Determining the right multi-cloud approach for your applications

No two companies are alike, neither are their approaches to IT transformation with multi-cloud and application modernization at the center. Multi-cloud goes beyond cloud infrastructure to include applications and cross-cloud services, but that can quickly produce additional complexity and siloed applications. Organizations large and small are overwhelmingly pursuing multi-cloud strategies. Their goals include application proximity to…

C-Suite Must Mitigate Siloes to Mitigate Security Risks

As organizations grow, functions that started as one person’s job get split across multiple organizational units and multiple executives, often without thoughtful planning. Specialization enables experts to dig deep into each job but creates several problems: A lack of a single accountable executive (or worse, having multiple executives, each of whom manages part of the…

CIO Leadership Live with Axel Winter of Siam Piwat

Axel Winter, Chief Digital Officer of Siam Piwat, joins James Henderson for CIO Leadership Live in ASEAN, produced by CIO.com and Foundry. Axel explains the importance of culture in driving company-wide transformation and offers an unfiltered take on why the enterprise struggles to replicate highly innovative start-up environments. Watch this episode: #id62865ce6e78f2 .jw-wrapper::before { content:…

5 hidden costs of working with alt data

Alternative data sources are now embedded in the business processes of enterprises across a range of sectors. According to a 2022 survey by law firm Lowenstein Sandler, 92% of investment organizations, from hedge funds and private equity to venture capital, are using alt data to a moderate or significant extent to inform decision making. Respondents…

How to make the consultant’s edge your own

CIOs often make mistakes when working with consultants. I pointed out three of them in my last installment. There’s a fourth that’s potentially more serious than these three combined: failing to take advantage of the consultant’s edge, either by engaging them or by making their edge your edge. True story: My consulting team, engaged to…