Last week, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigned the role he’s held since 2013 because of a consensual relationship with a fellow employee. While not as salacious as other recent tech industry scandals (Uber, Snap, Binary Capital), it’s still worrisome, even though it’s the right move — Intel forbids “fraternization,” in this case, managers dating employees.…
Change is a constant in the workplace — especially in the era of digital transformation. Thankfully, several vendors offer change management tools to help smooth any transition. Deploying change management tools can help reduce confusion and uncertainty, and communicate the impact of changes throughout your organization. Here are five change management tools that can assist…
AI, machine learning, deep learning and automation are no longer future technologies, they’ve already found traction in the enterprise. Whether it’s to organize data, to uncover trends or to make human’s lives easier, AI can have a positive impact on the enterprise – if we let it. At least, that was the message at The…
Name: Eric Johnson Company: Talend Job title: CIO Time in current role: Since February this year Location: Redwood City, California As Talend’s first CIO, Eric Johnson is responsible for setting the strategic vision and growth of the company’s global IT organization and the use of its systems and platforms. With more than two decades of global information technology leadership experience, Johnson…
Compelling vision, mission and value statements are an anchor for the enterprise and for IT. They help create a powerful picture of the future by increasing clarity of purpose, organizational effectiveness, and employee motivation. All too often, organizations fail to craft effective vision, mission and values statements to the detriment of organizational drive, direction and…
If one thing is certain in IT, it’s never too late to cash in on the cloud. As the cloud becomes more critical to IT and the business at large, demand for cloud skills will only grow. But proving you have the right skills and knowledge in a competitive job market can be difficult. If…
Most old-school CIOs would never give the network a second thought. It’s been described to be as the pipes or plumbing of a company. Something you need, but it offers no strategic competitive advantage. Oh, the times have changed. We’re now connecting things and moving data everywhere, including the cloud, and that has put the…
Risk management is becoming increasingly complicated, thanks to the growing volume and complexity of security threats, and it is leaving many organizations awash in security risk data without the means for assessing or contextualizing its potential business impact. According to a recent report from the ERM Initiative of North Carolina State University’s Poole College of…
Employees who go off the reservation to acquire software outside official channels can provoke consternation and alarm in CIOs. But when the digital dust settles, IT organizations and the staff they serve often emerge from these events in a stronger relationship and with improved management. Cloud-based application delivery and subscription business models from vendors create…
CarMax has been a driving force in the used car industry, but when it came to speed in innovation, its IT group needed more horsepower. Delivering a good customer experience while remaining a market leader was foremost on the mind of Senior Vice President and CIO Shamim Mohammad. About three years ago, as the company…