8 strategic imperatives for SAP transformation success
Organizations undertaking business transformations centered on SAP would be wise to take an integrated approach to their sourcing strategy and partnerships. Here’s how to get it right.
Disney Advertising's Dana McGraw: Sharing data enhances its value
The VP of audience modeling and data science views success of data-driven products and practices as a measure of strong business partnerships and a culture steeped in empathy.
CIO 100 US: 7 award-winning financial services and insurance IT projects
The financial services and insurance industries are leading the way with digital tools that enhance customer experiences and automate business insights.
What is a data engineer? An analytics role in high demand
Data engineers are vital members of any enterprise data analytics team, responsible for managing, optimizing, overseeing, and monitoring data retrieval, storage, and distribution throughout the organization.
9 investments CIOs should make before recession hits
In economic downturns, cost-cutting is essential. But so too is making the right IT investments, as IT can better position their organizations to weather lean times and come out ahead for the long run.FROM OUR ADVERTISERS
7 traits of digital-savvy CIOs
Just as employees are upskilling in the latest tech, so too should CIOs, whose ongoing digital skills acquisition can greatly impact their organizations and their careers.
Cloud PC preps Grant Thornton for hybrid future
Pandemic wins in the cloud have pushed the UK-based accounting firm to bet on desktop as a service as part of an accelerated transformation that sees IT freed up to better address analytics and AI.
Shifting from keeping the lights on to turning on new lights
How a Service Quality Index can simplify operational excellence and create breathing room for innovation
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94% of enterprises are overspending in the cloud: report
Respondents to a HashiCorp-Forrester report said they were overspending in the cloud due to a combination of factors such as underused and overprovisioned resources, and lack of skills.
What is data visualization? Presenting data for decision-making
Data visualization is the presentation of data in a graphical format to make it easier for decision makers to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data.
Las Vegas CIO shapes city of future on IoT, cloud
5G and connected roadways replete with advanced internet of things equipment are paving the way to a future of autonomous vehicle use and resident benefits that go beyond tourism dollars.
Top 11 change management certifications to boost your IT career
Change management is a vital skill for IT, project management, and development. Here are the top certifications to help hone and demonstrate your change management skills.
Legendary CIO Larry Quinlan on lifting as you climb the ladder
The former global CIO at Deloitte — and CIO Hall of Fame member — explains the importance of lifting up colleagues on your way to a leadership role and how to bring new ideas to fruition against the odds.
CIO 100 US: 8 award-winning healthcare IT projects
Healthcare organizations are increasingly embracing digital initiatives to expedite evaluations, better share medical records, and improve patient care.
What CEOs really need from today’s CIOs
In the data economy, corporations need CIOs who can get out of delivery and into redesigning their businesses for the future.
Cloud infrastructure sales rise as Microsoft closes in on AWS
Google Cloud, AWS and Azure collectively account for 63% of global cloud infrastructure expenditure, according to a new report from Canalys.
Global RPA software sales forecast to jump this year
North America will account for the largest revenue share at 48.5%, followed by Western Europe and Japan at 19% and 10%, respectively, according to Gartner.
7 ways CIOs can curb costs before recession hits
With CEOs anticipating recession, IT leaders need to take proactive steps by reassessing contracts, tech portfolios, projects lists, and job postings before CFOs come for their budgets.
5 tips for turning around a blow-up meeting
All CIOs have been in a meeting where they challenged someone’s thinking and received an emotional response. I call these blow-up meetings, and how you handle them can create a pivotal moment in your transformation or change management program.
Applied Energy Services doubles down on data quality
AES digital chief Alejandro Reyes turns up the heat on data analytics and AI as customers and commercial clients take a more proactive approach to responsible energy usage and sustainability.
Lack of IT alignment hampers migration to SAP S/4HANA, report says
Approximately 66% of respondents say that the biggest hurdle to complete SAP S/4HANA migration is aligning business, project, and IT teams.
How Aster DM Healthcare used federated learning to better secure AI analysis of sensitive data
The Indian hospital system’s Secure Federated Learning Platform promises to democratise access to health data, paving the way for the development of AI-enabled healthcare technology.
5 forces shaping the future IT workforce
From political and social issues to the four-day workweek, forces beyond the pandemic are reshaping the IT work landscape.
NLP helps Eli Lilly work at a global scale
With teams across the globe working in a variety of languages, the pharmaceutical multinational couldn’t afford a translation bottleneck, so it turned to natural language processing.
