As customers move towards modern application architectures, they are quickly realizing that application programming interfaces (APIs) are the backbone of enterprise data integrations and the foundation of the development lifecycle. On the surface, APIs are a highly technical aspect of a business’s underlying IT infrastructure. But they are proving to be key in helping accelerate…
By Anand Ramanathan, Chief Product Officer, Skyhigh Security Pressure is mounting among CIOs worldwide. Just as leaders are being called on to secure complex and changing infrastructures, it has also become imperative to operate under local and global compliance mandates with increasingly sharp teeth. Meanwhile, industries have transitioned to the cloud and data has proliferated,…
The new DCMS digital strategy was announced at London Tech Week, with digital minister Chris Philp promising that it would help grow a £150-billion digital economy and make the UK the “best place in the world to start and grow a technology business.” The cross-government strategy, not to be confused with a new CDDO digital…
Wells Fargo was introduced to quantum computing’s potential in 2019. At that time, the financial services company was exploring post-quantum cryptography and already had research relationships with academic institutions working on AI research. When IBM started work on its quantum computing research network, Wells Fargo decided to explore the possibilities. “As we started unpacking approaches…
With the technology landscape in constant flux, getting certified on the latest tools and techniques can be a valuable way to advance your career — even for IT leaders. Typically, CIOs consider certifications as a means for training up IT staff on vital skills around key initiatives such as cybersecurity, data analytics, AI, or the…
In a bid to cater to enterprise efforts to improve customer experience and drive hyperpersonalization, Adobe is integrating its Adobe Commerce suite, formerly known as Magento, with its Real-Time Customer Data Platform (CDP). Retail brands can use the new capability, which is now available in beta, to link first-party commerce data to Adobe Real-Time CDP…
Only about 14% of transformation efforts succeed at all and only 3% of those successes are sustained, reports a major analyst firm. A major reason for this overwhelming lack of success is the failure to establish an operational model aligned with a world in which strategic pivots need to happen quickly. Value Stream Management (VSM)…
“THG’s sustainability vision is to leave the world a better place than we found it. We all have an obligation to protect the world’s natural ecosystems and combat climate change, and we must act fast. By taking part in initiatives such as VMware’s Zero Carbon Committed Initiative, we are demonstrating our commitment to reduce our…
Long-standing fears about being locked into a particular vendor’s IT solution can freeze decision-making when IT leaders seek to invest in new capabilities. Multi-cloud provides new opportunities to quickly gain those capabilities without being exceedingly beholden to any one vendor, but lock-in avoidance is not necessarily the right motivation on which to base a multi-cloud…
Against a backdrop of disruptive global events and fast-moving technology change, a cloud-first approach to enterprise applications is increasingly critical. That’s the consensus from members of CIO.com’s community of IT experts who weighed in on how a cloud-first approach to enterprise applications allow an organization to scale its business. With a cloud-first approach, businesses can…