Why businesses must focus on intelligence augmentation over artificial intelligence

For tasks that do not require context and are easily repeatable, AI solutions can increase efficiency without introducing risk.

By Aaron Masih • Sept. 24, 2018

At Pinterest, AI implementations start small and add complexity over time

"There is no technology that's really useful if it cannot be explained with plain words," said Vanja Josifovski, CTO and VP of engineering at Pinterest.

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 24, 2018

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IT Upgrades

CIOs must help their businesses address maintenance needs while keeping an eye on innovation.

By CIO Dive staff

After successful pilot, Walmart rolls out VR training to 1M associates in US

Just over a year since debuting virtual reality in its associate training program, Walmart is providing 4 Oculus VR headsets to U.S. stores by the end of 2018.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 21, 2018

Technology in action at TGI Fridays: No 'better use case than selling alcohol with AI'

By integrating AI in platforms and email campaigns, the restaurant chain was able to differentiate customers and tailor personal experiences at the bar. 

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 20, 2018

The corruption of DevOps

A hesitancy to invoke real organizational change to implement DevOps has created an underlying reliance on the vendor landscape.

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 19, 2018

Tools enable digital transformation, but too many frustrate employees

It takes approximately two years for companies to change their technical mindset, making it less of a technology issue and more of a cultural one.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 19, 2018

AI graduating from point solutions to enterprise-level systems

But the gap between AI pioneers and companies just experimenting or investigating the technology is widening. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 18, 2018

How innovator companies are using disruption to 'enable dexterity'

Many are highly effective at hiring candidates with the desired skill sets and knowledge to propel the organization in a digital environment.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 18, 2018

IT is in for bigger budgets, larger staffs in 2018

An increase in resources and talent means more on the plate for tech leadership. Without executive buy-in, digital transformation and efficient workflow can fall to the side.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 17, 2018

Enterprise cultural shifts required for successful cloud adoption

Many organizations underestimate the legacy-to-cloud cultural shift and the specific IT skill sets required for managing cloud infrastructure environments.

By Joy Sim and Michael Byrne • Sept. 17, 2018

Instacart hires first CTO, emphasizes growing tech team

E-commerce payments are a crucial part of Instacart's business model. Schaaf builds off years of experience working on digital payment schemes.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 13, 2018

As GDPR fades into memory, so does its allocation in IT budgets

While GDPR forced companies to rethink and revise how they collect, process and store data, in the months since May 25 the compliance space has been relatively quiet.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 12, 2018

What tech execs need to know about the ERP market

Selecting the right ERP for a business is a task that takes time, resources and a gut check for a company about "what makes them unique." 

By Jen A. Miller • Sept. 10, 2018

Equifax breach, 1 year later: Unabating corporate cybersecurity negligence undercuts consumers

"Nobody went to jail," Kurtis Minder, CEO of GroupSense, a cyber reconnaissance firm, said following the lack of action taken by regulators.

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 7, 2018

Poll measures developers' impact on the GDP at $3 trillion

But the downside is developer inefficiency is estimated at a $300 billion hit to global GDP and $85 billion opportunity cost to companies. 

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 7, 2018

Executive buy-in and effective management imperative for digital transformation

The rapid pace of technology means organizations can no longer modernize using a reactive, "shoot from the hip" strategy. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 6, 2018

Innovation: What's the measure of success?

Innovation is a mindset, but the impact of innovation can and should be measured and the results shared widely and consistently.

By Alex Goryachev • Sept. 4, 2018

Gartner's Hype Cycle on workplace tech targets holy grail of 'digital dexterity'

Emerging technologies gain momentum rather quickly until hitting an inevitable plateau in productivity. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 4, 2018

As hyperscale capex hits records, a few operators solidify hold on market

Hyperscale capabilities have become critical to leading cloud infrastructure, software and platform providers.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 29, 2018

Ignored data assets can derail innovation, Gartner analyst says

"Accountants haven't come around to recognizing information as an asset" and if information or data isn't used to its full extent, businesses will never see potential benefits, Doug Laney said. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 29, 2018

The fight to overcome the 'not sexy' perception of industrial internet

Companies slow to adopt the industrial internet may have missed an early mover advantage — even if they staved off burning their fingers like some initial adopters.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 27, 2018

Big cloud providers heel to the demands of multicloud

Microservices undergirded the adoption of multicloud strategies but also added complexity by increasing components, hastening the rise of third-party tools.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 24, 2018

IDC: Half of organizations cannot survive a disaster event

While short-term costs can reach the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, long-term impacts on business continuity and competitive advantage can take the real toll.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 23, 2018

SaaS market can largely thank data analytics for its rapid growth

Businesses are entering the Golden Age of SaaS, driven by open, integrated, API-first cloud platforms and services.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 23, 2018

To modernize from monolithic applications, the College Board followed its 'North Stars'

Simplification was a motivating factor in developing seven guiding principles.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 22, 2018