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How to select the right IoT device or sensors for your business

To increase efficiency and achieve objectives, consider five important factors to ensure you apply the right devices to the right application.

By Yash Mehta

Dec 2, 2021 5 mins

Internet of Things

No, you cannot get rid of your IT department

But you can and should tweak the IT organization to meet modern requirements for agility, innovation, and digital-first operations. Here's how.

By David Chou

Dec 2, 2021 3 mins

IT Operations IT Strategy

Six innovative cybersecurity companies in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is a hotbed of cybersecurity development, as security companies innovate new ways to apply emerging AI, automation, analytics and collaboration technology. Here are six innovative cybersecurity companies working on security technology

By Melanie Butcher

Dec 2, 2021

Security

8 tips for managing low-code citizen developers

With low-code and no-code tools rising in prominence, IT leaders who leave the 'app gap' to business users to fill must still do their part to ensure citizen app development is productive and secure.

By Mary Branscombe

Dec 1, 2021 12 mins

Business IT Alignment Software Development

The Hanover CIO Will Lee: Our architecture must have optionality built in

The P&C insurance market is changing so quickly that Will Lee, CIO, is asking his team to focus both on near-term and long-term transformation. Critically important to the second horizon, says Lee, is an architecture that can allow the business t

By Martha Heller

Dec 1, 2021

Digital Transformation Enterprise Architecture Insurance Industry

7 tips for winning over your CFO

A strong CIO-CFO relationship can propel growth and innovation. Hereu2019s how to get on the right track.

By Stacy Collett

Nov 30, 2021

IT Leadership

PepsiCo tackles supply chain with data

The food and beverage multinational is transforming its ecommerce sales and field sales teams with predictive analytics that help it know when a retailer is about to be out of stock.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 30, 2021 5 mins

Supply Chain

To make industrial data actionable, evolve your data historian with an AIoT strategy

The ability to mobilize and integrate volumes of complex industrial data across the enterprise is business critical. Thatu2019s why industrial leaders need to invest in cloud-ready, purpose-built AI infrastructure and applications.

By Bill Scudder

Nov 29, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Industry Internet of Things

7 steps for better business-IT collaboration

Breaking down barriers and building partnerships between IT and the business takes time and effort. But the business outcomes are well worth it.

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 29, 2021

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership

Lean Six Sigma: Process improvement with a purpose

Lean and Six Sigma are the perfect pair for improving customer value by reducing waste, boosting productivity, and reducing defects and variations in products and services.

By Sarah K. White

Nov 29, 2021 7 mins

IT Governance Frameworks IT Leadership Software Development

MITRE CIO John Wilson on embracing complexity

The pandemic and the new world of hybrid work has changed how Wilson approaches instrumenting the organization. Learn how he is overcoming hybrid's hurdles.

By CIO staff

Nov 27, 2021

Collaboration Software Innovation Small and Medium Business

3 steps for creating a data-to-value ecosystem

The key to managing a mountain of data and disruptive technologies may lie in establishing a center of competency.

By Dan Seevers

Nov 25, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

10 strategic tech trends for the infrastructure industry in 2022

The time has come for digital transformation in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Here are 10 technology trends that will shape the future of infrastructure.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Nov 24, 2021 8 mins

Blockchain Construction and Engineering Industry Digital Transformation

IT key to Vast Bank’s bold bet on crypto

Eager to edge out fintechs and megabanks, Tulsa-based Vast transformed its banking core around SAP to get a jump on the crypto future in the US, says CIO Stephen Taylor.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 24, 2021 5 mins

Cryptocurrency ERP Systems Financial Services Industry

Three concepts to embrace for effective digitally driven innovation

As digital transformation moves from buzzword to business priority, understanding three critical concepts u2013 and the subtle differences among them u2013 will help you adjust strategies and mindsets.

By Manish Mistry

Nov 23, 2021 6 mins

Digital Transformation

7 compliance mistakes to avoid

Regulations related to IT systems and data are on the rise. IT leaders must do their part in avoiding common missteps that can lead to hefty fines for non-compliance.

