As one of Canada’s Big Five banks, the Bank of Nova Scotia is taking an approach to data, analytics, and AI intended to better understand and serve customers, said Grace Lee, its chief data and analytics officer. Her charter is to advance business growth, customer experience, and operational efficiency through the use of AI, machine…
The pandemic has put digital transformation up front and center on the CIO’s agenda over the past few years. According to 2022 State of the CIO study, 85% of CIOs are focusing on transformational initiatives with pre-pandemic levels of technology budget growth. Going digital empowers businesses to deliver enhanced experiences in an age where consumers…
Current headlines from Ukraine have many companies concerned about the safety of employees or contractors residing there. Events like this highlight the importance of developing contingency plans based on events in the world that can impact businesses. Business continuity is an essential part of the planning process for CIOs and CTOs. Black swan events can…
Southampton Football Club are on an upward trajectory with new ownership and a talented squad pushing to compete on the European stage. FA Cup finalists back in 1976, Southampton have been Premier League stalwarts for 20 of the league’s 27 seasons and are famed for a thriving youth academy that produced global superstars such as…
In tight talent markets, investing in employees’ careers can be a key differentiator. Upskilling and cross-training programs can not only improve employee productivity and help fill key skill gaps, but also prove to be essential tools for retention and recruitment, as Capital One’s approach to “developing the whole person” through a range of training programs…
Supply chain woes continue to plague organizations around the world and in virtually all sectors. For some, leveraging data and analytics tools is proving to be an effective way to address the challenges. Disruptions to global supply chains due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been significant. As consulting firm Deloitte notes, the free movement and…
IBM is refreshing its mainframe range, putting an AI accelerator on the processor and surrounding it with new cryptographic features the company says will help protect today’s data against the quantum computing attacks of the future. Slated to be available May 31, 2022, the IBM z16 will offer CIOs a way to deploy AI inferencing…
By Tarun Khandelwal, an executive security advisor to the financial services industry and the former Head of Security Architecture at CIBC, and a Palo Alto Networks customer We’ve all seen movies and TV shows where SWAT teams or military forces take heroic steps to safeguard lives and property in the event of a bomb threat.…
By Derrick Lowe, Chief Information Security Officer at Orlando Health, a Palo Alto Networks customer When I talk to healthcare industry leaders about cyber resiliency, I get a lot of affirmative head-nodding and positive feedback. And why not? Healthcare resiliency, in general, and in cybersecurity particularly, is a concept that is easy to get behind.…
Episode sponsored by Fairfax County Economic Development Authority: Ken Spangler, Executive Vice President of IT and CIO of Global OpCo Technologies at FedEx, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss digital acceleration, business agility and more. This episode is sponsored by…