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Developing leaders for managing AI-driven businesses

A long-term approach and investment is required to train the next generation of business leaders who can leverage the state of the art to make the best decisions for their customers, users, employees, stakeholders and shareholders.

How to fail well in IT projects

Failure is the new success. Here are five ways that you can embrace failure and enjoy its unexpected benefits.

The data-centric enterprise: Not yet a done deal

Data is turning into a new source of competition yet complexity, missing data quality and a rising talent shortage could prevent enterprises from harvesting their efforts.

4 ways big data analytics is disrupting the agriculture industry

Big data analytics has made such a widespread impact in the agriculture industry that itu2019s hard to pinpoint all of its effects, and harder still to predict what changes it might bring. These four ways are just a taste of that impact.

How digital is helping the RNLI to save lives at sea

Every day of every year, people of all backgrounds get into danger in the water. Here's how the Royal National Lifeboat Institution employs u201cdigitalu201d to support a very important and highly-specific mission u2013 that of saving lives at s

Optimize your customer journeys using personas and business architecture

5 hurdles to adopting devops

The devops journey involves significant changes in culture, processes and technologies. Hereu2019s how to overcome the most common challenges along the way.

Why the Internet of Things without the hardware is just vapor

The cloud platform and data storage are worthless without hardware to provide connectivity and deliver the data of the Internet of Things (IoT).

How to start your first trial engagement with outsourcing

Many good reasons exist besides cost that companies pursue software development outsourcing.

Playing to win with enterprise technology

No matter what industry youu2019re in, enterprise organizations across the map are eyeing the most efficient, best of breed tools to power their workforces. When it comes to do-it-all platforms, however, don't believe the hype.

How blockchain is hastening the advance of autonomous cars

Blockchain is quickly achieving parity between human and robotic drivers, and should soon accelerate self-driving solutions into the realm of statistical perfection.

The Agile PMO

How the project management office can become a supporting organization that improves delivery efficiency and provides delivery transparency.

Managing your IT career

CIOs and other members of an IT leadership team discuss how to manage your IT career.

Platform business models: 4 key steps for implementation

Platform business models are a very different animal from traditional IT projects, they often involve the entire company and require multiple business units to come together and stay in close alignment.

How to select the best self-service BI tool for your business

Self-service BI has become the go-to tool for agile, fluid business decisions. Hereu2019s how to select the right platform for your business.

Why CIOs need a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Artificial intelligence (AI) has massively disruptive, transformative strategic potential. Enterprises that build strategies around it are likely to outperform the competition. Building the right top-level talent is critical and companies and CIOs be

Can a program status report be too sexy?

The creation and interpretation of program status reports is an excellent way to enforce rigor, and identify where lapses in rigor may contribute to program execution or business performance risk.

Data and the human factor: are you shackling your best and brightest?

Itu2019s important to recognize the power of enabling talented people to do their jobs.

5 companies using big data to disrupt healthcare

Big data analytics are disrupting industries everywhere, but health care is especially feeling the seismic shift in technology.

How to charter customer success within your organization

Setting up your enterprise's Customer Success team.

How much is client service worth?

3 examples of companies that will show how you should never underestimate the value of client service in IT.

How Bank of America’s tech chief manages culture

Data helps Cathy Bessant gauge how her staff understands the corporate mission for a bank undergoing a broad business transformation.

The secret to being a superhero CIO? A kickass sidekick

To succeed as a CIO, you need a strong lieutenant. The natural successor, the wise counsel, the ultimate assistant u2014 hereu2019s how to identify and groom just the right No. 2 for you.

GE digital transformation: collaboration leads to innovation

The vital importance of collaboration to enable transformation and innovation.

When UI is about experience – and when it is not

The same objectives driving 'higher' level steps of strategy translation must drive all steps right until the end. The steps include the task of designing the user interface (UI) architecture.

