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Application rationalization: Streamlining your IT portfolio
IT leaders are increasingly launching application rationalization initiatives to cut operational costs and improve resiliency and agility. Here’s how to weed out the waste and reinvest.
Lessons in diversity: How PDX Women in Tech overhauled board recruitment
In less than two years, the board of the Portland, OR-based nonprofit has gone from 80% white and cisgender and no LGBTQ representation, to 80% BIPOC with LGBTQ+ representation. Here's how we did it.
Product-based IT: A bold shift to business value
IT leaders are swapping out project-based IT service delivery in favor of product development models predicated on business outcomes.
New US CIO appointments, January 2021
Find up-to-date news about executives who have been recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer or chief technical officer role.
Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2021
Facilitating the future of work and securing a hybrid working environment top the list of tough, pandemic-inflected issues IT leaders must navigate this year.
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What IT leadership looks like in 2021
As IT leaders meet the challenges of the COVID era, only one thing is assured – more change is coming sooner than you think.
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The CIO’s next key role: Change agent
For today’s IT leaders, change management is more than technical. It’s about spearheading cultural transformation at every level of the business.
How CIOs can (and should) measure business outcomes
There are two kinds of measurements in business: one to assess performance and the other to provide intelligence. The smart CIO needs to do both.
4 attributes of future-ready IT leaders
In these turbulent times, one thing is certain, say top CIOs: What got you here won't get you there.
Public cloud: Real-world examples of strategic success
Companies are increasingly leveraging the public cloud as a strategic tool for digital transformation. IT leaders lend advice on driving business agility and innovation in the public cloud.
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Top CIOs and IT organizations of 2020
Our CIO 100 and CIO50 awards recognize outstanding IT leadership in the US, UK, Southeast Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand.
10 lies CIOs tell themselves
If Achilles had been a CIO, self-deception would be his heel. He’d be sure business-IT alignment is tight, information security bulletproof, and all projects come in on time. CIOs set the stage for disaster by fooling themselves.
Customer-focused IT: A key CIO imperative, post-COVID
The pandemic has amplified the need to reach customers through digital channels. Here’s how IT leaders in nearly every industry are responding.
Balancing innovation and optimization
How online trading platform Robinhood dealt with hyper-growth, Kubernetes, and getting the goals right
Perfect strangers: How CIOs and CISOs can get along
The rise of security as a strategic imperative has altered the relationship between IT and infosec leaders. Here’s how CIOs and CISOs can become better partners.
Driving Emerson’s evolution from electronics to smart devices
To ensure that Emerson makes products customers care about, CIO Jake Fritz leads through empowerment, engagement, and collaboration.
CIOs reshape IT culture in wake of pandemic
IT leaders are leaning on lessons learned from the pandemic to redefine IT cultures and refine IT strategies as they move toward a new year of uncertainty.
13 'best practices' IT should avoid at all costs
From telling everyone they're your customer to establishing a cloud strategy, these "industry best practices" are sure to sink your chances of IT success.
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