CIO Albert Ruocco decided to use the quieter weeks before the December holiday to test how an artificial intelligence tool could add capabilities within his company, West Monroe Partners. For Ruocco, the proof of concept does more than tease out the potential business value; it gives him time to watch the economic indicators, too. “I…
Merck KGaA is using artificial intelligence to better understand how its pharmaceutical products, including fertility and oncology drugs, traverse a network of suppliers and partners that is becoming more complex. It’s the latest leg in the German company’s journey from reacting to changes in the supply chain to predicting them and prescribing corrective actions, says…
As the light dims on 2019, CIOs are turning their talents to the next legs of their digital journeys. Many IT leaders will augment their employee experience (EX) to improve the overall customer experience (CX). To wit, CIOs will focus on talent, culture and organizational challenges in 2020. [ Learn from your peers: Check out…
Organizations seeking a new influx of tech talent look no further: Generation Z is here and hungry for IT roles. But what does this generation of 72 million people born after 1997 really want in a work experience? New research commissioned by The Workforce Institute and Future Workplace offers insights into what organizations should do…
IBM InterConnect, Code/Media, SXSW, Google Next, Microsoft WPC, Adobe Summit…conferences you may have only dreamed of attending! So many technology conferences, so little time (or money). Maybe you’re looking to stay on top of emerging trends in your industry, or get a read on what your customers are excited about. Perhaps you’re actively networking for customers, vendors or…
Certifications can add, on average, more than 7 percent to your base salary. But the question is which certifications offer the most bang for the buck. We examine that question from several angles and also identify the Top 20 certifications to focus on in the coming year. Read More from This Article: Top 20 highest-paying…
The first step in bridging the gap starts with understanding the problem. IT and security operations have worked in silos for decades so one might think “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But it is, in fact, broken, and there is little awareness of the impact caused by the fragmentation. According to a recent…
The 250 employees at the University of Alabama at Birmingham can’t tackle all the work on the IT docket, so CIO Curtis A. Carver Jr. says he turns to vendors for fill the gap. Those outside workers are important enough, he says, that he occasionally schedules large catered-lunch meetings so he can share with strategic…
How do you know if you are a great CIO? Count how many of your employees have gone on to be CIOs of other companies. For Steve Faas, CIO of aluminum manufacturer Aleris, the list is a long one. Jason Pelkey worked for Faas at GE Energy Products and is now CIO of Gilbane Building…
Cloud computing has become the model of choice for modernizing IT portfolios, with companies gaining agility and speed to market by renting public cloud software. But more and more CIOs are standing up so-called hybrid cloud systems in which they shuttle business applications between public clouds from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud…