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Top 6 roadblocks derailing data-driven projects
From budgeting issues to buy-in challenges, data initiatives all too often fall short from the very start. Here’s how to overcome those hurdles and set your org up for success.
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The essential check list for effective data democratization
To become data-driven, companies need a democratization strategy that’s equal parts disciplined and diverse. Data collection, selecting a platform and employee training are just the beginning.
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Three Keys to Protecting the Corporate Network in the Era of Hybrid Work
Protect at-home devices with employee buy-in, device management, and endpoint security for a robust security strategy.
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Estes Express shifts gears on customer experience by streamlining data operations
The freight transportation company has reorganized its data operations around a logical data fabric to provide valuable actionable insights for internal users and external customers alike.
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Low code/no code tools reap IT benefits—with caveats
While good for fast experiments and automating routine tasks, low code/no code tools can lack scalability and security. Here are some top use cases, and those where they might miss the mark.
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Scope 3 is coming: CIOs take note
In the scramble to stave off climate disaster, IT directors around the world will soon be called on to take a leading role. The definition of that role is, however, still taking shape.
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What is DataOps? Collaborative, cross-functional analytics
DataOps (data operations) brings together DevOps teams with data engineers and data scientists to provide the tools, processes, and skills to enable the data-driven enterprise.
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6 BI challenges IT teams must address
Business intelligence (BI) enables companies to harness insights from massive amounts of data. But doing so requires overcoming a range of strategic and tactical challenges.
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IT leaders’ top 12 takeaways from 2022
CIOs share insights on the lessons they’ve learned this year about the pace of business transformation, implementing value-oriented IT initiatives, and the benefits of a thriving workplace culture.
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Nutanix acquisition rumors highlight need for managing vendor risk
When a vendor you use gets bought by one you don’t, its new product roadmap may leave you stranded. Planning for such risks should be a key part of every CIO’s vendor management process.
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Top 20 enterprise architecture tools
These popular and emerging EA tools offer businesses everything they need to support enterprise architecture and digital transformation.
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Maersk embraces edge computing to revolutionize supply chain
The shipping giant’s APM Terminals business is developing the port of the future, replete with private 5G, AI-fortified IoT devices, and a powerful edge computing foundation.
CIO Tech Talk Voices
Add brand security to your workload
Social media and web spoofing can tarnish your brand and market cap.
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Carhartt turns to data under new CIO
19-year Carhartt vet Katrina Agusti takes the IT reins at the workwear manufacturer with an eye toward capitalizing on its cloud journey by improving data operations and making the most of AI.
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7 enterprise data strategy trends
A strong, up-to-date data strategy is fundamental to your enterprise’s long-term success. In light of ongoing changes, it will probably need some serious updating.
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Music distributor tracks SaaS usage to boost security, satisfaction
SaaS management is about much more than cost control, says CD Baby’s VP of IT Tom Beohm.
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XPO Logistics invests in IT for the long haul
The logistics company’s less-than-truckload freight operations are fueled by in-house freight applications fine-tuned to leverage loads of data in the cloud.
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CDO resumes: 5 tips for landing a chief data officer role
Chief data officers are on the rise as businesses embrace data-driven strategies. But you’ll want to follow these five tips to write the perfect CDO resume to get the job.
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What Whirlpool’s CIO does to make its digital business models run end to end
During a recent CIO Leadership Live session, Danielle Brown, SVP and CIO of household appliance giant Whirlpool, detailed how collaborative teams and data management are integral to both product leadership and the entire customer journey.
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SAP seeks to make builders of business technologists
SAP Build provides enterprises with a new low-code development resource built on the same infrastructure as its pro-code development tools.
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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe
Microsoft is accused of using new licensing rules for its productivity software to push European enterprise customers toward its Azure cloud infrastructure.
Opinion
10 future trends for working with business leaders
The IDC FutureScape team has turned its attention to CIOs’ relationship with business leaders to predict 10 winning digital business strategies for the years ahead.
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The new CIO security priority: Your software supply chain
With so much unknown about what your developers and systems rely on to be productive — and what those tools and code bases rely on in turn — it’s time to get serious about securing your software supply chain.
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JetBlue optimizes data operations with shift to the cloud
After struggling with an on-premises data warehouse, the airlines has unlocked self-service reporting and the power of machine learning by migrating its data to the cloud.
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How to launch—and scale—a successful AI pilot project
For enterprise AI projects, the proof is in the pilot. Here’s how four enterprise IT leaders set themselves up for success.
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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more
While salaries vary across companies and industries, certain factors universally impact product manager pay, and there are tips that can help you boost your compensation.
CIO Tech Talk Voices
Shut the front door: Preventing phishing attacks
Taking a multi-tiered approach to rethinking the identity of your employees, partners, and customers is a good place to start.