Anatomy of an IT strategic plan in the era of digital disruption

To effectively support todayu2019s IT-informed business strategies, CIOs must embrace new approaches to IT strategic planning that are more business-driven, flexible, and frequently revisited than in years past.

CIOs need to prioritize intelligence, innovation and customer experience

Defining the new metrics relevant to your businessu2019s bottom line is one thing, but how do you determine what to focus on in order to drive real change?

How to pitch your product for review in 10 thoughtful steps

It's not just email blasting. It takes time, research, effort and relationship building.

Ascending the stairway to digital heaven

Is your company digitally mature enough for digital transformation?

Stop before your employees drop

Employees are a companyu2019s most important asset. Manage them like it.

Leadership through the generations

u201cWith age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.u201d u2013 Oscar Wilde

Changing the definition of diversity

No matter what Apple thinks, 12 white, blonde, blue-eyed men do not a diverse workforce make.

GSK accelerates data analytics for clinical trials

CDO Mark Ramsey is helping the pharmaceutical giant turn decades of data into a drug-discovery asset, thanks to a homegrown big data analytics platform that processes petabytes.

10 most telecommuting-friendly companies in tech

Remote work is a boon for both employers and employees alike. If you're looking for a job that allows (or even encourages) telecommuting, these 10 tech companies are the places to begin your search.

10 most telecommuting-friendly companies in tech

Remote work is a boon for both employers and employees alike. If you're looking for a job that allows (or even encourages) telecommuting, these 10 tech companies are the places to begin your search.

Wi-Fi disaggregation: IT buyers poised to win again

The flexibility and lower costs that disaggregating Wi-Fi can bring could be the next big revolution for enterprises.

How Dow’s CIO balances mega-M&A and digital transformation

Melanie Kalmar became CIO at a time of massive change for the chemical giant. Now sheu2019s calling on past experience to guide the company into its next chapter.

The relationship between evidence-based and data-driven medicine

The potential biases of evidence-based medicine can be overcome with data-driven medicine, now that we are amassing large data sets from which AI algorithms can learn and discover.

6 ways to engage with your customers in real-time

Improving the way that you communicate with your customers will have both short-term and long-term impact on your business.

Business imperatives and the tech time bomb

Many transformational programs in enterprise IT are no more than shiny objects sitting on a veneer layer that masks the unsustainable, expensive legacy they depend on.

Arbitration mechanisms key to viable smart contract platforms

Smart contract platforms are now making it easy for companies to adopt the technology with minimal technical expertise.

Contract-to-hire jobs on the rise: how to leverage this trend

The rising contract-to-hire trend provides your business with the opportunity to make more informed and effective full-time tech hires. Here's how to capitalize on this hiring shift.

Compliance strategy is just the start of your privacy program

Understanding the conflicting privacy regulations in countries around the world.

Google touts programmers 10 times more productive

Should your company go the Google route and invest in this strategy for increasing productivity?

CIOs are ready for the COO chair

Phil Fasano, who spent a career in the CIO role, says CIOs should do more than drive operational change u2014 they should become operations leaders.

7 simple ways to fail at agile

Creating and sustaining a successful agile program requires a strong commitment and careful planning. Yet ruining a functional agile initiative is remarkably easy.

To be AI-first, move beyond managing data warehouses

Enterprises need to define a path to data-maturity and that requires reshaping and reorganizing their data storage, description, maintenance and value generation processes, procedures, tooling and functions.

Out with the E, in with the C: the new battleground for digital health

Healthcare IT needs a new buzzword every year, and it seems like weu2019ve found one for 2018 that indicates a shift in the battleground for technology providers.

What does it take to be a successful CIO?

The CIO role requires an unusual ability to be both a big picture strategist and an execution oriented leader who can pay attention to details. It also helps to be surrounded by good people with a diverse skillset.

The secrets of highly successful data analytics teams

Effective data teams bring diverse, cross-functional skill sets to bear on clearly defined business priorities — without losing sight of the value of experimentation and ongoing education.