I have spent a lot of time in the #CIOChat discussing digital transformation. But can the IT organizational design and IT internal business processes impede digital transformation? Can IT, itself, become an obstacle to responding to the waves of digital disruption that are coming? This is the question that I recently asked CIOs. Do IT…
Headlines, hiring surveys and conventional wisdom suggest there are far more openings for highly skilled IT jobs, than qualified workers to fill them. Research firm Gartner reports that “by 2020, 75 percent of organizations will experience visible business disruptions due to [infrastructure and operations] skills gaps, which is an increase from less than 20 percent…
Casual dining chains are leaving few technology stones unturned in the push to jumpstart their ailing businesses. Now on the menu: anything from ordering pancakes via virtual assistants to virtual bartenders that tailor cocktails using a splash of artificial intelligence (AI). Dine Brands Global, owner of U.S. restaurant brands IHOP and Applebees, is testing technologies…
The good news: Six of the biggest companies in IT are setting out to eliminate the silos in which enterprises store customer data. The bad news? They’re doing it in two different ways, and both ways will miss a lot of the silos holding enterprise data. On the one hand we have the Open Data…
Companywide visibility and accountability are of great importance to stakeholders seeking successful project outcomes. Asana helps makes this possible by offering a strong feature set that helps teams remain in lock-step, meet deadlines and achieve goals. The Asana work management solution is an intelligent, predictive web-based platform that is easy to use and is available…
The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) helps organizations streamline process improvement and encourage behaviors that decrease risks in software, product and service development. The model provides businesses with a framework for developing better products and services, starting with a series of appraisals of process and service development, service establishment and management, and product and service…
The most important factor in IT hiring is — or at least should be — skills. Does a candidate have the technical ability to do the job? While college degrees are one indicator of this, some of the best engineering and programming talent out there comes from non-traditional educational backgrounds: boot camps, vocational programs and/or…
Sanjay Brahmawar spent his first six weeks as CEO of Software AG touring the world to meet colleagues and customers. What he saw convinced him the company’s core integration capabilities are key to enterprise digital transformation. On his way from Sydney, Australia, to the company’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, he stopped in Paris, where CIO.com…
Over ten years ago, five credit unions came together and formed a credit union service organization (CUSO). A majority interest was held by one, very large credit union, which owned all of the technology, had a full-time IT staff and was running an online banking system. The other players were much smaller credit unions that…
Cultural transformation is the unsung engine of digital transformation success. For most organizations, this requires a mind-set shift toward digital-first solutions. But it also means connecting with your customers and bringing in new talent, and that is where diversity and inclusion strategies can have a significant impact. For Julie Elberfeld, senior vice president of shared…