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3 considerations for reducing carbon footprints with cloud
Technology is increasingly critical as companies shift to more responsible and sustainable practices. Here's how CIOs can lead the charge on sustainable cloud migration.
Savvy enterprises can mimic success of cognitive AI in healthcare
Cognitive technologies are being deployed to solve the world’s biggest challenges. AI-based bots are working side-by-side with humans to increase quality and efficiency. Here’s how enterprises can put cognitive AI to work in their organizations.
How empathy drives IT innovation at Thermo Fisher Scientific
CIO Ryan Snyder shares his insights on IT’s expanding role in product development and the future of the CIO role.
Consumer-targeted phishing and fraud are rising in time for a COVID holiday season
A most unusual e-commerce season puts pressure on retail CISOs to protect customers from cyberattacks
4 mistakes companies make with SaaS cost estimating
The devil, as they say, is in the details. Don't get tripped up on these common mistakes when calculating SaaS implementation costs.
3 ways for CIOs to improve their positioning with AI
Artificial intelligence is changing the pace at which CIOs can achieve an enviable position on their leadership teams
The one skill every CIO needs for better board conversations
For IT leaders to stand out as strategic business contributors, simply presenting your materials isn't enough: Engage the board with a few great questions of your own.
Hospitals need to practice their security hygiene just like handwashing
Amid heightened cyber-threats, healthcare providers should reinforce four fundamental security routines
Why your COVID recovery strategy should put people first
While security, business continuity, and operational efficiencies may top an IT leader's list of responsibilities, people and team dynamics may ultimately be the strongest or weakest links in a pandemic recovery game plan.
9 best practices for better innovation
Following these steps for prioritizing ideas will help you seize the most promising opportunities.
How IT enables the COVID testing operation at LabCorp
Chief information and technology officer, Lance Berberian, on how cloud and data strategy help the $11.5 billion company do science at scale.
The future of work: 'EX' is the new CX
In the ‘work-from-anywhere’ world, business leaders will have to become more thoughtful about employee engagement, productivity and satisfaction
How JetBlue leverages digital technology for safer travel
The airline's technology chief, Eash Sundaram, explains how solutions originally introduced to enhance the customer experience are now helping ensure safety during the pandemic.
Enabling productivity and scale through improved enterprise knowledge management
Knowledge workers will increasingly power the economy, but 19% of their time is spent looking for information. The pace of business demands that knowledge workers need access to trusted information, at the right time, through the right channel, in real-time. Scaling knowledge through people, process, and technology needs to be an imperative for all companies hoping to maintain cultural cohesion, improve productivity, and align cross-functional teams to deliver complex work.
When #WorkFromWork is the only way
For businesses where remote work isn’t an option, the focus is on creating and refining their own digital-transformation-in-place technologies
The state of the CIO job market
A recruiter's perspective on the CIO job market and interview process today.
Big tech’s big play on telehealth and digital ‘front doors’
The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of virtual care models using telehealth technologies provided by specialized firms. Now big tech seems to be getting into the act.
5 compelling reasons why CIOs should pursue board seats now
Interested in serving on a board? Don’t wait for retirement.
6 challenges of agile at scale for ERP
Overcoming these challenges are key to using agile for an ERP implementation. It's well worth the effort.
4 tips for keeping SAP transformation projects on track during the COVID-19 crisis
You can’t put mission-critical modernization projects on hold. Here’s how to work through the disruption.
5 lessons when creating a ‘customer zero’ program
Technology organizations must invest in a “customer zero” program to drive internal innovation, improve quality, and demonstrate they believe in their own products and services.
AI-first or nothing
5 steps to AI transformation and survival
Leadership lessons from Accenture’s CIO
Penelope Prett on how storytelling, team empowerment, and personal brand allow IT to deliver maximum value at one of the world’s largest professional services firm.
The future of retail isn’t what it used to be
Innovation mindsets must reimagine customer experiences and retail operations for a new world order
5 costly mistakes in infrastructure outsourcing
Consider yourself warned. These mistakes can derail your efforts, erode your business case, and start you off on the wrong foot with your chosen provider. Here's how to avoid them.
