IT Strategy
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Value in mainframes? Depends on who you ask
Cost, skill and lack of agility or innovation hinder this baby boomer technology. That doesn't mean it is museum-bound.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 22, 2019
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Deep Dive2019 IPO outlook: Strong activity expected to continue, but eyes on the unicorns first
Although they are not business technology companies, all eyes are on Lyft and Uber for the momentum they create — or take away — in the market.
By Alex Hickey • Feb. 21, 2019
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Walmart expects technology to enable faster change over next 5 years
The fail fast approach to experimentation with new technologies has enabled it to operate with the agility of a startup but with a focus on cost savings.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Feb. 21, 2019
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How vendors convince retailers to pilot their solutions
Each has to make a strong business case for piloting a product and greenlighting its adoption.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Feb. 20, 2019
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How companies overspend millions on IT procurement
If a company doesn't know what it already has, it's easy to buy the same thing again — and again, and again.
By Jen A. Miller • Feb. 12, 2019
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Trump executive order a big step for national AI strategy, despite no new funds
Though China was not mentioned once, it loomed large over the executive order.
By Alex Hickey • Feb. 12, 2019
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Neiman Marcus' innovation lab dissolves under CEO's new strategy
Catering to a specific consumer takes more niche technologies that need exploring, but not at the cost of maintaining existing systems.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Feb. 11, 2019
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Microsoft and Google duke it out for software bundles, but customers still rely on duplicates
Companies aren't solely investing in Office 365. More than three-quarters of Office 365 users have one or more apps that are duplicates of features in the software bundle.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Feb. 08, 2019
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SAP realigns to market as businesses shy away from major IT overhauls
In the past, SAP has pulled a lot of its revenue from the large enterprise customer base, but businesses are becoming more hesitant to switch ERP systems.
By Alex Hickey • Feb. 07, 2019
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Accenture pulls on data stores for expert insight, intelligence 'engine'
The appetite for automation is increasing, but customers are taking a measured approach for implementation, relying on providers to help with the difficult task.
By Naomi Eide • Feb. 06, 2019
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Business success requires tech, but the economy, trade wars make it difficult
China has become the elephant in the room of technology discussions.
By Alex Hickey • Feb. 05, 2019
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McCormick turns to AI to spice up product development
The technology reduces the time it takes to create an item by up to 70% while increasing the likelihood that it has staying power on the market.
By Christopher Doering • Feb. 05, 2019
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Royal Caribbean's costly digital transformation is paying off, says CEO
Using a "crawl, walk, run" process, the company has rolled out its digital transformation platform, Excalibur, to about half its fleet.
By Alex Hickey • Feb. 04, 2019
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Hershey emphasizes savings from multiyear ERP transformation
The chocolate manufacturer projects some savings "to flow through into 2020" as a result of the ERP implementation, according to CFO Patricia Little.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Feb. 04, 2019
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Capital One's public cloud strategy at odds with industry
Other financial services firms turned toward private cloud adoption, where assets are protected by internal firewalls, easily earning regulator approval. Capital One is adopting the public cloud through AWS.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 31, 2019
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Kroger latest company to consolidate CIO and CDO roles
After serving as CIO since 2005, Christopher Hjelm is handing the reins over to CDO Yael Cosset.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Jan. 31, 2019
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SAP pushes $1B restructuring as 'fitness program' for company eyeing future tech
The company announced several thousand jobs could be impacted, though it does expect headcount to exceed 100,000 by year's end.
By Alex Hickey • Jan. 29, 2019
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What do Amazon, Alphabet and Walmart have in common? The world's largest IT budgets
Companies prioritizing internal tech investments send a signal to investors, employees and the public: They're innovative.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Jan. 28, 2019
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Amazon misses out on another grocer as Albertsons chooses Azure
As Microsoft continues to shape its offerings to accommodate industries like grocery and retail, Amazon and Google have a battle of perception to overcome.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Jan. 28, 2019
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What does next-generation IT look like?
Those left behind the technology curve are doomed, or at least that's what industry would have stakeholders believe. The reality is more complex.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 25, 2019
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Microsoft is shifting the way customers buy Azure services
Technology vendors are aware the ease of access to services introduces portfolio complexity, frustrating customers with steep software bills.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 24, 2019
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DevOps experts command high salaries as adoption pivots to 'as a Service' model
DevOps is coming up on its 10-year anniversary, and more industries across sectors are working to weave in the methodology.
By Naomi Eide • Jan. 22, 2019
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OpinionAdoption 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.
By Paul DeBeasi, Mark Hung, Michael Ramsey
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Deep DiveBuild vs. buy: How AWS balances organic growth and strategic acquisitions
With few acquisitions, the cloud leader tends to rely on organic growth of new functionalities. But in the last month, AWS picked up steam with the purchases of CloudEndure and TSO Logic.
By Alex Hickey • Jan. 18, 2019
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Moving digital transformation from a 'field of dreams' to a reality
If 2018 was the year of digital washing, then 2019 is the year of digital scale — of moving faster and more systematically, according to Dan Hushon, CTO at DXC Technology.
By Alex Hickey • Jan. 16, 2019