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Stop talking about mission, vision, strategy and tactics

How to avoid business terms that create more confusion than clarity.

By Henrik-Jan van der Pol

Are you a Great Dane or a Chihuahua?

There are all sorts of techniques to estimate development tasks u2013 dog breeds, t-shirt sizes u2013 but whatu2019s the best one?

By Eugenio Bartolo

Agile Development Digital Transformation IT Leadership

9 ways you’re failing at business intelligence

Solid business intelligence is essential to making strategic business decisions, but for many organizations, BI efforts are derailed by poor data practices, tactical mistakes and more.

By Bruce Harpham

Analytics Business Intelligence IT Strategy

The secret to orchestrating your digital mess

As the enterprise tech market expands to include more types of digital experiences, orchestration tools will become the secret sauce to keeping both internal and external experiences cohesive and seamless.

By Chris Stone

CIO CRM Systems Technology Industry

5 technologies disrupting the app development industry

Developers who want to be at the top of their game will need to roll with the times and constantly innovate, whether theyu2019re playing around with new form factors or whether theyu2019re learning to code in a new language.

By Kevin Rands

Developer Internet of Things Technology Industry

Excellence is not optional

Repeatability is the key to consistent results at scale.

By Andrew Filev

How to narrow the CMO-CIO divide

In the absence of common performance metrics linked to business outcomes, u201cwho should own IT?u201d is a debate about authority without accountability.

By Hakan Altintepe

How to manage the millennial mindset

Millennials are rapidly redefining workplaces in the U.S. and around the globe. For those of us in the IT sector, what does it take to successfully manage and motivate this growing force?

By Anna Frazzetto

IT Leadership IT Skills Staff Management

Technology advances quickly, so why don’t the women who help drive it?

Technology is a fast-paced industry. The change we envision must come swiftly, too.

By Sandra Smith

IT Leadership Technology Industry

The role of the CIO: a playbook for managing an SAP relationship

Is there a single trait that can influence an executiveu2019s ability to successfully navigate and optimize the negotiations and on-going relationships that support strategic initiatives?

By Len Riley

How AI can help to avoid Amazon Web Services disruptions

An AI-defined infrastructure u2013 specifically, an AI-powered IT management system u2013 can help to avoid service disruptions of public cloud providers.

By Rene Buest

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Web Development

How to avoid the next epic transformation fail

Success is not about hoping for the best on the big projects, itu2019s about developing your organizational capability for change as a whole.

By Ivan Seselj

Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Migrating into the cloud: easier said than done

The number of cloud-hosted applications is poised to increase by 40 percent over the next two years. Yet, research finds that successfully mastering the transition and transformation phase remains a challenge.

By Marc Wilczek

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation

Architecture firm transforms client experience with secure cloud collaboration

Perkins+Will CIO Murali Selvaraj has tapped cloud collaboration and identity management services to help architects and clients better share information on high-stakes projects.

By Clint Boulton

Collaboration Software Identity Management Solutions Small and Medium Business

5 information security threats that will dominate 2018

The global security threat outlook evolves with every coming year. To combat the threat in 2018, enterprises must understand these five global cyber threats.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 20, 2017 8 mins

Data Breach Malware Social Engineering

Improve workplace productivity by focusing on AI-enabled conversational experiences

Business leaders need to start looking at how to use AI, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP) and chatbots, to enhance conversational engagement and rich interactions.

By Dave Smith

Nov 17, 2017

Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Tips for driving change among multiple stakeholder groups.

By Peter Bendor-Samuel

Nov 17, 2017

Digital Transformation IT Leadership

AI – hype or here today?

Artificial Intelligence is at the top of the u201chype cycle,u201d but it is moving so quickly that unless you jump on the bandwagon now, you risk being left behind.

By Greg Simpson

Nov 17, 2017

Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Technology Industry

Twitter offers more space for hate

Twitter recently increased its character limit from 140 to 280, which means more space for abuse and harassment.

By Sharon Florentine

Nov 17, 2017 2 mins

Internet Social Networking Apps Twitter

Managing ETL vendors

There are many competitive options, and all provide the services to move your ETL data quickly and securely…and can scale your environment faster than you could have in your traditional environment.

By Brian E. Thomas

CIO IT Leadership Managed Cloud Services

5 use cases for AI in the workplace

At its Advanced Technology Fair, Cisco provided a glimpse of the near future by demonstrating how artificial intelligence can be used to improve meetings.rn

By Zeus Kerravala

Nov 16, 2017 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

Have we been doing IT wrong?

If treated as an asset, not a cost center, IT has the power to change the way organizations win.

By Ross Mason

5 ways for businesses to master the relationship economy

The Consumer Economy model has shifted and is now built around trust and enabled by digitization, putting the power back in the consumeru2019s hands. All industries must learn to adapt to a new model, the Relationship Economy, in order to succeed.

By Samantha Paxson

Enterprise Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

4 essential tips to ace the tech job interview

Tips for getting you past the company culture fit hurdle and ensuring you are seen as the best, and only, fit for the job.

