news analysis How Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition will impact IT The deal is good news for Salesforce.com users, less so for users of Tableau alone. By Peter Sayer Jun 13, 2019 Business Intelligence CRM Systems Data Visualization feature 7 tips for getting out of a bad vendor contract When a seemingly sweet deal turns sour, it's time to prepare an exit strategy. Hereu2019s how to preserve essential business operations, your vendor relationship and your job. By John Edwards Jun 13, 2019 Budgeting IT Governance IT Strategy opinion Who will win the war for DMP? The transition from brick and mortar retail to digital sales was a seismic change. Our data-driven world is on the verge of another, from CRM to data management platforms. Which platform will become the new industry standard? By Danielle Sabrina Jun 12, 2019 Adobe Systems Salesforce.com Technology Industry feature Beate Uhse aims to personalize the online sex shop Once Germanyu2019s largest erotic products retailer, Beate Uhse hopes to make a come-back with a privacy-sensitive approach to e-commerce personalization.rn By Peter Sayer Jun 12, 2019 Digital Transformation IT Leadership Retail Industry feature RPA is poised for a big business break-out Robotic process automation is driving efficiency at enterprises such as State Auto, Berry Appleman & Leiden, American Fidelity Assurance and other companies. By Clint Boulton Jun 12, 2019 BPM Systems Digital Transformation IT Strategy opinion Can crime be predicted with AI/ML? US law enforcement believes they can and will be able to predict future crime events, proactively diffuse possible violent and criminal hotspots ahead of an actual criminal occurrence. Although in its infancy within law enforcement, AI/ML for crime d By Robin Austin Jun 11, 2019 Machine Learning Markets Technology Industry opinion All change isn’t the same Change is change, right? Not exactly. The interaction of speed and predictability make your leadership role more important than ever. Read on to find out how change is changing and how you can help your team flourish in its face. By Randy Pennington Jun 11, 2019 Change Management IT Leadership IT Strategy feature Unlocking innovation: Tips for transforming a risk-averse IT culture A new book from Deloitte and MIT Sloan Management Review offers insights on how to cultivate a culture of innovation. By Sharon Florentine Jun 11, 2019 Digital Transformation IT Leadership Innovation opinion CIOs must play a key role in ecosystem strategies Ecosystems have evolved as a method to bring new digital capabilities, among others, to businesses. As such, CIOs should have a strategic role in developing them. By Abizer Rangwala, Diana Bersohn Jun 10, 2019 C-Suite CIO Digital Transformation feature IT as a product: Secrets of successful launches To improve efficiency and user outcomes, organizations are jettisoning IT projects in favor of an agile, product-based approach to delivery IT services. IT leaders share their hard-earned tips on making it work. By Mary K. Pratt Jun 10, 2019 Agile Development IT Strategy Project Management feature Mastercard braces for retail’s AI-fueled future Hyperpersonalized and machine-to-machine commerce driven by 5G, IoT and AI will reshape retail as we know it , says Jorn Lambert, the companyu2019s executive vice president of digital solutions. By Clint Boulton Jun 10, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Financial Services Industry Retail Industry feature 5 interview tips for winning over job candidates In a tight talent market, the job interview cuts both ways. Hereu2019s how to ensure, as an interviewer, you donu2019t lose a strong could-be colleague. By Terena Bell Jun 7, 2019 Careers IT Skills Staff Management opinion System integrator risk mitigation processes often have the opposite effect Relying on your SI to tell you how to mitigate risks is a flawed strategy that often does not have a happy ending. By John Belden Jun 6, 2019 IT Leadership Risk Management Technology Industry feature What is a career coach? Your partner in growth A career coach offers certified expertise in maximizing your potential, whether itu2019s helping you land a promising new job, navigate a career change, or find fulfillment at work. By Sharon Florentine Jun 6, 2019 8 mins Careers feature The CIO’s next role: Business co-creator CIOs are increasingly working with business peers and third parties to develop new digital products and services, a major theme at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in May. By Clint Boulton Jun 6, 2019 8 mins CIO IT Leadership opinion Voice-enablement: the next big wave in healthcare’s digital transformation journey Voice is the most obvious next step of user interface that is going to radically change the way we interact with technology in healthcare services. You ainu2019t heard nothinu2019 yet. By Paddy Padmanabhan Jun 5, 2019 Healthcare Industry Technology Industry Voice Assistants opinion The electronic signature market: a US competitive success story US policy tools that encourage the use of e-signatures is a boon for both businesses and the economy. By Carl Schonander Jun 5, 2019 Government Legal Technology Industry feature CIO playbook: 4 steps to becoming a C-suite strategic advisor CIOs have a unique opportunity to take their place as business leaders. Most are missing out. By Minda Zetlin Jun 5, 2019 CIO IT Leadership feature Estonia CIO outlines country’s plan to embrace AI Enterprises can learn from Estoniau2019s just-do-it approach to AI and investment in skills development