Opinion

What does it take to be a successful CIO?

The CIO role requires an unusual ability to be both a big picture strategist and an execution oriented leader who can pay attention to details. It also helps to be surrounded by good people with a diverse skillset.

AI-defined infrastructure: be prepared for a new generation of business models and applications

An AI-enabled Infrastructure is an essential part of todayu2019s enterprise stack and builds the foundation for the AI-enabled enterprise.

Counting database costs: databases and elasticity

How database systems are finally lining up with the rest of the application stack to support modern elastic data centers, and deliver the associated cost benefits.

Encouraging and enabling collaboration in modern workplace

When it comes to employee communication and collaboration, IT leaders need to ask themselves, u201cAre we the gatekeeper to employees collaborating or are we enablers and champions?u201d

But it worked for me…

By the time someone approaches you with a problem, you have missed the first few chances to prevent the situation from occurring.

At the innovation tipping point — outward, forward-thinking prevails

Innovation is moving from promise to reality more quickly than ever before. With all this opportunity, however, many companies find it hard to know how to harness it, where to invest, or even the right questions with which to begin.

Virtual reality and blockchain — the future of STEM?

While blockchain helps retail and financial industries to evolve, its u201ckiller appu201d might end up being completely unrelated to profits of any kind. We can only hope.

A checklist for superior leadership

Far too many leaders think that their technical or operational prowess is a benchmark for success. The superior ones, however, understand the power of influence, empathy and everything else that’s required for leading people.

3 small mistakes IT vendors make during a sourcing event that are detrimental to their success

If IT vendors can help alleviate the frustrations voiced by buy-side companies, they may find themselves more successful during a sourcing event.

Travel conference CEOs worry technology could drive the de-personalization of travel

And in an era where travelers have more stress than ever, is reducing genuine human contact actually increasing the sense of isolation and anxiety?

Leading change in the digital age

More than ever before, all business sectors must track and manage the coming magnitude of change or find themselves paying the high price of ignorance

How you can use UC to beat shadow IT communication channels

The simple act of optimizing your communication and maximizing the benefit of a single UC solution over others will quickly eliminate some of the shadowy internal competition.

75% of customers are willing to pay a premium for enhanced hosting and cloud services

Cloud users are willing to pay an average 30 percent premium for enhancements such as security, uptime and performance. Still, many providers fail to meet customersu2019 expectations.

How application development and maintenance has become a loss leader

Agile, cloud, ready-to-buy platforms and other advances have eroded the statusu2014and the marginsu2014of application development.

Stopping sexual harassment: Ready for a ‘witch hunt’?

If calling out those who participate in or perpetuate sexual harassment constitutes a u201cwitch hunt,u201d then sign me up.

Can devops be delivered in a distributed labor model?

The key to a high-functioning devops team? Two pizza boxes and one Nerf ball.

EU privacy law says companies need to explain the algorithms they use

Explainable AI is needed to fully comply with the new EU data protection law. But companies don’t need to sacrifice the benefits of machine learning accuracy to do it.

Low-code: today’s latest buzzword or technology worth the buzz?

Why are low-code solutions getting so much attention lately? And is it warranted?

Cybersecurity is every IT leader’s job

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and is supposed to remind us of the magnitude of the growing cybersecurity threat. As if we needed reminding this year.

Don’t let complexity cripple your business

Organizations can start to remove complexity by simplifying processes and making them work for instead of against their teams. Here’s how.

Is technology spending a cost of doing business or a source of alpha?

A modern-day IT strategy should strive to get an IT organization out of its efficiency and reliability comfort-zone, and elevate its business relevancy through continuous improvement in productivity, throughput and measurable business outcomes.

Cybersecurity considerations for outsourcing software development

How to protect your information assets and productivity gains through software outsourcing

CIOs are getting serious about machine learning sooner, not later

The time for talking is over, and the time for action is now. A global survey by ServiceNow finds that 9 out of 10 CIOs are moving fast to automate their business processes.

4 vital skills CIOs need to survive digital transformation

Is strategic planning the key to IT cost optimization?

How a Fortune 500 company saved millions using this win-win negotiation tactic.

‘This is not an IT project’

If that kind of a statement is going to have impact in an organization, it has to have some operational teeth.

Ethical principles for algorithms

As big data analytics continues to transform the economic and social landscape, is it time to ask questions about the ethical nature of the algorithms employed by various organizations?

Why investments in computer science education need data at their core

An understanding of coding at its rudimentary level isnu2019t all about enriching Silicon Valley. Itu2019s about giving our kids the tools to maneuver in the modern world, the building blocks of these otherwise esoteric concepts, and the ability to c

‘ConTech’ roundup from Content Marketing World

The array of content-centric technologies that IT professionals need to manage continues to expand.

The changing role of the CIO – from operating IT to orchestrating IT

How the cloudification of everything will fundamentally change the CIOu2019s job description u2013 and require additional capabilities as organizations go completely digital.