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IT Strategy

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opinion

For a future-ready IT organization, think multithreaded, not bimodal

Buying into bimodal IT is like a CIO owning acres of swampland, writes Richard Pastore of the CIO Executive Council. Even if the CIO builds one or two digital smart homes on the swamp, itu2019s still a bad, bad neighborhood.

25 Nov 2015
CIO IT Strategy
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Cinnabon seeks customer insights to boost stickiness

The Bakery chain is piloting iPads, Apple Pay and cloud software in several stores, as part of a digital refresh to bolster the Focus Brands property's fortunes. The systems will funnel data into a data warehouse, ostensibly to generate consumer

25 Nov 2015
Retail Industry Technology Industry iPad
opinion

How IT can create an effortless customer experience

Customers want an effortless experience every time they interact with a business. Now more than ever before, the CIO has the opportunity to create that effortless experience for the customer. Here are 4 ways the CIO can do so as we approach 2016.

25 Nov 2015
IT Strategy
opinion

How digital avatars will inspire – or frighten – us to better health

Armed with our medical information, digital clones may show us what we are now u2013 and what we could be in the future .

24 Nov 2015
Big Data Electronic Health Records Healthcare Industry
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How to tackle change management in an era of automation

CIOs must revamp IT systems, processes and staff roles, thanks to the rise of automation facilitated by artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things and analytics.

21 Nov 2015
CIO IT Governance IT Strategy
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Why Apple keeps its distance from enterprise IT (and why it works)

CIOs and tech pros may wish Apple took a more traditional approach to IT support, but the fact is the company has reason to maintain a degree of separation u2014 and it may never truly embrace enterprise.

21 Nov 2015
Apple IT Strategy
opinion

Now for Something Completely Different

How to modernize enterprise IT.

19 Nov 2015
Business IT Alignment Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy
tip

Weather Company forecasts more big data for IBM Watson Analytics

IBM acquired the Weather Company for its capability to analyze and gain insights from a vast array of sensors situated on planes, trains, automobiles and other machines. CIO Bryson Koehler discusses some of the other opportunities the companies might

19 Nov 2015
Big Data IT Strategy Technology Industry
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What Microsoft’s new developer strategy means for CIOs

Microsoftu2019s cross-platform, open source development and devops tools are maturing. That matters more to enterprises than a growing list of free tools.

19 Nov 2015
Developer IT Strategy Microsoft
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IT pros should focus on largest public cloud providers

Forrester Research predicts large enterprises will shift their focus to public cloud vendors in 2016. It also warns that the market will consolidate around industry stalwarts and IT pros should reformulate their cloud decisions accordingly.

18 Nov 2015
Cloud Management IT Strategy SaaS