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Real-world tips for ensuring digital ROI

Digital transformations are struggling to produce value, delivering less profit than expected, thanks to several pitfalls unique to the digital journey and an inability to pivot midstride.

By Esther Shein

Apr 6, 2020 14 mins

Budgeting CIO Digital Transformation

What is the Zachman Framework? A matrix for managing enterprise architecture

The Zachman Framework uses a 36-column matrix to help organize your company's enterprise architecture and lend insight into your organization's IT assets.

By Sarah K. White

Apr 6, 2020

Enterprise Architecture IT Governance Frameworks IT Strategy

Funding digital transformation through financial management agility

Navigating digital disruption requires a clear decision-making framework that is powered by efficient and dynamic financial management practices.

By Chris Davis

Apr 3, 2020

Budgeting Digital Transformation Technology Industry

10 most powerful data analytics companies

Here's our rundown of what makes these 10 analytics vendors the biggest power players within the enterprise.

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 3, 2020

Analytics Technology Industry

5 tips for executing a successful ERP go-live

Few experiences in the business world compare to managing an ERP go-live. Here's how to set yourself up for success.

By John Belden

Apr 3, 2020

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications IT Leadership

5 hurdles to AI value — and how to overcome them

AI experimentation is high, but deriving value from deployments is challenging, say experts from BCG and Gartner, who recommend IT-business collaborate as a solution.

By Clint Boulton

Apr 2, 2020 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Science IT Leadership

Finding the right balance in multi-cloud data management

IT leaders today have a lot more to consider in building a cloud-based and data-driven infrastructure than juggling resources and maintaining costs.

By Avon S Puri

Apr 1, 2020

Cloud Computing Data Management

How to bring order to chaos

When taking charge of an organization characterized by chaos, use these principles to help quickly turn the ship get things under control.

By Dave Mangot

Apr 1, 2020

CIO IT Leadership

The next digital disruption: The CIO role

Digital disruption is more than just an organizational existential threat. Here are five key disruptors that are reshaping the CIO role — and the skills IT leaders will need to adapt.

By Stacy Collett

Apr 1, 2020 7 mins

CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Land O’Lakes IT whips up business outcomes

To encourage cross-functional product teams to focus on business outcomes, CIO Marc Carlson replaces spot bonuses with a long-term incentive plan.

By Martha Heller

Apr 1, 2020

IT Leadership Project Management

The CIO’s coronavirus playbook: 7 tips for surviving the crisis

Don't let the coronavirus crisis cripple your company. Follow this CIO survival guide to the pandemic.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 31, 2020 6 mins

Business Continuity CIO IT Leadership

What is a design sprint? A 5-day plan for improving products and services

Developed at Google, design sprints are a quick, step-by-step way to evaluate and test products and services prior to launch, while also mitigating risks.

By Sarah K. White

Mar 31, 2020

IT Governance Frameworks IT Leadership

7 tips for coping with a limited IT budget

When less must be more, it's essential to allocate IT resources intelligently and creatively. Here are 7 ways CIOs can meet key goals when challenged by a restricted budget.

By John Edwards

Mar 30, 2020

Budgeting CIO IT Leadership

Dealing with the downturn

As the coronavirus pandemic builds, businesses are already reeling from the economic impact. Here's how IT can adjust to a new reality of cost trimming and budget cuts.

By Amy Bennett, Eric Knorr

Mar 30, 2020 5 mins

Budgeting CIO IT Strategy

5 tips for navigating supplier relationships in an economic downturn

Don't let cost-cutting derail your digital transformation; take these steps to strengthen supplier relationships.

By John Belden

Mar 30, 2020 6 mins

Digital Transformation IT Leadership Project Management

How the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping healthcare with technology

Itu2019s a remarkable story that is playing out in the technology-led enablement at the back end of healthcare organizations, even as the headlines are dominated by the heroic response efforts at the front lines of care.

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Mar 27, 2020

Healthcare Industry Technology Industry

4 keys to sustaining innovation

Big-bang innovation projects capture the imagination, but many lack staying power. Here's how to build longevity into your innovation initiatives.

