Technology mergers and acquisitions are on the rise, and any one of them could throw a wrench into your IT operations. After all, many of the software vendors you rely on for point solutions likely offer cross-platform or multiplatform products, linking into your chosen ERP and its main competitors, for example, or to your preferred…
The past year offered new challenges and opportunities to executives across all industries. That had CIOs moving as fast as ever to keep up with market trends, changing economic forecasts, talent needs, and business requirements. So as 2022 closes out, we asked IT leaders to share their thoughts about what the prior 12 months have…
To create innovative products that meet the various finance requirements of the market, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance opened the Piramal Innovation Lab in Bengaluru on Dec. 15, 2022. The 36,000-square-foot innovation hub will be led by the company’s CTO, Saurabh Mittal, and Markandey Upadhyay, head of business intelligence unit for Piramal. CIO.com caught up…
With the shift to hybrid work here to stay, CIOs are building out new strategies designed to convert employee flexibility into organisational efficiency in Singapore. Such strategies remain anchored around overcoming key business challenges linked to modernised technology infrastructure and data security, viewed as mission-critical in creating enhanced hybrid work frameworks. In response, CIOs are…
With massive global and geopolitical changes and significant increases in data privacy laws and regulations, the focus on data sovereignty and protecting consumer value has never been higher. Safeguarding highly sensitive, proprietary data and workloads have become a top priority to ensure their usage as a national asset and protection from foreign access. Because VMware has…
As part of its ongoing strategy to expand its roster of public cloud regions and catch up with larger cloud service providers such as AWS, Microsoft and Google, Oracle has launched a new cloud region in Chicago to cater to enterprises operating out of the US Midwest. The Chicago region, which will be Oracle’s fourth…
Next generation chatbots are now writing poetry and giving math lessons, but these smart applications have a bigger job to do. Advanced chatbots simulate human interaction via complex artificial intelligence (AI) processes, or conversational AI. As business-ready systems, conversational AI is joining mainstream tech to deliver strategic benefits to customers and employees. For companies looking…
Cash pay premiums for some IT certifications rose as much as 57% in Q3 in the US, highlighting for employees the importance of keeping up to date on training, and for CIOs the cost of running the latest (or oldest) technologies. On average, though, bonuses for non-certified skills were bigger and faster-growing than those for…
Having a clear vantage point within the organization, CIOs play a vital role bringing together engaged and motivated employees to work toward a common outcome, increase productivity, and achieve better business outcomes. Many CIOs know that a high-performance team is usually greater than the sum of its parts, comprised of talent with highly complementary skills, a broader set of…
The demand for ongoing transformation and innovation is going to continue to drive IT budgets into 2023. As a solution to the challenges of inflation, recession, geopolitical instability, and the broader economy, IT is seen as the way forward. Research shows that more than half – 52 per cent – of organisations are expecting to…