opinion ‘ConTech’ roundup from Content Marketing World The array of content-centric technologies that IT professionals need to manage continues to expand. By Howard Tiersky Oct 13, 2017 Marketing Technology Industry opinion The changing role of the CIO – from operating IT to orchestrating IT How the cloudification of everything will fundamentally change the CIOu2019s job description u2013 and require additional capabilities as organizations go completely digital. By Marc Wilczek Oct 13, 2017 CIO Cloud Computing Digital Transformation opinion The lesson of Harvey Weinstein: If you see something, say something Women are speaking up about sexual harassment, and it seems people are finally listening. Now itu2019s time for our male colleagues, family and friends to start speaking up, too. By Sharon Florentine Oct 13, 2017 Careers IT Leadership opinion 8 reasons for the IT-business disconnect Why is it always IT versus the business? By Myles F. Suer Oct 12, 2017 IT Leadership opinion The cloud was just the beginning – have you considered the impact of AI? The modern enterprise stack will ultimately be entirely defined by artificial intelligence. By Rene Buest Oct 12, 2017 Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Digital Transformation opinion The building blocks of a digital transformation Too many companies prioritize the novelty of transformation over the operational perspective necessary to ensure success. By Michael Monahan Oct 12, 2017 Digital Transformation IT Governance IT Leadership opinion A better way to learn: closing the skills gap with equality Equality is possible and, more than ever before, affordable. Everyone benefits, business and worker both. By Sarah Franklin Oct 12, 2017 IT Leadership IT Skills Staff Management opinion Real-time analytics is reinventing finance – adapt or face extinction Big data isn't new to the finance industry. But real-time data is just now becoming feasible for the masses. And that is already causing waves in the industry. By Philip Kushmaro Oct 12, 2017 Analytics Financial Services Industry feature How Ford uses HoloLens to drive automotive design Mixed reality technology is transforming several of Fordu2019s crucial processes for designing cars, trucks and SUVs. And it's facilitating the company's push into design thinking to put people at the heart of its innovation. By Clint Boulton Oct 12, 2017 Digital Transformation Innovation Virtual Reality feature 10 best places to work for women in technology Looking for a supportive, inclusive and progressive organization where you can flex your technical muscles and make a difference? Look no further. By Sharon Florentine Oct 12, 2017 Careers tip Want a better customer experience? Invest in your employee experience The energy of the workplace impacts innovation, customer retention, and other critical factors that can make or break growth in both the short and long term. By Autumn Manning Oct 11, 2017 Careers opinion Product management in digital transformation: What’s different? Digital transformation programs require product managers to have skills and experience across several key disciplines. Your first step: recognizing the strategic importance of the product management function. By Isaac Sacolick Oct 11, 2017 Careers Digital Transformation IT Leadership feature 9 IT projects primed for machine learning With AI quickly becoming strategic, look for projects that can give you some quick business wins and help you gain the skills to apply machine learning more broadly. By Mary Branscombe Oct 11, 2017 Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership IT Strategy opinion Your solution is perfectly … imperfect Whether we admit it or not, no product is flawless. Your sales pitch should acknowledge this fact and set the stage for an honest partnership. By Andrew Stanten Oct 10, 2017 IT Leadership opinion IoT architecture: To run on the cloud or not? The answer, as always, depends on the use case. By Sanjay Srivastava Oct 10, 2017 Cloud Computing Enterprise Architecture Internet of Things opinion Smart contracts are winning over tech startups From banking, investment, and even business-to-business transactions, smart contracts are a key innovation that could open the doors to more mainstream acceptance of blockchain. By Ralph Tkatchuk Oct 10, 2017 Financial Services Industry Internet feature Changing the definition of software testing in the AI era AI-driven software requires an updated approach to software testing. By Kumar Srivastava Oct 10, 2017 App Testing Artificial Intelligence Software Development feature 10 key warnings for your Windows 10 migration If youu2019re looking at a Win10 rollout, like Damocles staring at the sword, there are a few