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Mitigating the hidden risks of digital transformation

New, cross-discipline risk management techniques are necessary to securely reap the benefits of transformative technologies.

By Bob Violino

Mar 8, 2021

Digital Transformation Risk Management Security

10 key Microsoft Ignite takeaways for CIOs

Itu2019s barely five months since the last Ignite conference, but Microsoft still had a lot to share about innovations in AI, IoT, and communication.

By Peter Sayer

Mar 8, 2021

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Microsoft Azure

Money for nothing: Making sense of data collaborations in healthcare

The monetization of healthcare data has been a long-pursued goal for tech firms and healthcare enterprises. Newly formed data collaboratives are taking a fresh approach.

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Mar 5, 2021

Big Data Data Privacy Healthcare Industry

AWS customers and partners confident in CEO transition — for now

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos tabbed longtime AWS CEO Andy Jassy to fill his shoes this summer. Hereu2019s what tech leaders and partners have to say about the move.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 5, 2021 6 mins

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com Technology Industry

Decision intelligence: The new BI

Business intelligence systems and strategies are being augmented with AI and machine learning to provide decision-making context and recommendations across the enterprise.

By Maria Korolov

Mar 4, 2021

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Business Intelligence

Hispanic sales chief calls inclusion critical for women in tech

Ivonne Valdes has transformed cloud service sales at Schneider Electric. Here Valdes, a decorated diversity champion, discusses the importance of fostering belonging and inclusion in the workplace.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 4, 2021

Diversity and Inclusion Women in IT

How Skyworks embraced self-service IT

CIO Satya Jayadev and his team are democratizing technology and creating a self-service model to empower business users.

By Martha Heller

Mar 3, 2021 6 mins

Enterprise Architecture IT Governance Robotic Process Automation

When emotions run high: Protecting your network infrastructure from reputational attacks

In todayu2019s environment, where one angry tweet can go viral, CISOs play a critical role in protecting the brand.

By Rick Grinnell

Mar 2, 2021

CSO and CISO Risk Management Security

What is a solutions architect? A vital role for IT-business alignment

Solutions architects are a vital role in any organization that wants to align its business goals and needs with IT services, products, software, and infrastructure.

By Sarah K. White

Mar 2, 2021 5 mins

Business IT Alignment Cloud Architecture

New IBM sales strategy catches CIOs’ attention

IBM is streamlining its operations and simplifying its sales approach to align with a honed focus on hybrid cloud. Will CIOs buy from the revamped business?

By Clint Boulton

Mar 2, 2021

IBM IT Leadership Technology Industry

7 ways COVID-19 has changed IT forever

Things will never be the same. Hereu2019s a look at what IT will look like as the COVID-19 threat recedes.

By John Edwards

Mar 1, 2021 7 mins

Agile Development Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Convergint builds data science team from the ground up

The installer of integrated building systemsu2019 first-ever CIO, Bhuvana Badrinathan, launched data capabilities to predict sales revenue using automated data ingestion and feature engineering.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 1, 2021

Data Science Digital Transformation IT Leadership

ITSMF: Growing Black IT careers through leadership programs

For Black IT pros, it can be a hard, lonely road to the top. ITSMF is one organization connecting and advancing Black IT pros through programs that offer mentorship, training, and support.

By Sarah K. White

Feb 26, 2021

Careers Diversity and Inclusion Mentoring

16 technology winners and losers, post-COVID

The coronavirus crisis has shaken up business as usual, with some IT strategies and tools rising to the occasion and others in line for a rethink or tough recovery post-pandemic.

By Peter Wayner

Feb 25, 2021

Agile Development Cloud Computing Technology Industry

The H-1B visa: Facts, requirements, processes

The H-1B visa allows US employers to hire foreign professionals to work in the US when qualified Americans cannot be found. Here are the requirements, processes, and latest changes to this program.

By Bart Perkins, Sarah K. White, Sharon Florentine

Feb 25, 2021 16 mins

H-1B Visas Staff Management Technology Industry

5 ways to build trust between business and IT

Most organizational dysfunction is the symptom of a greater problem: Business-IT trust has broken down. Hereu2019s how smart CIOs repair those rifts u2014 or foster trust from the get-go.

By Minda Zetlin

Feb 24, 2021

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership

Inside Blue Shield of California’s IT operating model overhaul

For CIO Lisa Davis, the transformation to a product-focused operating model is key to realizing the health plan provider's digital health vision.

