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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO Business Intelligence

So if you are seeking to lead transformational change at your organization, it’s worth knowing the 10 most common reasons why digital transformation fails and what you as an IT leader can learn from those failures. Resistance to change Change is hard, and digital transformation requires a lot of it.

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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

CIO Business Intelligence

Once a vanguard business strategy, digital transformation has become a perennial objective for business survival. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations.

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3 tough decisions for IT leaders to achieve a successful digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

The digital transformation journey for any enterprise is protracted and complex. Nonetheless, these decisions are in the interest of the organization for digital transformation to lend a much-needed competitive edge. Technology leaders often underestimate the complications associated with it.

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Giant Eagle CIO Kirk Ball’s recipe for digital transformation success

CIO Business Intelligence

Afterwards, we spent some more time discussing his extensive track record with digital transformation, including how to set up digital initiatives for success. Dan Roberts: People refer to digital transformation in so many different contexts that the term has almost lost all meaning.

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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud

CIO Business Intelligence

And IHG is not alone in the hospitality industry’s move to accelerate digital offerings for guests and operators. Digital Transformation, Multi Cloud, Travel and Hospitality Industry

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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO Business Intelligence

Jain says that starts by understanding the definition of “customer,” which Jain defines as “anybody who benefits from your services and products.” Despite the simplicity of that definition, Jain sees many IT departments falter in their ability to identify their customers. Digital Transformation, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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The unfulfilled promise of automation: DNA matters

CIO Business Intelligence

Vendors, by making indistinguishable claims about digital transformation and process automation, suggest similar outcomes. Digital transformation cannot be achieved through purely tech-enabled, service-led approaches, with the promise to build autonomous enterprises with low code, flexible applications, etc.