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How Little Debbie Used Predictive Analytics to Survive Snack Industry Shakeup

McKee Foods, maker of Little Debbie snacks, turned to Workday's cloud-based human capital management and payroll software. The switch helped it analyze data for decision-making, save money and better survive a snack industry shakeup.

19 Mar 2014 6 mins

Big Data CIO IT Strategy

Being a Successful Healthcare CIO Requires Vision

Today's healthcare IT leaders have a lot on their plates. The rush to digitize is hitting them hard -- but one CIO says it's shortsighted to simply focus on technology itself, not on the fundamental industry changes that tech will bring.

18 Mar 2014 5 mins

CIO Healthcare Industry IT Skills

CIOs Destined to Be Kings of Customer Data

Despite chatter about CIOs losing clout or eventually reporting to the CMO, a survey of 1,600 CIOs reveals that the IT executives are well-positioned for the future -- if they are willing to step outside of IT.

14 Mar 2014 3 mins

CIO Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

5 Ways CIOs Can Rationalize Application Portfolios

The pressure is mounting for CIOs and other IT leaders to help the business enable new disruptive technologies like mobile, social, cloud and big data, but many CIOs are struggling to do so because maintaining and supporting legacy applications consu

14 Mar 2014 7 mins

IT Governance IT Strategy Innovation

Create Magical Vendor Presentations Using Analytics, TED and Steve Jobs

The best TED speakers, channeling Steve Jobs, are dynamic, engaging and moving. Meanwhile, analytics technology can provide near-real-time feedback on whatever you want, including audience (dis)engagement. So why are so many tech industry events just

14 Mar 2014 6 mins

IT Skills Innovation Relationship Building

Techies Ditch the Hoodies and Google Glass

In the Silicon Valley, techies -- blamed for gentrification and sky-high rent -- have become the recipients of nasty stares, curses, threats and even physical confrontation. So you can't blame them for trying to go incognito.

4 Mar 2014 2 mins

Consumer Electronics IT Leadership Innovation

Up-and-Coming IT Leaders Focus on Business Customers

Winners of the 2014 'Ones to Watch' awards say they're trying to reduce the distance between corporate IT and external customers.

3 Mar 2014 7 mins

CIO IT Skills Innovation

Mapping the C-Suite’s Digital Future

CIOu2019s Publisher Adam Dennison nominates the CIO as the best 'pathfinder' to help C-suite execs move confidently toward digital business, and provides a link to the CIO Executive Councilu2019s new digital readiness survey.

27 Feb 2014 2 mins

CIO CIO 100 Innovation

What CIOs Need to Know Before Relying on Startups

It seems there's a startup for everything these days. Sure, there are benefits from introducing new, more efficient systems to your enterprise, but there are also technical, financial and practical considerations before signing on with a startup

26 Feb 2014 7 mins

CIO IT Strategy Venture Capital

Healthcare CIOs Must Make Better, More Enlightened IT Decisions

For IT to stop being a 'cost center' in hospitals and other healthcare organizations, CIOs need to dictate their own IT strategy. Demonstrating the value of information technology to reluctant end users and making better decisions will help

24 Feb 2014 5 mins

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