When Shayne Tong took up the role of chief digital officer at New Zealand supermarket co-operative Foodstuffs South Island in 2022, it was clear there was opportunity to modernise and reset how the team worked. The organisation had conducted an independent IT capability review in the months prior, which found that the digital services team…
Rainforests are under threat from deforestation and climate change. Urgent action is needed to preserve these vital ecosystems, often called the lungs of the Earth. Recognizing that this will take long-term innovation and collaboration, NTT has teamed up with ClimateForce, an organization dedicated to combating climate change, to launch the Smart Rainforest project. NTT’s Smart…
Oracle is adding new capabilities to its Supply Chain and Manufacturing (SCM) Fusion Cloud to help enterprises manage their logistics. The new features appear in its Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management applications, and include expanded business intelligence capabilities, enhanced logistics network modelling, a new trade incentive program, and an updated Transportation Management…
IT leaders are drowning in metrics, with many finding themselves up to their KPIs in a seemingly bottomless pool of measurement tools. The result is wasted time, confusion, and, in some cases, conflicting insights. There are several important metrics that can be used to achieve IT success, says Jonathan Nikols, senior vice president of global…
Business alignment is often heralded as a key tenet of successful IT strategies. Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts. All are…
In 2018, Pariss Chandler posed a question on Twitter, asking “What does Black Twitter in Tech look like?” A software engineer at the time, Chandler consistently found herself to be the only Black person in the room at work and wanted to connect with others who were having similar experiences. The tweet went viral, connecting…
Get ready for the IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2024. Addressing the theme ‘The Future of IT: Rethinking Digitalization for an AI Everywhere World’. This 17th annual edition will explore the pivotal shift that is reshaping the region’s IT landscape and provide essential guidance on navigating AI’s transformative influence across industries. Expert speakers will dissect…
“Per noi è arrivato il momento di realizzare un forte cambiamento: una trasformazione del modo di operare abilitato dalla tecnologia”. Quanti CIO annunciano con parole simili la ‘svolta’ che imprimono alla loro azienda grazie alla digitalizzazione? “Il digitale è riconosciuto come forte leva di business”, conferma Alessandra Luksch, Direttore dell’Osservatorio Digital Transformation Academy e dell’Osservatorio…