What CEOs want in a CIO: A strategic business partner
Research shows that CEOs are looking to CIOs to drive transformation and business strategy. Are you ready to step up?
Returning to the workplace: IT’s role
IT and security teams must prepare for three different workforce scenarios to keep productivity levels high
Building enterprise agility
Why and how to foster this key capability in your organization
Spinning up digital innovation at Warner Music Group
Ralph Munsen, CIO of Warner Music Group, discusses technology and business transformation at the global music company.
Inside Adobe's employee-focused COVID-19 response roadmap
A comprehensive business continuity blueprint and advance planning paved the way for Adobe's rapid work-from-home transition, but the focus on employee experience was the key to success.
4 software development KPIs that matter today
In today’s Agile-driven world, traditional KPIs are not the best measures of software development productivity. Here are redefined metrics for assessing team performance, output, and morale.
Creating net-new tech talent during the worst talent shortage we’ve seen
As U.S. companies see a surge in tech investments, they must look at new ways to develop domestic tech talent to support heavy demandLivongo and Teladoc merger: a catalyst for accelerating healthcare’s digital transformation
Are we in the midst of a broad-based restructuring of the digital healthcare sector?
As smart cities evolve, so does the role of technologists in government
A rise of connected data and devices means more opportunity to leverage technology to improve our communities
Finding the ideal board readiness program (and why you need one)
When it comes to landing a board role, who you know matters just as much as what you know. Board readiness programs should help you with both.
Reimagining your organization as an intelligent enterprise
Companies that did the work to become flexible, adaptable, and anticipatory have been well-positioned to respond to the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. It's not too late for your organization to make that shift. Here's how to start.
Digitizing industrial products at Cummins
Sherry Aaholm, CIO of the $23 billion engine manufacturer, shares her strategy for creating foundational change at scale
Defining the post-COVID-19 digital transformation of healthcare
In the wake of COVID-19, the initial scramble to support a predominantly remote care model is now giving way to a more measured evaluation of care delivery models using telehealth technologies
How (and why) great CIOs lead through teaching
Accidental learning delivers accidental results. Here's how six CIOs avoid that trap by leading through teaching.
6 steps to successful SaaS renewal negotiations
It's no secret that preparation is key to successful contract negotiations, but SaaS renewals come with their own set of challenges. What are you doing to prepare for negotiation success?
Don't squander that crisis-induced transformation
Veteran CIO Phil Fasano has some straight talk for CEOs and corporate boards about why they should invest in the technologies that support new ways of working.
Building board diversity
As corporate boards show some progress in welcoming women and people of color in the latest wave of new members, diversity trends pave the way for more tech leaders in the boardroom.
Freddie Mac banks on modern delivery
Frank Nazzaro, CIO of Freddie Mac, explains how the modern delivery software development model, which goes beyond Agile, increases development velocity and quality.
10 ways to get value from your system integrator's quality review
Though the SI's proposals focus on the benefits the client is intended to receive from these quality reviews, the SIs are actually realizing a large portion of the benefits. Here’s how to ensure you benefit as well.
Lessons in IT resiliency for the COVID-19 era
Rapid response to disruptions caused by the pandemic will lead to better continuity plans going forward, participants in an #IDGTECHtalk Twitter chat said.
Diversity in tech: 3 stories of perseverance and success
IT organizations need to create cultures of inclusion and break through the unconscious bias found in traditional hiring and management practices.
Managing work from the front
Being a frontline manager requires a careful negotiation between the business and the engineers. If we focus our efforts on needs, we’ll always be doing the right things.
4 ways to run a leaner dev team
Covid-19 has brought many challenges for today's IT leaders, including continuing to drive new value without adding talent or increasing budget. Here's a new look at running lean.
How to make the tech industry more inclusive
Industry professionals shared their thoughts about what it will take to make the tech sector more inclusive during a recent #IDGTECHtalk Twitter chat