CIO Tech Talk Voices
The data flywheel: A better way to think about your data strategy
Mobilizing data strategy is analogous to getting a flywheel spinning: it takes tremendous effort to get the wheel moving, but its momentum is largely self-sustaining.
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Inside track: Chris Bedi on his evolving CIO role at ServiceNow
Growing from the maintenance of internal infrastructure to a more holistic digital role, it’s been a transformational period for Chris Bedi after stints as CIO for two electronics manufacturers.
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3 ways to deter phishing attacks in 2023
Phishing plays on human emotions. But awareness, recognition, training and tech can blunt the most sophisticated attacks.
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Texas Rangers data transformation modernizes stadium operations
A new stadium and the data it produces have spurred the baseball team to transform its business operations, all thanks to a strategic overhaul of its data infrastructure.
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Wonderla Holidays goes digital to enhance business and customer fun
The owner-operator of Wonderla amusement parks expects 5% increment in both annual footfalls and sales per head through an innovative, environmental-friendly digital initiative.
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How to hire the right product manager for your IT needs
A broad mix of skills is necessary for this newly vital IT role. Here’s how to home in on the best candidates to help lead your organization’s shift to cross-functional, product-based IT.
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Skills and traits of elite product managers
Product management is an increasingly lucrative career path. Do you have what it takes to fill the bill?
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Inside the US Army’s ‘warfighting’ cloud
The US Army first-ever CIO, Dr. Raj Iyer, discusses the ‘game-changing’ impact the cloud, data, and AI are having in support of Ukraine’s fight against Russia and in safeguarding democracy at home.
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National Trust's CIO on the need for sustainability storytelling
Sustainability starts with storytelling and improving visibility across supply chains, says National Trust CIO Jon Townsend.
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4 methods to help CIOs manage cyber stress
As companies rushed to prepare for pandemic-driven lockdowns, IT and security teams, often already overextended with inadequate budgets and infrastructure, had to quickly pivot. Here’s what CIOs in South Africa do, and CIOs globally can do, to remedy stress in the here and now while keeping the big picture in perspective.
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7 ways to avoid getting burned by your implementation partner
Poorly planned partnerships can sink IT deployments. Here, IT leaders share tips for ensuring project success when partnering with an implementation provider
Movers and Shakers
Why companies need organizational digital agility (ODA)
After studying 132 CIOs for his doctoral dissertation, John Hill, CDIO of MSC Industrial Supply, discovered that for digital initiatives to succeed, organizations change behaviors, not just processes.
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Salesforce Genie aims to release customer data from the marketing bottle
Salesforce is touting a real-time upgrade to the customer data platform underlying many of its products, a move it says will allow enterprises to better personalize interactions with customers.
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Sonos unites global workforce with ‘IT in a box’
The high-end audio maker’s globally dispersed engineers and manufacturing partners can connect and collaborate, thanks to an adaptable solution for building an office IT environment where none exists.
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Ease of implementation, ROI dominate software buying decisions: report
The B2B software buying process is becoming increasingly complex due to challenges such as changes in buying teams and increasing use of software marketplaces.
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6 traits of data-driven enterprises
Few organizations are truly positioned to deliver on the promise of data-driven decision-making. Here’s how to tell if yours is one.
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7 tell-tale signs of fake agile
Embracing agile principles doesn’t automatically lead to better project management and software development. Here’s what separates true agile practitioners from imposters.
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How to create a culture of innovation
Companies are increasingly looking to IT to develop new products and services. Here’s how to transform your IT organization into an innovation engine.
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NJ Transit creates ‘data engine’ to fuel transformation
CIDO Lookman Fazal has moved New Jersey’s public transportation agency to a multicloud platform tuned to deliver data insights and innovations the company’s analysts never knew they could have.
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Coforge’s SD-WAN rollout provides unique customer selling point
The global digital services provider’s virtual WAN implementation accelerated customer onboarding by 50%, while delivering improved efficiency, security, agility, and cost reduction.
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Rethinking workplace culture post-COVID-19 at Zimmer Biomet
Zimmer Biomet CIO Zeeshan Tariq details the value of a connected, engaged culture when working structures are in flux, and the importance of front-foot initiatives to ensure a seamless transition when the unexpected happens.
CIO Tech Talk Voices
The quick guide to secrets management in the enterprise
It pays to centralize management of the tools, methods, and credentials used to access apps, services, and all other parts of the IT ecosystem.
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The rise of the data lakehouse: A new era of data value
Query accelerators such as data lakehouses consolidate the data warehouse and data lake into a single system of insight that enables enterprises to accelerate analysis and maximize data value at a reduced cost.-
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