Technical architecture is the sum and substance of what IT deploys to support the enterprise. As such, its management is a key IT practice. We talked about how to go about it in a previous article in this series. Which leads to the question, What constitutes good technical architecture? Or more foundationally, What constitutes technical…
Archer Daniels Midland is moving beyond its agricultural roots, and for the multinational food processer and supplier, IT is proving a key ingredient for its transformation. For its first 110 years, ADM traded and processed agricultural products such as oilseeds, beans, and corn, transforming them into oils, flours, and syrups, but around 2014, the company…
Data mining definition Data mining, sometimes used synonymously with “knowledge discovery,” is the process of sifting large volumes of data for correlations, patterns, and trends. It is a subset of data science that uses statistical and mathematical techniques along with machine learning and database systems. The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Knowledge…
As IT jobs grow increasingly complex, there’s more ambiguity surrounding how job titles are defined by any given company and how employers can compensate candidates in the same role with varying skillsets. Pay premiums help employers track the value of specific skills, so they know how competitive the market is for candidates with those skills…
As the economy picks up, demand for many inputs is outstripping supply, driving up prices for things as diverse as construction materials, energy, food ingredients, and semiconductors. Soon, that list will include Office 365 subscriptions. You might not have heard about it from your sales rep yet, but Microsoft quietly announced that starting March 1,…
A recent Ernst and Young report found that 81% of organizations embrace the notion that data should be at the heart of all decision making. Yet, in many organization the decision-making process is stalled because data is still kept in silos. With data locked in various silos in different formats and configurations, getting a big…
Tony Caesar, MANA IT Head at Ericsson, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss the future of work, smart factory advances, virtual workplaces and more. This episode is sponsored by Tableau. Discover more at https://www.tableau.com/tableau-for-it/data-platform. To read this article in full, please…
For business leaders, few things are more critical to their overall success than nurturing and maintaining a culture of innovation. According to McKinsey’s latest Global Innovation Survey, while more than 80% of executives agree that innovation is an important aspect of their growth strategy, only 6% are anywhere near satisfied with innovation performance. That’s an…
The pandemic proved that working remote works. People were productive — often more productive than they were in the office — and want to keep doing it. But if you were the kind of manager who led by owning a room and promoted people because you could see they were charismatic, dedicated, or natural leaders…
As Johnson Controls expands its focus from manufacturing HVAC, fire detection, and building controls products to providing predictive analytics and smart facilities, Johnson’s end-to-end processes, says CIO Diane Schwarz, must be “digital to the core.” “Historically, we manufactured, installed, and serviced items,” says Schwarz, who has been CIO of the $22 billion global company since…