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Focus on openness and culture when selecting collaboration technology

Enterprise planners have to ensure technology investments can integrate and work well with existing infrastructure investments.

The resurgence of the CIO

The job titles of the key executives in charge of your organization is not as important as ensuring those positions have a clear focus, accountability and the stature to be a significant part of the technology leadership team.

When it comes to careers – or life – the storybook ending is a myth

Happiness is not a competition u2013 itu2019s an individual achievement. So, search internally for what makes you happy. And live happily now.

FinOps: Best practices for cloud cost optimization

Cloud consumption is growing rapidly, but tracking spending can be a bear. Enter FinOps, a financial discipline and tech solution intended to optimize how enterprise spend on cloud.

Building a digital learning culture at Avery Dennison

At Avery Dennison, digital literacy is a key component of its digital transformation strategy. CIO Nick Colisto explains why and offers advice for implementing digital transformation programs.

Cybercrime is increasing and more costly for organizations

CIOs need to focus on people-based attacks and use intelligent tools to limit data loss and business shutdowns.

Top 5 regional hotspots for tech hiring in 2019

An in-depth look at the top 5 regional hotspots for tech hiring in 2019, including Boston, Charlotte and Denver.

Sales automation app helps Suddath get its move on

The commercial moving concern digitized a manual sales process, resulting in reduced administrative overhead and additional revenues. CIO Len O'Neill describes the creation of Suddath's Estimator software.

Winning IT transformations start with the end in sight

When it comes to IT transformations, kickoffs are often easy but implementation can be harder than you expect. You'll know you've won when everyone involved can define what 'done' means to them. These five strategies will help you

Your company culture and values are transparent, so why aren’t your salaries?

If workplace culture and values are so important, why undermine it by leaving your employees in the dark?

Defining the role of the business analyst

The evolving role of the business analyst today is seeing not only a shift from technical to more business application, but also a question of identity as roles evolve to product owners and areas of business agility. So, what about the analysis?

Intelligently cutting run-the-business expenditure

What should the goal be for run-the-business expenditure…and can optimizing spending enable transformation?

Essential practices of successful agile teams

Effective agile transformations require the right team makeup, a laser focus on business outcomes, and approaches to management and training that break from the past.

Gender pay gap shrinks, but there’s still a lot of work to do

Computer programmers saw the greatest pay gap reduction, but look beyond that, and you see how inequality for women exists in different ways.

An effective IT leader is a connected leader

What makes a leader effective? In multiple studies, there is one common skillset thatu2019s been found to be more important than any other competency: communication.

7 steps to landing your first IT job, fast

When making big career moves, it's sometimes hard to know where to start or how to get tangible results. Whether you're on track to graduate or in the process of switching careers, these essential tips should help you land your first IT/cyb

6 steps to a successful ServiceNow implementation

ServiceNow is a robust ITSM suite that offers organizations popular services on a single-platform. But itu2019s not as easy as deploying any tool or service u2013 hereu2019s six tips on how to embark on a successful ServiceNow implementation.

How AI is revolutionizing financial services

From customer service to risk management, artificial intelligence is ushering in the next financial revolution u2014 as long as compliance issues can be addressed.

Shared learning: Establishing a culture of peers training peers

Enabling a culture of shared learning can help bridge the skills gap and improve engagement and retention.

CIOs create a STEM Advantage, develop program to cultivate IT talent

A group of CIOs couldn't find the IT talent they needed, so they created a program to encourage and prepare women and underserved communities to pursue STEM careers through paid internships.

Don’t let Title II be the enemy of the good

Former Congressman Rick Boucher, founder of the House Internet Caucus, says Congress has before it the best opening since the net neutrality debate began 15 years ago for a bipartisan open internet bill.

7 cloud myths debunked

Don't let misconceptions cast a shadow over your organization's ability to get the most out of the cloud. Here are 7 cloud myths that should be relegated to history.

Moving IT closer to the action at Ryder System

By shifting more IT activity into the business units, CIO Rajeev Ravindran ensures a collaborative approach to technology innovation at the $8.4B transportation and supply chain management company.

Mercer streamlines operations with machine learning

The human resources consulting firm turns to machine learning to optimize the highly manual process of collecting data from 30,000 compensation and benefit surveys every year.

