Nearly 15 years ago, the then Vägverket Produktion was incorporated so road maintenance on Sweden’s national road network could be put on the competitive open market. Today, state-owned Svevia is the country’s largest company in the operation and maintenance of roads and bridges, and manages over 50% of the road network yet, just like in the…
DetailsFrom home Wi-Fi, to hyperscaler, the ability to access information instantly and to interact immediately with people on the other side of the world is remarkable. Life as we know it today would be very different without high-speed network connectivity. Across the many nodes and links of the connectivity fabric, there’s a good chance a…
DetailsWe’re past the point of inflection: Information technology no longer merely supports or even drives an organization’s strategy; it has the power to transform and expand organizational missions and open up new strategic possibilities. That’s the message at the core of this year’s CIO 100 Awards for IT innovation and leadership, which recognize standout technology…
Details2023 has been a break-out year for generative AI technology, as tools such as ChatGPT graduated from lab curiosity to household name. But CIOs are cautiously evaluating how to safely deploy generative AI in the enterprise, and what guard-rails to put around it. Sometimes, though, it sneaks in through the back door as a result…
DetailsDigi-Key Electronics was digital before digital was even a buzzword. The company launched in 1972 to provide electronic components and automation products to design engineers. Instead of putting salespeople on the ground, we pioneered a business model built around mail-order catalog sales. Before long, we expanded into online sales and, today, Digi-Key offers the world’s largest…
DetailsInnovation and agility are key indicators of business success. For many enterprises, the focus is on modernizing and transforming their operations to innovate and stay agile – all with an eye on growth and embracing new opportunities. “Every company today is a technology company. The question is, how do we provide the right technology and…
Detailscomdivision and VMware show how leading-edge cloud solutions help customers gain a competitive lead in their industries For more than 25 years, comdivision has drawn from its deep well of infrastructure knowledge to help organizations gain business value from leading-edge technologies. And for the majority of that time, the company has done it in partnership with VMware.…
DetailsThis is the story of how one aromatics leader found a way to make a digital bouquet in the cloud. With 128 international companies under its corporate umbrella, China’s largest aromatics enterprise, the Huabao Group, has struggled with updating its technology to meet the challenges and opportunities that come with rapid growth. Up until 2021, it often fell…
DetailsWhen organizations think about deploying enterprise service management (ESM), they often focus on gaining efficiencies and increasing productivity. But ESM doesn’t just benefit lines-of-business organizations through process automation — it also improves the quality of digital employee experiences so teams can find the information they need faster (even on their own through self-service), anytime and…
DetailsWhen it comes to IT projects, Daragh Mahon likes to think small. The CIO of transportation and logistics company Werner Enterprises has spent the bulk of his career doing full-blown transformation projects that often took two or three years to complete and ended up being a “massive, monolithic platform.” But by then, the business requirements…
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