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10 hottest IT certifications today

IT certifications can help boost your salary and make you stand out against the competition. Here are the top 10 most pursued IT certifications of 2021, according to Global Knowledge.

By Sarah K. White

Dec 10, 2021 8 mins

Careers Certifications IT Skills

Ron Moskowitz: Leading IT innovation takes vision, energy

The South Coast Air Quality Management District CIO, and 2021 inductee into CIO's Hall of Fame, discusses fostering a culture of innovation with CIO contributing editor Julia King.

By CIO staff

Dec 10, 2021

IT Leadership Innovation

Kyndryl partners with Google to support customers in cloud

The month-old IBM spinoff already has new deals with Microsoft, SAP, and VMware — but not yet with AWS.

By Peter Sayer

Dec 9, 2021

Cloud Computing Managed IT Services Managed Service Providers

3 steps to better data center risk management

Data centers remain critical in the modern enterprise. Here's what you can do to identify and mitigate risks in data center operations.

By Dipti Parmar

Dec 9, 2021 9 mins

Data Center Risk Management

CIOs gear up for the long-term hybrid enterprise

With Omicron rising, IT leaders are looking at lessons learned from stopgap COVID workplace measures to establish intentional hybrid workplace strategies tailored for long-term success.

By Paula Rooney

Dec 9, 2021

IT Leadership Staff Management

5 questions with Cardinal Health SVP Michelle Greene

No stranger to pressure and disruption, the healthcare IT leader discusses the skills and habits that enable great leaders to shine in challenging times.

By Dan Roberts

Dec 9, 2021 6 mins

CIO Careers IT Leadership

IT takes on a product mindset

The need to co-create with the business has many CIOs shifting away from IT projects in favor of a product-based approach that, like so much else in business, is a journey that takes time to nurture and succeed.

By Mary K. Pratt

Dec 8, 2021 11 mins

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Innovation

Looking back to look ahead: Anticipating the cybersecurity landscape in 2022

Reviewing the challenges that CISOs had to address in 2021 can help us better plan for what lies ahead.

By Rick Grinnell

Dec 7, 2021

Cyberattacks Ransomware Security

7 digital disruption myths

Myths play an important role in history and culture, yet when it comes to digital disruption, believing in fables can be both destructive and career crippling.

By John Edwards

Dec 7, 2021

Digital Transformation

4 trends disrupting managed infrastructure services

As providers adapt their go-to-market strategies, customers must plan ahead.

By Greg Hall

Dec 7, 2021 5 mins

Managed IT Services Oracle SAP

10 hidden benefits of hybrid work

The hybrid workforce is here to stay. And while blending in-person and remote work has its challenges, done well it can unlock significant upside, as these IT leaders attest.

By Mary K. Pratt

Dec 6, 2021

IT Leadership Staff Management

IT training pays off big for MetroStar

The midsize government IT contractor's focus on training and upskilling is helping it retain employees and improve job satisfaction, earning it a spot on IDG's Best Places to Work, 2021.

By Sarah K. White

Dec 6, 2021

IT Leadership

Top AWS re:Invent takeaways for CIOs

CEO Adam Selipsky outlined a wide range of new tools and functionality in his first turn at the helm of Amazon Web Services. Hereu2019s what IT leaders should know.

By Peter Sayer

Dec 3, 2021

5G Amazon Web Services Technology Industry

How to select the right IoT device or sensors for your business

To increase efficiency and achieve objectives, consider five important factors to ensure you apply the right devices to the right application.

By Yash Mehta

Dec 2, 2021 5 mins

Internet of Things

No, you cannot get rid of your IT department

But you can and should tweak the IT organization to meet modern requirements for agility, innovation, and digital-first operations. Here's how.

By David Chou

Dec 2, 2021 3 mins

IT Operations IT Strategy

Six innovative cybersecurity companies in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is a hotbed of cybersecurity development, as security companies innovate new ways to apply emerging AI, automation, analytics and collaboration technology. Here are six innovative cybersecurity companies working on security technology

By Melanie Butcher

Dec 2, 2021

Security

8 tips for managing low-code citizen developers

With low-code and no-code tools rising in prominence, IT leaders who leave the 'app gap' to business users to fill must still do their part to ensure citizen app development is productive and secure.

