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?
Bad metrics are worse than no metrics
When it comes to setting goals and assessing your progress toward achieving them, be smart about how you use metrics and what you pay attention to. Not SMART.
7 ways to foster IT innovation
Building a culture of innovation doesn't happen by chance. It requires planning, commitment, and leadership effort. Here are seven tips on how to enhance your group's innovative spirit and its ability to gain an IT advantage.
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.
CIO Guy Hadari on the management skills that set IT leaders apart
After rising through technology, most first-time CIOs are not prepared for management responsibilities. Having made the journey from technologist to enterprise CIO, Biogen’s Hadari knows how to spot management skills on his senior team.FROM OUR ADVERTISERS
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.
Implementation partners get strategic — so should CIOs’ use of them
Seeking to become more transformational, implementation partners are evolving. Here’s how IT leaders can leverage this shift without introducing more risk.
How data can move the needle on supply chain
John Abel, CIO at Extreme Networks, Manesh Patel, CIO and SVP of Sanmina, and Erik Singleton, from North Highland Worldwide Consulting, take a deep dive into the importance of prioritizing a data-driven supply chain to make better informed and more proactive decisions.
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7 signs it’s time for a new CIO job
All good things must come to an end. For some CIOs, the decision to terminate an employment relationship should occur sooner rather than later.
Top 16 agile certifications available today
Agile project management is increasingly how business gets done. The skills acquired through these agile certs will put you on a path toward career growth.
NCMS CIO exploits ‘Great Resignation’ to slash costs, streamline IT operations
National Collateral Management Services’ Group CTO Kapil Mehrotra took a fresh approach to replacing high-cost talent, helping the company’s IT in more than one way.
What is Kyndryl? IBM’s managed infrastructure services spin-off explained
To sharpen its focus on AI and the cloud, IBM separated its legacy IT activities as an independent business. Now that company, Kyndryl, is setting its own course toward automation and hybrid infrastructure after a rocky start.
What IT will look like in 2025
Forward-thinking CIOs are mapping out three-year plans that anticipate newly mainstreamed tech, blended teams, democratized IT, and more emphasis on integration, orchestration, and business results.
Magna’s multicloud fuels auto industry’s future
As a silent force helping to drive next-gen electric vehicles, the automotive multinational is relying on a hybrid multicloud approach to spin up digital twins for designing advanced auto components using vast troves of data.
P&G turns to AI to create digital manufacturing of the future
The consumer goods multinational company, with help from Microsoft, is adopting the industrial internet of things, digital twin, AI, and machine learning to transform manufacturing at scale.
How CIOs can help reduce supply chain anxieties
Customers and companies alike are concerned about supply chain disruptions and the impact supply chains have on the environment. Taking a transparent, data-informed approach can help.
CIO Sabina Ewing on leading intentionally
The Abbott IT chief discusses how she has built a high-performance IT culture primed to foster digital enablement for years to come.
Data storytelling: A key skill for data-driven decision-making
IT and analytics leaders seeking to convey actionable insights from their organization’s data must learn how to tell compelling stories with data, emphasizing context and narrative.
CIO Leadership Live with Sastry Durvasula, Chief Information & Client Services Officer of TIAA
Sastry Durvasula, Chief Information & Client Services Officer at TIAA, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss big tech innovations, advancing AI horizons, client tech labs and more.
NetSuite ERP bolsters automation for HR, supply chain, sales and banking
Appealing to companies that are navigating a global labor shortage and supply-chain problems, NetSuite at its SuiteWorld conference has announced a wide variety of tools across its ERP suite to automate and optimize business processes.
Enhancing customer care through deep machine learning at Travelers
Mano Mannoochahr, SVP and chief data & analytics officer at Travelers, the American insurance giant, speaks about being at the intersection of data, technology, and analytics, and the opportunities that position provides.
12 fastest growing US cities for IT talent
Looking for IT work outside the traditional tech-heavy locations? Here are 12 of the fastest growing US cities for IT hiring, according to Dice.
