In a key scene from the 1996 movie “Jerry Maguire,” a pro football player is in the midst of contract negotiations with the Arizona Cardinals. He gets tired of his agent Jerry’s slick sales pitch and shouts at him in exasperation: “Show me the money!” This is the very spot the world finds itself with generative…
Hub-and-spoke networks and castle-and-moat security architectures were designed for days gone by when users, apps, and data all resided on premises. But in today’s world, endlessly extending the network to more branch offices, remote users, and cloud apps, and defending network access through ever-growing stacks of point product hardware appliances breeds significant costs. The Zscaler…
Early in the pandemic CIO Ken Grady pinpointed a key challenge that has vexed IT organizations for the better part of a decade. “We saw a tremendous acceleration and adoption in the use of new platforms to stay connected and keep our organizations moving forward,” Grady recalls of those early days navigating lockdowns. “A few…
It’s no secret: The best talent wants to work for leaders with the attributes to drive success. And for those leaders, credibility is king. Darlene Taylor, CIO of Superior Industries, one of the world’s largest suppliers of aluminum wheels, attributes her “street cred” to her past experience, first as an engineer of automotive design and…