IT Strategy
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Macy's draws on Google Cloud data management, analytics for warehouse optimization
Developed in-house, Macy's warehouse management software will initially roll out to distribution centers supporting its off-price Backstage stores.
By Naomi Eide • Aug. 15, 2019 -
Productivity, cost and quality guide IoT investment decisions
Enterprise adoption and consumer interest has led to a soaring number of connected devices. Gartner projects 14.2 billion "things" will connect to the internet in 2019.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 14, 2019 -
5 cloud dos and don'ts
Cloud strategy cannot come from the CIO alone. Rather, IT leaders have to partner with the C-suite to articulate the business benefits of IT transformation.
By Naomi Eide • Aug. 14, 2019 -
Amid SaaS thirst, vendors grapple with how to monetize software
Subscription models can lower the barriers of entry for tech adoption. For vendors, the rise of automation could make things more complex.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 13, 2019 -
OpinionHybrid 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.
By Karun Sorout • Aug. 12, 2019 -
CIOs lean on cloud as C-suite dependence on technology execution grows
The growing reliance on technology speaks to urgency: McKinsey's research found CEOs are prioritizing revenue growth and improved agility over reducing business costs.
By Naomi Eide • Aug. 12, 2019 -
Western Digital's roadmap to merging 3 distinct technology stacks
The company began the daunting task of technology rationalization planning around 2015 and broke the effort into chunks. First up: collaboration and communication.
By Naomi Eide • Aug. 08, 2019 -
3 trends shaping the business intelligence market
BI market consolidation highlights emerging trends: Data analytics is more ingrained in daily workflows, connects with more SaaS platforms and runs on more modern infrastructure.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 07, 2019 -
Discovery pursues global technology platform as consumer content demands evolve
While Discovery, Inc. "enjoyed another quarter of total company margin improvement," it expects the weight of continued digital investments to increase for the rest of 2019.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 07, 2019 -
SAP exec: Speed, compassion key to automation adoption
The value of automation looks different for each customer, Eric Stine, chief innovation officer for SAP North America, told CIO Dive.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 05, 2019 -
Slack adopts 'disasterpiece theater' strategy for running uptime exercises
While Slack is confident in its foundational infrastructure, it recognizes "luck" is not a viable strategy as the platform expands, the company said.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 02, 2019 -
Capital One breach raises questions about security and cloud-first strategies
If a breach hits a company with technology maturity, how vulnerable are less mature organizations?
By Naomi Eide • Aug. 02, 2019 -
Salesforce must convince industries it can be a unifying tool
The Tableau acquisition, completed Thursday, signals an expansion of Salesforce's data analytics strengths. But in the bigger digital transformation market, it faces fierce competition.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 01, 2019 -
New SurveyMonkey CIO tasked with boosting IT scale, efficiency
Eric Johnson's addition, which comes 10 months after SurveyMonkey's IPO, will focus on the company's security, data infrastructure and BI strategies.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 01, 2019 -
Microsoft will shutter Skype for Business Online in 2021, making Teams its heir
The company will spend the next two years adding integration capabilities to Teams as it looks to convince existing users to migrate.
By Roberto Torres • July 31, 2019 -
Opinion3 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.
By Emily Frolick • July 29, 2019 -
McDonald's revs up personalization rollout to 8K drive-thrus
Within two weeks, the chain expects the Dynamic Yield software will be available at over half of its U.S. units with it fully implemented by the end of the year.
By Julie Littman • July 29, 2019 -
Starbucks' digital strategy is working. Now it wants to dive deeper
With $6.8 billion in revenue during the last quarter and its stock price at an all-time high, Starbucks is already banking on its digital strategy.
By Roberto Torres • July 26, 2019 -
Furniture retailer Aaron's found application nimbleness through centralization
By 2020, the retailer expects to finish a service-oriented architecture that assumes a centralized view of the customer and all transactions.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 25, 2019 -
Growth drove LinkedIn to the public cloud. Unsurprisingly, it chose Microsoft Azure
The move from LinkedIn is aimed at scaling the company's infrastructure ahead of its next growth stage.
By Roberto Torres • July 25, 2019 -
DevOps: The good, bad and ugly
Approaching its 10-year anniversary, the movement is undergoing a renovation as some communities work to infuse security, making way for DevSecOps.
By Naomi Eide • July 24, 2019 -
Starbucks to license exclusive technology with new partnership
Brightloom, formerly eatsa, will create an all-in-one platform, which will include the coffee giant's mobile and loyalty technology, that will be available to the wider industry.
By Julie Littman • July 23, 2019 -
Netflix outlines how it spent $1.5B on tech in 2018
The "majority" of the tech budget is a fixed cost investment, allocated for Netflix's business growth, said Gregory Peters, Netflix's chief product officer.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 19, 2019 -
69% of restaurants use multiple technologies, but many want all-in-one system
Despite reporting numerous vendors for tasks like POS and labor, many expressed the need to consolidate for efficiency in a recent Toast survey.
By Alicia Kelso • July 19, 2019 -
Digital strategy evolving as IT takes on 'evangelist' role
Almost two-thirds of leaders want their IT organization to adopt better "influencing skills" in order to "deliver change," according to an Apptio report.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 18, 2019