By Peter Sayer Jun 5, 2019 CIO Government IT Skills opinion Bringing new sources of energy to life at National Grid National Gridu2019s digital strategy is all about developing frictionless processes to bring energy to customers safely, faster, and easier, explains Adriana (u201cAndiu201d) Karaboutis, chief information and digital officer. By Martha Heller Jun 5, 2019 CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership opinion Security and the boardroom: From advantage to imperative Detecting and mitigating cyber threats is getting tougher. A quarter of organization reports greater financial damages. By Marc Wilczek Jun 4, 2019 CIO IT Leadership IT Strategy opinion Career momentum: Step back to move ahead You can move your career forward by sharing responsibility, letting go and focusing on the future. By Sue Weston Jun 4, 2019 Careers IT Jobs IT Skills opinion The invention of voice recognition, this century’s phenomenon Experimentation with Voice Recognition Systems has been a focus since the 1950s and with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencyu2019s (DARPA) new solicitation offer has included more than just identification and classification. Research based on i By Robin Austin Jun 4, 2019 Augmented Reality Technology Industry Virtual Reality opinion Transforming data with Apache Spark Spark is the ideal big data tool for data-driven enterprises because of its speed, ease of use and versatility. It will help you understand your data quickly and help you make informed decisions faster. By Craig Brown PhD Jun 3, 2019 Apache Apache Spark Big Data feature 10 bad IT hires to avoid A bad IT hire can have a crippling ripple effect on team productivity. Here, IT leaders share their IT hiring horror stories — and tips on how they could have been avoided. By Paul Heltzel Jun 3, 2019 11 mins IT Leadership IT Skills Staff Management feature RPA and AI: Business process automation gets smart Organizations seeking to reap the full benefits of robotic process automation are beginning to see artificial intelligence as a key technology for optimizing their process flow. By Maria Korolov May 30, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Business Process Management Robotic Process Automation opinion Companies are gaining clarity about their digital vision More executive committees say they understand how digital impacts their business strategy. By Martha Heller May 29, 2019 Big Data C-Suite CIO opinion Continuous improvement – now more than ever In an era of digital disruption, IT organizations need to move faster. Given this, should CIOs be active enablers of continuous improvement? By Myles F. Suer May 29, 2019 CIO Change Management Digital Transformation opinion The enterprise architect’s ecosystem in an agile enterprise Agile organizations are becoming more common because of the increased appreciation for their transformational gains. With this movement, we are assisting at the emergence of a new breed of enterprise architects that are becoming instrumental in makin By Daniel Lambert May 28, 2019 Agile Development Enterprise Architecture Technology Industry feature The coming IT job apocalypse: Rise of the machines AI and process automation are taking on tech jobs once thought untouchable. Will you be replaced by a robot? By Dan Tynan May 28, 2019 11 mins Artificial Intelligence BPM Systems IT Skills feature What is a business relationship manager? A key role for bridging the business-IT divide Business relationship managers help integrate IT into the organization by fostering inter-departmental communication and collaboration in service of business goals. By Sarah K. White May 27, 2019 7 mins BPM Systems Business Intelligence Certifications feature Latest IT investment trend? Cost-cutting tech that also transforms Enterprises are investing in digital solutions that help them save on infrastructure and other costs while enabling them to transform the business. Experts from Deloitte and Gartner explain why. By Clint Boulton May 24, 2019 Budgeting Digital Transformation IT Leadership feature 12 dark secrets of encryption With data security a key concern across all systems, encryption is increasingly becoming the go-to solution. But encryption may be less of a sure thing than you think. By Peter Wayner May 23, 2019 9 mins Data and Information Security Encryption Security opinion Are tech/business evangelists necessary to ensure your company stays relevant? Most executives and sales/marketing pros believe they are effective communicators. Itu2019s the people to whom theyu2019re communicating that u201cjust doesnu2019t get it.u201d Every company, regardless of size, should hire a technology/business evan By Robin Austin May 22, 2019 CIO IT Skills Technology Industry feature At Mitel, kaizen proves key to streamlining business processes Mitel CIO Jamshid Rezaei turned to the Japanese practice of kaizen prizing continuous improvement over wholesale change. Up next: leveraging AI, IoT as the future of cloud-based communications. By Clint Boulton May 22, 2019 7 mins Agile Development BPM Systems Digital Transformation feature 6 ways to deal with the great data scientist shortage Rather than wait for want ads to go unfilled, organizations should rethink, retrain, reorganize and reach out to fill the data science talent gap. By Bob Violino May 22, 2019 11 mins Data Science IT Skills Staff Management opinion Does anyone have a talent win? Anyone?! Discussing talent satisfaction and positive performance is often neglected. But if you make talent wins a key part of your