By Martha Heller

Feb 24, 2021

Analytics Digital Transformation Healthcare Industry

What IT leaders are doing to boost Blacks IT pros

Attuned to racial inequities and the benefits of diversity, some IT leaders are overhauling pipelines, rethinking retention, and encouraging Black IT pros to grow their networks and careers.

By Esther Shein

Feb 23, 2021 14 mins

Diversity and Inclusion IT Leadership

7 tips for selling the C-suite on IT investments

Salesmanship is a key skill in getting buy-in for IT spend. Here's how to rally support for IT projects by crafting sales pitches that put business benefits — not the technology itself — front and center.

By Mary K. Pratt

Feb 22, 2021 10 mins

Budgeting C-Suite IT Leadership

What is business process analysis? A methodology for improving process

BPA helps organizations dig into vital business and IT processes to find problems and opportunities for improvement.

By Sarah K. White

Feb 22, 2021 5 mins

Business Analyst Business Process Management Robotic Process Automation

The big debate: control compliance vs. risk management

Industry-standard security frameworks are important, but they also need to align with the rest of your organization's risk management practices.

By Rachel Curran

Feb 22, 2021

Risk Management Security Practices

LGBTQ IT exec: Why inclusion is critical to corporate culture

Mindy Ferguson, a managing vice president at Capital One, discusses the importance of senior leaders fostering a feeling of belonging, which is often missing from diversity and inclusion efforts.

By Clint Boulton

Feb 19, 2021

Diversity and Inclusion IT Leadership

4 tips for selling a transformation project to your CEO

A successful transformation initiative can establish your position as a business leader, not just a technology guru u2013 but first you have to sell it to your boss.

By David Chou

Feb 18, 2021

Digital Transformation

Northwell Health’s new HR cloud faced early COVID test

When the pandemic hit New York, the local healthcare provider was able to turn a test analytics environment into a live dashboard for managing staffing needs.

By Peter Sayer

Feb 18, 2021

Digital Transformation Healthcare Industry Oracle

User acceptance: 5 tips for ensuring digital success

Those most impacted by digital transformations can make or break your success. Hereu2019s how to leverage their insights, address their pain points, and exceed their expectations.

By Bob Violino

Feb 18, 2021

Design Thinking Digital Transformation Employee Experience

Tech takes on its racist terminology

MongoDB colleagues Garaudy Etienne and Marcus Eagan are among a growing wave of IT pros leading the difficult work of eradicating racist language such as u2018master/slaveu2019 from tech tools and open-source projects.

By Mary K. Pratt

Feb 17, 2021

Diversity and Inclusion Open Source Technology Industry

Lockheed Martin accelerates data science with Domino Data Lab

The defense contractor has empowered its data scientists with self-service capabilities and centralized modeling, says Matt Seaman, chief data and analytics officer of enterprise operations.

By Clint Boulton

Feb 16, 2021 6 mins

Aerospace and Defense Industry Chief Data Officer Data Scientist

7 traits that separate IT leaders from IT managers

Is your career still rooted in the past? Here's how you can break free and reach new levels of leadership and performance.

By John Edwards

Feb 16, 2021

Careers IT Leadership IT Management

12 IT budget tricks to reduce costs post-COVID

The pandemic has seen more weight thrust on ITu2019s shoulders, but often not the bump in budget to support it. Here are a dozen tips on trimming costs in response to strategic shifts in the wake of COVID-19.

By Peter Wayner

Feb 15, 2021

Budgeting IT Leadership

Make an impact: 12 tech-focused D&I nonprofits worth donating to

Looking to make a difference? Consider donating to or partnering with any of these 12 nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting diversity, inclusion and equity in IT.

By Sarah K. White

Feb 15, 2021

Diversity and Inclusion Staff Management Technology Industry

What will ensure the continued ascent of telehealth technology?

Telehealth is at a crossroads. Here are three things health systems must consider before investing further in telehealth technology.

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Feb 12, 2021

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation Healthcare Industry

5 starting points for agile transformation

Legacy systems and complexity can make agility difficult, but not impossible. Here are five steps any company can take to achieve agility.

By Diana Bersohn

Feb 11, 2021

Digital Transformation IT Leadership IT Strategy

Organizational learning: Your key to AI success

Instituting formal processes to embrace the learnings of small-scale AI efforts and promulgate them throughout the enterprise is essential to business transformation.