IT enters the era of intelligent automation
Seeking to expand the benefits of business process automation, leading organizations are extending their RPA implementations with a mix of AI and machine learning.
IT pros say tech budgets to stay strong, but mainly for big companies
Survey data from Spiceworks/Ziff Davis shows a generally strong outlook for IT spending in 2023, but large enterprises are set to be the main beneficiaries of new technology uptake.
'Don't be surprised if I am an AI,' says Nvidia's CEO
Jensen Huang was only joking — but the cloud-based simulation-as-a-service technologies he demonstrated at Nvidia’s GTC Fall conference mean CIOs should take him seriously.
14 ways to advance your IT career
Technology careers may have no set paths, but there are a few time-honored truisms that can help you get an edge. Here, seasoned IT pros lend their hard-earned advice on advancing.
Exit interview: Sainsbury's retiring CIO Phil Jordan reflects on a career in IT
The UK supermarket giant’s outgoing group CIO Phil Jordan discusses retirement, career achievements and why CIOs today have a clearer path to become CEO.
Rewards programs fuel cloud ERP uptake, NetSuite says
NetSuite's recently launched referral rewards and association-buying programs, similar to Oracle’s Support Rewards program, appear to be attracting new users, the company says.
4 steps for proving IT’s value to the business
CIOs have long struggled to effectively demonstrate the value of IT to their business colleagues. Now more than ever, it’s imperative that IT leaders learn how to do so.
What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems standardize, streamline, and integrate processes across a wide range of business functions. Here’s what to know about these critical IT systems.
Cenlar CIO fuses teams for better business-IT alignment
Establishing blended cross-functional teams, mortgage subservicer IT chief Steve Taylor is building up quick wins by re-engineering business processes with business and IT side by side.
What is employee experience? A vital factor for business success
Employee experience can make or break your company’s ability to attract and retain talent. It can also have a significant impact on productivity and efficiency throughout the organization.
ServiceNow’s Tokyo release targets supply chain, HR automation
The latest revision of the Now workflow automation platform introduces features that focus on simplifying the supply chain, automating asset management, and planning for sustainability.
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.
8 tips for finding meaning in your IT career
When you find yourself at a loss for purpose, knowing where other IT leaders have found meaning can help bring a sense of value and motivation back into your IT career.
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
Rebooting expectations to connect and lead in more meaningful ways
Bob Johansen, distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future, the California–based non-profit think tank steeped in futures studies, speaks about spectrums of thinking and the importance for IT leaders to think future back.
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.
Spelling out the need for CFOs and CIOs to speak the same language
Deloitte’s Lou DiLorenzo and Steve Gallucci detail why refining a shared vocabulary between the CFO and CIO regarding technology and oversight practices can serve as a fortified lever for growth and promote better digital transformation.
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.
Dow makes production more efficient through IT-OT collaboration
By fostering cooperation between information and operations technology teams, the chemical giant was able to better exploit new communications technologies at one of its biggest manufacturing sites.
7 KPIs for customer-centric IT
Becoming truly customer-centric requires access to deep insights and rapid action. KPIs are the tools that help IT discover what external and internal customers really want.
IT budgets remain solid, despite tech industry headwinds
While war and supply chain disruptions cause headaches for vendors, demand for IT products and services remains high.
Alpine’s CIO gets F1 racing team up to speed with data science
Alpine F1 team CIO and data science director Nathan Sykes is approaching a turn in his post at the Formula One racing team, as he looks to demonstrate data science ROI and challenge perceptions around IT.
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.
10 mistakes rookie CIOs make — and how to avoid them
From trying to change too much to underestimating the political nature of the role, IT leaders and advisors lend insights on what most often trips up first-time CIOs.
Limitations of automation orchestrators and the rise of automation optimization
Process automation management and optimization is burdensome, but automation optimization solutions are bridging the gap.
70% of legal departments don’t invest in digital transformation: Report
Lack of budget and resistance to change are top barriers to digital transformation in most legal departments across the US, according to new research.
6 tips for successfully leading software developers
Developers have unique characteristics that are powerful when understood. Here’s how savvy leaders can get the most out of a development team.