Moving ERP to the cloud? Expect delays

Almost two-thirds of businesses are planning to migrate an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to the cloud or are already doing so, despite many of them having concerns about moving sensitive data, security and regulatory compliance. That’s according to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), which asked 200 businesses about their ERP migration plans. They represent…

Trusted advisors: The digital CIO’s secret weapon

Any CIO will tell you they can’t be successful without a stacked tech bench and a squadron of third-party collaborators, from strategic vendors to consultants. But these days, with digital transformation upending nearly every industry, good help is increasingly hard to find. Traditional research firms struggle to keep up with the pace of change required…

P&G revitalizes innovation for the digital age

Less than a year into his tenure as CIO of Procter & Gamble, Javier Polit walked the floor at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.   Polit met with startups and innovation-focused companies that had partnered with P&G, and he observed various competitors flaunting their competitive products. Then he asked his team…