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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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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Data skills are also vital, says NCC Group’s Fox.

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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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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

But speaking to many IT leaders, there are often gaps between how IT runs Scrum, Kanban, or other agile practices and what CIOs need in order to achieve digital transformation objectives. We discussed how many agile teams focus on rituals without truly understanding the manifesto’s objectives or the organization’s goals.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

CIO Business Intelligence

Most companies have transitioned to become more software-centric, and with this transformation, application programming interfaces (APIs) have proliferated. API-first strategies on the rise APIs are ubiquitous within modern software architectures, working behind the scenes to facilitate myriad connected capabilities. “As

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4 steps to connect change management and DevOps

CIO Business Intelligence

The process ensures processes don’t move too fast and that production of new software or infrastructure isn’t rushed so that there are no disruptions. Regular meetings or change review boards can be established to evaluate and prioritize change requests, ensuring they align with business objectives and compliance requirements.

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New world, new CIO: How emerging realities are shaping the CIO’s job

CIO Business Intelligence

Software ranges from large, one-piece mainframe programs to the small microservices of today’s native cloud environments. Business examples of the OT/IT convergence As organizations fulfill digital transformation mandates, integration of OT and IT becomes pivotal. This landscape is characterized by: • Hyperconnectivity.

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