The manufacturing industry has a history of embracing innovations designed to improve efficiencies, quality, and worker safety. Consider the impact Henry Ford made by bringing the assembly line to auto manufacturing, creating previously unheard-of efficiencies. Today, manufacturers are using newer tools like robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve similar goals. But they…
DetailsOne of many complexity challenges when it comes to the modern IT landscape is that different functional areas and IT domains are heavily invested in their own systems and data silos. This leaves IT leaders stuck navigating a wave of transparency, security, and governance roadblocks that are impeding the imperative for data-first modernization. Silos have…
DetailsIf you’ve used a chatbot, predictive text to finish a thought in an email, or pressed “0” to speak to an operator, you’ve come across natural language processing (NLP). As more enterprises adopt NLP, the sub-field is developing beyond those popular use cases of machine-human communication to machines interpreting both human and non-human language. This…
DetailsThe vast majority of IT organizations live in a multicloud world, striving to optimize for agile business while mitigating the risk of single-vendor dependence. Yet distributing workloads across a diverse landscape can create complexity and transparency challenges that beg for modern solutions. The allure of a multicloud landscape shows no signs of abating. This approach…
DetailsYour grandmother’s advice still stands: Don’t quit your current job until you have a written offer in hand. Yes, it is a job-seeker’s market, with more perks and flexibility on the table than in past years. But it can take months, requiring multiple rounds of interviews with several levels of signoffs, to actually land a…
DetailsBy Niall Browne, CISO The traditional security operations center (SOC) is based on a model that has persisted for decades, yet it’s no longer effective. Too much has shifted in organizations and in the threat landscape for the “old ways” to work. Now is the time for a change to enable a modern SOC—taking on…
DetailsThere’s no better type of job security than indispensability. Once an IT leader is regarded as essential by his or her employer, recognition rises, colleagues begin listening, project doors swing open, and salaries and benefits skyrocket. Achieving indispensability isn’t as challenging as it may sound. It can be easily acquired by embracing several common traits…
DetailsMaking the leap from CTO to CEO and why NZ needs more data-driven innovation. Watch the episode In this episode of CIO Leadership Live New Zealand, Qrious’ Stephen Ponsford joins Cathy O’Sullivan, Editor for CIO New Zealand, to discuss data-driven innovation. Read More from This Article: Qrious boss Stephen Ponsford on why more CIOs…
DetailsNow that many organizations are welcoming some employees back to the office, “hybrid work” is officially upon us. But companies are still feeling their way around this dynamic landscape, and figuring out just how technology and people skills can work together to safely maintain productivity and employee well-being. According to a group of IDG/Foundry tech…
DetailsKeeping watch on where data travels over the internet is relevant to any business that cares what country might have access to its private information. Exactly where data moves and is stored is tied to the concept of data sovereignty, the idea that data is governed by the laws of the country where it’s located.…
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