By Maria Korolov

Feb 11, 2021 11 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

CIO playbook: Building better relations with boards

Tech-savvy boards lead to better business outcomes. Hereu2019s how IT leaders can help ensure their boards are among ITu2019s biggest supporters.

By Esther Shein

Feb 10, 2021

C-Suite IT Leadership

Why the ‘experience of things’ lies at the heart of digital transformation

Employee, customer, and ecosystem form the core experience pillars required for transforming your business.

By Dave Smith

Feb 9, 2021

Change Management Digital Transformation Employee Experience

The future of work: Coming sooner than you think

What will your worklife be like years from now? Today's work-from-home world has given us a glimpse of the future, as these five articles from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World illustrate.

By Eric Knorr

Feb 8, 2021 5 mins

Agile Development Change Management Remote Work

7 key questions facing the future of work

A global pandemic raised the bar for IT's capabilities. IT leaders say 2021 will be even more challenging.

By Stacy Collett

Feb 8, 2021 11 mins

BPM Systems Digital Transformation Remote Work

5 tips for retaining diverse hires

Diversifying your workforce goes beyond just setting a hiring strategy. You have to overhaul your culture to ensure new hires feel welcome and can thrive.

By Sarah K. White

Feb 5, 2021 10 mins

Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Staff Management

Risk, the misunderstood discipline

Knowing the difference between risk appetite, tolerance, and threshold enables better decision making about technology investments to drive the business forward.

By Rachel Curran

Feb 4, 2021

IT Leadership Risk Management Security

8 goals every project manager should aspire to achieve

If the pandemic has taught project managers anything, it's that uncertainty is here to stay. Here are the new goals project managers must focus on to be an indispensable strategic partner.

By Moira Alexander

Feb 4, 2021

IT Leadership Project Management Tools

Career roadmap: Business intelligence analyst

Data is often described as the 'new oil'. But while most understand the importance of data, it is the business intelligence analysts who are able to extract the value from data. As business intelligence technologies continue to grow in popu

By Bob Violino

Feb 4, 2021

Business Intelligence Careers

How top tech companies are addressing diversity and inclusion

Black Lives Matter protests have spurred many organizations to reassess equity and diversity in their respective industries. Here's how five tech giants — and one small standout — have responded to calls for improved inclusion in tec

By Sarah K. White

Feb 4, 2021 18 mins

Diversity and Inclusion Staff Management Technology Industry

Digital CX: The key to thriving through the pandemic

IT leaders have undertaken a variety of digital initiatives to improve customer experience (CX) throughout the pandemic. Here CIOs discuss their efforts to bolster their corporate brands.

By Clint Boulton

Feb 3, 2021

Digital Transformation IT Leadership

How technology creates an ecosystem of learning at Walden University

Walden CIO Karthik Venkatesh discusses how the university is leveraging SaaS, RPA, AI, and more to maximize student success.

By Martha Heller

Feb 3, 2021 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Robotic Process Automation SaaS

Top 7 ERP trends for 2021

Cloud, AI and mobility take hold, as enterprises seek improved integration, democratization of application development and a greater emphasis on customer experience.

By Neal Weinberg

Feb 2, 2021

ERP Systems Enterprise Applications Technology Industry

What is a chief analytics officer? The exec who turns data into decisions

A chief analytics officer leads an organization's data analytics strategy, driving data-related business changes in an effort to transform your company into a more analytics-driven one.

By Minda Zetlin, Thor Olavsrud

Feb 2, 2021 10 mins

IT Leadership

‘Rise with SAP’: SAP bets on migrating your ERP to its cloud

Christian Klein says SAPu2019s new business transformation as a service offering will reduce TCO. Users groups are skeptical given sketchy details.

By Peter Sayer

Feb 1, 2021

Digital Transformation SAP Technology Industry

10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid

Cost savings remains a huge area of focus for IT leaders, who have a ways to go before they master the complex task of building a great IT budget.

By Mary K. Pratt

Feb 1, 2021 10 mins

Budgeting IT Leadership

CarMax’s product-based approach to IT pays off

CIO Shamim Mohammad years ago laid the groundwork for fast-tracking an omnichannel sales platform despite the pandemic, by embracing cross-functional product teams.

By Peter Sayer

Feb 1, 2021

Digital Transformation IT Leadership

IT Resume Makeover: Cut down details to stand out as a leader

Experience and accomplishments are often buried deep in the details of an IT resume. Learn how to trim the fat and surface what recruiters need to know up top in this resume makeover.

By Sarah K. White

Jan 29, 2021

CIO Careers Resumes