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Business imperatives and the tech time bomb

Many transformational programs in enterprise IT are no more than shiny objects sitting on a veneer layer that masks the unsustainable, expensive legacy they depend on.

Arbitration mechanisms key to viable smart contract platforms

Smart contract platforms are now making it easy for companies to adopt the technology with minimal technical expertise.

Contract-to-hire jobs on the rise: how to leverage this trend

The rising contract-to-hire trend provides your business with the opportunity to make more informed and effective full-time tech hires. Here's how to capitalize on this hiring shift.

Compliance strategy is just the start of your privacy program

Understanding the conflicting privacy regulations in countries around the world.

Google touts programmers 10 times more productive

Should your company go the Google route and invest in this strategy for increasing productivity?

CIOs are ready for the COO chair

Phil Fasano, who spent a career in the CIO role, says CIOs should do more than drive operational change u2014 they should become operations leaders.

7 simple ways to fail at agile

Creating and sustaining a successful agile program requires a strong commitment and careful planning. Yet ruining a functional agile initiative is remarkably easy.

To be AI-first, move beyond managing data warehouses

Enterprises need to define a path to data-maturity and that requires reshaping and reorganizing their data storage, description, maintenance and value generation processes, procedures, tooling and functions.

Out with the E, in with the C: the new battleground for digital health

Healthcare IT needs a new buzzword every year, and it seems like weu2019ve found one for 2018 that indicates a shift in the battleground for technology providers.

What does it take to be a successful CIO?

The CIO role requires an unusual ability to be both a big picture strategist and an execution oriented leader who can pay attention to details. It also helps to be surrounded by good people with a diverse skillset.

The secrets of highly successful data analytics teams

Effective data teams bring diverse, cross-functional skill sets to bear on clearly defined business priorities — without losing sight of the value of experimentation and ongoing education.

AI-defined infrastructure: be prepared for a new generation of business models and applications

An AI-enabled Infrastructure is an essential part of todayu2019s enterprise stack and builds the foundation for the AI-enabled enterprise.

Counting database costs: databases and elasticity

How database systems are finally lining up with the rest of the application stack to support modern elastic data centers, and deliver the associated cost benefits.

Encouraging and enabling collaboration in modern workplace

When it comes to employee communication and collaboration, IT leaders need to ask themselves, u201cAre we the gatekeeper to employees collaborating or are we enablers and champions?u201d

But it worked for me…

By the time someone approaches you with a problem, you have missed the first few chances to prevent the situation from occurring.

Tech’s worst layoffs, 2017

A look back at the year in pink slips

At the innovation tipping point — outward, forward-thinking prevails

Innovation is moving from promise to reality more quickly than ever before. With all this opportunity, however, many companies find it hard to know how to harness it, where to invest, or even the right questions with which to begin.

Virtual reality and blockchain — the future of STEM?

While blockchain helps retail and financial industries to evolve, its u201ckiller appu201d might end up being completely unrelated to profits of any kind. We can only hope.

A checklist for superior leadership

Far too many leaders think that their technical or operational prowess is a benchmark for success. The superior ones, however, understand the power of influence, empathy and everything else that's required for leading people.

3 small mistakes IT vendors make during a sourcing event that are detrimental to their success

If IT vendors can help alleviate the frustrations voiced by buy-side companies, they may find themselves more successful during a sourcing event.

Travel conference CEOs worry technology could drive the de-personalization of travel

And in an era where travelers have more stress than ever, is reducing genuine human contact actually increasing the sense of isolation and anxiety?

The chatbot startup that has the Fortune 500 listening

Fortune 500 companies are tapping the digital design expertise of startup Conversable for virtual digital assistant software to help consumers find information and complete transactions.

Leading change in the digital age

More than ever before, all business sectors must track and manage the coming magnitude of change or find themselves paying the high price of ignorance

How you can use UC to beat shadow IT communication channels

The simple act of optimizing your communication and maximizing the benefit of a single UC solution over others will quickly eliminate some of the shadowy internal competition.

75% of customers are willing to pay a premium for enhanced hosting and cloud services

Cloud users are willing to pay an average 30 percent premium for enhancements such as security, uptime and performance. Still, many providers fail to meet customersu2019 expectations.

