrics: 7 KPI mistakes IT leaders make
Virtually every CIO uses metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to gauge the performance of their IT teams and strategies, but not always correctly. Here’s a look at what you’re doing wrong.FROM OUR ADVERTISERS
APAC companies are failing to build successful digital models: Forrester
Lack of alignment between IT and business outcomes has been the key reason for failure to build successful digital business models, according to a Forrester survey.
Where Web 3.0 is taking the software industry
Web 3.0, blockchain, and decentralization are charged ideas, with vocal supporters and critics. But there is actual work being done here that will impact the software industry in profound ways.
Computer vision is primed for business value
Companies across a range of industries are deploying image- and video-based artificial intelligence to improve and optimize key business processes and products.
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This white paper provides businesses with a six-step plan they can use to implement hybrid working successfully.
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From CIO to consultant: IT leaders on making the shift
IT leaders seeking a new challenge can leverage their business and IT know-how to achieve sustained success in a consulting role. CIOs who have made the shift offer tips.
5 common consultant negotiation tactics and how to protect your interests
A successful negotiation is something your organization needs to plan for. That starts with knowing the tactics your potential consulting provider is likely to employ—and how to maneuver around them.
Oracle cuts price of OCI Dedicated Region to expand user base
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Region will now have a minimum commitment of about $1 million a year, far below the previous requirement of $6 million a year in consumption over a three-year period.
AWS bolsters Connect contact center service with case management features
The new Amazon Cases capability will help AWS compete with Salesforce, Service Now, and SAP in the market for contact center services.
PwC to acquire Salesforce platinum partner Venerate in a major tech push
The acquisition, part of PwC's global strategy to boost its technology practice, will be the company's first technology acquisition in India, making PwC India the largest talent pool for the Salesforce platform in the country.
7 IT governance mistakes — and how to avoid them
IT governance can be a minefield for the unwary. Don’t let these common errors damage your organization — and your career.
IT leaders rethink the people part of business continuity
In an era of increasingly dispersed workforces, CIOs are grappling with how to help IT staff in peril — and keep the business moving forward when events disrupt employees’ ability to work.
IT services company Atos plans IBM-style split
After years of decline, the French multinational is seeking another new strategy, this time cleaving itself in two, with its faster-growing digital, big data, and security lines to operate as Evidian.
How to find the best resume writing service for you
If you’ve been putting off updating your resume and LinkedIn profile, now’s the time to take it in hand. Getting professional help is the first step for busy executives.
3 certification tips for IT leaders looking to get ahead
CIOs share key best practices for IT leaders looking to level up with a mix of technical and business credentials aimed at growing their CIO role.
Adobe brings first-party commerce data to customer data platform
As enterprises step up efforts to enhance customer experience, Adobe is integrating data from its commerce suite into its Real-Time CDP (customer data platform) to help drive personalization.
Top 16 business process management tools
Today's BPM platforms can help your organization create, optimize, and monitor vital business processes using sophisticated discovery, AI, and low-code/no-code functionality.
The Edison Ratio: What business and IT leaders get wrong about innovation
When it comes to innovation, great ideas matter. But in the end, understanding the need to act on fewer great ideas matters more.
3 forces shaping the evolution of ERP
The transformative events of the past few years may finally sound the death knell for traditional ERP systems as enterprises seek agility, flexibility, and speed.
12 tips for achieving IT agility in the digital era
The pandemic has proved IT agility is an existential imperative. IT leaders versed with agile transformation share tips for speeding up IT’s ability to create business value and navigate change.
Oracle to boost cloud investments after a strong quarter
Oracle reported revenue growth on the back of cloud infrastructure services and SaaS sales, and is looking at a massive cloud region expansion.
What companies get wrong about data transformation
A lot of organizations continue to struggle with leveraging their data. To become data-driven, organizations need to commit to treating data as a product and to transforming their culture.
The 10 biggest issues IT faces today
Economic, market, and worldwide turbulence continue to reshape the CIO agenda as priorities shift mid-year.
