Avery Dennison CIO Nick Colisto on enabling business innovation

How can IT leaders create the conditions for digital business innovation—from fostering effective collaboration with business partners to establishing the right processes, frameworks, and culture? That’s the central question CIO contributing editor Julia King posed to Avery Dennison CIO Nick Colisto in their conversation at the CIO 100 Symposium and Awards, where Colisto was inducted into…

7 mistakes to avoid with low-code deployments

Enterprises are deploying more low-code tools and processes, as they look to increase the efficiency of software development and to support digital business efforts. A key to success with the technology is learning to avoid common mistakes. Research firm Gartner has forecast that the worldwide low-code development market will total $13.8 billion in 2021, an…

New CIO appointments in India, 2021

With more and more companies undertaking the journey of digital transformation, the role of the CIO has become critical. The increased demand for experienced IT leaders has made the space extremely dynamic. CIO India is here with a regularly updated list of the latest CIO movements across the country. Write to us if you have news…

Top 15 API management platforms

The need for API management platforms has escalated over the past decade. Leveraging the power of sharing information, much of the data swapping on the internet nowadays happens automatically through APIs, making the once obscure way for developers to organize their software a vital corporate tool for organizing any business dependent on data. A good…

Cross-functional teams: The new IT imperative

Cross-functional teams that blend IT and business professionals are nothing new, but now they have become almost a mandate. At Sun Life, such teams are referred to as “agile teams,’’ and CIO Laura Money believes they are “much more productive and can make things happen faster.” Not only that, but because these teams include consumers…

3 Essentials for Developing an ESG Strategy

A quick Google search for “ESG” yields 349 million results in under a second. Specify the search term to “environmental, social and governance – ESG,” and you’ll find yourself with over 29 million websites to browse through. But the prevalence of ESG on the web is no fluke; it’s quickly become one of the hottest…