Networking 101: Cultivate your weakest links
Your closest contacts won’t expand your opportunities in the way people outside your network can, says Athena Alliance CEO Coco Brown.
The CIO’s guide to mastering IT trends
CIOs can be trend masters or trend victims. Those that fare best know how to navigate the sea of tech trend chatter to keep their organizations on top of the latest disruptions and opportunities.
Capital Group invests big in talent development
The financial services firm has been recognized as a top employer for tech workers thanks to its commitment to long-term career growth.
Novanta CIO Sarah Betadam on the CIO-CEO relationship
Sarah Betadam, CIO at Novanta, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss CIO-CEO relationships, business/IT partnerships, servant leadership, agile mindsets vs. methodologies and more.
IT leaders get creative to fill data science gaps
The ongoing data scientist shortage sees enterprises reconfiguring data teams, upskilling promising employees, and partnering to improve talent pipelines.
XaaS isn’t everything — and it isn’t serviceable
‘Everything as a service’ doesn’t include every service IT provides, not to mention everything outside IT that can be characterized as a service. And what it leaves out is arguably more important than what it includes.
SAIC CIO Nathan Rogers on moving past the office-centric mentality
The Fortune 500 provider of government services and information technology is leaning into its hybrid work future.
CIO 100 US: 9 award-winning government IT projects
Public-sector agencies and institutions are turning to tech to streamline processes, facilitate scale and innovation, and improve the lives of those they serve.
Q&A: Empowering agile beyond IT at Fannie Mae
CIO Ramon Richards and his team have matured the mortgage financer’s agile processes and CI/CD practices — extending the agile approach across the organization at large.
The small business CIO with big lessons for enterprise IT chiefs
Small and medium business’ CIOs have much to teach larger enterprises, according to Fabienne Wintle, CIO of Navii, the Australian government-backed platform that supports small and medium businesses going digital.
The experience economy, the ecosystem mandate, and why API design may be the key to competitive advantage
As the experience economy and API economy collide, enterprise leaders must take a proactive approach and embrace a little-known but deeply rooted technical discipline.
Oracle Fusion Sales aims to automate repetitive sales tasks
The new version of Oracle Fusion Sales has added smart recommendations, helping it compete with rival CRM applications.
7 traits of inspirational IT leaders
All CIOs are leaders, yet only a select few are truly inspirational leaders. Here’s how you can become one of them.
PGA of America swings for the public cloud
The efficiencies of going all in on AWS has freed up the golf association to dedicate more IT resources to bringing new services and value to its 28,000 members, professional and hobbyists alike.
Data tokenization: A new way of data masking
Replacing sensitive data with tokenization technologies offers numerous security and compliance advantages for enterprises.
How to get on a board of directors: 10 tips for CIOs
IT leaders seeking board opportunities need to network, raise their profile, nurture their relationships, and pursue their passion to land the right board roles where they can have an impact.
District Medical Group transforms its approach to data management
CIO Kevin Rhode is modernizing the nonprofit medical group’s data management infrastructure and overseeing the integration of electronic medical records (EMRs) as DMG grows.
What is value stream mapping? A lean technique for improving business processes
VSM is a lean management technique that helps businesses eliminate process redundancies and waste by finding ways to improve current lean and agile business processes.
5 vendor sales negotiation tactics — and how to counter them
Far too many IT executives are ill-prepared for the sophistication of messaging and tactics vendors bring to the negotiation table. Here’s what you should know and how you can push back.
SAP Q2 results a mixed bag
Despite SAP’s cloud revenue going from strength to strength, the war in Ukraine continues to negatively impact the company’s bottom line.
IT legend Charlie Feld on the CIO as chief integration officer
The influential IT executive lends advice to digital leaders in an age where businesses are either going to transform or disappear.
The new CIO playbook: 7 tips for success from day one
Making the transition to the top IT leadership post can be an overwhelming leap for many. Setting yourself up for success begins with listening.
How CIOs can unite sustainability and technology
Delivering on the promise of sustainability will require CIOs to work in close collaboration with other executives to identify the technologies that will help their company achieve its ESG goals.
IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps
As the IT talent gap looms large, companies need to think outside the box to recruit and retain a strong female bench for key areas such as cybersecurity and software engineering.
How a new tech-based Swedish payments authority will fight grant fraud
Every year, around $1.8 billion (SEK18 billion) is incorrectly paid out of welfare systems in Sweden. But with the use of automation and data analytics, payments will be centralized and monitored at a new IT-based authority.