feature Universities lean into 5G to prep next-gen workforce Universities are deploying 5G networks to lure and educate students with the technologyu2019s most promising business cases in preparation to fulfill future demand for emerging skills. By Clint Boulton Jun 3, 2021 7 mins 5G Education Industry IT Skills feature IT’s silent career killer: Age discrimination A pernicious issue in IT, age discrimination is on the rise — and not always easy to prove. Here are five ways to protect your IT career. By Bob Violino Jun 2, 2021 9 mins Careers Diversity and Inclusion IT Leadership interview How Inspire Brands IT serves up innovation at scale CIO Raghu Sagi and his team are creating a multitenant architecture to improve customer experiences and worker productivity across seven restaurant brands. By Martha Heller Jun 2, 2021 Innovation Mergers and Acquisitions Mobile Apps opinion The hard truth about business-IT alignment Building effective IT 101: Forget what youu2019ve heard about aligning IT to the business. In the digital era, IT-business integration is the true key to organizational success. By Bob Lewis Jun 1, 2021 Business IT Alignment Digital Transformation IT Leadership how-to What is CMMI? A model for optimizing development processes The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) helps organizations streamline process improvement, encouraging a productive, efficient culture that decreases risks in software, product, and service development. By Sarah K. White Jun 1, 2021 9 mins Developer IT Governance Frameworks IT Strategy feature What is master data management? Ensuring a single source of truth MDM is a set of disciplines, processes, and technologies for managing data about entities, such as products and customers, around which business is conducted. By Thor Olavsrud May 31, 2021 Analytics Data Management Master Data Management news analysis Dutch tech leaders see board-level roadblocks to digital transformation Even as COVID-19 pushed the need for digital transformation forward, executive leadership hesitated to support IT projects, according to a new report from Amrop. Dutch executives weigh in. By Annie Bricker May 31, 2021 IT Leadership feature CIO Think Tank: Reinventing IT As companies accelerate out of pandemic disruption, how can IT meet increasing demands u2014 and reap unprecedented benefits? In a series of virtual roundtables, dozens of IT leaders offered key insights about the road ahead. By Derek Slater May 28, 2021 Data Architecture Data Governance Hiring news SAP steps back from S/4HANA-on-Azure preference Microsoftu2019s Azure will no longer be SAPu2019s preferred cloud platform u2014 although SAP executives say the companiesu2019 Embrace partnership remains strong. 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By Thor Olavsrud May 24, 2021 Data Governance Diversity and Inclusion Green IT opinion AI in healthcare: The tech is here, the users are not The biggest challenges for AI-enabled care are delivering real-time insights into the clinical workflow and gaining acceptance from caregivers as well as patients. Innovative solutions continue to emerge. By Paddy Padmanabhan May 21, 2021 7 mins Artificial Intelligence Digital Transformation Healthcare Industry feature Making the leap from IT expert to IT leader Transitioning to an IT leadership role takes new skills, self-awareness, and an eye for the business value of tech as you become a key point-person for business-IT collaboration. By Sarah K. White May 21, 2021 Careers IT Leadership opinion How data historians have evolved to make industrial data actionable Democratizing data can level the playing field and empower your workforce to make better, data-driven decisions. By Bill Scudder May 20, 2021 Data Management Internet of Things feature 4 strategies for retaining IT talent Author and career development expert Bev Kaye shares her best advice for inspiring, motivating, and keeping top performers. By Dan Roberts May 20, 2021 IT Leadership Staff Management feature ‘Citizen developer’ success requires strong IT oversight In the hands of business users, low-code and no-code tools can be powerful u2014 and risky. Hereu2019s how IT leaders are setting up guardrails to ensure projects donu2019t go off track. By Maria Korolov May 20, 2021 Software Development analysis Are Oracle’s cloud gains enough to make it a contender? Oracle has wooed some key customers to its public cloud software, but can it differentiate itself from competing services offered by Amazon.com, Microsoft, and Google? By Clint Boulton May 19, 2021 Cloud Computing IaaS Oracle feature How Stryker IT shifted to a global operating model CIO Alan Douville and his team have made major changes that enable IT to support the $14 billion medical device companyu2019s operations in over 100 countries. By Martha Heller May 19, 2021 Healthcare Industry IT Leadership Robotic Process Automation feature 6 ‘crackpot’ technologies that might transform IT Next-horizon technologies have piqued some IT leadersu2019 interest in terms of the business value they may ultimately drive. Others remain skeptical of the high-risk payoff. By Peter Wayner May 18, 2021 10 mins Blockchain IT Strategy Technology Industry feature Truck maker Oshkosh drives decisions with data The 104-year-old manufacturer of specialty trucks and military vehicles is leveraging data to optimize its business. By Thor Olavsrud May 18, 2021 6 mins CIO 100 Data Science IT Leadership feature Innovation vs. operations: A critical balancing act IT must mastervirtual services The sweet spot between business innovation and operational excellence is elusive, but ITu2019s pandemic