For many legacy businesses, historical technology investment limits the ability to innovate. In conversations with CIOs, they often refer to the mess with the following endearing terms: fragile, band aid and duct tape. The question is – given the pace of coming waves of digital disruption – can IT clean up the mess fast enough…
Scaled agile development, coupled with cloud software, is breathing new life into 159-year-old mutual life insurance company Guardian Life, a formula that is serving enterprises of all stripes today — and one for which Guardian needed a forward-thinking CIO to make happen. When Dean Del Vecchio joined Guardian as CIO in 2012, the company operated…
It’s more than an understatement to say the role of technology leaders has changed over the past few years. The widespread adoption of cloud computing and process automation has reduced the demands for IT departments to keep the lights on. Large-scale capital expenditures on infrastructure are being replaced by increased operating expenses on services. Meanwhile,…
Exponential leaps forward in technology and innovation are forcing massive changes at a lightning-fast pace across industries everywhere. CIOs – along with the broader C-suite – are well aware of the implications of this evolving and disruptive technology landscape. In fact, new Accenture Strategy research shows that 85% of C-suite executives report that the disruptive…
Technical interviews are time-consuming and stressful, and they can make or break your chances for landing a job. The stress level of the technical interview is even higher for self-taught developers and those interviewing for the first time. But with the right preparation and practice, your next technical interview can be a breeze, no matter…
Enhancing the customer experience is the most important business issue that boards want IT to work on, for more than half of the CIOs in the recent KPMG CIO Survey. And 91 percent of CIOs believe the way they manage and use customer data will become just as important as products and services for attracting…
Employee experience has become a top priority for CIOs and HR leaders alike. In fact, research company Gartner lists employee experience as the third-highest key initiative for 2019 in a survey of 843 human resources leaders, with 51 percent saying it’s critical to achieving corporate objectives. The following guide can help you understand what employee…
Douglas Hofstadter, longtime computer programmer and author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, summed up his experience in the computing trenches with this eponymous law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. Yet organizations, stakeholders and project managers the world over still put timelines on software projects. Even programmers themselves.…
Formula One (F1) race cars are among the most technically advanced land vehicles on the planet. Since 2014, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport has dominated the World Constructor’s Championship, awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) to the most successful designer over the course of a season. Matt Harris, head of IT at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport,…
Data is the lifeblood of any enterprise. It is now conventional wisdom that data is among any enterprise’s most valuable possessions, and chief data officers are increasingly recognized as first-tier members of corporate leadership teams. The emergence of the master data management discipline and the proliferation of enterprise data management tools likewise speak to the…