5 IT management practices certain to kill IT productivity

Successful CIOs, like all highly placed executives, must be adept at running an organization that’s good at getting work out the door. Unfortunately, many of the most popular management techniques for fixing poor organizational performance don’t work. Or worse. If you want better guidance, start with Peter Drucker’s observation that, “Most of what we call…

BCBSNC builds a better IT workplace through DEI

For companies looking for an edge in the tight talent market, a solid DEI strategy and employee engagement often go hand in hand, creating a balance that fosters an inclusive work environment. When employees feel they can bring their authentic selves to work, it can result in higher levels of employee productivity and satisfaction, improved…

How to incubate a winning innovation program

When leaders consider how technology has enabled the transformation of business models over the past several years, few would disagree that the world has changed dramatically. Retail, entertainment, music, and banking have largely moved online. It’s a familiar story: Netflix beat Blockbuster; Amazon beat Borders. More recently, Tesla has transformed the experience of buying, owning,…

Oracle first to open a cloud region in Serbia

Public cloud services provider Oracle on Monday said it will launch a new cloud region in Serbia, which will make it the first among rivals including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and IBM, to offer a hyperscale data center in the Eastern European country. The new cloud region, which will serve Southeast Europe, will…

Igniting Innovation in Singapore: The CIO view

Following almost 3 years of enabling remote working, securing business operations and enhancing productivity levels, forward-thinking CIOs are stepping up to spearhead transformation agendas in Singapore. Leveraging a once-in-a-career opportunity, IT leaders are building new strategies to accelerate the potential of digital, mirroring boardroom ambitions to create competitive differentiation in 2023 and beyond. According to…

Edge Platforms deliver 3 key business benefits

Traditionally, content delivery networks (CDNs) were used to cache files close to consumers, enabling media publishers to stream video and gaming software to customers as quickly as possible, and allowing high-stakes web application providers to deliver web pages equally fast. Eventually, application and content owners found these networks had use beyond caching that enabled digital…