culture, everybody really will win u2014 and win more often. By Steve Trautman May 21, 2019 CEO CFO CIO feature IT Resume Makeover: Streamlining your executive resume It's every executive's challenge: Condensing decades of experience and expertise onto a single resume page. Here's how our resume expert helped streamline a CIO's storied 25-year career. By Sarah K. White May 21, 2019 6 mins Careers IT Leadership Resumes opinion How product development drives competitive advantage in the digital age Great technology doesnu2019t always win. Good thinkers fail to execute. Whether software is your product, or you need to enrich and amplify products and services digitally in order to compete at speed and scale, a strong product development capabilit By Chris Davis May 21, 2019 IT Leadership IT Strategy opinion What is an enterprise wide agile transformation and why CIOs should lead it More CEOs are considering enterprise wide agile transformations, enabling a significant opportunity for CIOs to lead their organizationu2019s process, culture and mindset changes. By Isaac Sacolick May 20, 2019 Agile Development Digital Transformation feature In-house engineering culture drives digital transformation at Emirates NBD Miguel Rio Tinto, group CIO of Emirates NBD, takes a two-pronged approach to digital transformation, focusing on evolving IT and driving innovation into everything they do. By Zeus Kerravala May 20, 2019 8 mins CIO Digital Transformation Technology Industry opinion Why Bezos is right and Buffett is wrong about business disruption Recent statements by two industry titans, Warren Buffet and Jeff Bezos, offer opposing viewpoints on one of the most important topics in business today: how companies and industries get disrupted. Only one of them can be right. Iu2019m going with Bez By George Paolini May 20, 2019 Amazon.com Digital Transformation Technology Industry opinion Everything is improv! Creativity, innovation and disruption rule business today. So, the idea of incorporating improvisation u2013 or improv as itu2019s popularly known u2013 as a potential engine for creativity into tech organizations makes sense. By Theodore May May 20, 2019 IT Leadership IT Skills feature Do you know what your cloud use really costs? As cloud services grow, there are more expenditures to track than ever. But understanding why you're spending is as important as knowing what you're spending in the cloud. By Mary Branscombe May 16, 2019 Budgeting Cloud Computing Cloud Management opinion Process innovation Where should CIOs be driving innovation? And how should they deliver on the promise of innovation? By Myles F. Suer May 15, 2019 8 mins CIO IT Strategy Innovation opinion Made in India? Vietnam? Mexico? Due to the US trade war with China, accusations of Chinau2019s theft of US intellectual property, Chinau2019s cyberattacks, Chinau2019s human rights violations, conflict in the South China Sea and the total US economic and political competition with By Robin Austin May 15, 2019 Government Manufacturing Industry Technology Industry feature Cross-functional teams: A new strategy for business success With business-IT collaboration key to digital transformation, forward-thinking IT leaders are breaking down silos to develop blended startup-like teams focused on key business initiatives. By Mary K. Pratt May 15, 2019 IT Skills IT Strategy Staff Management feature Asurion reskills around cloud and DevOps for digital push Asurion's move to the cloud and DevOps consumption and development models necessitated a major reskilling effort by CIO Daniel Curling. Here's how he did it. By Clint Boulton May 15, 2019 6 mins Devops Digital Transformation IT Skills opinion Running with data: Under Armour creates immersive, digital customer experience Under Armour combines its physical and digital products to help its customers achieve their fitness goals. By Martha Heller May 15, 2019 9 mins CIO Digital Transformation Internet of Things opinion Fear of premature escalation (FPE): Diagnose and treat this silent ERP program killer Recognizing the early warning signs and taking appropriate action can reduce the overall impact of this affliction, which can be deadly for an ERP project. By John Belden May 14, 2019 ERP Systems IT Leadership 1…919293949596979899…746 Show me moreLatestArticlesPodcastsVideos brandpost Sponsored by EnterpriseDB (EDB) Data and AI sovereignty: A universal business imperative grounded in two unifying rules By Nancy Hensley, Chief Product Officer of EDBAug 26, 20256 mins Artificial Intelligence brandpost Sponsored by Reltio The most important question in the C-Suite: Can we trust our data? Aug 26, 20256 mins Artificial IntelligenceData Management opinion America’s AI Action Plan and the risk of sprinting ahead without trust By Charlyn HoAug 26, 20258 mins Data GovernanceData PrivacyRegulation podcast Stanford Healthcare taps AI to cut burnout, boost efficiency in patient responses Aug 21, 202526 mins CIO Leadership Live podcast Weights & Biases: What it really takes to successfully adopt generative AI Aug 11, 202532 mins Generative AI podcast Bentley Motors CIO Kirsty Mason on building the skills foundation for AI adoption Aug 6, 202519 mins CIO Leadership Live video Stanford Healthcare taps AI to cut burnout, boost efficiency in patient responses Aug 21, 202526 mins CIO Leadership Live video Sidero Labs' Omni makes Kubernetes cluster management effortless Aug 20, 202512 mins DevopsKubernetes video Alitheon fights counterfeits with photo fingerprinting tech Aug 14, 202514 mins FraudMachine VisionManufacturing Industry