important tidbits that every executive needs to understand. Here is your report from the Win10 trenches. By Woody Leonhard Oct 10, 2017 IT Strategy Small and Medium Business Windows feature The top 9 ITSM suite vendors for 2017 Gartneru2019s 2017 Magic Quadrant report stacks up the best IT service management vendors currently in the market. These nine vendors offer strong ITSM tools to suit businesses with a variety of complexity and needs. By Sarah K. White Oct 10, 2017 IT Governance Frameworks IT Leadership IT Strategy opinion The CIO identity crisis The lack of a concrete definition for the CIO is making it hard for companies to find the right talent to manage critical cyber assets and investments. By Christopher C. Barron Oct 9, 2017 CIO IT Leadership Staff Management feature 5 ways newer ERP systems overcome traditional limitations Consider one of the new breed of ERP when your ERP system needs a refresh By Bart Perkins Oct 9, 2017 ERP Systems Enterprise Applications opinion A maturity model for vendor relationships: you can’t marry all of them Not all IT vendor relationships are destined to progress to the level of "strategic partnership." Some, in fact, may need to regress. By Mikhail Papovsky Oct 6, 2017 CIO Enterprise IT Leadership opinion Women deserve a say in tech product design and development Women make up roughly half the human population. Yet their voices and their needs are continually ignored when it comes to designing and developing life-changing technology. By Sharon Florentine Oct 6, 2017 Careers IT Jobs Staff Management opinion Why CXOs need to jump off a plane Being ready to metaphorically jump off a plane seems to be a key requirement to deal with the rapid pace of technological and organizational change. Discomfort is the new comfort zone, and individuals as well as teams must learn to adapt to that. By Deepak Seth Oct 5, 2017 Mentoring Personal Software Project Management Tools opinion How to avoid digital downfall: the Toys R Us case, part 1 Lessons learned from Toys R Us digital downfall, actionable insights into industry disruption's impacts on businesses and IT, and practical approach to digital strategy, innovation implementation, and digital transformation. By Philippe A. Abdoulaye Oct 5, 2017 Digital Transformation IT Leadership opinion What makes a winning product? Why do some products succeed while other highly innovative products fail? By Christoph Schell Oct 5, 2017 Computers and Peripherals opinion The backward way of gathering enterprise software requirements Organizations ask users for their requirements, only to find that when enterprise software goes live, it doesnu2019t meet user expectations. It turns out that we have been doing this backward for years. By Chris Doig Oct 5, 2017 IT Governance IT Governance Frameworks Project Management Tools opinion What Apple’s App Store can teach us about digital transformation To help drive the company vision forward, CIOs need to decentralize IT and foster a culture of self-service not unlike that of Appleu2019s App Store. By Ross Mason Oct 5, 2017 Amazon.com Apple CIO opinion How to plan a CRM project that’s guaranteed to fail We all want our CRM projects to succeed, and one way of making a winner is avoiding the characteristics of failed projects. Think of this article as a recipe for disaster and follow none of the advice herein. By David Taber Oct 5, 2017 CRM Systems Enterprise Applications Project Management Tools opinion CIOaaS? How IT partners must now have the flexibility of a yoga master Your IT partner needs to be flexible in how it advises, designs and delivers IT services. By David Cotgreave Oct 4, 2017 IT Leadership IT Strategy opinion Everything-as-a-Service: seizing the next big cloud opportunity on the horizon The emerging service economy is creating new market categories and providing ample room for growth for companies that can connect the external dots and minimize internal overhead. By Marc Wilczek Oct 4, 2017 Cloud Computing Digital Transformation IT Leadership feature Building shared services in a culture of fierce decentralization After implementing a centralized IT strategy, Magna International's CIO says complaints about IT fragmentation and costs have dropped and talk is more about how to "use technology for business benefit." By Martha Heller Oct 4, 2017 CIO Careers IT Governance feature Remote work: A productive perk worth keeping Thinking of curtailing your remote work options? Thatu2019s exactly the wrong way to encourage productivity and innovation u2014 and to attract and retain tech talent. By Sharon Florentine Oct 4, 2017 Careers IT Leadership Staff Management opinion 6 tips to pick the right ICO ICOs are high-risk, high-reward