Sole sourcing negotiations: SI tactics and CIO countermeasures

How CIOu2019s can ensure they maintain control of their sole source negotiations.

Winning, losing and how you approach change

Jack Welch was the rock star CEO of the 1990s, but are his ideas about change still relevant today? Weu2019ve moved beyond simply adapting to change as it shows up. Find out how the approach successful leaders take with change has changed.

Social CIOs share their experiences leading business transformation at #CIOChat live

Experienced and socially active CIOs gather to discuss leading digital transformation, addressing technical debt, developing agile practices and driving change across the organization.

XaaS: Making the shift to services-oriented IT

IT orgs are increasingly turning to an u2018everything-as-a-serviceu2019 IT delivery model to streamline operations and free up resources for innovation.

The United States needs a federal privacy law

As different US states and countries around the world enact privacy laws, itu2019s time for the federal government to as well.

Diversity and inclusion technology tools on the rise

Research from RedThread and Mercer shows a robust market for D&I technology tools. Here's an overview of tools for supporting your diversity and inclusion strategy.

Caesars plays the high-stakes game of digital transformation

Caesars CIO Les Ottolenghi replatformed the gaming and entertainment company on the cloud to facilitate personalization. The goal? Better guest experiences that translate to greater revenues.

7 steps to a well-architected cloud

Efficient cloud architectures don't emerge out of thin air. The best environments are constructed piece-by-piece from the ground up.

IT Resume Makeover: Condensing for the CIO role

In this resume makeover, Andrew Ysasi helps a CIO find a focus for his executive resume, while overhauling the design for a more visual — and compact — impact.

The most important metrics to drive IT as a business

Is IT running itself as a business or is this still a future goal? Measuring the right things can drive alignment and better performance.

Culture key to data-driven transformation at Jefferson Health

When Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health set out create the data-driven health system of the future, its efforts didn't kick into high gear until it figured out how to transform its culture.

Fine tuning SAFe with architecture

Architects and agile teams should stop working in silos. Their approaches are complementary, not conflictual. The harmonization between architecture and agile teams can contribute to the delivery of successful projects aligned to corporate strategies

What customer-centric IT really looks like

CIOs are making cultural and organizational changes to forge a direct connection between IT and end customers as part of their charter to boost digital innovation.

Palm Beach County speeds court filings with AI

With five robots handling basic docketing processes, the county is enhancing efficiency, converting skeptics and escalating staff to higher-value work u2014 and higher pay.

CIO exit strategy: The keys to preserving your brand

Solid succession plans are no-brainers for IT leaders. But so are high-quality exit strategies that leave both the business and IT well positioned.

Technology in retail

Startups are bringing game-changing technology to the masses. Are you keeping up?

CIO Digital Magazine: Spring 2019

Today's digital business strategies come with a list of enticing expectations: improved efficiency, increased productivity, new revenue streams, to name a few. But organizations are finding that to be successful they need to improve the digital

How to stop the chaos and truly collaborate

Multiple internal and external specialists in your initiative means risk and uncertainty. How do you get them to collaborate and deliver strategic outcomes?

The next frontier of AI in healthcare

As healthcare organizations rush to take on AI, it is imperative to include in the AI strategy the process-centric approach, which could be a ticket to a sustainable competitive advantage.

Who’s afraid of the CMDB?

You owe it to yourself and your organization to build something that enables better decisions.

9 ways to address the IT retirement boom

Demographic trends are placing pressure on long-term outlooks for IT staffing. Here's how to address an increasing talent shortage before it becomes an existential crisis for IT.

Top 5 requirements management tools

Identifying and managing business requirements is among the most critical steps in ensuring project deliverables are on point. Here are the top tools to help you execute your requirements management plan.

Gender diversity in IT: How companies are getting tangible results | TECH(talk)

8 key roles of successful AI projects

As enterprises further develop artificial intelligence projects, they are finding that some roles are essential to success. But the right talent can be hard to find.

Smithfield cloud ERP sows analytics opportunities

Smithfield Foods, purveyor of Nathanu2019s Famous and other pork product brands, consolidated three ERP systems into one SAP S/4 HANA cloud platform in push to better serve the business.

Managing multi cloud

Is multi-cloud a business risk or just a new way of doing business?