Enterprise adoption of SAP S/4HANA continues to climb despite the obstacles in its way, according to new research by user groups in the US and Europe. Adopters are being drawn by advanced capabilities in the new software, and driven by concerns about maintenance of older systems. In the UK and Ireland, 89% of SAP customers…
When you think about people entangled in organizational politics, terms that come to mind include manipulation, self-serving, turf battles, power plays, and hidden agendas. Not terribly uplifting. But Neal Sample, former CIO of Northwestern Mutual, sees it a different way. “I think of a different set of words like influence, diplomacy and collaboration,” he says.…
CIO Ted Ross believes the honeymoon is over for breakneck productivity when it comes to hybrid work, and he’s not the only one. Tech employees at the City of Los Angeles IT agency who were forced to work remotely in the early pandemic days were very efficient, Ross says. “Fully into the pandemic we had…
Corporate sustainability initiatives increasingly are finding their way into the data center. But many CIOs who invest in and deploy leading-edge carbon-cutting technology aren’t even aware they’re taking climate action. They’re just trying to improve the bottom line. That puts CIOs in an enviable position. In most corners of the enterprise, ESG decision-making necessitates squaring…
Conversational AI is changing the way we do business. In 2018, IBM boldly declared that chatbots could now handle 80% of routine customer inquiries. That report even forecasted that bots would have a 90% success rate in their interactions by 2022.[1] As we survey the landscape of businesses using conversational AI, it appears to be…
By Jeff Carpenter You might have heard of Apache Cassandra, the open-source NoSQL database. And you might know that some big, very successful companies rely on it, including LinkedIn, Netflix, The Home Depot, and Apple. But did you know that Cassandra is used by a huge range of companies — including small, cloud-native application builders,…
Josh Robb, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Tend Health, on what he’s learned founding and scaling start-ups, the importance of candid feedback and enabling a just culture, and why the best leaders are always great storytellers. Watch the episode: #id6398a85f3c186 .jw-wrapper::before { content: “CIO NZ 06122022 Josh Robb” !important; } CIO Leadership Live …
For many enterprises, the pandemic involved rapidly deployed ways of enabling remote working. Today, the need for long-term solutions means that hybrid working is one of the top three trends driving network modernization – as reflected in the 2022-23 Global Network Report published by NTT. According to the survey data for this report, 93% of…
Is the move to cloud a modern gold rush? This seems to be the case for many organizations as they embark on a cloud strategy to support their business goals. But there are pitfalls along the way: the cloud is, after all, simply an enabling technology and not a solution in itself. Organizations are increasingly…
Oracle on Monday said it will continue to invest $2.4 billion per quarter in its cloud business, which accelerated 48% in the second quarter, helping the company revenue grow 25% year-on-year, without accounting for currency fluctuations. Cloud services as a category, according to CEO Safra Catz, has been growing faster than license support. The company…