When it comes to skills, the secret to future-proofing any IT career is diversification. In a recent Deloitte survey, a majority of CIOs said that one-third of their staff’s current skill sets will not be relevant in the next three years. In fact, 68% of executives surveyed by Deloitte said their organization’s skills gap is…
Nicole Nitowski, CIO at National Resident Matching Program, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss career mapping for women IT leaders, IT contract negotiation and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com. To read this…
The past year wrought massive changes in the way people work. Before the pandemic, according to a recent Pew Research study, around 20% of employed adults worked from home. Today that number is 71%, and 54% of those want to keep doing it. The pandemic has accelerated what is starting to look like a massive…
Alessandro Ventura, CIO and VP Analytics and Business Services for Unilever North America, sees a distinction between digital transformation and digitization. “After a digital transformation your business is different than it was before,” he says. “Digitization, on the other hand, automates processes but does not change the substance of your business.” For Ventura, digital transformation…
Productivity SaaS provider Zoho has entered the business intelligence (BI) platform market, announcing an AI-powered, self-service platform that combines the new Zoho DataPrep application with an enhanced version of Zoho Analytics. The Chennai, India-based multinational is betting that it can win over business users with a combination of features focused on ease-of-use, support for data…
Josh Hamit understands why IT governance sometimes gets a bad rap. “When I and others think of governance, it has the connotation of being slow and having a lot of hoops to jump through, and that’s scary for an organization in this age of digital transformation,” he says. Hamit then asks: “In a time when…
What is CAPM certification? The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers several globally recognized certifications in project management, and the Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certification is a great introductory credential for jump-starting a career in the field. For those without the requisite experience for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, earning the CAPM certification can…
Over the past year, IT leaders have worked more rigorously than ever to ensure that their employees have access to critical business services they require to do their jobs. But the business resilience inspired by the pandemic is also necessary to establish and maintain relationships with customers, who are increasingly looking to interact with their…
What is iPaaS? An integration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a cloud-based software package used to create new applications or to orchestrate data flows by linking together existing services and applications. It provides a way for organizations to readily make use of basic building blocks to streamline a process or establish a new service.…
IT leadership is challenging work. In addition to devising technology strategies that create maximum business value on a budget, you have to establish and motivate a highly productive team capable of tackling a wide range of technical issues while executing your vision for IT. At times the overwhelming nature of this work can lead even…