By Mary Branscombe

Dec 1, 2021 12 mins

Business IT Alignment Software Development

The Hanover CIO Will Lee: Our architecture must have optionality built in

The P&C insurance market is changing so quickly that Will Lee, CIO, is asking his team to focus both on near-term and long-term transformation. Critically important to the second horizon, says Lee, is an architecture that can allow the business t

By Martha Heller

Dec 1, 2021

Digital Transformation Enterprise Architecture Insurance Industry

7 tips for winning over your CFO

A strong CIO-CFO relationship can propel growth and innovation. Hereu2019s how to get on the right track.

By Stacy Collett

Nov 30, 2021

IT Leadership

PepsiCo tackles supply chain with data

The food and beverage multinational is transforming its ecommerce sales and field sales teams with predictive analytics that help it know when a retailer is about to be out of stock.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 30, 2021 5 mins

Supply Chain

To make industrial data actionable, evolve your data historian with an AIoT strategy

The ability to mobilize and integrate volumes of complex industrial data across the enterprise is business critical. Thatu2019s why industrial leaders need to invest in cloud-ready, purpose-built AI infrastructure and applications.

By Bill Scudder

Nov 29, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Industry Internet of Things

7 steps for better business-IT collaboration

Breaking down barriers and building partnerships between IT and the business takes time and effort. But the business outcomes are well worth it.

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 29, 2021

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership

Lean Six Sigma: Process improvement with a purpose

Lean and Six Sigma are the perfect pair for improving customer value by reducing waste, boosting productivity, and reducing defects and variations in products and services.

By Sarah K. White

Nov 29, 2021 7 mins

IT Governance Frameworks IT Leadership Software Development

MITRE CIO John Wilson on embracing complexity

The pandemic and the new world of hybrid work has changed how Wilson approaches instrumenting the organization. Learn how he is overcoming hybrid's hurdles.

By CIO staff

Nov 27, 2021

Collaboration Software Innovation Small and Medium Business

3 steps for creating a data-to-value ecosystem

The key to managing a mountain of data and disruptive technologies may lie in establishing a center of competency.

By Dan Seevers

Nov 25, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

10 strategic tech trends for the infrastructure industry in 2022

The time has come for digital transformation in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Here are 10 technology trends that will shape the future of infrastructure.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Nov 24, 2021 8 mins

Blockchain Construction and Engineering Industry Digital Transformation

IT key to Vast Bank’s bold bet on crypto

Eager to edge out fintechs and megabanks, Tulsa-based Vast transformed its banking core around SAP to get a jump on the crypto future in the US, says CIO Stephen Taylor.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 24, 2021 5 mins

Cryptocurrency ERP Systems Financial Services Industry

Three concepts to embrace for effective digitally driven innovation

As digital transformation moves from buzzword to business priority, understanding three critical concepts u2013 and the subtle differences among them u2013 will help you adjust strategies and mindsets.

By Manish Mistry

Nov 23, 2021 6 mins

Digital Transformation

7 compliance mistakes to avoid

Regulations related to IT systems and data are on the rise. IT leaders must do their part in avoiding common missteps that can lead to hefty fines for non-compliance.

By Bob Violino

Nov 23, 2021 8 mins

Compliance IT Governance

7 tips for better business-IT alignment

In a rapidly changing world, IT and business leaders need to work together to steer their enterprise in the right direction.

By John Edwards

Nov 22, 2021 8 mins

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership

5 questions with Qualcomm CIO Mary Gendron

A transformational leader explains why IT needs to lead with a business-first mindset.

By Dan Roberts

Nov 22, 2021

IT Leadership Innovation

How PVH IT speeds innovation

Global CIO Eileen Mahoney shares her approach to IT innovation and lessons for building momentum.

