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What CIOs can expect from IBM’s managed infrastructure spinoff
Later this year, IBM will spin out its managed infrastructure services operations, pitching for new business in fields such as cloud reversibility and data management.
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7 challenges women face in getting ahead in IT
Climbing the career ladder in IT is no easy feat. But for women technologists, the path to the top is that much more difficult, thanks to bias, different standards, and workplace cultures that marginalize them.
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Mitigating the hidden risks of digital transformation
New, cross-discipline risk management techniques are necessary to securely reap the benefits of transformative technologies.
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Women in tech statistics: The hard truths of an uphill battle
Despite national conversations about gender diversity in tech, women are still underrepresented, underpaid and often discriminated against in the tech industry, numbers show.
Movers and Shakers
How Skyworks embraced self-service IT
CIO Satya Jayadev and his team are democratizing technology and creating a self-service model to empower business users.
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Why IT projects still fail
Despite strategic alignment among IT and business leaders, technical and transformational initiatives still fall flat at an alarming rate. Here’s how IT can learn from its mistakes.
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New IBM sales strategy catches CIOs’ attention
IBM is streamlining its operations and simplifying its sales approach to align with a honed focus on hybrid cloud. Will CIOs buy from the revamped business?
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What is a solutions architect? A vital role for IT-business alignment
Solutions architects are a vital role in any organization that wants to align its business goals and needs with IT services, products, software, and infrastructure.
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7 ways COVID-19 has changed IT forever
Things will never be the same. Here’s a look at what IT will look like as the COVID-19 threat recedes.
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Convergint builds data science team from the ground up
The installer of integrated building systems’ first-ever CIO, Bhuvana Badrinathan, launched data capabilities to predict sales revenue using automated data ingestion and feature engineering.
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16 technology winners and losers, post-COVID
The coronavirus crisis has shaken up business as usual, with some IT strategies and tools rising to the occasion and others in line for a rethink or tough recovery post-pandemic.Feature
5 ways to build trust between business and IT
Most organizational dysfunction is the symptom of a greater problem: Business-IT trust has broken down. Here’s how smart CIOs repair those rifts — or foster trust from the get-go.
Movers and Shakers
Inside Blue Shield of California's IT operating model overhaul
For CIO Lisa Davis, the transformation to a product-focused operating model is key to realizing the health plan provider's digital health vision.Feature
What IT leaders are doing to boost Blacks in tech
Attuned to racial inequities and the benefits of diversity, some IT leaders are overhauling pipelines, rethinking retention, and encouraging Black IT pros to grow their networks and careers.
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7 tips for selling the C-suite on IT investments
Salesmanship is a key skill in getting buy-in for IT spend. Here’s how to rally support for IT projects by crafting sales pitches that put busines benefits — not the technology itself — front and center.
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LGBTQ IT exec: Why inclusion is critical to corporate culture
Mindy Ferguson, a managing vice president at Capital One, discusses the importance of senior leaders fostering a feeling of belonging, which is often missing from diversity and inclusion efforts.
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Project management guide: Tips, strategies, best practices
Project management plays a crucial role in enabling business transformation. Here is a breakdown of what project management is and how to execute it effectively in service of strategic goals.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
4 tips for selling a transformation project to your CEO
A successful transformation initiative can establish your position as a business leader, not just a technology guru – but first you have to sell it to your boss.
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Northwell Health’s new HR cloud faced early COVID test
When the pandemic hit New York, the local healthcare provider was able to turn a test analytics environment into a live dashboard for managing staffing needs.
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User acceptance: 5 tips for ensuring digital success
Those most impacted by digital transformations can make or break your success. Here’s how to leverage their insights, address their pain points, and exceed their expectations.
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7 traits that separate IT leaders from IT managers
Is your career still rooted in the past? Here's how you can break free and reach new levels of leadership and performance.
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12 IT budget tricks to reduce costs post-COVID
The pandemic has seen more weight thrust on IT’s shoulders, but often not the bump in budget to support it. Here are a dozen tips on trimming costs in response to strategic shifts in the wake of COVID-19.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
What will ensure the continued ascent of telehealth technology?
Telehealth is at a crossroads. Here are three things health systems must consider before investing further in telehealth technology.
Accent Notes
5 starting points for agile transformation
Legacy systems and complexity can make agility difficult, but not impossible. Here are five steps any company can take to achieve agility.
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CIO playbook: Building better relations with boards
Tech-savvy boards lead to better business outcomes. Here’s how IT leaders can help ensure their boards are among IT’s biggest supporters.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
Why the ‘experience of things’ lies at the heart of digital transformation
Employee, customer, and ecosystem form the core experience pillars required for transforming your business.
