IT Strategy

8 major IT disasters of 2024

Major CrowdStrike outage overshadowed most other IT problems, but this year also saw IT systems accusing employees of theft, and PC makers shipping devices with malware.

The 4 key aspects of a successful data strategy

If you want to exploit the potential of your data, you need to develop a data strategy. This includes not only technology: processes, organization and culture should also be examined.

IT leaders’ top 9 takeaways from 2024

CIOs share insights on the lessons they’ve learned this year about navigating change — and helping others do the same — while getting real about AI and leading IT initiatives exclusively with business value in mind.

SAP customers still slow to deploy AI broadly

Organizations are interested in leveraging AI to optimize internal processes and analyze data for insights, but security, data quality, and governance remain hurdles.

IDC chief research officer: GenAI, from experimentation to adoption

IT leaders are helping school systems across the country change the way children learn by incorporating technology in classrooms. Here's how Serena Sacks, CIO for the Fulton County School System, leads the charge.

IDC chief research officer: GenAI, from experimentation to adoption

How will AI agents be priced? CIOs need to pay attention

Salesforce has priced its agent per conversation, but several other pricing models are emerging. The best choice depends on how much an organization uses agents.

Avnet CIO: Navigating the cloud and AI landscape with a practical approach

Discover the lessons Max Chan and Avnet have learned about the modern digital landscape, from optimizing cloud spending to leveraging AI for customer satisfaction.

Whatever happened to the three-year IT roadmap?

CIOs now lean on shorter-term, more flexible plans, saying there’s too many unknowns to plot IT strategies years ahead.

Download our CIO Pulse enterprise cloud computing survey

Industry analysts predict growth in investment in cloud computing, and three quarters of CIOs surveyed say that it is critical to their operation. But in terms of CIO priorities, the cloud falls behind many other areas.

8 reasons why digital transformations still fail

Ineffective communication, faulty data strategies, and shortchanging the people portion of transformation are just a few ways digital journeys take wrong turns or fizzle out.