French IT services company Atos has put an end to its attempts to sell its ailing legacy managed infrastructure services business after failing to reach an agreement with a prospective buyer, and will now have to glue the two halves of its business back together. Exclusive talks with EP Equity Investment over the sale of…
A holistic digital transformation of its services, comprised of many technological initiatives, earned Barcelona City Council a place as a finalist for Public Entity of the Year at the CIO 100 Awards Spain 2023 in December. And as its CIO, Nacho Santillana Montiel was the central figure of this distinction due to a series of innovative projects…
The rate of companies that have either already deployed generative AI or are actively exploring it is accelerating to the point where, combined, there are very few holdouts. The use of gen AI in the enterprise was nearly nothing in November 2022, where the only tools commonly available were AI image or early text generators.…
Does your organization see technology infrastructure as a commodity or as a strategic business enabler? The answer will shape your approach to infrastructure: you can keep legacy infrastructure going as long as you can, or you can pursue the cutting edge of technology. However, in an increasingly software-centric environment, both new and legacy assets must…
The first telephone call was made almost 150 years ago in Ontario, Canada by Alexander Graham Bell. Today, that call would probably look different. He might have texted Mr. Watson, record a video, or send a DM. There are so many ways we now communicate, and we don’t think twice about the details. We expect…
IT organizations are having to transform themselves to meet the evolving needs of the future enterprise, and CIOs are increasingly being tasked with leading this transformation as IT becomes the enterprise operating system. As the world of work continues to evolve and organizations shift to hybrid work models, new challenges and opportunities present themselves. Finding…
After years of marching to the cloud migration drumbeat, CIOs are increasingly becoming circumspect about the cloud-first mantra, catching on to the need to turn some workloads away from the public cloud to platforms where they will run more productively, more efficiently, and cheaper. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good…
To survive in the Paleolithic Age, you had to be able to hunt and gather. In the Agrarian Age, thriving meant being able to farm. In today’s post-Industrial Age, you will need to master artificial intelligence. Full stop – end of conversation. Well, “master” might not be the right word. Like outrunning the proverbial lion,…
Sviluppare un modello operativo capace di mettere insieme le funzioni di business, l’IT e le operation è uno dei compiti più difficili della trasformazione digitale, perché implica profondi cambiamenti nei processi e nei modi di lavorare, ha scritto McKinsey nello studio “Rewired to outcompete (giugno 2023)”. Per questo un numero crescente di CIO è attratto…
As with any revolutionary technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed with both optimism and fear. The optimistic outlook posits that AI is our virtual assistant, taking care of mundane, task-oriented activities so we have time to conjure up new business ideas. On the other hand, the fearful outlook paints a dystopian picture where robots take…