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.
4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT
Nonprofit orgs dedicated to diversifying the IT talent pipeline, changing the landscape of tech leadership, and empowering underrepresented tech workers are helping reshape the IT workforce.
Driving ESG readiness: Avery Dennison CIO Nick Colisto shares smart first steps
As the SEC and other regulators move to enact rules that require disclosure of emissions data, many CIOs are wondering where to start. Nick has some ideas.
TruStone Financial Credit Union’s Gary Jeter on friction-free digital experiences
Gary Jeter, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at TruStone Financial Credit Union, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss mission-based credit unions, expanding fintech relationships, agile product management and more.
TIAA’s Sastry Durvasula on advancing AI horizons
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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.
Top cloud strategy mistakes CIOs can’t help making
Enterprise IT is increasingly fueled by the cloud. But IT leaders who don’t know how to blueprint for success are in for frustration, failed implementations, and could-be cost catastrophe.
Owens Corning’s Zerby and Baymiller on customer-centric innovation
Longtime CIO Steve Zerby will soon hand the IT reins to Annie Baymiller, whose authentic leadership will help the company capitalize on its customer-centered approach for years to come.
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Understanding the new era of digital workplace platforms
This is a fascinating time for technology providers as they look to capitalize on the emerging digital workplace platform space. Companies looking to streamline processes and achieve desired business outcomes are looking for platforms to support their business’s critical needs and workflows.
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.
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.
Piramal CTO Saurabh Mittal on financial services innovation
Piramal Capital & Housing Finance is taking a tech-first, cloud-native approach to transforming loan servicing, with an advanced API strategy and newly launched innovation lab.
Oracle’s Chicago cloud region targets manufacturing, financial services
The new public cloud region will offer over 100 OCI services and applications, including Oracle Autonomous Database, MySQL Heatwave, OCI Data Science, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, and Oracle Analytics.
7 ways CIOs can build a high-performance team
Putting together a high-performance team is more about ensuring everyone is in unison to achieve shared goals rather than merely amassing talent.
Foote Partners: bonus disparities reveal tech skills most in demand in Q3
Enterprises are paying bigger premiums for a handful of specific IT skills and certifications, new data shows.
Top 20 enterprise architecture tools
These popular and emerging EA tools offer businesses everything they need to support enterprise architecture and digital transformation.
SAP user groups see pick-up in migration to S/4HANA
Surveys by user organizations on both sides of the Atlantic show more SAP customers moving, or planning to move, to S/4HANA from ECC 6, although stumbling blocks remain.
How tech leaders can better navigate organizational politics
Tech Whisperers podcast host Dan Roberts speaks with former Northwestern Mutual CIO Neal Sample about how fostering alliances keeps organizational politics in check as it transcends the office space.
IT leaders face reality check on hybrid productivity
Once an organizational boon, hybrid work productivity is on the wane. Many CIOs see more time in the office, new leadership skills, and streamlined collaboration offerings as part of the answers.
You may already be sustainability-minded!
Here are five ways CIOs can go green. Best of all: most of these moves will also make you look good. Even if your organization isn’t trying to save the planet.
Oracle to invest $2.4 billion quarterly in cloud infra as demand grows in triple digits
Cloud services as a category has been growing faster than license support business for the company, which expects cloud infrastructure margins to improve in the coming quarters.
Lohia Group turns to IT to modernize its supply chain
The company’s CIO, Jagdip Kumar, provided visibility to suppliers and traceability to spares leading to a win-win situation for the enterprise, suppliers, and customers.
DaVita’s technology strategy driven by the ‘power of purpose’
Kidney disease treatment may be this organization’s core business, but prevention and prediction through AI and data analytics are its passion, notes CIO Alan Cullop.
Customer experience: 10 tips for a successful CX strategy
Customer experience (CX) has become a top priority for IT leaders, who must embrace a customer-centric mindset, develop cross-functional teams, and define the right KPIs to succeed.
Microsoft signs $2.8B cloud deal with London Stock Exchange Group
The 10-year partnership calls for the London Stock Exchange Group to move all its systems to Microsoft Azure Cloud and work with the tech giant to develop new data and analytics products.
