Even as the overall economy strengthens, many IT leaders remain under pressure to keep their budgets lean and nimble. Slashing costs is always a serious challenge, particularly at a time when IT’s role and responsibilities are expanding rapidly, and new technologies need to be identified, funded and acquired. To read this article in full, please…
What is an inventory management system? An inventory management system tracks purchases, keeps count of goods and supplies in stock, and reorders supplies when levels get low. More sophisticated inventory management systems can track stock location and will even predict the optimum time to reorder supplies, drawing on a variety of data, including past sales…
DevOps is an increasingly popular organizational philosophy that boosts collaboration between development and operations staff—perhaps even combining them into a single department—and prescribes constant integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) of new code, with software features being rolled out incrementally every few days or weeks rather than unleashed as huge, monolithic updates. In theory, it makes…
Certifications give your resume more credibility and can make you more marketable to recruiters and hiring managers. And at the entry-level, they’re a great way to stand out from other candidates — and even boost your pay. As you grow in your career, you’ll want to consider more advanced certifications to continue your professional development.…
The need for data scientists remains strong among companies in virtually every industry, as they look to launch big data and analytics projects and gain more value and insights from their data resources. The demand for these professionals continues to exceed the supply by a considerable margin, however, and there are no signs that will…
Top-ranked tech-focused MBA programs Image by Thinkstock There’s a looming executive leadership crisis in today’s IT companies, but there’s certainly no shortage of excellent, rigorous programs designed to help build the next generation of great leaders. If you’re looking for a resume boost and/or considering a career path that leads to the C-suite, an MBA…
I have spent a lot of time in the #CIOChat discussing digital transformation. But can the IT organizational design and IT internal business processes impede digital transformation? Can IT, itself, become an obstacle to responding to the waves of digital disruption that are coming? This is the question that I recently asked CIOs. Do IT…
Headlines, hiring surveys and conventional wisdom suggest there are far more openings for highly skilled IT jobs, than qualified workers to fill them. Research firm Gartner reports that “by 2020, 75 percent of organizations will experience visible business disruptions due to [infrastructure and operations] skills gaps, which is an increase from less than 20 percent…
Casual dining chains are leaving few technology stones unturned in the push to jumpstart their ailing businesses. Now on the menu: anything from ordering pancakes via virtual assistants to virtual bartenders that tailor cocktails using a splash of artificial intelligence (AI). Dine Brands Global, owner of U.S. restaurant brands IHOP and Applebees, is testing technologies…
The good news: Six of the biggest companies in IT are setting out to eliminate the silos in which enterprises store customer data. The bad news? They’re doing it in two different ways, and both ways will miss a lot of the silos holding enterprise data. On the one hand we have the Open Data…