What is data mining? Finding patterns and trends in data
Data mining, sometimes called knowledge discovery, is the process of sifting large volumes of data for correlations, patterns, and trends.
How to assemble a highly effective analytics team
Data-driven success hinges on strong, diverse, cross-functional data teams. IT leaders offer tips on creating and maintaining teams tuned for delivering keen data insights.
12 IT skills paying the highest premiums today
From risk analytics to deep learning, these 12 IT skills are earning the highest pay premiums in 2021, according to data from Foote Partners.
How the right automation strategy can unlock data silos
Struggling to make sense of all the data your company creates? The right automation strategy may be your best bet to unlock silos and make data more useful.
Microsoft’s Office 365 price increases: How to reduce the hit
Microsoft will increase the price of Office 365 by up to 25% in March 2022, but there are things CIOs can do now to limit the damage.FROM OUR ADVERTISERS
Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Tony Caesar, MANA IT Head, Ericsson
Tony Caesar, MANA IT Head at Ericsson, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss the future of work, smart factory advances, virtual workplaces and more. This episode is sponsored by Tableau. Discover more at https://www.tableau.com/tableau-for-it/data-platform.
3 steps toward a more innovative business culture
Capturing a culture of innovation in a post-pandemic landscape is perhaps one of the greatest challenges facing organizations. Change cannot happen passively.
How Johnson Controls is going ‘digital to the core’
As the multinational conglomerate transforms to bring cutting-edge digital products and services to customers, CIO Diane Schwarz ensures that it is digital on the inside as well.
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How to cultivate IT talent remotely
Identifying and growing IT talent in remote and hybrid workplaces is a big change for IT leaders, who must rely more on metrics, emotional intelligence, and new remote skills to elevate the best from their teams.
Salesforce tightens Slack integration at Dreamforce
Salesforce seeks to make Slack the interface for Salesforce users to collaborate around training, sales fulfillment, coding, and more. But CIOs should beware integrated pricing plans.
Toyota turns to AI to speed credit decisioning
Toyota Financial Servicesu2019 Intelligent Financing Decision Engine leverages machine learning and massive data sets to accelerate credit decisioning and improve customer and dealer experience.
CIO vs. CTO: Chief collaborators in tech
The line between CIO and CTO roles is increasingly blurring. Here's how to these roles traditional differentiate, how they are converging, and how they can work together to create business value.
10 key skills for a successful cloud strategy
Success in the cloud also means tweaking your skills mix. From architecture expertise to vender relationship management, here's what your organization needs to make the most of the cloud.
ServiceNow ‘Rome’ emphasizes employee experience
CIOs weigh in on ServiceNow’s latest Now platform update, which aims to make enterprise processes easier for employees to navigate, whether in the office, hybrid, or remote.
Why Big Tech can't crack healthcare
Technologists cannot disrupt healthcare without a complete understanding of the operating model. Co-creation is the best path forward.
AI in hiring might do more harm than good
AI hiring tools claim to reduce bias in hiring by incorporating machine-based decisions, but at least in its early stages, AI hiring strategies have the potential to hurt DEI in your organization.
10 Power BI mistakes to avoid
Power BI is increasingly bringing the power of data to business users, but you may need more guardrails to get the most value from it. These are the most common things organizations get wrong.
D&I: A key factor in increasing project ROI
Finding ways to generate a higher return on investment for projects is a key issue, especially coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasing diversity in project teams may be an answer.
Hispanic IT leaders pioneer new paths to the top
Despite increased focus on diversity in todayu2019s IT, Hispanics are still grappling with how to stand out, yet blend in, in what remains a white male-dominated IT culture.
How Carrier IT built a new culture (during a spinoff and a pandemic)
CIO Joe Schulz and the digital team seized the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a metrics-based, customer-focused culture for IT.
5 questions with CIO-turned-CEO Ted Colbert
The Boeing Global Services president and CEO shares the leadership wisdom he lives by and why itu2019s not ITu2019s job to give the business what it wants.
How to win over your board of directors
A 15-minute board presentation can make or break a promising career. Leaders offer CIOs advice meeting board needs and expectations and winning their lasting support and respect.3 tips for combatting not-invented-here syndrome
Company culture and internal politics can block ideas at any time as they make their perilous journey from concept to value. These techniques will help you knock down those barriers to innovation.