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What is SAFe? The Scaled Agile Framework explained
If your organization is seeking efficient project delivery, decreased time-to-market, and increased stakeholder value, then the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) may be right for you.
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7 key questions facing the future of work
A global pandemic raised the bar for IT’s capabilities. IT leaders say 2021 will be even more challenging.
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5 tips for retaining diverse hires
Diversifying your workforce goes beyond just setting a hiring strategy. You have to overhaul your culture to ensure new hires feel welcome and can thrive.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
Risk, the misunderstood discipline
Knowing the difference between risk appetite, tolerance, and threshold enables better decision making about technology investments to drive the business forward.
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8 goals every project manager should aspire to achieve
If the pandemic has taught project managers anything, it’s that uncertainty is here to stay. Here are the new goals project managers must focus on to be an indispensable strategic partner.
Podcast
Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Justin Kershaw, CIO, Cargill
Justin Kershaw, CIO, Cargill, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss supply chain disruptions, blockchain, cyber risk and more.
Movers and Shakers
How technology creates an ecosystem of learning at Walden University
Walden CIO Karthik Venkatesh discusses how the university is leveraging SaaS, RPA, AI, and more to maximize student success.
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Digital CX: The key to thriving through the pandemic
IT leaders have undertaken a variety of digital initiatives to improve customer experience (CX) throughout the pandemic. Here CIOs discuss their efforts to bolster their corporate brands.
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What is a chief analytics officer? The exec who turns data into decisions
A chief analytics officer leads an organization’s data analytics strategy, driving data-related business changes in an effort to transform your company into a more analytics-driven one.
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‘Rise with SAP’: SAP bets on migrating your ERP to its cloud
Christian Klein says SAP’s new business transformation as a service offering will reduce TCO. Users groups are skeptical given sketchy details.
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10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid
Cost savings remains a huge area of focus for IT leaders, who have a ways to go before they master the complex task of building a great IT budget.
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CarMax’s product-based approach to IT pays off
CIO Shamim Mohammad years ago laid the groundwork for fast-tracking an omnichannel sales platform despite the pandemic, by embracing cross-functional product teams.
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IT Resume Makeover: Cut down details to stand out as a leader
Experience and accomplishments are often buried deep in the details of an IT resume. Learn how to trim the fat and surface what recruiters need to know up top in this resume makeover.
Boardroom Bound
The new data challenge: Raising your company's ESG IQ
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are now a top board concern, with employees and investors alike expecting companies to take an active role in improving society. CIOs have an opportunity to flex their data management expertise, serving as a trusted advisor on the quality and value of ESG data.
Movers and Shakers
How one CIO (and hockey coach) turns players into leaders
Veteran CIO Tyler Best provides his team with accountability, board exposure, and continual feedback to turn them into tomorrow’s IT leaders.
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7 interview mistakes that cost you key IT hires
A subpar interview process is a chief reason why IT pros turn down job offers. Here’s how your hiring team may be sabotaging its chances of landing top talent in a tight market.
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10 dark secrets of robotic process automation
RPA promises to streamline workflows, glue together legacy systems, and empower business users to solve their own problems. But beneath the big wins lurk hidden issues worth addressing.
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At FedEx, sensors and analytics fuel COVID-19 vaccine distribution
FedEx is relying on insights from its SenseAware ID IoT system and Microsoft’s Azure machine learning software to ensure coronavirus vaccines reach their final destinations.
Analysis
5 ways to accelerate digital business in 2021
Digital business acceleration is the most important trend Gartner sees in the market right now. Here's how CIOs can free up resources to make that possible.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
How engineering transformed a legacy business–and redefined ‘done’
Agero turned its contact center-based business into a digital-first, consumer-centric company – and unlocked engineering talent along the way. An interview with Chief Digital Officer Bernie Gracy.
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15 SLA mistakes IT leaders still make
From treating service-level agreements as a one-time exercise to failing to establish escape clauses, IT leaders should avoid these pitfalls when partnering with IT service and cloud partners to drive business value.
Building IT Relationships
5 critical steps to relaunch a transformation initiative
Across all markets, transformation programs that have been on hold for close to a year are being launched or relaunched. Here's how to make sure your transformation stays on the right track and lower your systems integrator spend by 15-20%.
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7 signs it's time to kill an IT investment
Saying good-bye is hard to do. Worse, however, is pouring precious resources into a project that's doomed to failure.Feature
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.-
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