By Fariha Chaudry, Imran Sayeed

Mar 27, 2020

IT Leadership Innovation

IT innovation takes flight at Embry-Riddle

Innovation isnu2019t an end goal; itu2019s a means to creating a positive business impact. That wonu2019t happen, at least not reliably, without taking a strategic approach.

By Martha Rounds

Mar 27, 2020

IT Leadership Innovation

Reskill for technology: Take a risk and invest in yourself

Technology changed in the way we work, impacting up to 54% of all employees who need to become digitally fluent almost overnight.

By Sue Weston

Mar 26, 2020 5 mins

Certifications IT Jobs IT Skills

Cloud repatriation rescues CIOs from mounting costs

The public cloud is a boon for getting applications up and running in a jiffy, but some CIOs have found that business agility comes at a premium and are rethinking their deployments via repatriation.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 26, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing IT Leadership

When it comes to cybersecurity, we need to adapt for now and the future

As we adapt to a future of remote workers, this is a critical time to ensure you have an incident response plan in place, and can adapt for an indefinite change in operational processes.

By Rick Grinnell

Mar 25, 2020

IT Leadership Security

Doubling down on digital transformation during the coronavirus pandemic

CIOs opting to hunker down and wait out COVID-19 should think again. By revving up their digital business strategies, they position themselves for growth when the pandemic subsides, say experts and CIOs.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 25, 2020

CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Briefing the board on security: Put data in the driver’s seat

Skip the scare tactics and cultivate u201ctech championsu201d among your board directors via data-driven stories and cybersecurity scorecards.

By Maryfran Johnson

Mar 24, 2020

IT Leadership Security

3 important things about online presentations

Online presentations have unique requirements for success. Here are three important things to keep in mind as you prepare and deliver a presentation online.

By Theodore May

Mar 23, 2020

IT Leadership Videoconferencing

What is an HRIS? A key tool for all your human resources needs

A human resources information system makes managing people, policies and procedures simple, efficient and effective for organizations of all sizes.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 23, 2020

Enterprise Applications Staff Management

10 ways you’re getting workplace diversity wrong (and how to get it right)

There's no one-size-fits-all solution for a successful diversity and inclusion strategy, but best practices can help ensure you're establishing a diverse workplace that can innovate and thrive.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 20, 2020 11 mins

Diversity and Inclusion IT Governance Technology Industry

Business continuity: Coronavirus crisis puts CIOs’ plans to the test

As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads, CIO have the perfect opportunity to brush up on business continuity planning as they strategize their response.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 19, 2020 7 mins

Business Continuity CIO IT Leadership

The danger of digital blackface

Just as most companies wouldnu2019t tolerate a white person taking the stage dressed in blackface, we need to ensure the same degree of no-tolerance in online spaces.

By Megan Bigelow

Mar 19, 2020

Careers Diversity and Inclusion IT Leadership

What makes a great chatbot? Laser focus on customers

Chatbot success hinges on the right NLP algorithms and regular upkeep, experts say. Here's how to ensure your chatbot initiative pays off.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 19, 2020 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Digital Transformation IT Strategy

Navigating the pandemic

Nearly every technology company — and almost every business u2014 is desperately determining how to use its arsenal of technology to combat the increasingly severe disruption caused by coronavirus.

By Eric Knorr

Mar 19, 2020 4 mins

Collaboration Software IT Leadership Small and Medium Business

10 suggestions to lead effectively during an unprecedented pandemic

Be an effective crisis leader. The world needs leadership now, and it needs it from you.

By Richie Etwaru

Mar 18, 2020

IT Leadership

10 board readiness training programs for directors and executives

Whether you're new to the board, a seasoned veteran or just aspire to be on a corporate board, these 10 board readiness training programs will get you prepared for the job.

By Sarah K. White

Mar 18, 2020 8 mins

CIO IT Leadership

CIO Digital Magazine: Spring 2020

CIOs'expanding management and revenue-generation responsibilities are cementing their roles as business leaders. Traditional technologists need not apply.

By CIO staff and contributors

Mar 18, 2020 2 mins

CIO Innovation Project Management

How to keep hiring and onboarding new talent while working remotely

You canu2019t afford to slow down filling necessary positions when your offices are closed.

