IT Management
Movers and Shakers
Five steps of IT leadership
Professor and CIO Will Conaway shares his five steps for IT leaders to succeed at their jobs.
How-To
Data scientist job description: Tips for landing top talent
Finding good data science talent starts with a killer job description. Here’s how to get it right.
IT & Tech Hiring Insights
Why the speed of your hiring process matters
Discover the true costs of a lengthy hiring process and some effective strategies to help speed up your hiring process to land the in-demand tech experts you need.
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10 must-have skills for ITSM pros
If you work in IT service management, these are the 10 skills you’ll need in order to be successful in the years ahead.
Diverse-IT
Standing up for transgender rights in the workplace
In the wake of this latest devastating attack on human rights, it’s more important than ever to support transgender people. Here’s how you can help.
Truth from the Trenches
Managing your innovation pipeline
Successful innovation in a commercial enterprise is a matchmaking exercise that establishes a long-term marriage between a business opportunity and a new or emerging technology.
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The 10 best coding bootcamps
Looking to hire programmers? Some of the best talent comes from coding bootcamps. Here are the 10 best U.S.-based and/or online bootcamps to get you started.
The Business of Data
5 reasons why data-driven innovations fail
Make sure you understand some of the key mistakes that companies make when deploying data-driven products into the market.
Driving IT Productivity
How business relationship management maximizes the value of IT
Business relationship management (BRM) is an important and growing movement, inside and outside of IT. Conceptually, it has existed for years, but now, energized by formalized process, digital transformation, and the continued blending of IT and business practices is helping maximize the value of IT spend within the enterprise.
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11 red flags to watch for when hiring
In the battle for top tech talent, the wrong hire can be devastating. So do your tech team the favor of watching out for these warning signs before offering the job.
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5 types of outsourcing providers — and how to get the most from them
From service integrators to transformers, CIOs are finding that they must tap an array of IT services providers to meet their needs.
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How CIOs tap startups to drive innovation
CIOs are increasingly cozying up to the cutting edge, using Shark Tank-like competitions, reverse pitches, and speed dating to identify startups that will fuel innovation and transform the business.
CIO Talent Talk
Optimized for agility: How Mutual of Omaha builds quick-response teams
Mutual of Omaha’s SVP of finance operations, James Davenport, explains how using a data-driven approach to building teams makes it possible to move faster and meet growing customer needs.
Diverse-IT
Not much has changed since #MeToo
A new Fairygodboss survey reveals that for women at work, not much has changed since #MeToo. Sexual harassment in the workplace is still a big problem.
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7 IT projects primed for augmented reality and virtual reality
From training to data visualization, AR and VR are proving to be bona fide business enabling technologies. Here are areas to consider putting augmented reality and virtual reality to work.
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Developing data science skills in-house: Real-world lessons
Organizations are looking inward to fill data science needs, developing the culture, courses and programs necessary to deepen data analytics expertise.
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IT skills gap: Facts vs. fictions
With demand for top talent outpacing supply, organizations are scrambling for any edge. But any successful hiring strategy begins with a clear understanding of talent gap truths and FUD.
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Diversity helps fuel Capital One’s digital journey
For Capital One, accelerating digital transformation starts with programs aimed at fostering greater diversity and inclusion.
Movers and Shakers
IT and engineering under one leader drives an exceptional customer experience
Sheri Rhodes, CIO and CTO of Western Union, discusses how innovation and talent development help the global money-transfer company provide outstanding customer experience.
Building IT Relationships
IT outsourcing agreements: 3 details many negotiations forget
Whether you are establishing an outsourcing relationship for the first time, preparing for a sourcing event, or getting ready for a painful renewal discussion with your incumbent service provider, there is no circumstance where an outsourcing agreement should be executed without each one of these items first being addressed.
IT & Tech Hiring Insights
The hottest skills for tech contractors
Contractor hiring is on the rise. Discover the hottest skills for tech contractors and why employers are sourcing these skills from the independent workforce.
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JPMorgan Chase invests in agile platforms, digital talent
At JPMorgan Chase, CIO Lori Beer is harnessing agile, APIs and microservices, and looking for new talent to help the banking giant stave off digital disruption.
CDO at the Center
Rewrite or rebuild? 5 legacy system upgrade considerations
Is a rewrite or a rebuild of legacy systems what's right for customers, budgets and time?
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Augmented reality edges into IT operations
Enterprise augmented reality can offer some benefits to IT operations, but high prices and usability issues are hindering adoption
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What is a data artist? A role for drawing IT and business together
Data artists bridge the gap between business and IT by creating data visualizations that can be quickly understood by business leaders to help accelerate decision-making.
