The widespread blackout that recently affected parts of Spain, Portugal, and southern France serves as a stark reminder of how vulnerable critical infrastructure can be–even in well-developed regions. Power grid failures halted transport, disrupted services, and exposed the fragility of digital systems that most enterprises assume will “just work.” These events aren’t rare though. Cyberattacks,…
As AI transitions from experimental deployment to enterprise-critical infrastructure, CIOs and IT leaders are being asked to guide their organizations through a rapidly evolving technology landscape. One of the most significant trends is the rise of AI agents — systems capable of making decisions and performing complex, multi-step tasks with minimal human oversight. Recent data…
En la actualidad, los directores de sistemas de información (CIO, en sus siglas en inglés), los directores de tecnología (CTO) y de ciberseguridad (CISO) suelen presentar directamente a la alta dirección y al consejo de administración de sus organizaciones tanto los presupuestos de las áreas que lideran como los programas de transformación digital y las…
With SAP set to end mainstream support for its ECC 6.0 software in just over two years, third-party support provider Rimini Street is offering enterprises a way to stick with the ageing ERP application until 2040. According to Gartner, only around 39 percent (14,000 out of 35,000) of ECC customers had migrated to S/4HANA by…
Approximately 70% of all digital transformation initiatives fail to meet their objectives. Often, that’s because organizations chase flashy new tech without fixing foundational issues. We learned this the hard way over three years, while embedded as a team of consultants-researchers in a nearly $1 billion digital overhaul at one of the world’s largest tourism companies. Instead…
With hundreds of hospitals, primary care clinics, and mental health services across eight countries, and over 90,000 employees, Ramsay Health Care provides a broad range of healthcare services to millions of patients. Integral to that success is its commitment to utilizing the best technologies to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and safety. Lives are on the line,…
While an engineer for Digital Equipment Corporation in the early 1990s, Karen Panetta co-invented the first digital twin of a CPU. “When you build computer chips, there are billions of transistors,” she says. “You can’t look at every one with a probe and a wire. Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a digital…
New Orleans-based nonprofit Ochsner Health has reimagined its technology organization by shifting from a traditional siloed IT structure to an innovative journey teams model. Under the leadership of CIO Amy Trainor, this transformation focuses on delivering seamless experiences rather than managing specific technologies. By organizing teams around user journeys instead of applications, Ochsner has created…
When a cyber incident happens, it’s more than just an isolated event. For many CISOs, it reshapes their approach to resilience, risk management, and even their personal well-being in the job. Several security leaders reflect on the lessons from real-world incidents and why it’s vital to share them with the community to strengthen collective resilience,…
AI 도입을 컨설팅하며 조직을 지원하기 시작했을 때, 한 가지 우려스러운 흐름을 목격했다. 조직 리더들이 AI에 대한 과대광고에 집착하면서도, 정작 그것이 자사 비즈니스에 왜 중요한지, 어떤 영향력을 줄 수 있는지는 제대로 이해하지 못하고 있었다. 이사회와 경영진은 데이터 책임자에게 “우리는 AI로 무엇을 하고 있나?”와 같은 피상적인 질문만 던졌으며, 이는 회사의 전략이나 목표와 전혀 연결되지도, 정렬되지도, 관심을 받지도…