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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

The benefits of measuring developer productivity are grounds for heated debate, depending on whom you ask. And since defining and tracking it can be tenuous, putting a greater focus on streamlining developer workflow might be a better option.

20 Dec 2023 10 mins

Business IT Alignment Business Process Management CIO

ConocoPhillips enlists 3D printing for supply efficiencies on Alaska’s North Slope

Seeking to shortcut extensive lead times for critical parts at its remote Kuparuk outpost, the energy giant turned to 3D printing, which, coupled with data and AI, could have far-reaching impact on the industry.

14 Dec 2023 7 mins

Digital Transformation Energy Industry Supply Chain

Reed Smith turns to AI for lawyer staffing solution

The legal firm’s Smart Resourcing tool helps balance workloads and ensure partners find associates with the right skills and experience, while empowering employees to make connections across the firm’s global footprint.

11 Dec 2023 8 mins

CIO 100 Digital Transformation Legal

Steps Gerresheimer takes to transform its IT

CIO Zafer Nalbant explains what the medical packaging manufacturer does to modernize its IT through AI, automation, and hybrid cloud.

29 Nov 2023 6 mins

CIO SAP ServiceNow

We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

Collaboration is far more than people just working together. To make it truly effective, businesses need a culture that directly fosters trust. TzeLin Kui, senior agile coach at the market intelligence firm GfK, explains the key steps to ensure all s

2 Aug 2022

Business Business Operations Business Process Management

We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

As products become more based in software, CIO roles will increasingly align with CIOs who’ve been selling software for decades, like Jim Palermo, CIO of open source solution provider Red Hat.

15 Nov 2023 7 mins

CIO CRM Systems Software Deployment

What Duxbury Networking’s CIO does to balance head with heart

As CIOs become more strategic business leaders, they’re faced with increased responsibility to not only leverage new technologies to deliver value, but be an example of empathy.

3 Nov 2023 5 mins

Business Process Management CIO IT Skills

CIOs still grapple with what gen AI can do for the enterprise

A year since ChatGPT burst on the scene, and despite demonstrable benefits, IT leaders have yet to go all in on gen AI, choosing instead to proceed with caution.

1 Nov 2023 8 mins

Generative AI IT Skills IT Strategy

How Mapfre gets cloud to coexist with its tech model ambitions

Cloud is a main enabler Mapfre relies on in its digital modernization process. Vanessa Escrivá, the multinational insurance company’s corporate director of technology, explains the three pillars of the company's strategic plan, and

20 Sep 2023 10 mins

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