How application development and maintenance has become a loss leader

Agile, cloud, ready-to-buy platforms and other advances have eroded the statusu2014and the marginsu2014of application development.

Stopping sexual harassment: Ready for a ‘witch hunt’?

If calling out those who participate in or perpetuate sexual harassment constitutes a u201cwitch hunt,u201d then sign me up.

5 pitfalls of self-service BI

Self-service business intelligence offers many benefits, but bringing analytics and reporting closer to business units by bypassing IT can have unintended u2014 and costly u2014 consequences.

Why design thinking is key to efficient innovation

Sixty-nine percent of organizations surveyed by Everest Group say that design thinking makes their innovation process more efficient. Download the free report to learn more.

Can devops be delivered in a distributed labor model?

The key to a high-functioning devops team? Two pizza boxes and one Nerf ball.

EU privacy law says companies need to explain the algorithms they use

Explainable AI is needed to fully comply with the new EU data protection law. But companies don't need to sacrifice the benefits of machine learning accuracy to do it.

Top 10 states for software jobs

The software industry has an enormous impact on the U.S. economy and employment nationwide. Based on data from Software.org: the BSA Foundation's survey, ten states stand out as your best bet for software jobs.

Low-code: today’s latest buzzword or technology worth the buzz?

Why are low-code solutions getting so much attention lately? And is it warranted?

Cybersecurity is every IT leader’s job

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and is supposed to remind us of the magnitude of the growing cybersecurity threat. As if we needed reminding this year.

Don’t let complexity cripple your business

Organizations can start to remove complexity by simplifying processes and making them work for instead of against their teams. Here's how.

Is technology spending a cost of doing business or a source of alpha?

A modern-day IT strategy should strive to get an IT organization out of its efficiency and reliability comfort-zone, and elevate its business relevancy through continuous improvement in productivity, throughput and measurable business outcomes.

Cybersecurity considerations for outsourcing software development

How to protect your information assets and productivity gains through software outsourcing

CIOs are getting serious about machine learning sooner, not later

The time for talking is over, and the time for action is now. A global survey by ServiceNow finds that 9 out of 10 CIOs are moving fast to automate their business processes.

AI and machine learning are forcing CIOs to rethink IT strategies

Machine learning and AI are becoming necessary in todayu2019s complicated IT environment, causing CIOs to figure out how to use them so IT pros and business both benefit.

How to select a SaaS vendor

CIO turned SaaS sales executive Kendra Von Esh says the CIOu2019s approach to evaluating SaaS vendors must change. She offers four tips for selecting the best SaaS product.

7 training companies primed to upskill your IT pros

IT training doesnu2019t have to eat up company time. There are plenty of ready-to-go training programs offered in a variety of formats from vendors looking to do most of the work for you.

6 steps to devops success

Making the most of a switch to devops requires new tools, new processes and a significant cultural shift. Here's how to begin your journey to improved IT service delivery and optimized costs.

4 vital skills CIOs need to survive digital transformation

Is strategic planning the key to IT cost optimization?

How a Fortune 500 company saved millions using this win-win negotiation tactic.

‘This is not an IT project’

If that kind of a statement is going to have impact in an organization, it has to have some operational teeth.

Demystifying the dark science of data analytics

Knowledge and planning transforms data analytics from a "dark science" into a mainstream business tool.

6 hard truths IT must learn to accept

The rise of shadow IT, shortcomings in the cloud, security breaches u2014 IT leadership is all about navigating hurdles and deficiencies, and learning to adapt to inevitable setbacks.

Capital One banks on burgeoning multi-cloud ecosystem

SaaS providers are hosting their apps on competitors' public clouds, spurring an ecosystem that affords CIOs greater choice of services without having to port data to yet another platform.

Ethical principles for algorithms

As big data analytics continues to transform the economic and social landscape, is it time to ask questions about the ethical nature of the algorithms employed by various organizations?

Why investments in computer science education need data at their core

An understanding of coding at its rudimentary level isnu2019t all about enriching Silicon Valley. Itu2019s about giving our kids the tools to maneuver in the modern world, the building blocks of these otherwise esoteric concepts, and the ability to c