By Bob Violino

Nov 23, 2021 8 mins

Compliance IT Governance

7 tips for better business-IT alignment

In a rapidly changing world, IT and business leaders need to work together to steer their enterprise in the right direction.

By John Edwards

Nov 22, 2021 8 mins

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership

5 questions with Qualcomm CIO Mary Gendron

A transformational leader explains why IT needs to lead with a business-first mindset.

By Dan Roberts

Nov 22, 2021

IT Leadership Innovation

How PVH IT speeds innovation

Global CIO Eileen Mahoney shares her approach to IT innovation and lessons for building momentum.

By CIO staff

Nov 20, 2021 5 mins

IT Leadership Innovation Retail Industry

The Library of Congress goes digital

CIO Judith Conklin discusses the ongoing cloud migration and digitization of the worldu2019s largest library u2014 a massive endeavor to make more of its 170 million assets available to all.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 19, 2021

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation Government IT

Promotion tips: How to ‘hire from within’

Tapping current staff for new roles can boost morale, retention, and even recruitment. But considering internal candidates for promotion is not without risks and challenges.

By Christina Wood

Nov 18, 2021

Hiring Staff Management

6 business analyst resume tips

Getting ahead in business analytics means applying your BA skills to your resume, by getting specific and bringing data to bear on your achievements.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Nov 18, 2021

Business Analyst Careers Resumes

SAP doubles down on citizen developer strategy

The ongoing developer shortage is making support for no-code and low-code customization essential for enterprise software vendors.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 17, 2021

ERP Systems SAP

Air Products CIO overhauls IT to support business transformation

To enable the $9 billion industrial gas provider to deliver new 'mega projects,' CIO Brian Galovich has put self-service at the center of the target architecture, moved infrastructure to the cloud, digitized key business processes, and upda

By Martha Heller

Nov 17, 2021

CIO Digital Transformation Enterprise Architecture

Winter 2021: Supercharging IT innovation

As organizations seek to accelerate their digital transformations, time to market, and development of new customer engagement channels, CIOs must find ways to sustain innovation. Read on for advice for upping innovation velocity and more.

By CIO staff and contributors

Nov 17, 2021

CIO Digital Transformation Innovation

The marketplace is part of the company's Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform and is designed to allow enterprise users to share data sets, analytics, and AI models.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 16, 2021

Analytics Data Warehousing

How AI can help oil and gas producers reduce greenhouse gas emissions – and improve their business

Reducing emissions is an important part of better operational performance that includes higher efficiencies and lower costs.

By Markham Hislop, Contributor

Nov 16, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Green IT Mining, Oil, and Gas

The secret art of technical architecture improvement

Building effective IT 101: Now that you know what you have in your technical architecture, and how good (or not-so-good) it is, youu2019re ready to plan for its improvement.

By Bob Lewis

Nov 16, 2021 10 mins

Enterprise Architecture IT Leadership IT Strategy

Kyndryl makes Microsoft its first partner

The ex-IBM managed infrastructure services division is cementing its relationships with cloud providers

By Peter Sayer

Nov 16, 2021

Managed IT Services Managed Service Providers Technology Industry

The next big thing in network security?

SASE has emerged as an effective way to address the shifting enterprise network perimeter by merging network and security services in one.

By Ed Fox

Nov 15, 2021

Network Security

CIOs blaze new career pathways at the top

Basking in the afterglow of their touted pandemic response, IT leaders are charting new and non-traditional career growth by embracing roles that capitalize on their business-savvy skills.

By Beth Stackpole

Nov 15, 2021

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Verizon CIO Shankar Arumugavelu on putting emerging technologies to work

Verizon is transforming its business with NLP, machine learning, digital twin, and augmented reality.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 15, 2021 7 mins

Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Virtual Reality

Lexmark’s Andy Kopp on democratizing data

The printer manufacturer's Director of Transformation Products discusses the business impact of providing data-as-a-service with CIO.com's Thor Olavsrud.

