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

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ERP Modernization

ERP modernization can bring some disruption if not planned correctly. But the costs of aging, inefficient systems pose a bigger threat.

By CIO Dive staff

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

Gartner serves up 2018 Hype Cycle with a heavy side of AI

The Hype Cycle can serve as an early warning system for executives, and jumping on technologies in the two to five year range could pay big dividends down the road.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 20, 2018

3 ways that data visualization is supporting the CIO paradigm shift

The biggest consideration and conversation that your team should be having is what you're trying to have your data do for you, then you can determine the best solutions to drive to that goal.

By Ruhollah Farchtchi • Aug. 20, 2018

UPS unpacks big data to deliver insight

"Data must yield insight. If your data doesn't do that, then it's just trivia," said Jack Levis, senior director of Process Management at UPS.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 17, 2018

Campbell's VP of digital acceleration races against quickly evolving consumers

In an interview with Marketing Dive, Matt Pritchard discussed his team's focus on infusing digital throughout the company's people, processes, partners and platforms at a time of "unprecedented" change.

By Chantal Tode • Aug. 10, 2018

Discrimination in tech will lead to a 'smaller spectrum of thought'

Although more than half of employees at tech companies responded "no" when asked about witnessing or experiencing discriminatory actions, almost 36% said "yes."

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 9, 2018

Privacy is dead, long live privacy

After GDPR, experts and companies are trying to understand how data should be treated while injecting more privacy along the way. One solution is to treat data as currency.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 9, 2018

Why airlines are bad at digitization

Failure in management behavior was one of the main causes for one-third of unsuccessful digitization programs at airlines.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 8, 2018

Hackett Group: Digital transformations can make or break IT organizations

On any day that ends in the letter Y, IT faces a crossroads. Of late, it is transformation that goes beyond a move to the cloud.

By Deborah Barrington • Aug. 8, 2018

Nordstrom poaches Tesco exec to fill CTO spot

After 18 months without a CTO, Nordstrom named Edmond Mesrobian to the position to help drive its technology ambitions.

By Dan Alaimo • Aug. 7, 2018

The secret to digital transformation at Dell, VMware: 1 shared CIO

"I work for Dell and I am a person of interest at VMware," said Bask Iyer, CIO and CDO for both companies.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 7, 2018

What a sale of GE Digital assets would mean for the enterprise

There are likely avenues for how a sale would play out — sell in pieces or as a block — and who the buyers will be. 

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 1, 2018

Even with tempting new technologies, DHL Supply Chain CIO has to consider generating return

Beyond software solutions for back office needs, DHL Supply Chain has to consider how it can weave technology into the physical transfer of goods.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 1, 2018

Proprietary IT spending key to success, report says

When it comes to in-house technology and talent, how much a company spends might be linked to how much it grows, according to research compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

By Alex Hickey • July 30, 2018

How Shopify drives innovation through culture

There's a joke in computer science that changing code is easier than changing culture, so for effective change to happen everyone has to act as "culture custodians."

By Alex Hickey • July 24, 2018

How does Google prevent phishing attacks on its 85K employees? It gives workers a key

Changing credentials and introducing physical access — whether through a key or GPS location — is part of an emerging shift in identity and access management.

By Naomi Eide • July 24, 2018

Accenture, Amazon partner on Alexa development

The consulting firm is expanding its collaboration with Amazon to help companies create new voice experiences for customers.

By Robert Williams • July 20, 2018

Watermarking AI models holds protection for theft, misuse

Just like embedding a word on top of a photograph, digital watermarking works by discreetly slipping a backdoor into a model — ideally without others realizing it is there.

By Alex Hickey • July 20, 2018

Is your company really ready for AI? Why proactive self-regulation makes sense

While transparency in AI is critical to preserving trust with consumers, "perverse" market incentives undermine the need for companies to proactively self-regulate and avoid problems down the road.

By Alex Hickey • July 19, 2018

Multicloud solutions dominate cloud strategy

Only 4% of companies are dedicating a multicloud strategy to developing applications with components deployed on multiple clouds.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 18, 2018

For TBM practitioners, IT finance is alluring and mission critical

Technology Business Management is gaining momentum because it encourages technology departments to operate like a business.

By Naomi Eide • July 18, 2018