How CIOs can unite sustainability and technology

As technology continues to take a larger role in corporate sustainability practices, CIOs can play a key role in driving both business value and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. In fact, creating and implementing a comprehensive sustainable technology strategy must now be the core mission of a purpose-driven CIO. Every executive in Accenture’s recent…

The CDO: Chief Disappearing Officer

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” —John Quincy Adams I have been privileged to meet executives from every sector, many with the newer title of “CDO.” The “D” usually stands for Digital or Data. Here’s my observation from seeing great CDOs in…

Don’t Just Climb the Ladder. Explore the Jungle Gym

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO of Datastax I have the great privilege of getting to know leaders from the world’s most recognized brands and fastest-growing startups. We share the stories, obstacles, and defining moments that have helped shape our careers. Each individual’s journey is unique, but there’s a common thread connecting all of these…

MTTI Means ROI for the Business

While networks are getting more complex, the infrastructure that IT supports tends to grow at a relatively steady rate. However, in the past few years the footprint IT is responsible for has grown exponentially. Because of this, IT is often the first to be blamed when apps are slow or network performance drops. The role…

3 Reasons Network Ops Should Focus on User-Experience

Increasing cloud adoption, whether because of moving internal apps to IaaS and PaaS or migrating to SaaS solutions, fundamentally alters the job of IT and network operations teams. While NetOps teams have historically focused on rolling out traditional on-premises infrastructures, they now find themselves supporting applications that are third-party operated and require a different set…