When Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson announced the healthcare provider’s mission to “improve not only the health of our members, but also that of our communities,” Dick Daniels, executive vice president and CIO, knew technology would be a major driver in achieving that ambitious goal. Daniels, who has been EVP and CIO…
Platform domination is a feature of several industry sectors, especially ones where there is a winner-takes-all outcome that is hard to replicate or compete against. Google dominates search. Amazon dominates e-commerce. Facebook dominates social media. And so on. In several industries, dominant incumbent firms have also developed their own platforms to get in front of…
If you sketched out how IT roles will change in the coming years, you’d likely envision tech roles maturing around emerging and high-value technologies, such as AI, data science, and the cloud, as well as a continuing focus on security across industries and business divisions. These topics frequently came up in our discussions with tech…
The CDO title is probably the most frequently used title other than CIO or CTO to describe an “evolved” technology executive. The “D” in the CDO means different things based on the needs and objectives of the organization and the scope of responsibilities. For example, the chief digital officer is often focused on leading digitization…
We hear the term “digital transformation” all the time, and probably too often in my humble opinion. But what does it really mean and why does it appear to be a never-ending struggle that permeates our existence? Is it a task condemning us to repeat pushing a digital boulder up a mountain like Sisyphus, only…
Today’s digital business strategies come with a list of enticing expectations: improved process efficiency through automation, increased employee productivity, better management of business performance and new revenue streams, to name a few perks. But with all of the promises offered by digital strategy, there is one simple truth: “The people are the center of any…
In October 2018, residents in the Florida panhandle braced for the impact of Hurricane Michael. Thankfully for those residents, the 14 members of the Tallahassee/Leon County GIS (TLCGIS) program had been preparing for the devastating effects of the storm and its aftermath for months. By leveraging GIS technology and data visualization, TLCGIS was able to…
If you’ve ever struggled to create a project schedule or budget or had difficulty forecasting when new product features will be ready, this course is for you! Taught by experienced Scrum master and project manager William Davis, this short, online course will take the pain out of creating project and product estimates. In less than…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — If data truly is among an enterprise’s greatest assets, CIOs must be able to produce tangible demonstrations of how all that information can be marshaled to advance the business. Or make employees more productive. Or improve the customer experience. Whatever the ultimate aim is, smart enterprises are developing full-fledged strategies to try…
The “low code” sales pitch is seductive. After all, who wants to spec out a months-long software project to be handled by a large team of expensive, opinionated developers when just a few or even a business user will do? The low-code movement that has been emerging, thanks to tools that offer intuitive interfaces for…