response has provided new skills and strategies for solving an age-old IT conundrum. By Stephanie Overby May 17, 2021 13 mins Digital Transformation IT Leadership Innovation feature 5 lessons BofA’s tech chief learned from the pandemic Bank of America weathered the pandemic well on the strength of its digital channels, senior execs say. Here BofAu2019s tech and ops chief reflects on lessons learned over the past 15 months. By Clint Boulton May 17, 2021 6 mins Digital Transformation Financial Services Industry IT Leadership feature Allyship: Stepping up for a more inclusive IT IT leaders seeking to make a difference on diversity must become better allies of marginalized groups in IT, a process that requires reflection and courage in assuring issues are addressed and voices are uplifted. By Sarah K. White May 14, 2021 14 mins Diversity and Inclusion IT Leadership Women in IT opinion 4 tips to kickstart your agile practice As we go from crisis to recovery in year two of COVID, it's time to reset your team's agile velocity. Here's how. By Anna Frazzetto May 13, 2021 4 mins Agile Development IT Leadership Project Management feature The quest for end-to-end intelligent automation AI-powered process automation remains piecemeal, but new innovations are arising to fill the gaps, bringing the promise of fully intelligent automation that much closer. By Maria Korolov May 13, 2021 Artificial Intelligence Business Process Management Robotic Process Automation feature 7 IT governance myths Are flawed beliefs damaging your IT organizationu2019s governance framework? Hereu2019s a rundown of common fallacies that should be immediately rooted out. By John Edwards May 12, 2021 7 mins Data Governance IT Governance IT Governance Frameworks feature 7 pitfalls that undermine DevOps success IT leaders seeking faster delivery of apps and services are increasingly turning to DevOps. But blending development and operations is tricky business. By Bob Violino May 11, 2021 Devops Software Development feature San Jose Sharks build fan engagement with analytics Seeking better insight into its marketing efforts, the NHL hockey team is breaking down data silos between business functions and leveraging data in new ways to maximize fan revenue. By Thor Olavsrud May 11, 2021 Analytics IT Leadership opinion Ready for the hybrid workforce Experts weigh in on challenges and best practices. By Michael Belfiore May 10, 2021 Endpoint Protection Remote Work Security Practices feature The new IT skills mandate for digital success New emphasis on business value, agility, and customer experience has IT leaders remaking the IT skills mix, with upskilling strategies aimed at unearthing hidden talent within. By Esther Shein May 10, 2021 11 mins Digital Transformation Hiring IT Skills feature Signet adds virtual facet to jewelry sales in pandemic play Squeezed by the COVID-19 crisis, Signet Jewelers responded by virtualizing its jewelry sales service, positioning the company well for the future, says CIO Howard Melnick. By Clint Boulton May 10, 2021 CIO 100 Digital Transformation IT Leadership opinion The dirty secret of data analytics: Culture of honest inquiry required For far too many organizations, analysis has been corrupted by a culture of tweaking parameters to support desired outcomes. Hereu2019s how to establish an honest path to data-driven decisions. By Bob Lewis May 7, 2021 Analytics Big Data Change Management feature Healthcare CIOs fear (and fend off) ransomware threats amid pandemic Hospital IT leaders are fending off more hackers looking to capitalize on the COVID-19 crisis for financial gain. By Clint Boulton May 6, 2021 Healthcare Industry IT Leadership Ransomware feature Synchrony banks on pandemic shift to boost business agility CIO Carol Juel sees Synchrony Works, a project that the payment processor implemented to shift more than 16,000 employees to WFH during the pandemic, as a blueprint for fueling agility. By Clint Boulton May 6, 2021 Agile Development CIO 100 Digital Transformation feature CNO Financial CIO: For real change, let your team define your IT culture Mike Mead, CIO of CNO Financial, realized that before his organization could step up to deliver everything its changing business needed, he and his team would have to reinvent the culture. By Martha Heller May 5, 2021 IT Leadership feature 9 ways to tame a bad boss You don't have to suffer silently under a difficult manager. Here's how to manage up, enlist help, and offer feedback to make the best of a challenging leadership situation. By Paul Heltzel May 5, 2021 11 mins Careers opinion How pay transparency can help close the wage gap and advance DEI Without transparency, organizations will struggle to close gender and racial pay gaps and attract the talent they need. By Dawn Mott, Elizabeth Stock May 5, 2021 6 mins Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Salaries opinion 11 dark secrets of multicloud In many situations, multicloud architectures make the most sense. But playing the field, baking in agility, and avoiding lock-in can expose your enterprise to hidden costs and issues. By Peter Wayner May 4, 2021 8 mins Cloud Computing opinion Are CIOs sleeping on ‘low code’? Growing trends suggest CIOs must adopt a new philosophy for executing a low-code culture in IT u2013 and across the business. By David Chou May 3, 2021 Healthcare Industry Software Development feature 7 ways CIOs sabotage their own success The past year has accelerated the need for CIOs to become business leaders. Hereu2019s how many IT chiefs will undercut their ability to step up to the challenges ahead. 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