The traditional approach for artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning projects has been to deploy them in the cloud. Because it’s common for enterprise software development to leverage cloud environments, many IT groups assume that this infrastructure approach will succeed as well for AI model training. For many nascent AI projects in the prototyping and…
As more companies deploy artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives to help transform their businesses, key areas where projects can go off the rails are becoming clear. Many problems can be avoided with some advanced planning, but several hidden obstacles exist that companies don’t often see until it’s too late. With a need for speed, organizations must…
Lots of attention is being paid to how hybrid IT or multicloud fits into data-first business transformation, yet plenty of companies count colocation facilities as an important pillar of their IT landscape. Why? They offer scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency advantages as a way to power up data-first business without onerous data center investments. Driven by…
IT and security are at it again. Both teams are struggling to adapt to the recent move to hybrid technology environments. IT is struggling to bring their new endpoints under management, while security is struggling to lock down as many of these new systems as possible. Neither team can agree on which is more important…
Most CIOs are limited by their endpoint tools. They know what questions they must be able to answer about their endpoint environment. They know what actions they must take to manage and secure their endpoints at all times. But they are attempting to answer these questions and take these actions using legacy point tools that…
Zespri International’s Chief Digital Officer Dave Scullin on the challenges of transformation in a global organisation, the importance of asking for feedback and learning to ask the right questions. Watch this episode: #id628bcb02e0a47 .jw-wrapper::before { content: “IDG” !important; } CIO, CIO Leadership Live Read More from This Article: CIO Leadership Live with Chief Digital…
The latest Foundry Security Priorities Study, now in its fifth year, finds that 90% of organisations have added at least one security tool or service to their environment in the past year. Furthermore, 45% have added four or more technologies. Conversely this proliferation can actually increase risk and complexity without improving outcomes, and ultimately can reduce return on investment,…
New cybersecurity threat vectors and vulnerabilities are emerging daily and increasing in scope, scale, and sophistication, too. This makes securing networks and managing security in today’s increasingly digital first and hybrid or “work from anywhere’” culture a modern day enterprise imperative. IT leaders must: Navigate widely distributed endpoints and the rise of bring your own device…
When a giant contractor of offshore oil rigs invests heavily in building sustainable, low carbon-footprint structures and products, it’s a sea change. For oil rig constructor McDermott International, that transformation has in no small part been fueled by IT. Global Vice President and CIO Vagesh Dave says IT advancements in the cloud, analytics, and data…
As an organization committed to addressing the opportunity divide and closing the talent gap, Year Up is all about building pathways and making connections. When the pandemic hit and candidates and potential employers were unable to meet in person, Year Up’s IT organization scrambled to replicate training, enrollment, and matching processes in a virtual world…