Andy Farella spent five years rising up the IT leadership ranks at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) — first as director of business applications and then associate CIO — when he started feeling restless. “I was dealing with multiple aspects of the organization and involved with big projects, issues, and challenges,” Farella says. At the…
Years ago, computer vision was just a clever science fiction innovation, but now it’s a reality that is quickly becoming a part of the enterprise landscape. In essence, computer vision uses AI and machine learning to make sense of digital video, images, audio and even biometric data, and provides insights and conclusions. With data gathered…
By Ed Anuff, Chief Product Officer, DataStax When it comes to digital transformation, data architectures have gotten short shrift. Many enterprises have focused on modernizing by moving applications to the cloud, or building ecommerce offerings (if they are retailers). But in many cases, data has been left out of the digital transformation story because data…
CIO Larry Jones has seen his share of change over more for than 30 years working in healthcare IT. But the group CIO of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies (JJMDC) believes recent IT advances are fueling digital transformations that will open whole new horizons for health care. “We believe we’re taking some early steps…
The first few weeks a CIO spends with a new IT team are both critical and challenging. Recent events haven’t made the job any easier. A pandemic, digital innovation initiatives, and “The Great Resignation” have combined to make it more challenging than ever for an incoming CIO to engage with their new team and set…
The Cabinet Office is looking for a new chief digital officer (CDO). In a job advertisement, the Cabinet Office declared that the £190,000 (US$255,000) per annum position would be the most senior digital, data and technology (DDaT) role in central UK government, and is expected to lead a team of 200 specialists. The director-general level…