The network is something that not enough CIOs pay attention to. It’s often the IT resource that’s last on the priority list with the majority of focus given to applications. That might have been fine 20 years ago when most applications and data lived on the user’s computers. Also, IT had extremely tight control of…
The drumbeat to raise the CIO’s role from functional expert to strategic partner has been a constant since at least 2014. But as Billy Crystal reminded us, “Change is such hard work.” Some organizations and CIOs get it right all the time, but if current surveys are to be believed, opportunities for improvement remain. For…
One of the ways companies often run into trouble with data lakes is trying to use them as a data warehouse. It’s a “terrible idea, unless it works,” says Merv Adrian, research vice president at Gartner. It’s an issue that Mark Stange-Tregear, vice president of analytics at Ebates, knows all too well. When Stange-Tregear joined…
What is succession planning? Succession planning is a talent management process that builds a pool of trained workers who are ready to fill key roles when leaders and other key employees step down. Organizations with succession planning programs in place foster a talent-oriented culture by recruiting skilled workers and top talent. Once recruited, businesses focus…
CIOs today are operating in a complex technology and political climate as they architect their IT infrastructures for a hybrid cloud environment of on-premises, private cloud and public cloud computing services used by both IT and end users. This complexity is reflected in a February, 2017 survey of more than 1,000 IT executives and practitioners by…