The mainframe may seem like a relic of a day gone by, but truth be told, it’s still integral. According to the Rocket Software Survey Report 2022: The State of the Mainframe, four out of five IT professionals see the mainframe as critical to business success. At the same time, innovation and modernization are imperative…
Salesforce’s business intelligence platform, Tableau, is getting generative AI features in the form of Tableau GPT, built on the company’s proprietary Einstein GPT AI engine, which has also been integrated into other products such as Slack. “Tableau GPT can enhance and automate things like analyzing data, exploring it, sharing it, consuming it. The generative AI…
We see the metaverse as an intersection of immersive experiences across the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) spectrums. Businesses can use it, as many already are, to enrich experiences, products, and services with virtual overlays for navigation and context. Others are creating new, fully immersive environments and finding a way to engage customers…
There’s no denying the fact that cloud technology is headed in many different directions, all aimed at providing rapid, scalable access to computing resources and IT services. Yet as cloud technology evolves, many organizations are becoming more thoughtful and intentional in their transformation journey as they look to close the gap between simply running on…
When I was a CIO, I always dreaded the annual budget season because I knew, somewhere during the process, the CEO, my boss, would ask, “What are we getting for this constantly growing IT department.” It’s a question that keeps most CIOs up at night when asked to defend IT investments, and it’s one all…
The deadline for nominations in this year’s CIO50 Australia has been extended to Friday, May 19. Now in its eight year, the annual CIO50 Awards will be held as part of the CIO50 Symposium & Awards on June 27 at the ICC in Sydney. This flagship awards program from CIO Australia is open to senior…
As campus networks continue to evolve, CIOs face a new hurdle in ensuring top-notch security measures. The importance of Wi-Fi technology cannot be understated as visitors and employees rely on it for seamless connectivity while on campus. However, CIOs and their teams are challenged with not only addressing security threats but also troubleshooting an extensive…
In today’s data-driven world, many organizations face major hurdles as they navigate a transformation journey that eliminates silos, unifies data, and transforms it into value. For many, building a culture of innovation remains elusive. IDC’s Future of Intelligence predictions for 2023 show what’s possible when businesses get it right. Top-quartile enterprise intelligence performers are 2.7…
Like most CIOs you’ve no doubt leaned on ROI, TCO and KPIs to measure the business value of your IT investments. Maybe you’ve even surpassed expectations in each of these yardsticks. Those Three Big Acronyms are still important for fine-tuning your IT operations, but success today is increasingly measured in business outcomes. Put another way:…
If you’ve been reading a lot about quantum computing recently, you likely have a few questions. Some of those questions may be about how quantum computing works. After all, it is very different from other kinds of computing. (You can learn a little about the basics in the recent CIO article Are you ready for quantum computing?)…