By Gianna Scorsone

Careers IT Skills

Digital done wrong

CIOs must understand that digital experiences start with the customer and work backwards into the enterprise.

By Esteban Herrera

IT Leadership Outsourcing

Finding the key to success with enterprise customers

Put another way u2013 what's the best way to get it right the first time when selling to enterprises?

By Vini Letteri

8 cities where tech talent is outpacing job growth

The growth of tech talent is outpacing the growth of technology jobs in these eight cities, creating a larger available talent pool and less competition for businesses.

By Sarah K. White

IT Jobs Salaries Staff Management

5 things that are dragging down your digital transformation

IDC predicts that by 2022, 80 percent of revenue growth will depend on digital offerings and operations. Getting there requires getting past the deadlock created by outdated KPIs, organizational silos, limited expertise and other challenges to digita

By Meredith Whalen

Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Counting database costs: inflexible databases are unaffordable databases

Elastic database systems address multiple needs with cloud-native and container-native designs that allow them to scale-out and scale-in dynamically.

By Barry Morris

Budgeting CIO Databases

Future of the workplace is exciting, technologically innovative — and imminent

As long as the demand for u201cmore,u201d u201cbetteru201d and u201cfasteru201d continues, the vision for the future will be here before we know it.

By Rich Green

CRM Systems Emerging Technology Technology Industry

The CEO’s guide to transforming the IT workforce through M&A

CEOs should use M&A as an opportunity to reassess and transform the IT organizationu2019s profile, capabilities, and workforce to create sustained competitive advantage.

By McCree Lake

Digital Transformation IT Leadership Mergers and Acquisitions

With digital health apps, we can’t always get what we want

There are some 318,500 mobile health applications available to download. However very few are gaining traction. Why is healthcare unable to grow adoption rates as fast as other sectors?

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Healthcare Industry Mobile Apps Technology Industry

IS ETL dead? In the age of AI, not quite

It's just more complex, harder and significant.

By Kumar Srivastava

Artificial Intelligence Data Management Technology Industry

The cloud is changing IT. But not really…

All those great IT habits your organization has created over the years are still needed.

By Chris Bovasso

Cloud Computing IT Leadership

IT productivity through project failure

When a project fails, does it have to diminish the reputation of IT as a whole?

By Eric Bloom

CIO IT Leadership Project Management Tools

Is this ITIL’s last gasp?

For any service management framework or approach to remain relevant, their core focus must be to help shift and reorient organizations away from systems-centric or even service-centric operating models to customer-centric ones.

By Charles Araujo

ITIL ITSM Technology Industry

Establishing business architecture standards: an industry imperative

The advantages that standardization provides to consumers and practitioners apply to the discipline of business architecture.

By Daniel Lambert

Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Technology Industry

5 ways to kill your digital transformation program

Leaders of transformation programs have the challenge of getting the right business and IT people involved and collaboration practices in place.

By Isaac Sacolick

CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Facebook takes on non-consensual intimate images

Non-consensual intimate images are a serious problem that tech companies are trying to prevent. Facebooku2019s pilot reporting program in Australia is a thoughtful first step to address this major social issue.

By Mark MacCarthy

Nov 15, 2017 4 mins

Internet Privacy Regulation

Fall 2017: Hot trends in data analytics

Big data, machine learning, data science u2014 the data analytics revolution is evolving rapidly.

By CIO staff

Analytics Business Intelligence CIO

How to strengthen IT’s connection to your business

When IT understands the business, it can better fulfill its needs. To achieve that and foster a business outcomes culture, CIOs are using a combination of approaches.

By Martha Heller

CIO IT Leadership IT Skills

Do you really want to be a platform?

Platform businesses are all the rageu2014but trying to become a platform isnu2019t the only path to business success in todayu2019s digital world.

By Anant Jhingran, Michael Endler

Technology Industry Web Development

It’s time for IT to take a product management approach

The 10-point product manager manifesto that will help you beat your competition to market and the next innovation.

By Patrick Tickle

Nov 14, 2017 14 mins

IT Leadership

How neural networks will transform e-commerce

E-commerce is a multi-trillion-dollar industry undergoing a big transformation u2013 one that will permanently change the way we sell and the way consumers will buy.

By Irfan Jafrey

E-commerce Software Retail Industry Technology Industry

Your first 60 seconds

The first 60 seconds are critical to the success of any business presentation.

By Theodore May

IT Leadership

Regulatory technology: innovating compliance and your business

Regulatory technology can help to not only effectively manage regulatory requirements, but also help companies to enhance customer service and develop new offerings.

By John Ivanoski

Compliance Regulation Technology Industry

How blockchain technology is disrupting the remittance industry

Blockchain disruption is coming. Itu2019s up to you whether you prepare yourself.

By Kevin Rands

Financial Services Industry Payment Systems Technology Industry

Who needs an IT service desk analyst anyway?

While new processes, approaches and technologies may change the way that support is provided, the requirements for technical resources wonu2019t.

By Jarod Greene