Despite the billions of dollars and countless man-hours being channeled into digital transformation, too many companies are spinning their wheels, buried in petabytes of unusable data. As a result, many are saddled with initiatives that do little to advance the strategic agenda or deliver value for the business. According to Forrester Research, companies are three…
By Chris Latimer, vice president, product management, DataStax There’s a lot of talk about the importance of streaming data and event-driven architectures right now. You might have heard of it, but do you really know why it’s so important to a lot of enterprises? Streaming technologies unlock the ability to capture insights and take instant…
Certifications can validate your IT skills and experience to show employers you have the expertise to get the job done. You can get certified in skills you already have or skills you’d like to put to use in your career — whatever your reason, certifications are a great way to strengthen your resume and set…
By Greg Lotko, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mainframe Software Division, Broadcom Software The further we evolve as a digital society, the more a fundamental truth is borne out: Mainframe systems are more central to our lives and work than ever before – and not just online, but to virtually everything we do. Almost…
By Milan Shetti, CEO Rocket Software To stay competitive, today’s businesses must run like a well-oiled machine. Efficiency impacts everything: revenue, customer service, brand reputation, the list goes on. At the core of this is technology is one principle– today’s organizations cannot succeed without tools and solutions oriented toward helping people operate as efficiently as…
Effective IT organizations rely on these foundations: well-defined, -designed, and -implemented integration with the enterprise; sophisticated process and practice oversight; and a robust, up-to-date technical architecture. But without the right people, pointed in the right direction, your IT efforts will be futile, no matter how good these look in the documentation. A CIO’s success, that…
Ken Spangler is executive vice president of information technology and CIO of Global OpCo Technologies at FedEx, an $84 billion, Fortune 45 company with 560,000 team members worldwide. Having previously served as CIO for each of FedEx’s businesses, he brings a unique business vantage point to his role today overseeing the global information technology teams…
What do you think keeps CIOs up at night these days? CIOs are telling me they are currently functioning under many constraints—everyone is being asked to do more with less. Innovation under these constraints is a must. Successful CIOs recognize that this is not a bad thing. In fact, a constrained environment is often a…
Jeff Lipniskis describes his role at PPG as having line-of-business IT responsibilities. As global director information technology, architectural coatings & Latin America, he reports to the corporate CIO and has accountability for IT globally in the company’s architectural coatings business, leads IT for its protective and marine coatings, and has oversight for IT within the…
If there’s one issue IT leaders rarely discuss with colleagues, friends, or family it’s boredom. Boredom victims generally suffer in silence as a career that was once captivating and invigorating has, over the years, settled into a seemingly endless series of dull routines. Boredom is insidious and, if left unaddressed, can be a career killer.…