What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

What is a business analyst? Business analysts are responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using data analytics to assess processes, determine requirements and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders. The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst β€œan agent of change,”…

7 tips for battle-testing new technologies

Courting new technologies is a risk for IT leaders, who must wisely allocate finite budgets to hardware, software and services they believe will support business operations. Bad bets can set the company back years and ultimately prove catastrophic for CIOs. This is particularly true in the digital era, as a proliferation of newer technologies such…