By CIO staff

Nov 13, 2021

CIO 100 Data Governance Digital Transformation

Big three: Develop a strategy for 5G

Consider these best practices for capitalizing on the promise of 5G for cloud and edge computing.

By Peggy Smedley, Contributor

Nov 12, 2021 5 mins

4 critical success factors for selecting an SAP system implementation provider

In the SAP SI selection process, the traditional approach facilitated by procurement is flawed and fails to account for the complexities of an enterprise SAP SI selection. Hereu2019s how to get it right.

By Greg Hall

Nov 12, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing ERP Systems Vendor Management

Wells Fargo lays foundation for public cloud transformation

The financial firm is poised to launch a 10-year journey to overhaul its operations around a hybrid private and public multicloud architecture powered by Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 12, 2021

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation Financial Services Industry

5 questions with CarMax CITO Shamim Mohammad

Lessons learned from a career defined by disruption

By Dan Roberts

Nov 11, 2021

IT Leadership

Cushman & Wakefield dials up property sales and services with digital twins

The commercial real estate firmu2019s innovation mindset positioned it well to handle a business surge driven by the pandemic.

By Rosalyn Page

Nov 11, 2021

Analytics Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Buyer’s guide: Top 13 cloud management tools

With enterprises increasingly turning to the cloud, keeping track of instances, resources, costs, and workflows just keeps getting more challenging. These solutions can help.

By Peter Wayner

Nov 10, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Enterprise Buyer’s Guides

Immersive tech reaches critical momentum

Companies that recognize the signal of business change and invest in immersive technologies will capture an expanding market.

By Diana Bersohn

Nov 9, 2021

Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business Virtual Reality

7 data governance mistakes to avoid

These days, every data transaction is a business transaction. That's why it's vital to build a data governance framework that's strong, secure, adaptable, and as error-free as possible.

By John Edwards

Nov 9, 2021

Analytics Data Governance Data Management

Tableau’s new Slack capabilities democratize data

Tableau is counting on Slack to make its data visualization tools more accessible and is adding new data prep and governance tools to make enterprise data more trustworthy.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 9, 2021

Collaboration Software Salesforce.com Small and Medium Business

8 tips for streamlining legacy IT

Whether for stability's sake or to support vital business processes, most CIOs still have to retain legacy apps and infrastructure. But that doesn't have to mean hobbling along.

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 8, 2021 10 mins

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Robotic Process Automation

Travelers’ Mojgan Lefebvre on the future of business innovation

The insureru2019s EVP and chief technology and operations officer discusses agile innovation in a hybrid work world in a video interview with CIO.comu2019s Maryfran Johnson.

By CIO staff

Nov 6, 2021

Agile Development CIO Innovation

Epicor updates Kinetic ERP for manufacturers with global operations

Epicor's Kinetic ERP update includes enterprise cloud, product-quote, and e-commerce capabilities for large manufacturers, while its Prophet 21 ERP software for distributors gets similar enhancements.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 5, 2021

ERP Systems Manufacturing Industry

Warner’s last mile on a long cloud journey

For more than a decade, Warner Music Group has been orchestrating an all-in cloud transformation. Its adoption of networking as a service may be the final note.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 5, 2021

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Kyndryl eyes new markets in spin-off from IBM

The CTO of Kyndryl wants to give customers more insight into the tools the managed services company can deploy to help them than they had when the business was part of IBM.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 4, 2021 6 mins

IBM Global Services Managed IT Services Technology Industry

Getting the CIO-CFO relationship right

As ITu2019s stature has grown, so too has the importance of a strong CIO-CFO partnership. Executive pairs shed light on their collaborations and offer tips for success.

By Esther Shein

Nov 3, 2021

C-Suite CFO CIO

7 steps business analysts can take to earn more

Whether you're staying put or spreading your wings, there are ways to boost your business analysis career — and paycheck.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Nov 2, 2021

Business Analyst

11 tips for selecting and implementing an ERP system

From laying the organizational groundwork to planning for the long haul, IT experts offer insights on how to make this challenging business transformation smooth and successful.

By Neal Weinberg

Nov 2, 2021 9 mins

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications IT Strategy