Traditional ETL processes are blocking digital expansion – it’s time for an alternative
ETL has lost the race to big data. The solution is as simple as reordering the phases of traditional process integration to adopt "ELT".
10 impediments to IT innovation
From inefficient IT operations to an inability to upskill at pace, innovation is often undercut by ingrained organizational issues that IT leaders must change.
Fidelity unlocks the power of data by transforming its pipeline
Fidelity Investments is creating a u201cnext-generation data pipelineu201d to make data available throughout the enterprise and its ecosystem.
7 techniques to enhance your power to persuade
In the workplace, influence is the ability to move someone’s thinking, actions, or decisions in a way that advances your business objectives. These seven concepts and techniques will give your influence skills a boost.
What is sentiment analysis? Using NLP and ML to extract meaning
Sentiment analysis, which enables companies to determine the emotional value of communications, is now going beyond text analysis to include audio and video.
7 signs your IT training sucks
A skilled IT staff can mark the difference between proficient operations and failure. Beware the warning signs of training programs that wonu2019t create the IT expertise needed for long-term success.
CIO transformation: From order-taker to changemaker
Looking to take a step up in your CIO career? IT leaders and executive advisors outline key strategies for earning a more prominent, impactful role.
5 ways diversity and inclusion help teams perform better
Diversity and inclusion provide organizations with many benefits, including better access to talent and higher levels of engagement and trust.
What is AIOps? Injecting intelligence into IT operations
Organizations seeking to better monitor IT assets are turning to artificial intelligence to get ahead of performance issues and to automate fixes before negative impacts are felt.
CIO Think Tank: 5G in the enterprise
How will IT harness the power and promise of 5G? In this roadmap report, dozens of IT leaders share use cases, challenges, and insights.
7 IT metrics that matter most
As the number of IT metrics multiply, it's important to zero in on the key indicators that offer at-a-glance insights on essential enterprise functions.
ECBA certification: An entry-level credential for business analysts
Is the Entry Certificate in Business Analysis a worthwhile cert for advancing your BA career? Here we offer training and exam info, salary data, and more.
Hands-on IT skills pay off more than certs, study says
Learning the right leading-edge skills is paying off in a job market that is becoming oversaturated with certificate holders, driving down credentialed premiums.
7 hot digital transformation trends — and 3 going cold
The pandemic has seen organizations doubling down on true transformation. Here's how digital initiatives are reshaping technology strategies and revolutionizing how work gets done.
American Air Filter Europe unifies ERP under S/4HANA
Data cleansing proves key to migrating a hodgepodge of ERP systems in 14 countries to a unified sales and warehouse strategy in SAPu2019s cloud.
What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy
The CTO has emerged as a key player in the C-suite, as digital transformations become high strategic priorities for so many organizations.
What is design thinking? An agile method for innovation
Design thinking eschews traditional development processes in favor of an agile, flexible method for developing products and services with a unique focus on the customer.
Back to business, but not back to normal
The pandemic exposed the myth that the "normal" workplace worked. IT leaders have an opportunity to do better for diverse employees as they chart their paths to the future of work.
The 3 IT processes CIOs need most
Building effective IT 101: Processes matter, but some matter more than others. Hereu2019s where to put your skin in the game as an IT leader.
8 tips for improving customer experience
CX is the new IT imperative. Here's how IT leaders can staff up, get agile, and spearhead tech initiatives that deliver experiences that win over customers.
Carhartt ups its sales prospects with AI
The apparel company has developed an AI-driven tool that helps its go-to-market divisions take a coordinated data-driven approach to expanding their footprint in the marketplace.
IT navigates the ‘Great Resignation’
With the pandemic causing many to reevaluate lives and career, IT organizations must embrace creative work models and source from new venues to stem an escalating talent crunch.
Ally and Microsoft partner on quantum computing
The all-digital bank has teamed up with Microsoft to explore the possibilities of quantum computing, an emerging technology for which talent is scarce and tools remain immature.
CBAP certification: A high-profile credential for business analysts
Is the Certified Business Analysis Professional a worthwhile cert for advancing your BA career? Here we offer training and exam info, salary data, and more.
Fall 2021: Digital’s tipping point
Learn how IT leaders in award-winning organizations are reimagining products and services for a new era of customer and employee engagement.
What is a product manager? A complex, cross-functional role in IT
Product management is a complex role that requires a balance of soft and hard skills to manage requirements and to deliver quality products that align with the business' goals.