investments. Itu2019s important to know how much one is willing to invest and possibly lose before participating in one. By Ralph Tkatchuk Oct 3, 2017 Data Breach Internet Regulation opinion Ladies and gentlemen, restart your IT funding engines Stronger collaboration between marketing and IT can be the road to success. By P. Tracy Currie Oct 3, 2017 IT Leadership Outsourcing Technology Industry opinion What to do before, during, and after meetings to make them more effective As mobility continues to change the business landscape, CIOs are going to have to ensure that meetings keep pace. By Paige O'Neill Oct 3, 2017 Careers IT Jobs IT Skills opinion The CIO’s big challenge: Keeping employees intellectually stimulated Unleash the true potential of employees by making them active participants in "innovation thinking." By Deepak Seth Oct 3, 2017 Emerging Technology IT Leadership Mentoring opinion Can managed services fit in a digital services model? New digital models are disrupting managed services and leading enterprises to question their value going forward. By Peter Bendor-Samuel Oct 3, 2017 Digital Transformation Managed Cloud Services Technology Industry opinion 3 questions from employees on digital transformation and how to answer them Employees ask questions out of fear of losing their jobs, falling behind in skills, and not knowing how they can help their companies transform. Surfacing these questions and answering them can help bring on new drivers and participants in digital tr By Isaac Sacolick Oct 3, 2017 CIO Digital Transformation Mentoring feature 10 internet of things success stories From government, to utilities, to logistics, the internet of things (IoT) is having a profound effect on many industries. Here are organizations from five verticals undergoing transformation thanks to innovative use of IoT technologies. By Thor Olavsrud Oct 3, 2017 Internet of Things Markets opinion Data governance: The discover phase Starting with a discover phase for your data governance initiative will provide you with a greater probability of success. By Nancy Couture Oct 2, 2017 2 mins Backup and Recovery Data Management opinion Bandwidth as a service: The End of DDoS? Blockchain-oriented firms have started to tackle the twin problems of website security and communication speeds. Thanks to its decentralized and heavily encrypted design, blockchain is ideally suited for protection. By Ralph Tkatchuk Oct 2, 2017 Cybercrime Emerging Technology Security opinion Harnessing the power of Slack bots and apps in the workplace All the team chat apps today allow using bots. Slack leads this area with its u201cappsu201d that even have the ability to post custom-formatted content directly to the chat. By Chris Low Oct 2, 2017 Collaboration Software Enterprise Applications Small and Medium Business opinion Getting big data right The evolution of big data, data science and analytics was on full display at this yearu2019s Strata Data Conference with one overarching message: We need to get big data right. By Charles Araujo Oct 2, 2017 Analytics Data Science Predictive Analytics opinion 3 steps to better confidence Like Dumbo, we each have the ability to achieve greatness. It sometimes requires reframing your self-messaging to improve confidence and recognize your potential. By Sue Weston Oct 2, 2017 IT Leadership IT Skills opinion 3 top things I look for when hiring a modern technology team How to hire, build and retain a modern international technology team. By Ryan Fay Oct 2, 2017 IT Jobs IT Skills Staff Management feature Digital transformation: Your career at a crossroads IT leaders find themselves in need of new skills and strategies, thanks to digital transformation. Hereu2019s how to keep ahead of the curve before digital disruption curtails your career aspirations. By Esther Shein Oct 2, 2017 Careers Digital Transformation IT Leadership feature Westfield woos customers with digital makeover of mall experience Mall operators are countering retail store closures with digital technologies and new partnerships. At Westfield, that includes digital signage, smart parking and Uber deliveries. By Clint Boulton Oct 2, 2017 Digital Transformation IT Leadership Retail Industry opinion Welcome to the Hotel California of Artificial Intelligence The Feast of the Beasts. By Rene Buest Oct 2, 2017 Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Technology Industry opinion Getting to the collaborative mindset While technology does get the most attention as the most critical for collaboration in an organization, it is actually the least critical factor for success. What is most critical is getting to a 'collaborative mindset.' 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