What is IT asset management? IT asset management (ITAM) comprises practices and strategies for overseeing, managing, and optimizing company-owned IT systems, hardware, processes, and data. As part of an ITAM strategy, IT departments implement, track, and maintain IT assets, and assess whether those IT assets require optimization, can be replaced with a less expensive option,…
DetailsJust as a happy and motivated IT team tends to be efficient, innovative, and highly productive, a toxic staff is destined to bicker, miss goals, and experience the sort of disruption that has nothing to do with positive transformation. Toxic team behavior is an issue nearly all IT leaders will encounter at some point during…
DetailsSeventy-five percent of IoT projects are not fully successful due to a number of factors, including a mismatch in preparedness and the targeted time to market (TTM). As per Beecham Research, IoT projects deserve a more mature strategic roadmap to fill the gaps at various stages of their development life cycle. Although new entrants in…
DetailsWhen it comes to skills, the secret to future-proofing any IT career is diversification. In a recent Deloitte survey, a majority of CIOs said that one-third of their staff’s current skill sets will not be relevant in the next three years. In fact, 68% of executives surveyed by Deloitte said their organization’s skills gap is…
DetailsNicole Nitowski, CIO at National Resident Matching Program, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss career mapping for women IT leaders, IT contract negotiation and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com. To read this…
DetailsAlessandro Ventura, CIO and VP Analytics and Business Services for Unilever North America, sees a distinction between digital transformation and digitization. “After a digital transformation your business is different than it was before,” he says. “Digitization, on the other hand, automates processes but does not change the substance of your business.” For Ventura, digital transformation…
DetailsThe past year wrought massive changes in the way people work. Before the pandemic, according to a recent Pew Research study, around 20% of employed adults worked from home. Today that number is 71%, and 54% of those want to keep doing it. The pandemic has accelerated what is starting to look like a massive…
DetailsProductivity SaaS provider Zoho has entered the business intelligence (BI) platform market, announcing an AI-powered, self-service platform that combines the new Zoho DataPrep application with an enhanced version of Zoho Analytics. The Chennai, India-based multinational is betting that it can win over business users with a combination of features focused on ease-of-use, support for data…
DetailsOver the past year, IT leaders have worked more rigorously than ever to ensure that their employees have access to critical business services they require to do their jobs. But the business resilience inspired by the pandemic is also necessary to establish and maintain relationships with customers, who are increasingly looking to interact with their…
DetailsWhat is CAPM certification? The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers several globally recognized certifications in project management, and the Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certification is a great introductory credential for jump-starting a career in the field. For those without the requisite experience for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, earning the CAPM certification can…
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