Level Playing Field
Making room at the top
We need to consider if women are being denied opportunities, or just selecting an alternate career path.
Winning in the Age of the Connected Customer
IT budget advice for midmarket organizations
Factors your midsize business needs to consider when budgeting for major technology initiatives and projects.
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7 keys to transformational outsourcing success
Enterprises are investing in transformation-enabling IT services with mixed results. Here are the keys to a successful outsourcing partnership in the age of digital transformation
Transformation Nation
Driving digital strategy at Agero
Bernie Gracy, chief digital officer at Agero, reveals his team’s journey from digitization to digital transformation.
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How to create business-savvy IT pros
IT leaders offer 5 tips for infusing IT staff with the business knowledge they need to succeed today — and in the years ahead.
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What is OKR? A goal-setting framework for thinking big
Objectives and key results (OKR) helps establish high-level, measurable goals for your business by establishing ambitious goals and outcomes that can be tracked over the quarter.
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How GM CIO Randy Mott rebuilt IT for success
General Motors CIO Randall Mott discusses how he brought the auto maker's IT strategy in-house to drive competitive advantage, and shared his playbook for success with peers at the CIO 100 Symposium.
CxO Forward
Artificial intelligence: clearing hurdles to get to value faster
Artificial intelligence excels at specific tasks, and clearing those can prove value (and investment) quickly.
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What is the balanced scorecard? A framework for organizational success
The balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and performance management framework that tracks financial and non-financial measures to determine an organization’s effectiveness and when corrective action is necessary.
Diverse-IT
New research highlights the racial wage gap in the tech industry
Tech’s diversity problem goes beyond underrepresentation. Black and brown tech workers do not get equal pay for equal work, regardless of their gender.
The Data Game
Use UX design thinking to create an office people actually want to come to
Today, it’s not just pay and benefits that matter when it comes to hiring and keeping talented employees. The work environment needs to be better than what they can get at home.
Movers and Shakers
How Autodesk is creating the digital workplace
Prakash Kota, CIO of Autodesk, discusses his approach to using digital technology to improve employee productivity.
IT Talent Revolution
How zero-based principles can align your organization around the tech capabilities that matter
Enhanced ZBB, or ZBx, in IT is not solely about reducing cost. It also presents an opportunity to modernize legacy technology, reinvigorate teams with more agile ways of working, and infuse emerging skills and capabilities into the business.
Analysis
Six tips for creating a winning talent strategy
Talent may not be the only factor for transforming IT for the digital era, but it’s one of the most critical.
New Tales from an Ex-CIO
Why IT leaders need to meet the needs of the hourly worker
Hourly employees are frequently overlooked in IT strategy — but often present the highest case for return on investment.
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12 signs your strategic partnership has gone wrong
The most successful IT partnerships are continuously evaluated. Here’s how to tell a strategic IT relationship is on the rocks — and how to get it back on track.
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Looking to upskill IT staff? An LMS may be key
Learning management systems (LMS) are moving out of the academic realm and finding a niche within enterprise IT departments to improve skills acquisition and boost engagement.
Movers and Shakers
Life after CIO: Making the move to the vendor side
Dan Galdenzi, chief growth officer at NASCO, discusses how he went from CIO at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont to a sales and product leadership position.
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How Monsanto leverages startups to catalyze transformation
Monsanto’s Partnership Platform encourages external and internal collaboration to drive innovation and accelerate digital transformation across the company.
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Summer 2018: Changing the way we work
Digital technologies are reshaping work at CIO 100 award-winning organizations, empowering employees to shift focus to higher-value activities.
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Reskilling IT for the AI era
AI expertise is in short supply and high demand. Here’s how companies are filling the gap by training staff on the skills necessary to make the most of artificial intelligence.
Creating IT Value
Why companies end up spending more on digital technologies than anticipated
Digital technologies are like animals that travel and hunt in packs.
Make IT Happen
Can Centers of Excellence become a separate line of business in software outsourcing?
The current competition on the software development market is so intense that awards, conferences, partnerships and other marketing crafts fade in the buzz. To win the race for a dream customer, the creative providers create a halo of uniqueness around the brand, while the wise create Centers of Excellence and let them rule.
The Adaptive CIO
Is your data center dust?
Is it time to stop investing in applications that are on-premises?
CIO Talent Talk
A CIO’s dashboard must show bench strength. Does yours?
When you have visibility into technical talent "on the bench," you can know with confidence that your team has what it takes to deliver quality work on time.rn-
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