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What college football season can teach CIOs about experience management
A Notre Dame win is celebrated, but the comfort of a fan's seat, the length of the line to the bathroom and concessions and in-stadium technology impact a fan's assessment of the game.
Lloyd Adams • Oct. 18, 2019 -
3 things CIOs should discuss with the CEO to optimize cybersecurity
As a business partner, the CIO must provide solutions to cybersecurity concerns and become a champion for working collaboratively with the business.
Aaron Shum • Oct. 14, 2019 -
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Gartner: How to succeed as a CIO with a non-IT background
CIOs without a technical background must close the knowledge gap in strategic areas where technology can enable business transformation.
Daniel Sanchez Reina • Oct. 7, 2019 -
'Outside-in' digital age devolves the enterprise architect role
The role must be sectioned into its three parts, eliminating the constraints it has experienced over the past decades, which have limited its strategic value to the organization.
Spencer Izard • Sept. 30, 2019 -
Why heads of IT should report to the chief people officer, not the CFO
IT and finance no longer have the same relationship they did 10 years ago.
Matt Harris • Sept. 23, 2019 -
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Gartner: A 10-step cookbook for building a cloud strategy
Most organizations lack a formal cloud strategy, Gartner Analyst David Smith writes. Those with a plan have a more coherent approach to cloud usage, optimizing resources and costs.
David Smith • Aug. 26, 2019 -
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Hybrid cloud provides fast lane to digital transformation
The old IT paradigm of heavy iron has given way to a flexible cloud that can support rapid development iterations and evolving products and services.
Karun Sorout • Aug. 12, 2019 -
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3 fundamentals of effective digital transformation
To compete, and in many cases, survive, companies are facing tough questions about core business functions, which historically contributed to financial success.
Emily Frolick • July 29, 2019 -
Cybersecurity Risk: What does a 'reasonable' posture entail and who says so?
Without a defined standard of care to reference, companies are left wandering in the wilderness when it comes to cybersecurity compliance.
Rick Lazio, Mike Davis • July 22, 2019 -
Addressing machine learning's dirty little secret
Despite machine learning's popularity, projects are stalled or deemed incomplete due to challenges that organizations tend to ignore — including data quality.
Eric Johnson • July 15, 2019 -
4 critical considerations: Shifting IT infrastructure to public cloud
Infrastructure groups must size compute resources correctly in advance of cloud migrations, which require a smaller configuration than an on-premise system.
Joy Sim, Michael Byrne • July 8, 2019 -
Make way for the AI natives
Just as industry is adapting to the millennial world of cloud apps and remote collaboration, an even younger generation is coming of age, Adobe Document Cloud's director of data and engineering writes.
David Parmenter • June 24, 2019 -
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A CIO's guide to a successful digital transformation
Businesses are approaching a pivotal moment where big-box, legacy IT solutions are no longer the answer for today’s enterprise challenges. What's a CIO to do?
Ryan Douglas • June 17, 2019 -
Gartner: The top 5 personal technologies empowering digital business transformation
Innovations in personal technology present opportunity — and risk — for enterprises, Gartner's Annette Jump writes.
Annette Jump • June 10, 2019 -
Why you should study AI, ML and how I did it
Machine learning really is just math. And relatively simple math at that, writes Risto Siilasmaa, chairman of the board of directors at Nokia Corporation.
Risto Siilasmaa • June 3, 2019 -
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The CIO's view: Critical strategies for winning the security arms race
Securing the modern business is a relentless pursuit and can sometimes feel impossible as the pace of threats seem to accelerate every day, Signify's CIO writes.
Kurt De Ruwe • May 28, 2019 -
The true impact of GDPR is emerging now
Businesses need the ability to easily trace data lineage if organizations hope to survive any kind of audit, Snowflake's Kent Graziano writes.
Kent Graziano • May 20, 2019 -
4 keys to managing an information governance program
Executive sponsorship and executive leadership are very different, writes Aaron Bryant, chief information governance officer at Washington State Department of Health.
Aaron Bryant • May 13, 2019 -
The CIO's hack to staying ahead
Fending off disruption requires shifts in the CIO role, digital transformation planning and a committed focus on the new currency of business — data.
Neil Kinson • May 6, 2019 -
Mistakes to avoid when bringing new IT leaders into an organization
With steep (and rising) acquisition costs and a short tenure, companies must create an environment that allows technology leaders to hit the ground running, writes A.T. Kearney's Joshua Swartz.
Joshua Swartz • April 29, 2019 -
Rightsizing data science: How to architect analytics around the business need
The growing wave of big data applications and activities, along with plenty of media hype and publicity, can supercharge the expectations and demands of business leaders.
Wes Chaar • April 9, 2019 -
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Sorting through the hype: How to get started with DevSecOps
"DevSecWhat?" The methodology, which integrates security into the full application lifecycle, represents a massive process and cultural shift.
Nitzan Miron • March 25, 2019 -
How Microsoft is reclaiming its crown
Moving beyond the company's most profitable and reliable basket, Windows, gave the company a fresh slate to innovate and unlock growth opportunities that may have been hiding there all along.
Nis Frome • March 18, 2019 -
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Gartner's top 10 security projects for 2019
Security teams incorrectly assume they can successfully implement projects without first verifying that they have foundational security capabilities and risk assessments in place.
Brian Reed • March 11, 2019 -
Adoption of ecosystem thinking integrates emerging technologies
Coming out of CES 2019, Gartner provides insights on how shifts in consumer technologies are impacting IT decision-makers.
Paul DeBeasi, Mark Hung, Michael Ramsey • Jan. 22, 2019
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