By CIO staff

Nov 20, 2021 5 mins

IT Leadership Innovation Retail Industry

The Library of Congress goes digital

CIO Judith Conklin discusses the ongoing cloud migration and digitization of the worldu2019s largest library u2014 a massive endeavor to make more of its 170 million assets available to all.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 19, 2021

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation Government IT

Promotion tips: How to ‘hire from within’

Tapping current staff for new roles can boost morale, retention, and even recruitment. But considering internal candidates for promotion is not without risks and challenges.

By Christina Wood

Nov 18, 2021

Hiring Staff Management

6 business analyst resume tips

Getting ahead in business analytics means applying your BA skills to your resume, by getting specific and bringing data to bear on your achievements.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Nov 18, 2021

Business Analyst Careers Resumes

SAP doubles down on citizen developer strategy

The ongoing developer shortage is making support for no-code and low-code customization essential for enterprise software vendors.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 17, 2021

ERP Systems SAP

Air Products CIO overhauls IT to support business transformation

To enable the $9 billion industrial gas provider to deliver new 'mega projects,' CIO Brian Galovich has put self-service at the center of the target architecture, moved infrastructure to the cloud, digitized key business processes, and upda

By Martha Heller

Nov 17, 2021

CIO Digital Transformation Enterprise Architecture

Winter 2021: Supercharging IT innovation

As organizations seek to accelerate their digital transformations, time to market, and development of new customer engagement channels, CIOs must find ways to sustain innovation. Read on for advice for upping innovation velocity and more.

By CIO staff and contributors

Nov 17, 2021

CIO Digital Transformation Innovation

The marketplace is part of the company's Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform and is designed to allow enterprise users to share data sets, analytics, and AI models.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 16, 2021

Analytics Data Warehousing

How AI can help oil and gas producers reduce greenhouse gas emissions – and improve their business

Reducing emissions is an important part of better operational performance that includes higher efficiencies and lower costs.

By Markham Hislop, Contributor

Nov 16, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Green IT Mining, Oil, and Gas

The secret art of technical architecture improvement

Building effective IT 101: Now that you know what you have in your technical architecture, and how good (or not-so-good) it is, youu2019re ready to plan for its improvement.

By Bob Lewis

Nov 16, 2021 10 mins

Enterprise Architecture IT Leadership IT Strategy

Kyndryl makes Microsoft its first partner

The ex-IBM managed infrastructure services division is cementing its relationships with cloud providers

By Peter Sayer

Nov 16, 2021

Managed IT Services Managed Service Providers Technology Industry

The next big thing in network security?

SASE has emerged as an effective way to address the shifting enterprise network perimeter by merging network and security services in one.

By Ed Fox

Nov 15, 2021

Network Security

CIOs blaze new career pathways at the top

Basking in the afterglow of their touted pandemic response, IT leaders are charting new and non-traditional career growth by embracing roles that capitalize on their business-savvy skills.

By Beth Stackpole

Nov 15, 2021

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Verizon CIO Shankar Arumugavelu on putting emerging technologies to work

Verizon is transforming its business with NLP, machine learning, digital twin, and augmented reality.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 15, 2021 7 mins

Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Virtual Reality

Lexmark’s Andy Kopp on democratizing data

The printer manufacturer's Director of Transformation Products discusses the business impact of providing data-as-a-service with CIO.com's Thor Olavsrud.

By CIO staff

Nov 13, 2021

CIO 100 Data Governance Digital Transformation

Big three: Develop a strategy for 5G

Consider these best practices for capitalizing on the promise of 5G for cloud and edge computing.

By Peggy Smedley, Contributor

Nov 12, 2021 5 mins

4 critical success factors for selecting an SAP system implementation provider

In the SAP SI selection process, the traditional approach facilitated by procurement is flawed and fails to account for the complexities of an enterprise SAP SI selection. Hereu2019s how to get it right.

By Greg Hall

Nov 12, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing ERP Systems Vendor Management

Wells Fargo lays foundation for public cloud transformation

The financial firm is poised to launch a 10-year journey to overhaul its operations around a hybrid private and public multicloud architecture powered by Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 12, 2021

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation Financial Services Industry