Trying to explain secure access service edge (SASE pronounced ‘sassy’) and zero trust can be exasperating when you’re making the case for business leaders to invest in new products and infrastructure. The onus is on IT leaders to focus top executives on the business benefits these technology concepts entail and how they will advance the…
As companies lean into data-first modernization to deliver best-in-class experiences and drive innovation, protecting and managing data at scale become core challenges. Given the diversity of data and range of data-inspired use cases, it’s important to align with a robust partner ecosystem. This can help IT teams map the right set of services to unique…
Only a minority of companies who are either current SAP customers, or plan to become SAP ERP users, have completed their migration to the company’s S/4HANA system, even though support for its ECC on-premises suite will end in 2030, according to a report from digital transformation services provider LeanIX. Just 12% of current and intended…
Most organizations realize that using data to better understand customer needs and preferences is vital to creating consistently great customer experiences. The challenge many face is how to put all of the data they’re collecting to work toward that goal. We asked the CIO Experts Network, a community of IT professionals, industry analysts, and other…
For the healthcare sector, siloed data comes across as a major bottleneck in the way of innovative use cases such as drug discovery, clinical trials, and predictive healthcare. An Aster DM Healthcare, an Indian healthcare institution, has now found a solution to this problem that could lead to several cutting-edge solutions. A single patient generates…
A recent North Carolina State University (NCSU) study finds surprising misalignments between supply chain and procurement executives on top business priorities and resiliency. In this article, I take a look at three key findings from that study, and what this misalignment can mean for achieving business objectives. Key finding #1: Misalignment on priorities A core…
Concerns about a looming recession have not derailed the booming IT job market. In the first half of this year, 115,000 new IT jobs were added, according to consulting firm Janco Associates. Even with inflation, high energy costs, and the invasion of Ukraine, IT hiring continued at a record-setting pace, but keeping tech talent still…
With more than 30,000 employees spread across more than 60 affiliate locations and 14 manufacturing sites around the world, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly operates at a truly global scale. Operating at that scale comes with issues, not the least of which is sharing accurate and timely information internally and externally. “From internal training materials to…
It’s the 1960s, and you live in Turkey. You just bought a pair of beautiful shoes — the latest pair from one of the finest shoemakers in Turkey. But for some reason, the shoes are not quite right. Such things happen even with the best products. A problem with one of the heels, you think.…
According to Foundry’s State of the CIO 2022 research, the number of business leaders who now look to CIOs as strategic advisors has jumped 30 per cent since before the pandemic. It’s a stark change from before the pandemic, where CIOs were considered essential strategic advisors by just 28% of company business leaders. Because business…