Next CIO Champions the Rising Stars of IT in the UK

Next CIO returns for 2023 to continue to support the career development of aspiring IT and Tech leaders.  Next CIO is the annual awards and mentoring programme helping aspiring IT leaders to develop their careers, build their network and improve their skill sets. It is an opportunity for aspiring digital, data, and technology leaders to…

Transforming IT for cloud success

As CIO Neil Holden moved his company, Halfords Group, further into the cloud, he sought to do more than simply “lift-and-shift” IT operations. Rather, Holden — like most CIOs — wanted his increasing use of cloud to enable and shape the company’s transformation agenda. To succeed in that objective, he knew he had to transform…

AI value begins with managing the C-suite conversation

Every futurist and forecaster I have talked to is convinced the transformative technology of the next seven years is artificial intelligence. Everyone seems to be talking about AI. Unfortunately, most of these conversations do not lead to value creation or greater understanding. And, as an IT leader, you can bet these same conversations are reverberating…

Mulesoft, Tableau uptake fuels Salesforce growth spurt

Despite a tumultuous couple of months, strong user uptake of Tableau business intelligence and MuleSoft data automation and integration software fueled a surprising 14% year-over-year jump in revenue for Salesforce’s fourth quarter. Posting revenue of $8.38 billion after stock market trading closed on Wednesday, the company beat the expectations of analysts, whose average forecast for…

Macquarie Government: Providing Australia’s Federal Agencies with the Cloud and Security Solutions They Need to Safeguard the Most Sensitive Data

With five state-of-art data centers located in the Sydney and Canberra metropolitan areas, including a facility created to manage cloud applications and data that require PROTECTED, SECRET and higher classifications, Macquarie Government, as part of the ASX listed Macquarie Telecom Group, was one of the first companies to provide sovereign IT services to Australia’s government…

Give them a break: How to unstress IT security teams overburdened with vulnerability patching

IT teams are exhausted. The tech talent shortage has led to severe understaffing even as cybercriminals ramp up their attacks. The ever-increasing shift toward hybrid working models has only compounded the issue, with IT teams struggling to deploy patches and other fixes across an expanded attack surface transcending the corporate firewall. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of…