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The IoT past, present and future
Professor Sanjay Sarma is best known for his ground-breaking work with Kevin Ashton and David Brock in co-founding the MIT Auto-ID Center. It was during this period back in 1999 that the term “Internet of Things” was coined and “things” truly started to get connected to the Internet.
Good news! A tech role where women are gaining ground
The role of chief digital officer (CDO) is opening the door to the c-suite for women. Both strategic and technical, the CDO role is one that women appear to be fully embracing. CDO Anna Frazzetto suggests why more women are attracted to this increasingly influential role in an industry where lack of female participation has been the norm for decades.Taking digital tech to the farm
David Black, CIO of CHS, discusses how today's technology makes modern farmers more profitable.New CIO appointments, spring 2016 edition
PepsiCo, Exelon, USAA and Kimberly-Clark all recently named new CIOs.CDM Smith CIO on how tech can transform construction
The CIO of construction company CDM Smith says his industry badly needs a transformation, and he believes technology will play a key role. Here's how.Blockchain’s split personality: Digital disruption or digital distraction?
When deluged with so much information, and stark differences in opinion, it’s worth looking at the facts and formulating a go-forward approach which is appropriate for blockchain’s relative maturity in the market and your organizations appetite for risk.
6 tips to help IT execs write remarkable resumes
CIO recruiter Martha Heller shares advice from the trenches on how IT executives can create effective resumes and avoid common mistakes.
Why it's time for CIOs to invest in machine learning
Elsevier CTO Dan Olley believes investments in machine learning improve customer outcomes, and he explains how CIOs can get started with the technology.Five more job interview tips from an IT executive recruiter
Hard-won advice on how to prepare for and manage your next job interview.New CIO appointments, April 2016 edition
These IT executives were all recently appointed or promoted to new CIO jobs.GE's Jim Fowler on the CIO role in the digital industrial economy
In this in-depth Q&A, Jim Fowler, GE CIO, discusses the future of digital and IT — and tells it like it is.Opportunity knocks for IBM customers, but will they answer?
IBM’s weakened position provides significant customer negotiation leverage.Magna CIO on creating IT value in a decentralized company
Paul Bellack, vice president of global IT and CIO of Magna International, discusses how he's rebuilding IT at the $35 billion company, one step at a time.Digital business ecosystems and platforms: 5 new rules for innovators
Just as there's a dominant technology platform for digital business, comprised of a set of foundational emerging and disruptive technologies, there's also a dominant new business model emerging in the form of digital business ecosystems.3 patterns of successful IT leaders
Deloitte Consulting Principal Karen Mazer shares new technology leadership insights from the organization's CIO program.New CIO appointments, February 2016 edition
LyondellBasell, Progressive Insurance, and Caesars Entertainment are among the many companies that recently appointed new CIOs.CIOs: It’s OK to always believe you're right, just don’t believe you're ALWAYS right
Five ways to improve your odds of being right and mitigating the risk of being wrong.The CIO’s playbook for managing an SAP relationship
Many organizations are challenged with truly understanding the state of their commercial relationship with SAP. Part of 1 of this series shows how CIO’s are challenging their organization to baseline and assess their SAP relationship well in advance of a negotiation.The IT budget is also the company's budget
How Eric Slavinsky, CIO of PPL, consolidated the company's governance structure and strengthened the $11.5 billion electric utility.3 steps to a lean innovation workshop
If you're managing any aspect of innovation for your organization, particularly innovation workshops or other initiatives in support of targeted ideation, here are some steps to ensure your activities pass — and even exceed — the litmus test in terms of "lean" principles.How Freddie Mac brought shadow business apps into the light
Rob Lux, CIO of Freddie Mac, discusses the company's approach to supporting 'end-user computing' applications, or EUCs.How Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois changed the IT operating model
Microsoft's CIO says he and his team think in terms of service offerings and end-to-end business processes, rather than projects and applications, and that helped the company adopt a new IT operating model.New Year, new CIO appointments!
Martha Heller shares her January 2016 list of IT executives who were recently promoted or hired into new CIO positions.How CIOs can scale scattered pockets of digital innovation
AstraZeneca CIO Dave Smoley launched a 'Digital Center of Excellence' that spans all digital strategy at the $26-billion pharmaceuticals company.How the Industrial Internet builds on the new platform for digital business
More than just the IoT and big data/fast data/data analytics, the real potential of the Industrial Internet and Industry 4.0 will be realized by the holistic combination of a key set of technology enablers to deliver “dynamic, real-time optimized, self-organizing value chains”.9 key questions to ask of your next digital business initiative
Here's a list of nine key questions to ask of your next digital business initiative — not just on the vision, value proposition and differentiation of the product or service itself, but on your entire business model and how you intend to go to market.The IT strategy behind PayPal's spinoff from eBay
Separating 25,000 users and 900 applications into a brand new company, CIO Brad Strock developed six key principles to keep the massive IT project on track.10 must-know job interview tips to help land a new gig
Martha Heller's holiday gift to you is a decade's worth of IT executive job-interview lessons learned.Digital business predictions for 2016
In 2016, as the race to digital transformation progresses, we’ll start to see the leaders separate themselves from the rest of the pack by setting a firm pace that’s fueled by five essential ingredients.Digital business lessons from the world of Formula One
With all the interest in digital transformation in the business world, what can the world of Formula One, where results are measured in thousandths of a second, teach us about emerging technologies and how to manage, combine and optimize them to deliver competitive advantage?New CIO appointments, November 2015 edition
Martha Heller shares her latest list of IT executives who were recently promoted or hired into new CIO positions.5 key qualities IT leaders should cultivate
Jeff Donaldson, executive director of GameStop Technology Institute, looks for these five qualities in his IT coworkers and employees.Why CIOs need to become 'what people' instead of 'how people'
Scott McKay, CIO of Genworth Financial, shares advice on how technology executives can move up in their corporate boardrooms.HP CIO says today's IT leaders need to 'co-design and co-create'
Ralph Loura, CIO of HP's Enterprise Group, discusses the importance of DevOps, the evolving role of the CIO, and the ability to challenge the status quo.
Latest group of new CIO appointments includes many women
In the latest installment of CIOs Movers and Shakers, women continue to climb the ranks of IT.The 5 critical pillars of innovation management capability
Every three to five years the map of the world in terms of innovation is redrawn as organizations change strategic direction, bring in new leaders and/or respond to market threats and opportunities. Here are five critical pillars of innovation management capability that need to be a part of any large-scale initiative.The CIO as champion of change
JetBlue's CIO makes himself a champion of change by collapsing silos within the organization and allowing everyone at the airline to be a developer.6 steps for digital transformation
How should an organization think beyond the strategy and get to transformative execution and outcomes for digital business? Here are six steps for digital transformation that you can take to progress from innovative strategy development, to an architectural framework, to practical execution.Why passion is a requirement for today's CIO
Tim McCabe, managing director at KPMG, discusses changes in IT leadership.CBRE's CIO discusses the new IT operating model
Mandy Edwards, CIO of CBRE, on how data can turn IT on its head.New CIO appointments, September 2015 edition
My latest list of CIOs who have been promoted or hired into new CIO positions.Tips to help CIOs 'manage the white space'
Effective CIOs need to help align their organizations' functional and business leaders so they can move in the same direction.
Why you need to convert IT consumers into investment partners
CIOs need business partners to make the bang worth the buck.