Opinion

If, buts and maybes: mind your IT project language

Can certain words cast a negative shadow on project management thinking?

P2P lending reaps blockchain’s rewards

While blockchain can and already has had a strong impact on P2P lending and other forms of financing, it still must answer the questions that traditional models currently are unable to solve.

2018: the year of risk or reward?

Whatu2019s the best strategy to take into 2018 to maximize your chances of success in an environment where market disruption is the norm and the pace of dynamism is accelerating?

Why banks will transform into marketplaces

To digitally transform, banks need to unbundle and become a marketplace to enable ecosystems.

Success isn’t a straight line: survival requires continuous planning

What you need is more continuous planning to deliver on your commitments.

4 strategic themes for digital transformation in 2018

With so much focus on specific trends and technologies in the world of digital transformation, itu2019s often valuable to step back and make sure you can see the forest for the trees.

Why 2017 was pivotal for AI transformation in the financial industry

If fintech companies and banks want to stay competitive in 2018, in a market where technology will be the ultimate differentiator, there is no way around AI adoption.

Cyborg supply chain – how AI and humans will revolutionize labor

3 top tech hiring predictions for 2018

The skills that’ll be in demand and the hiring needs of the next year.

I need budget for my project – help!

When agile is new in an organization, or still not well established, finding the right way to get budget for your initiative can be quite tricky.

No room for Always Connected PC in our computing quiver

With much fanfare, Qualcomm and Microsoft present the first Always Connected PCs. But though the platform has come in like a lion, at least one industry analyst expects it will go out like a lamb.

Data agility or scale: a false choice?

A successful marketplace should be able to provide both agility and scale.

The rise of Blockchain-as-a-Service

For businesses and their ITDMs, the key is to have a blockchain strategy in place. The technology offers capabilities that could benefit most businesses, but further improvements are bound to come about as these platforms evolve their capabilities an

5 things digitally driven CIOs want for the holidays

CIOs have had a challenging year leading digital transformation programs and delivering results. Here are somethings on their 2018 wish list to make driving transformation easier.

2018 cloud predictions

Itu2019s December, which means u201cpredictions seasonu201d for those of us in the tech world. Itu2019s always fun to hear what pundits foresee u2013 and even more fun to see how it all holds up twelve months down the line.

5 practical ways AR can be used in business today

AR is here to stay. The question is no longer u201cshould I use AR at my business?u201d but u201cwhat kind of AR will work best?u201d The answer to that is different for everyone.

Multi-cloud landscapes will be standard by 2019 but greater choices yield excessive complexity

Innovation and new pricing schemes make navigating the cloud landscape more challenging, but offer growth opportunities for providers that can untangling this complexity.

Non-traditional team development

Can video games really teach an IT department how to work together as a team?

Growing rift between enterprises and service providers

Short-term vs long-term view of risk changes the focus of investments and commitment.

The 4-step plan for CIOs to shape the future of work

If finding, hiring and retaining talent is the top barrier to CIOs achieving their vision, you need to put a plan in place to change that trend.

Diversity and competency are not mutually exclusive

Iu2019ll say it once more for those in the back: emphasizing diversity does not mean youu2019re lowering your standards.

What an audience knows

And how to make sure they know it.

Why 2018 will be a year of acceleration for workplace transformation

The digital workplace transformation is clearly underway and in 2018 we expect to see IT help enterprises shift these ideas from concept to reality

Wrap it up and put a bow on it

How to close out your year with a bang, not a whimper.

Is it the end of coding in the enterprise?

Though the act of developing applications will remain essential and become more critical than ever, the nature of development is changing. And those who adapt first and fastest will win.

Businesses of all sizes have a lot to learn from the startup world

Taking a page out of the book of these new disruptors will open the door to new opportunities to collaborate, to merge conventional wisdom with disruptive thinking and to create business models of the future.

Why 2018 will be the year of mobile data measurement and insights

While there is promising momentum in the growth of mobile location data for measurement and insights, there is still a lot of work to be done.

GDPR: prepare your ERP system

It’s become clear that GDPR is an issue that businesses must start to plan and adjust for as soon as possible. Are you?

IT modernization becoming a major growth driver in IT services

Enterprise IT and third-party service providers are taking on an IT modernization strategy that delivers more bang for the buck.

With great power comes great responsibility

Give back to your community by using tech for good.