WASHINGTON — Government CIOs may shoulder more responsibility than ever before, but they still struggle with the authority they need to executive their jobs, according to Suzette Kent, CIO of the federal government. In a keynote address at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Kent observed that federal CIOs have assumed…
In the previous two articles of this series, I made bold assertions about the effectiveness of today’s enterprise IT: First, I said that a significant portion of IT effort falls by the wayside and contributes little or no economic value. Then, I shared scientific evidence demonstrating that the problem was not about the leaders, culture,…
Fear not shadow IT, the software and services employees secretly use without explicit organizational approval. For decades, CIOs and IT managers have searched for ways of reliably ferreting out and squashing shadow technologies, realizing that the illicit tools create dangerous security, compliance and workflow vulnerabilities. Yet a small but growing number of IT leaders are…
In this Q&A, host Maryfran Johnson talks one-on-one with Sanjay Shringarpure, CIO at E.& J. Gallo Winery, about the changing landscape of IT and innovation technologies in the agriculture industry, the challenges of recruiting talent, and more. Read More from This Article: CIO Leadership Live with Sanjay Shringarpure, CIO, E.& J. Gallo Winery | Ep…
Today’s competitor will be tomorrow’s partner—rather, they should be, at times. Platform is a trending buzzword amongst digital business leaders and strategists, but much like “digital transformation,” it can be quite the squishy term. What does platform mean to me? Well, I believe that platforms are the engines of our digital businesses. They allow an…
Every year, we look forward to honoring the CIO 100 winners. It’s our Academy Awards, Super Bowl and World Series rolled into one. Now in its 31st year, the CIO 100 celebrates 100 organizations and their IT teams for driving digital business growth through tech innovation. In the coming months we’ll be featuring the winners…
For most tech-company CEOs and entrepreneurs, having a platform business model and successfully taking it to scale is stuff of legend. Due to their network effects and ability to create a virtuous cycle where the benefit of a product or service increases as more people use it, platform business models have become the dominant business…
What are the current dangers in mobile technology and what are the strategies to keep yourself protected? Join host Steve Ragan from the show floor at RSA 2018, where he talks with Will LaSala, director of Security Solutions and security evangelist at VASCO Data Security. Read More from This Article: Defending against mobile technology threats…
Software that automates basic tasks is catching hold in large enterprises, where CIOs are seeking to inject greater efficiency into business processes. Called robotic process automation (RPA), the technology enables IT departments to use a piece of software, called a “robot,” to perform routine tasks, such as generating an automatic response to an email, or…
Service management organizations are beginning to focus on improvements, principally on service delivery and the type of services that are being delivered. This is being driven by a shift in consumer demand from products to services to, now, value delivery. This is known as “value-as-a-service.” This one component – delivering value to an organization’s customer…