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5 hidden costs of working with alt data
Alt data offers enterprises the opportunity to gain competitive advantage, but the costs of integrating it into business workflows may be more than you think.
From CIO to COO at DXC Technology
Because everything DXC was doing operationally involved technology, DXC’s CEO saw then-CIO Chris Drumgoole as the perfect candidate for the COO position.
5 tips for building your innovation ecosystem
If it’s innovation you’re after, look beyond the brand names. Chances are, they’re not as innovative as you may think.
Veteran CIO Neal Sample: All architecture is wrong
The business executive, technologist, and former champion debater explains why you should go where the data takes you and how to avoid getting too invested in your ideas.
Dow CDO Chris Bruman: We needed a new approach to data quality
By positioning IT at the center as a solutions hub where business units are data owners, Dow's IT organization can respond more quickly to deliver business and customer value.
5 tips for making hybrid work in IT
If you, your leadership, or your team has been unsure of how to define and roll out a hybrid work environment, you too have experienced the Great Hybrid Confusion. Here are some tips that may be of help.
How Kaiser Permanente IT shifted from order taker to influencer
With the pandemic as a burning platform, CITO Diane Comer identified and developed a set of competencies that would enable her team to “lean in” and act quickly for future success.
Scrumfall: When Agile becomes Waterfall by another name
Businesses reasserting outdated development principles are undoing not only the promised product benefits of Agile, but also its human-centric principles. It’s time to recommit.
Secrets of future-ready tech leaders
Learn how business-driven CIOs are updating their leadership playbooks for the future of work.
Eash Sundaram: CIOs offer much-needed expertise to PE-owned businesses
The former chief digital and technology officer of JetBlue discusses his new private equity operating partner role, and why PE firms are increasingly bringing CIOs into their firms and portfolio businesses.
The unfulfilled promise of automation: DNA matters
Process automation brings much-needed efficiencies, but enterprise DNA is essential for the long-term strategy, ensuring business resiliency and innovation.
CIOs can and should play a pivotal role in ESG strategy
The ability to provide transparent, data-driven insights and measure progress toward objectives makes the CIO critical to the success of any ESG strategy.
How data from IoT devices is changing supply chain analytics
A variety of technologies are coming together to fast-track supply chain digitization and other innovations.
Corporate defenses must step up to meet a changing geopolitical landscape
IT and security teams must stay more vigilant than ever to protect against threats from both from the hacker community and government-backed organizations.
Business continuity planning: A proactive approach to threat management
Assessing the threat landscape and putting a plan in place can help you build operational resiliency against geopolitical and other potentially disruptive events.
At Black & Veatch, a new IT operating model enables digital opportunities
CIO Irvin Bishop says the new model ensures that the company either wins, learns, or fails fast on its digital investments – but never loses.
Data-driven financial planning is still falling short of its potential
A lack of both quality data and automated processes continue to shackle transformation efforts at many organizations.
3 trends driving transformation decisions in healthcare IT
At the ViVE 2022 health IT conference, CIOs had plenty to talk about as the industry transforms
3 factors impacting your cloud security
As more organizations move to cloud solutions, CIOs need to rethink how they monitor for vulnerabilities and adopt more modern security postures.
Q&A: Building a future-ready IT workforce
To gain first-mover advantage, optimize your talent strategy with last-mile training on the skills of mass disruption, says Will Markow, vice president of applied research and talent at Emsi Burning Glass.
How CommScope restructured IT for better business partnership
To enable the global high-tech company’s business transformation, CIO Praveen Jonnala and the IT team asked themselves, ‘Who do we want to be?’ The result is a reimagined IT organization with empathy and humility at the core.
How CIOs become IT thought leaders
IT thought leadership increases the value of IT to the organization, enhances the reputation of the CIO and other IT executives, and helps IT get a seat at the business strategy table. Here’s how to get there.
My company doubled in size in 2021. Here’s what I learned about diversity in hiring.
A critical need to hire more software engineers was an opportunity to increase the diversity of our teams. But the pool of applicants showed the depth of the challenge.
