Market demand for specific IT skills can fluctuate quickly, as emerging trends and reviving interest in legacy systems rise and fall. And while pay for an individual role, such as data scientist, may spike upward due to a lack of qualified candidates, certain niche IT skills can become hot for a time, with organizations paying…
When Shannon Gath took the technology helm at AMAG Pharmaceuticals just over a year ago, the company was in the midst of an enterprise-wide digital transformation. One of her first actions, along with her commercial business partners, was to pump the brakes on a multimillion-dollar data management and analytics technology investment that was expected to streamline…
Last week we witnessed two failed transformations. The first was President Trump’s attempts to secure consensus on funding a border wall resulting in him declaring a state of emergency. The second was New York’s attempts to address the backlash against its deal with Amazon resulting in Amazon’s decision to pull out of the deal. For…
Many enterprises dabble in DevOps, but far fewer practice it at scale — all too frequently, thanks to cultural resistance. Companies seeking a shift to DevOps would do well to lift a page from the playbook of Kaiser Permanente, whose implementation of DevOps at scale has helped infuse greater personalization in the company’s healthcare practices.…
Less than a year into his tenure as CIO of Procter & Gamble, Javier Polit walked the floor at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Polit met with startups and innovation-focused companies that had partnered with P&G, and he observed various competitors flaunting their competitive products. Then he asked his team…
Each year we talk with tech leaders about the biggest problems they’ll face in the near future, and we’re starting to see some subtle and not-so-subtle shifts from the worries of 2018. Data overload, a major concern 12 months ago, has evolved as new data-hungry tools and AI help make sense of data and drive…
We all know the benefits that APIs can bring in getting the right data to the right people at the right time. There are enough tools out there to make offering API access to your data a relatively easy experience. However, a common problem has been too great a focus on sorting out the technical…
Since 2015, Intel’s Native Coders initiative has provided pathways to computer science for hundreds of Native American high school students through a culturally sensitive curriculum that bridges cutting-edge technology and endangered traditions. The initiative began as part of Intel’s broader goal to achieve full representation of women and underrepresented minorities in its U.S. workforce by…
Diverse and inclusive companies drive innovative results. Yet the tech industry still struggles with diversity and inclusion, often failing to attract diverse talent due to inclusivity issues in the workplace. For organizations looking to shape up their diversity and inclusion programs and policies, the change can be challenging — and rewarding. To read this article in full, please…
Under pressure to drive revenue and digitize services, CIOs are increasingly shifting to product-based IT as a means for delivering business results quickly, improving customer experience, and providing opportunities to transform in-house solutions into marketable services. That’s the case for Fortune 500 companies and local government IT alike — as Arapahoe County’s experience in streamlining…