With a career journey spanning digital native companies such as Yahoo and eBay as well as big established brands like American Express, Express Scripts, and most recently Northwestern Mutual, Neal Sample’s unique combination of strengths and interests stands out. He received a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford, so he’s comfortable diving into the deep end as a technologist.…
Climate change concerns have already impacted data center strategies. Over the past 18 months, industries have had to accelerate their digital transformation journeys to remain competitive. From retail to healthcare and even financial services; no sector has escaped the reality that digitisation is a necessity for survival. Meanwhile, the international calls for urgent action on…
Disruptions never make appointments; they don’t even knock at the door! But you need to be ready in case it happens to you. Here are some practical immediate responses. Business disturbances can affect organizations of any size in any area. Climate, control blackouts, political occasions, and of course, new to the list, pandemics. Organizations build…
There is a large and growing number of software developers in the world. Despite what we hear in the media, not all are in Silicon Valley, or working at startups, or even at major tech companies. In fact, many – perhaps most – work at companies in “traditional” industries – regional banks, retail chains, health…
The concept of happy and unhappy paths is familiar to user experience (UX) professionals. Happy paths are those steps that a digital user takes along the default or expected use of an application, without triggering error routines. They result in the expected or desired ends for the user. Unhappy paths – also called sad, bad,…
Winnie Rebancos, CIO of Coca-Cola Philippines, joins James Henderson for CIO Leadership Live in ASEAN, produced by CIO.com and Foundry. Winnie outlines the process and business benefits of migrating workloads to the cloud, in addition to sharing examples of achievement and peer-to-peer guidance from an inspirational career in technology. Watch this episode: #id627c2ecee4c36 .jw-wrapper::before {…
If you’re concerned about the increased threat of cyberattacks by state-sponsored hackers and hacktivist groups in the current geopolitical atmosphere, you’re certainly justified. Criminal groups are emerging from the shadows and pledging their allegiance to Russia. They’re conducting reconnaissance attacks and coalescing into the roles they’ll play in the global cyberwar many see on the…
Customers today are buying based on their experience with a company and whether a product or service aligns with their personal values, including access, inclusivity, sustainability and trust. Customer experience (CX) should play the starring role in decision-making and should be woven into technology initiatives. To optimize technology for CX, CIOs must connect technology to…
By Siva Sreeraman VP, CTO and Modernization Tribe Leader at Mphasis Many developers faced difficulties porting applications developed for a particular computing environment decades ago. Incompatibility and unreliability caused by configuration differences such as versions of compilers, loaders, runtime libraries, middleware, and operating systems in new environments contributed to increased project effort, cost, and timelines.…
Business disruptions happen every day and can cause companies to lose millions of dollars and suffer reputational damage. But these losses can be minimized. When astute executives, including CIOs, cheat disruption by focusing on business continuity management (BCM) programs that build resilience, the enterprise transformation can prosper. CIOs should apply a business lens that informs how the business could be impacted (operationally, financially, legally, etc.) in the…