AWS launches no-code service AppFabric with generative AI assistance

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday unveiled a new no-code offering, dubbed AppFabric, designed to simplify SaaS integration for enterprises by increasing application observability and reducing operational costs associated with building point-to-point solutions. The fully managed AppFabric offering, which has been made generally available, is designed to help enterprises maintain SaaS application interoperability without having…

Tata Communications: Empowering India and its highly regulated industries with a sovereign cloud

Rajesh Awasthi, global head of cloud and managed hosting services at Tata Communications, sees its sovereign cloud initiatives as an important element in the company’s longstanding work to transform India. Although designed to support the evolving needs of highly regulated industries like banking and financial services, government, healthcare and insurance, he notes that they benefit…

What makes a CIO truly great?

Whenever one talks about high-performance or leadership there is a tendency to break out a list. For example, Major League Baseball scouts are in constant search for rare “5 tool” players who can hit for power, hit for average, field, throw, and run. Is there such a list for high-performance CIOs? If so, how long might…

Financial services firms turn to automated, data-driven processes for new products and services

Between the host of regulations introduced in the wake of the 2009 subprime mortgage crisis, the emergence of thousands of fintech startups, and shifting consumer preferences for digital payments banking, financial services companies have had plenty of change to contend with over the past decade. Transitioning to automated, data-driven processes is the best way for…

IBM to buy Apptio for $4.6B to help companies optimize IT spend

IBM is acquiring software provider Apptio for $4.6 billion to help enterprises optimize their IT expenditure, particularly cloud costs, as they try to navigate uncertain macroeconomic conditions. Apptio specializes in what has been called technology business management (TBM), or more recently, financial operations (also known as finops) software, designed to allow diverse teams in a business…

From CIO to CEO: IT leaders rise to the top

Ross Meyercord never set out to make the leap from technology leader to CEO, but a set of intentional and opportunistic career choices delivered the breadth of business experience and leadership skills required to land the job. Meyercord parlayed an engineering degree into a two-decade consulting track at Accenture, where a focus on large-scale transformation…