Everest Group’s annual ranking of the top IT service providers saw some movement this year compared to last, but one thing that remained unchanged was Accenture’s place at the top of the list. In fact, it was the sixth year in a row that the $50.5 billion firm was recognized as the overall leading service…
Every profession has its own collection of abbreviations, acronyms, catchphrases, and jargon that serve as shorthand for their techniques and tools. IT is no different. Yet, unlike other disciplines, the language of IT tends to spill out across the enterprise and society itself. There are ads praising cloud computing and data-driven decision-making. People routinely praise…
More cities than ever before are investing in smart city technology and changing how cities operate. There are many benefits that come along with making a city “smart.” It gives the city more information and data to help drive decision making leading to tremendous benefits that positively influence the lives of everyone who lives, works,…
Online Shopping Surges With the worldwide pandemic, consumer behavior has shifted significantly. There has been substantially less travel — employees haven’t been driving to the office, flying on planes, or taking cruises. Many have gone out less, stopped going to movies, and don’t hang out on Friday night after work. This has caused a major disruption in…
The history of data can be divided into two eras: pre-big data and post-big data. In the pre-big data era, data was mostly structured and exchanged between enterprises through standard mechanisms such as network data mover (NDM). The need for near real-time insights was limited, and data extraction and transformation were batch-oriented and scheduled during…
By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software In December 2021, Broadcom Software published our blog: Predictions for 2022. We will now explore each of these predictions in more depth with this blog series. For this blog, our topic is artificial intelligence. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation is taking place even faster…
Sharon Ng, CIO of Ministry Family in Singapore, joins James Henderson for CIO Leadership Live ASEAN, produced by CIO.com and Foundry. Sharon shares a pragmatic approach to driving transformation from ideation to execution, highlighting the importance of communication and culture when instigating innovation agendas. Watch this episode: #id6254824f9af01 .jw-wrapper::before { content: “IDG” !important; } …
With the focus shifting to distributed data strategies, the traditional centralized approach can and should be reimagined and transformed to become a central pillar of the modern IT data estate. Decentralized data strategies are gaining traction, due to the rise of the edge, where data is being collected in droves to fuel real-time insights and…
CIO UK has announced that it is now taking entries for the 2022 CIO 100 UK Awards. The CIO Awards recognises the best and brightest CIOs and technology leaders in the UK, celebrating their digital transformation achievements, and reflecting on themes and ideas which emerged from submissions. The awards are open exclusively to IT leaders…
The past decade has seen an increasing proliferation of digital transformations across nearly every industry, and with it, keen debate over the value and view of the traditional CIO role in light of the emergence of the chief digital officer. For Mike Giresi, who has done tours of duty as CIO at Godiva, Direct Brands,…