Rekindling the thrill of programming
Coding can be tedious, dreary, and stressful. Zooming out to reflect on how extraordinary software programming is can bring back the wonder.
JPMorgan Chase CIO Gill Haus on grooming digital leaders
The banking executive explains how thinking differently about growing talent keeps his organization future-ready.
Top 15 data management platforms
Data management platforms (DMPs) help organizations collect and manage data from a wide array of sources — and are becoming increasingly important for customer-centric sales and marketing campaigns.
IT leader’s survival guide: 11 ways to thrive in the years ahead
Agility and resiliency have become organizational essentials in rapidly changing and challenging times. Here is how to establish an IT organization built for long-term success.
What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions
Data analytics is a discipline focused on extracting insights from data, including the analysis, collection, organization, and storage of data, as well as the tools and techniques to do so.
10 key roles for AI success
To maximize the business value of artificial intelligence, AI teams require a diverse range of skills and roles, from data scientists to domain experts to strategic decision-makers.
Click, ship, done: How a 150-year-old logistics company is delighting its customers
Global logistics firm DB Schenker’s CIO for the Indian subcontinent explains how the company is adopting new technologies.
10 ways inflation will impact IT
As inflation rises across the globe, CIOs are strategizing ways to navigate rising prices for IT supplies, services, and talent by rethinking IT portfolios, reprioritizing IT spend, and honing business efficiencies.
What’s new in TOGAF 10?
The Open Group released TOGAF 10 and with it comes a more flexible, customizable framework that’s easier to implement in the enterprise.
Supply chain issues a top concern across most industry sectors
Despite talk of the pandemic slowing down, concerns around supply chain are continuing to grow, with a shortage of semiconductors a top issue, according to a report from Avnet Silica.
The do’s and don’ts of negotiating a raise
The following seven tips, tactics, and strategies will help you get your employer to yes when you ask for your next increase in pay.
AI, predictive analytics top list of hot technologies for banks
AI, machine-learning, predictive analytics, natural language processing (NLP), computer vision and microarchitecture are hot technologies that banks are investing in today, according to a Forrester report.
Industry clouds lay foundation for innovation
The cloud goes vertical: A wave of specialized clouds aimed at specific industries is helping organizations streamline operations and serve customers in new ways.
5 challenges for securing the future
Everyone has a role in cybersecurity today; working together to address these challenges will materially reduce risk.
7 tools for mastering organizational listening
Organizational listening — knowing What’s Going On Out There — is leadership’s most poorly understood and undervalued responsibility. To fix this you need the right tools.
CIO playbook: Collaborating with business leaders on their IT spend
With business units increasingly buying their own tech, IT leaders must shift into advisor mode, strengthen business-IT relationships, and commit to business value.
Reimagining technology for the next generation
The digitally enhanced world of tomorrow will bring significant challenges and opportunities. Here are five key implications IT leaders must consider.
6 ways to reinvent your IT leadership career
Is your IT career ripe for a do-over? Then check out these ways to pull yourself out of a rut and get back on course.
What is business process management? The key to enterprise agility
Business process management (BPM) is the practice of discovering and controlling an organization’s processes to align them with business goals as the business evolves.
What is TOGAF? An enterprise architecture methodology for business
TOGAF is an enterprise architecture framework that helps define business goals and align them with architecture objectives around enterprise software development.
Informatica eases data management with Oracle, Google, and Azure integrations
Informatica is offering new integrations with major cloud providers to make data migration, management and engineering less complex.
Coding leaders forge a new path for IT career advancement
It used to be received wisdom that a programmer’s career had an expiration date, that the transition to management was the only way forward, and that the transition meant an end to coding. That truism is changing.
Amplitude customer data platform challenges Twilio, Salesforce, Adobe
Analytics company Amplitude is set to release a new customer data platform (CDP), planning to undercut market leaders with an aggressive pricing strategy.