Management of your enterprise storage estate is costly, time-consuming, and IT team intensive. This makes enterprise storage infrastructure a perfect target for autonomous automation. The immediate benefits are substantial cost savings and freeing up manpower resources for other tasks. A fully automated and autonomous storage platform provides dynamic, real-time management of data and storage, while…
As companies undertake digital transformation initiatives in partnership with enterprise software providers, they must understand the sales strategies vendors use to establish leverage — and the countermeasures necessary to level the playing field. Unfortunately, many line-of-business executives run headlong into executive-level relationship discussions without understanding the level of sophistication and thought that a software vendor…
Many companies want to dramatically improve their workforce diversity. But there’s a hurdle. These endeavors are not always compatible with the widespread habit of hiring candidates who have classic qualifications and traditional career development opportunities. GfK, the market intelligence leader, is rethinking this approach and partnering with CodeFirstGirls. When organizations recruit their new staff, they…
SAP announced its Q2 2022 results yesterday, reporting revenue of €7.5 billion, which is up 12.7% year-on-year. However, it was not all good news for the German business software group. SAP’s IFRS operating profit was down 32% to €673 million and its non-IFRS profit was down 13% to €1.68 billion. In comments published alongside the…
Few have had a greater impact on the CIO profession than Charlie Feld has. An industry legend, Feld shaped the CIO role decades ago and has gone on to change the narrative about technology and to transform entire industries. In fact, Feld has such an extensive leadership playbook that we recorded a special two-part episode…
Congratulations, you’ve been promoted to CIO! Hopefully, you are well prepared for to succeed in making the leap, ready to lead your team, gain the trust of your peers, represent the IT team effectively to upper management, and be a star player at the next board meeting. None of this is easy, though. And while…
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…
“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…
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke I empathize with the frustrations many CIOs experience as the latest fad hits their desks. From nowhere a demand pops up that a particular technology is urgently needed to modernize their company. The problem to solve is fuzzy, and desired outcomes unclear. I recall a…
We routinely underestimate the effects that new technology has in the long run while also overestimating its impact in the short term. What has become known as Amara’s Law, in honor of the late researcher and scientist Roy Amara, is playing out now in many organizations that adopt artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies.…