By Sabatino Guerriero

Mar 17, 2020

Careers IT Jobs Staff Management

Data ahead! How smart products are changing the traditional sales cycle

Smart and connected products are changing the traditional sales funnel and customer lifecycle and presenting new challenges and opportunities for CIOs.

By Martin De Saulles

Mar 17, 2020 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Marketing

COVID-19’s impact on the enterprise and remote work

With the COVID-19 virus forcing people to stay at home, many enterprises suddenly have to support an entirely remote workforce. IDG influencers shared advice about how IT leaders can handle this new dynamic and the technology required during a recent

By Clare Brown

Mar 16, 2020

Business Continuity Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

5 ways to tick off a CISO

As a venture capitalist that invests solely in seed stage cybersecurity entrepreneurs, I often ask myself what keeps CISOs up at night to inform which gaps the next round of enterprise security products needs to address.

By Yoav Leitersdorf

Mar 16, 2020

CIO CSO and CISO Security

Scaling agile and DevOps for digital transformation

Overhauling your product and services development and delivery process at the organizational level can help ensure digital success.

By Bob Violino

Mar 16, 2020 11 mins

Agile Development Devops Digital Transformation

What is a chief automation officer? And do you need one?

Companies are creating a new C-suite position, chief automation officer, to oversee RPA, indicating how important automation has become in the age of digital transformation.

By Bob Violino

Mar 16, 2020

Build Automation Data Center Automation Robotic Process Automation

7 key findings from Cisco’s CISO benchmark study

Understanding the state of security in 2020.

By Marc Wilczek

Mar 13, 2020

Security

CIOs take different paths to cultivating culture

CIOs have a tough call to make when joining an organization: Change the culture or build on the work of their predecessors? Here IT leaders and consultants share their experiences.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 12, 2020 7 mins

CIO Change Management IT Leadership

Mercy turns to analytics to improve implant outcomes

Mercy Technology Services is using NLP technologies and an in-memory database to extract and analyze data from doctorsu2019 notes in near real-time.

By Peter Sayer

Mar 12, 2020

Analytics Digital Transformation Healthcare Industry

ServiceNow: Not just for managing IT services anymore

ServiceNow is making a play to push beyond ITSM, thanks to new AI tools in the Orlando release of its Now platform and other recent AI-related moves.

By Peter Sayer

Mar 11, 2020 7 mins

Enterprise Applications ITSM Technology Industry

5 reasons you need a business relationship manager

To better liaison with the business and bolster IT's strategic cred, CIOs are increasingly turning to BRMs. Here's how to locate the right talent and make the most of this hybrid leadership role.

By Minda Zetlin

Mar 11, 2020 12 mins

Business IT Alignment Careers Staff Management

How to get the most out of working remotely

Global teams are connecting virtually to solve complex problems, which creates more opportunities to work remotely. But how will this shift affect employees and how does gender play into it?

By Sue Weston

Mar 10, 2020

Careers IT Jobs IT Leadership

The 9 most difficult IT hires today

The IT talent gap is driving up demand for skilled IT pros, but for certain roles and skillsets, finding u2014 and signing u2014 the right candidate can feel a bit like trying to capture a unicorn.

By Paul Heltzel

Mar 10, 2020

Careers IT Jobs Staff Management

At Port of Seattle, machine learning streamlines air cargo operations

The government agency's air cargo team at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is using artificial intelligence and computer vision for object detection and cataloging to improve operational efficiency.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 10, 2020 6 mins

Digital Transformation Government Machine Learning

Containers and Kubernetes: 3 transformational success stories

This powerful combo of workload portability and orchestration has become an invaluable business asset in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.

By Bob Violino

Mar 9, 2020 11 mins

Cloud Computing Containers Hybrid Cloud

Inside Tata Consultancy Services’ massive reskilling transformation

In 2016, TCS launched the Global Learning Initiative to upskill talent at scale and ensure its workforce has the digital skills necessary to facilitate clients' digital journeys.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 9, 2020 7 mins

Digital Transformation IT Leadership IT Skills

IoT success stories: Reaping value from sensor data

The internet of things (IoT) is helping organizations collect more data than ever. What they do with that information is critical as IT leaders share how IoT is transforming several industries.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 6, 2020 7 mins

Internet of Things