Opinion

Is your IT organization struggling to deliver projects successfully? If so, you’re right there with a majority of the IT organizations in the world and it’s killing your credibility.

By Mike Sisco

27 Jun 2019

Budgeting IT Leadership Project Management

The challenge of balanced content moderation

Digital platforms have to ban the bad stuff and promote diverse political perspectives.

By Mark MacCarthy

26 Jun 2019

Government Legal Technology Industry

To make tech more inclusive, you must first understand why it isn’t

The industry needs to take a look inward before looking outward.

By Megan Bigelow

26 Jun 2019

IT Leadership IT Management Technology Industry

How close are we to platform domination in healthcare’s digital business models?

Several technology firms are making attempts to dominate the digital health market. However, healthcare is very different from platform dominated markets in other sectors.

By Paddy Padmanabhan

25 Jun 2019

Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

What does digital transformation really mean?

We canu2019t seem to go a day without seeing or hearing the term digital transformation. But what does the term really mean? What happened to start this paradigm shift in the way people and companies interact with technology? And, more importantly, w

By Michael Gabriel

25 Jun 2019

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Technology Industry

3 ways devops mitigates the operational IT skill gaps

Advancements in devops can help close the skill gap in IT. The big question for CIOs is whether or not they’re ready to learn from past mistakes.

By Isaac Sacolick

25 Jun 2019

Devops Digital Transformation Technology Industry

What is architecture?

Traditional architecture frameworks are complicated, requiring multiple layers of interlinked artifacts. Getting down to the core purposes of architecture makes it both simpler and more effective.

By John McDowall

25 Jun 2019

Enterprise Architecture Software Development Technology Industry

Product funding and the burden of agility

Agile organizations are still accountable for their ROI, and just because they adopted lean principles doesnu2019t mean they are lean.

By Hakan Altintepe

21 Jun 2019

Budgeting Financial Services Industry IT Leadership

9 dark secrets of low-code software development

Low-code tools offer the promise of building apps in a snap, but when you look more closely at the platforms, outcomes, and processes, the reality of low code isnu2019t quite so simple.

By Peter Wayner

20 Jun 2019

Cloud Computing Software Development

Building a data-driven culture for a sustainable tomorrow

How Brett Jenks and Rare built a global, data-driven culture to inspire community-led change and protect the most vulnerable ecosystems around the world.

By Brett Hurt

19 Jun 2019

IT Strategy Technology Industry

How AI/ML is helping to eradicate poverty

In 2015, the UN Member States adopted a 2030 Sustainable Global Agenda. 17 aggressive objectives were recognized, of which the elimination of poverty was at the top. Since the SGA was created, ongoing gatherings of some of the foremost global AI and

By Robin Austin

19 Jun 2019

Government IBM Technology Industry

Asset Management: A pain pill or a nice-to-have?

How relevant is IT Asset Management (ITAM) in the cloud era? What are the biggest problems it solves?

By Myles F. Suer

18 Jun 2019

Asset Management Software IT Leadership

5 ways to kick-start your platform strategy

Data-driven business models often rely on building platforms that bring users and suppliers together in mutually beneficial ways. However, attracting your first customers to a platform that has little to offer can be a stumbling block for many compan

By Martin De Saulles

17 Jun 2019

IT Strategy Technology Industry

Who will win the war for DMP?

The transition from brick and mortar retail to digital sales was a seismic change. Our data-driven world is on the verge of another, from CRM to data management platforms. Which platform will become the new industry standard?

By Danielle Sabrina

13 Jun 2019

Adobe CRM Systems Technology Industry

Can crime be predicted with AI/ML?

US law enforcement believes they can and will be able to predict future crime events, proactively diffuse possible violent and criminal hotspots ahead of an actual criminal occurrence. Although in its infancy within law enforcement, AI/ML for crime d

By Robin Austin

12 Jun 2019

Machine Learning Markets Technology Industry

All change isn’t the same

Change is change, right? Not exactly. The interaction of speed and predictability make your leadership role more important than ever. Read on to find out how change is changing and how you can help your team flourish in its face.

By Randy Pennington

11 Jun 2019

Change Management IT Leadership IT Strategy

CIOs must play a key role in ecosystem strategies

Ecosystems have evolved as a method to bring new digital capabilities, among others, to businesses. As such, CIOs should have a strategic role in developing them.

By Abizer Rangwala, Diana Bersohn

10 Jun 2019

C-Suite CIO Digital Transformation

System integrator risk mitigation processes often have the opposite effect

Relying on your SI to tell you how to mitigate risks is a flawed strategy that often does not have a happy ending.

By John Belden

6 Jun 2019

IT Leadership Risk Management Technology Industry

Voice-enablement: the next big wave in healthcare’s digital transformation journey

Voice is the most obvious next step of user interface that is going to radically change the way we interact with technology in healthcare services. You ainu2019t heard nothinu2019 yet.

By Paddy Padmanabhan

6 Jun 2019

Emerging Technology Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

The electronic signature market: a US competitive success story

US policy tools that encourage the use of e-signatures is a boon for both businesses and the economy.

By Carl Schonander

5 Jun 2019

Government Legal Technology Industry

Bringing new sources of energy to life at National Grid

National Gridu2019s digital strategy is all about developing frictionless processes to bring energy to customers safely, faster, and easier, explains Adriana (u201cAndiu201d) Karaboutis, chief information and digital officer.

By Martha Heller

5 Jun 2019

CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Security and the boardroom: From advantage to imperative

Detecting and mitigating cyber threats is getting tougher. A quarter of organization reports greater financial damages.

By Marc Wilczek

5 Jun 2019

CIO IT Leadership IT Strategy

Career momentum: Step back to move ahead

You can move your career forward by sharing responsibility, letting go and focusing on the future.

By Sue Weston

4 Jun 2019

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills and Training

The invention of voice recognition, this century’s phenomenon

Experimentation with Voice Recognition Systems has been a focus since the 1950s and with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencyu2019s (DARPA) new solicitation offer has included more than just identification and classification. Research based on i

By Robin Austin

4 Jun 2019

Augmented Reality Technology Industry Virtual Reality

Transforming data with Apache Spark

Spark is the ideal big data tool for data-driven enterprises because of its speed, ease of use and versatility. It will help you understand your data quickly and help you make informed decisions faster.

By Craig Brown PhD

3 Jun 2019

Big Data Business Intelligence Web Development

Companies are gaining clarity about their digital vision

More executive committees say they understand how digital impacts their business strategy.

By Martha Heller

30 May 2019

Big Data C-Suite CIO

Continuous improvement – now more than ever

In an era of digital disruption, IT organizations need to move faster. Given this, should CIOs be active enablers of continuous improvement?

By Myles F. Suer

29 May 2019

CIO Change Management Digital Transformation

The enterprise architect’s ecosystem in an agile enterprise

Agile organizations are becoming more common because of the increased appreciation for their transformational gains. With this movement, we are assisting at the emergence of a new breed of enterprise architects that are becoming instrumental in makin

By Daniel Lambert

28 May 2019

Agile Development Enterprise Architecture Technology Industry

Are tech/business evangelists necessary to ensure your company stays relevant?

Most executives and sales/marketing pros believe they are effective communicators. Itu2019s the people to whom theyu2019re communicating that u201cjust doesnu2019t get it.u201d Every company, regardless of size, should hire a technology/business evan

By Robin Austin

22 May 2019

CIO IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

Does anyone have a talent win? Anyone?!

Discussing talent satisfaction and positive performance is often neglected. But if you make talent wins a key part of your culture, everybody really will win u2014 and win more often.

By Steve Trautman

22 May 2019

CEO CFO CIO