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Gartner: How to fix the CTO gender gap
IT leaders should ensure they seek diversity in gender, personality and experience when hiring anyone responsible for technology innovation.
Samantha Searle • Dec. 16, 2019 -
IT's role in demand generation
If you're sitting on the sidelines with demand gen, there's no excuse not to get in the game.
Graeme Thompson • Dec. 12, 2019 -
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Tackling digital transformation proactively — before a crisis hits
Digital transformation tends to take place reactively, whether it's in response to losing a customer as new competition arises or as a way to manage issues.
Chuck Fried • Dec. 9, 2019 -
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Diversity in technology decision-making and design: Creating the future we want
AI is not designed to produce biased results. But it is developed based on data biases built into the methodology and the data, exacerbating problems it was designed to address.
Charla Griffy-Brown • Dec. 5, 2019 -
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The answer to cloud migration? An incremental, multicloud approach
Every cloud migration story is different, but there is a common thread. No organization wants to interrupt mission-critical business operations.
Jason Hall • Nov. 11, 2019 -
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Tech intern: Companies can't fill half a million new jobs from typical talent pool
One solution is providing internship opportunities to diverse high school students. What better way to ensure that you're able to meet future workforce demands than working with the next generation of the workforce?
Gabriel Martinez • Nov. 7, 2019 -
How to keep IT security team ahead of alert fatigue
With e-commerce and cybercrime growing exponentially, alert fatigue has seeped into the digital realm. It's the electronic equivalent of the boy who cried wolf, and it's taking a toll.
Samuel Bocetta • Nov. 4, 2019 -
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Cybersecurity tricks and treats to protect your business
For CISOs and security professionals, it’s always spooky season. There is nothing make-believe about their arch-enemies — cybercriminals — who lurk tirelessly in the shadowy background.
Edgardo Artusi • Oct. 31, 2019 -
Prevent these 3 issues from taking time away from IT teams
IT teams are constantly dealing with performance issues ranging from slow computers to application crashes – and often fix those problems manually.
Chris Hallenbeck • Oct. 28, 2019 -
3 ways to drive a customer-first engineering team
When push comes to shove, many executives fall short in creating actionable short-term goals and broader culture standards that align with a customer-first vision.
Hector Aguilar • Oct. 24, 2019 -
Data democracy means making smarter decisions, but we're not there yet
Users shouldn't have to become data scientists to benefit, they should have access to it in various forms to encourage consumption.
Dina Kholkar • Oct. 21, 2019 -
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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
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