Ethics for ransomware: To pay or not to pay?

Cyberattacks challenge all organizations. Ransomware attacks continue to be a mainline threat, with 60% of surveyed organizations reporting a business disruption in the last 12 months due to ransomware, according to  IDC’s What Do Four Recurring Surveys Tell Us About Trends in Ransomware Incidents? As the criminals have become more sophisticated in their attacks, organizations…

3 takeaways from WWE and the McLaren Formula 1 Team when optimizing digital performance

WWE superstars and fans know what a ‘lights-on, lights-off’ moment feels like in critical junctures of matches. The arena unexpectedly plunges into darkness, there’s momentary commentary confusion as the cameras keep rolling; then the lights return, and there’s a surprise twist to the match.  But these aren’t the only high-stakes ‘lights-on, lights-off’ moments that WWE…

Clarins lleva su producción al siguiente nivel con la digitalización de sus operaciones industriales

Clarins, el grupo global de cosméticos, quiere llevar sus procesos de producción al siguiente nivel de la transformación digital. Para ello, ha anunciado la implementación de una solución industrial en sus instalaciones de fabricación en Francia, que le ayudará a optimizar sus operaciones de fabricación y aumentar significativamente su capacidad de producción de su cartera…

How leading CIOs cultivate business-centric IT

It wasn’t long ago that Duke University Health System shopped around to fill out its IT ranks much like any organization, seeking candidates with strong technical chops and prior experience in core systems. Today, its top IT hires have quite a different pedigree. While technology prowess remains an important attribute, many in IT now hail…

CIOs must address IT’s perceived value problem

In a perfect world, enterprise IT should be funded at levels that enable existing operations to function outage– and security incident–free with a smattering of investments in a manageable portfolio of competitive advantage–producing innovation initiatives. Is this too much to ask? Looking ahead to the 2025 budget season my futurist colleagues forecast a drama-rich street…