Grow your own CIO: Building leadership and succession plans
CIOs are developing midlevel IT leaders through coaching, mentorship, and rotation assignments aimed at prepping them to take on increasingly complex enterprise leadership roles.
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.
IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle
IT leaders need a new metaphor for talent acquisition — one that better preps their organizations for the long run.
AT&T embraces intelligent automation at scale
Six years into its robotic process automation journey, AT&T has implemented more than 3,000 bots, developed an automation center of excellence, and realized a 20x return on investment.
Bringing the power: Generac CIO Tim Dickson says IT leaders need to start innovating today
Conventional wisdom suggests CIOs should master IT fundamentals before they get innovative. Tim Dickson, CIO at Generac Power Systems, thinks otherwise.
Why, and when, CIOs deserve a seat at the M&A negotiating table
When two companies merge in search of synergies, IT leaders are often the ones expected to find them. That search can be made a lot easier if it’s begun before the deal is sealed.
Innovation chief Claus T. Jensen on executing a vision
The Teladoc chief innovation officer discusses motivation, meaning, and that middle ground where vision is transformed into action.
Why CIOs must think of themselves as products—and hostage negotiators
In order to extend their value and influence in business, CIOs should take unorthodox approaches, according to former CIO and Gartner analyst Irving Tyler.
IBM to acquire Octo to boost its US government business
Octo exclusively serves the US federal government, including its defense, health, and civilian agencies in digital transformation projects.
IT leaders weigh the case for innovation in industry clouds
CIO.com’s Stan Gibson speaks with IDC research manager Nadia Ballard, Boston Dynamics CIO Chad Wright, and Kumar Iyer, business technology senior leader at KeyBank, about industry clouds, why they’re emerging, and how they can help your organization.
Cardinal Health CIO Michelle Greene on simplifying transformation
During her first few months on the job, Cardinal Health’s new CIO is breaking down silos, building CoE’s, and simplifying her change agenda at the $181 billion business.
IT leaders adjust budget priorities as economic outlook shifts
Despite economic uncertainty, IT budgets will likely hold steady over the next couple of years, with CIOs reporting key investments in security, analytics, automation, cloud, and IT talent.
Add brand security to your workload
Social media and web spoofing can tarnish your brand and market cap.
Van maker BrightDrop builds ERP and business in parallel
Business processes usually come first, and the ERP implements them. But for GM’s new electric van subsidiary, CIO Namo Tiwari explains how he went about it a different way.
7 ways to cope with a C-level rival
Collaboration in the C-suite can be derailed by grudges, vendettas, and toxic antagonism. Here’s how to deal with a challenging leadership colleague who undercuts your every move.
A CIO’s gift guide for IT and business colleagues
This holiday season, show your appreciation by offering up some hard-earned gifts to those hard-to-buy-for IT professionals and hangers-on on your list.
Project management: Tips, tools, best practices
Project management plays a crucial role in enabling business transformation. Here’s a get-started guide for executing project management effectively in service of strategic goals.
CIOs get serious about sustainability
IT leaders aren’t waiting to be pushed to address environmental concerns. Instead, they are working alone or together on new ways to advance sustainability within IT and throughout their businesses.
PepsiCo transforms for the digital era
Transformation chief Athina Kanioura is modernizing the multinational with a digital strategy that blends cloud, analytics, automation, and an emphasis on upsklling for the future.
Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor's resignation overshadows solid sales growth
The announcement that Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor is resigning has overshadowed its report that third-quarter sales increased by 14%.
HPE is in talks to buy Nutanix: Report
The deal could make HPE a dominant player in the cloud computing market.
Talent development: 4 upskilling success stories
These four organizations show how a commitment to career development can help fill skills gaps, bolster productivity, and improve employee satisfaction and retention rates.
CIO Leadership Live with Ty Tastepe, CIO at Cedar Fair Entertainment
Ty Tastepe, CIO at Cedar Fair Entertainment, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss digitizing guest experiences, data-driven pricing decisions, innovation partnerships and more.
CIO Carissa Rollins reimagines Illumina IT for business impact
The biotech company’s IT chief sees the capabilities management model as key to expanding Illumina’s business focus from research and manufacturing to clinical-based genomic health.