Your AI strategy’s secret ingredient
Taking a people-centered approach to rolling out artificial intelligence initiatives is the key to success, experts say. Here’s how to ensure your AI efforts are ‘augmenting’ the value employees bring to their work.
CIO Leadership Live with Scott Case, CIO, Truist
Scott Case, CIO at Truist, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss transforming digital business, best-of-breed IT, cyber resilience strategies, hybrid work lessons, the evolving CIO role and more.
The CIO’s no-bull guide to effective IT
Building effective IT 101: Looking to run a successful 21st century, digital-ready IT organization? Here’s an overview on how to pull it all together.
CIOs make the leap to business leadership
As lines between business and IT blur, IT leaders are contemplating careers beyond IT, taking on hybrid business-IT roles or making the full-on move to business leader.
Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate certification guide
Data scientists are in high demand. Here’s our guide to Microsoft’s Azure Data Scientist Associate certification.FROM OUR ADVERTISERS
Top 15 PLM vendors
From design to service and beyond, product lifecycle management (PLM) suites and platforms help coordinate the work of developing, maintaining, and improving products of all stripes.
A tsunami of IT project disasters is on the horizon
No garden-variety ‘over budget and behind schedule’ project failures here. We’re talking spectacular failures that disrupt supply chains, delay the reporting of financials, and blow up the careers of seemingly competent executives.
Future Enterprise – Series Intro
There you were — minding your own business — when 2020 came knocking. In light of the new economic reality caused by COVID, future-focused leadership has never been more important. Which is why IDC is pleased to bring you Future Enterprise, a new podcast for business and tech executives, aimed at helping you leverage technology to achieve innovative, disruptive, and productive business outcomes.
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Future of Intelligence
We all know data-driven intelligence is the new currency, and those who use it well can gain a competitive advantage. But in a sea of information, how do companies learn to pay attention to the right kind data, in the right way? In this episode, host Joe Pucciarelli is joined by Brad Clay, CIO of Lexmark, along with Dan Vesset, VP of Analytics and Information Management at IDC.
Future of Digital Innovation
In this episode, Julie Ragland, Senior VP and CIO at Navistar Inc., and Al Gillen, group VP Software Development and Open Source at IDC, join host Joe Pucciarelli, IDC Group Vice-President, to talk about how emerging trends in digital innovation are affecting the growth of industries like truck and tractor manufacturing and distribution.
Future of Trust
In this episode, host Joe Pucciarelli is joined by Nathan Rogers, CIO of SAIC, and IDC’s Program Vice President, Security and Trust, Frank Dickson. Together, they discuss the challenges and opportunities facing business leaders as they strive to safeguard critical data from threats both internal and external.
Future of Connectedness
In the ranking of agenda items for CEOs, they used to sit at the bottom of the priority list — then came the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, connectivity programs are seen as one of the top three strategic elements for business leaders in the months and years ahead. And for good reason.
Future of Operations
Which decisions can be left to AI and which ones still require humans? How is the role of middle management set to evolve in the years ahead? You’ll find the answers and much, much more, in this episode of Future Enterprise with host Joe Pucciarelli, Group Vice President and IT Executive Advisor at IDC.
Future of Customers & Consumers
In our high-tech world, the way you engage with your customers has become a crucial consideration and a potential competitive differentiator for any business. In this episode, hear how brands compete for loyalty based on the experience the customer receives, and why that battle will only get more competitive in the months and years ahead.
Future of Industry Ecosystems
It seems like a simple concept. How do companies get products and services from one point to another as effectively as possible? In this episode, we unpack that seemingly innocent idea and unravel the complex web of logistics, processes, and interdependent industries that shape our world.
Future of Digital Infrastructure
For the better part of the past 50 years, the ability to make everything available everywhere, any time, and from any device has been a pipe dream. But that promise is within reach as businesses move to autonomous operations, ubiquitous deployment, and cloud-centric technologies. In this episode, host Joe Pucciarelli is joined by John Hill, Chief Digital and Information Officer at clothing maker Carhartt.
10 Azure cost management tips
Moving to the cloud means paying for computing and services very differently. Understanding how you use Microsoft’s public cloud is critical for managing your costs.
What is servant leadership? A philosophy for people-first leadership
Servant leadership is a service-first framework for management that prioritizes employee growth and empathetic leadership.
5 steps for finding value in the cloud
What do companies with successful cloud strategies know that their peers don’t? Where to look for value.
SAP sees RISE in its fourth-quarter revenue
Higher renewals and a marked shift to cloud-based revenue as a result of its RISE program are making the company more optimistic about its ambition of reaching annual cloud revenue of €22 billion by 2025.
Supply chain analytics: 5 tips for smoother logistics
Organizations are increasingly turning to data analytics to navigate supply chain disruptions and to enhance their SCM efforts. Here’s how to do it right.