5 pillars of a strong IT culture
Establishing and sustaining a positive IT culture is more of a journey than a quick jump and begins with trust, empathy, and humility.
3G shutdown paves the way for 5G, but there’s a catch
Carriers are ushering in the end of perhaps the most widely used technology of the past 20 years, which presents some unforeseen challenges for businesses.
6 ways to ensure equitable experiences in tech
IT needs women more than ever. Here are six actions CIOs can take to foster an inclusive culture that attracts and retains women.
Abbott CIO Sabina Ewing on becoming an IT talent magnet
The technology executive explains how to create a differentiated employee experience to drive 21st century business results.
Data governance at the speed of business
Follow these three steps to develop and mobilize a data governance program that can fuel enterprise-wide transformation.
3 IT initiatives fueling business transformation at Zebra Technologies
Who says a zebra can’t change its stripes? CIO Deepak Kaul explains how a hub and spoke data model, along with cloud-based ERP and infrastructure, are at the heart of Zebra’s changing business model.
7 questions CIOs must ask about the office of the future
Renowned futurist Bob Johansen discusses the innovative value of strategic foresight and how to prepare for the “flexible, shape-shifting office of super minds.”
This Valentine’s Day, it’s time to show some love to your security teams
Building long-lasting loyalty with your security teams is more challenging than ever; here’s how to respond.
Overcoming tech debt on the path to modernization
Lack of visibility into what you have can stand in the way of cloud migration.
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.
6 ways to bridge the customer-engineer gap
These best practices will enable engineers and their internal stakeholders to create closer connections to customers.
As attention turns to UCaaS and CCaaS, focus on the unified experiences of people
Integrating communications and collaboration capabilities across the business is critical as workplace dynamics shift. Make sure you frame the tech discussion around customer and employee experiences.
How the Log4j Grinch stole Christmas (with apologies to Dr. Seuss)
Attacks on open source software are increasing, which requires more scrutiny of development practices and processes
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.
A platform model drives digital innovation at Zoetis
As CIDO of the global $6.7B animal health business, Wafaa Mamilli’s job is to find new areas of revenue generation.
Baker Hughes CIO Jen Hartsock on balancing speed and perfection
The digital technology leader discusses the importance of vulnerability in leadership and what it takes to attract, develop, and retain awesome talent.
Key challenges with iPaaS and how to resolve them
More businesses are eyeing Integration Platform-as-a-Service models to standardize data integration capabilities and unlock new insights.
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.
FedEx EVP/CIO Ken Spangler on enterprise agility as an enabler for innovation
The FedEx business leader shares why the strategic operating principles of competing collectively, operating collaboratively, and innovating digitally matter more than ever.
CIO as business partner: 4 prerequisites IT leaders must master
IT leaders wanting to be seen and treated as an equal business partner and be included in the organization’s strategic vision, objectives, values, and decisions must first exhibit these four key business and communication attributes.
Digital product factories enable a new business model at Toyota Financial Services
Chief innovation and digital officer Vipin Gupta and his team turned transformation logic upside down to create a mobility-finance-as-a-service platform that TFS now offers as a white label service to other mobility companies.
Healthcare leaders: Don't let telehealth be a pitfall
Virtual healthcare has proven its value – now, it’s time to expand and improve upon that foundation.
5 essential guard rails for keeping ML models on track
As machine learning makes more use of deep neural networks, businesses are increasingly dependent on a technology that experts don’t fully understand. Guard rails are required to ensure safe and predictable operating environments.
Centene CIO Mark Brooks on building IT’s business relevance
The healthcare executive explains what it takes for IT leaders to get and keep their seat at the leadership table and how to cultivate a mission-driven technology team.
Getting (and keeping) NLP models safely in production
Here are a few considerations to keep in mind to make sure your AI investments actually see the light of day.
Advantage Solutions CIO: We want to leapfrog our legacy culture
CIO Deanna Steele shares how she and her team strike a balance between the operation of legacy systems and implementation of new solutions that drive business strategy at Advantage Solutions.