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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO Business Intelligence

Are you investing enough in digital transformation? billion in stock buybacks between 2017 and 2019. And how much are they investing in their digital transformation? And how much are they investing in their digital transformation? 31 what amounts to $428 million a year. IT Leadership.

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Paul Martin: CIOs don’t retire, they go work on boards

CIO Business Intelligence

Two years of pandemic uncertainty and escalating business risk have sharpened the focus of corporate boards on a technology trend once dismissed as just another IT buzzword. And investment in digital transformation “has increased by more than 10%” during the past two years, according to Deloitte.

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When natural disasters strike Japan, ?ita University’s EDiSON is ready to act

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2017, the university created its Education and Research Center for Disaster Risk Reduction and Redesign that focuses on disaster relief – including disaster medicine, prevention education, and reconstruction design. So far, the solution has increased details about disaster-response risk by 40% over traditional methods.

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How TCS is helping to fight financial crime with AI and Microsoft Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

As consumers embrace ecommerce, digital banking, and online payment applications, the risk of fraud and other financial crimes has increased dramatically. billion, a 436% increase over 2017 levels, according to McKinsey. The stakes for financial organizations are growing as well. In 2021, U.S. fraud losses amounted to $5.9

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5 things to know: IBM Cloud’s mission to accelerate innovation for clients

IBM Big Data Hub

We are bringing the power of foundation models with the availability of a GPU as a service on IBM Cloud offering to help organizations tap into artificial intelligence (AI) in a secured environment while aiming to mitigate third- and fourth-party risk.

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s also the fifth-largest data center market in the nation, with a “low natural disaster risk, inexpensive power, and a competitive colocation and cloud market.” There’s strong traction with tech jobs in the financial services industry, as banking turns more to digital transformation.

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Venture Capitalists Seek to Minimize Risk. So, Where Are All the Female- Led VC Funded Start-ups?

Rita Sallam

Broader diversity paired with a culture of inclusion are associated with better outcomes for business performance and innovation and should contribute to a perception of lower risk for investors. Unconscious bias creates a distorted perception of risk. When will they view diversity as a way mitigate rather than add to their risk?

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