9 ways CIOs will fail to support hybrid work in 2022
The heroic work CIOs did in facilitating all-remote workplaces isn’t enough to tackle what’s next. Hybrid success requires the right investments, a new mindset, and widespread cultural changes.
7 tips for containing project scope
Curtailing scope creep is always top of mind for project managers. Here’s how to ensure your project meets its intended purpose, goals, and scope requirements.
NetSuite brings real-time forecasting to cash management
One new ERP dashboard offers real-time cash forecasting without use of third-party integrations, and another adds a layer of data analytics to projects.
14 API strategy gotchas to avoid
Enterprises are increasingly looking to APIs to make their services more interoperable — and more profitable. But beware the following issues that could undercut the value of your API.
4 ways to mature your digital automation strategy
When it comes to realizing the benefits of digital automation, maturity matters. Here's what CIOs need to know to assess and advance their automation efforts.
IBM sheds some Watson Health assets, refocuses on AI and cloud
In selling the data-based part of its Watson Health business to an investment firm, IBM signals that it wants to concentrate on core AI technology.
CIO Leadership Live with André Mendes, CIO, U.S. Department of Commerce
André Mendes, CIO at the U.S. Department of Commerce, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss battling cyber risk, advancing AI success, hybrid work challenges and more.
Trusted advisors: 8 tips for developing a dependable network
No CIO has all the answers. Strategic vendors, consultants, former colleagues, CIO peers — all can provide valuable counsel if you know how to develop advisory relationships that work.
8 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2022
Cloud adopters are shifting tactics to take advantage of fresh concepts and approaches. Here’s what you can expect to see this year.
IT leaders should measure and balance fairness in AI models, Forrester says
Eliminating bias in artificial intelligence is increasingly an issue as more enterprises use it in their services.
What is data architecture? A framework for managing data
Data architecture translates business needs into data and system requirements and seeks to manage data and its flow through the enterprise.
Business leaders take aim at the CIO role
As the top technology spot becomes more strategic, tech-savvy business leaders are stepping into the ring, giving traditional IT up-and-comers a run for the CIO role.
3 areas where AIops excels — and 2 where it still falls short
AIops speeds IT discovery and troubleshooting, but it isn’t magic. And operations staff must still prepare the data for machine learning and manually solve some issues.
What is TQM? A company-wide strategy for customer satisfaction
Total quality management (TQM) helps bring your entire organization together with one main goal: continually improving processes and products to ensure customer satisfaction.
The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2022 — and how to hire for them
From security pros to developers to analysts, the battle for the best IT talent wages. Here’s what to look for (and what to offer) when hiring for the 10 most in-demand jobs for 2022.
Top IT takeaways from Microsoft’s $68.7B acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft says it will trade its workplace culture for Activision Blizzard’s metaverse building blocks — potentially bringing a new meaning to the title of software architect. Here’s what else CIOs should know.
How Flight Centre’s Australian IT team is flying out of a COVID crisis
CIO Chris Locke details how the organisation is recovering from the devastating economic impact of the pandemic as well as its technology strategy for 2022 as Australians start travelling again.
How to know when AI is the right solution
Business value, training data, and cultural readiness are essential for AI success. Without all three, traditional solutions are your best bet.
Oracle scores another legal victory against Rimini Street
The third-party support provider has been caught using files provided by Oracle to one customer to help others, in breach of a 2018 injunction.
8 top priorities for CIOs in 2022
2022 promises to be both exciting and challenging for IT leaders. To get the most value from IT in the year ahead, tech chiefs should focus on the following key initiatives.
10 CIO resolutions for 2022
Is advancing your career on your personal to-do list for the new year? Let these ideas be your guide.
Unlikely partners: How CIOs and CMOs can collaborate
In today’s digital-focused, customer-centric business world, CIOs and CMOs are putting aside tech budget tussles to work side by side in driving business value.
Top 15 IT certifications in demand for 2022
IT certifications can help you quickly gain and validate valuable skills and know-how in a domain that will further your career. Here are the most popular IT certs today.
The savvy CIO’s secret weapon: Your IT team
Building effective IT 101: When building an effective IT organization, nothing matters as much as the humans who get IT’s work done.
7 ways to breathe new life into your IT leadership career
Bored? Burned out? Here’s how to reignite your professional life and get your career back on track.
What is Kanban? Workflow management simplified
Kanban helps organizations focus on specific tasks until completion. This simple workflow management system is an effective method for fostering collaboration and productivity.
Top 7 challenges IT leaders will face in 2022
Facilitating hybrid working environments and ensuring a skills match for future success top the list of tough, ongoing issues IT leaders must navigate this year.
Hybrid cloud hurdles — and how to address them
Mixing public cloud services with on-premises clouds is fast becoming an architecture of choice for many enterprises, which all too often fall into these common traps.