CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Today, it is not enough just to innovate within one’s own vertical; to truly exploit the power of GenAI to transform workflows and drive competitive advantage, CIOs need to look outside their own organizations to get the scale, domain expertise, and speed required to develop fully integrated solutions. This is a challenge for many CIOs.

Strategy 129

Strategy Insurance Digital Transformation Enterprise 129

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Officials at the North Carolina Department of Information Technology found themselves in a position familiar to most IT organizations: aware of the need to do more to attract IT workers given that they — like most employers — faced fierce competition for talent.

IT 137

IT Consulting Reporting Software 137

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

The tech industry has long been known for its lack of diversity and, as a result, there’s been a big push for companies to take DEI strategies seriously. Diversity not only helps organizations perform better but fostering equity and inclusion can also strengthen recruiting and retention rates, as well as overall employee satisfaction.

Strategy 98

Strategy IT Reporting Data Processing 98

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 19, 2023

Recent research from IDC report Enterprise Automation to Mitigate the Digital Skills Shortage found that up to 80% of organizations in the APAC region, excluding Japan, find it difficult or extremely difficult to fill vacancies in IT roles. Some of the hardest roles to fill include security, and development and data professionals.

Software 103

Software Risk Machine Learning Reporting 103

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2022

introduced the term “talent war” to the world. For almost a quarter of a century CIOs have been locked in a Sisyphean battle to attract and retain the IT talent necessary to create competitive advantage. Every year, “talent” is one of the top challenges facing IT organizations. A lack of financial resources?

Strategy 135

Strategy Technology Management Measurement 135

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 8, 2024

But investors were adamant you could build a tech company with just engineers. Keeping up with the technology base is one of the biggest challenges facing a modern day CIO, he says, due to the acceleration of transformative tech like gen AI, so continuously modernizing to remain not just relevant but competitive is vital. “If

Risk 102

Risk Testing Strategy Technology 102

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2023

Now that organizations have returned to a new (somewhat) normal, CIOs appear to be focused on getting back to basics — and untangling tech debt incurred in making it through the past few years. One thing that is clear is we will need to partner and work across industries to solve truly big problems that all organizations are facing.”

IT 145

IT Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 145

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2024

Twenty-plus years in, CIOs have discovered that, when it comes to IT, everything is going to need a strategy. As CIO, you need a data strategy. You need a cloud strategy. You need a security strategy. Just this past year another strategy must-have arrived to upend nearly every organization.

Strategy 115

Strategy Consulting Measurement Big Data 115

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. To guide an organization through uncertainty, IT leaders must help ensure everyone in the company is on the same page, Srivastava says.

IT 123

IT Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Strategy 123

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2022

CIO Steve Zerby not only has a seat at the table, but he’s driving business strategy at the manufacturing company thanks to his panoptic view of the centralized yet global organization. They’re able to see the technologies, processes, and people “moving in different directions, the strategies involved, and how they fit together.

Insurance 136

Insurance Strategy Technology Manufacturing 136

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Without an AI strategy, organizations risk missing out on the benefits AI can offer. An AI strategy helps organizations address the complex challenges associated with AI implementation and define its objectives. Organizations that make efforts to understand AI now and harness its power will thrive in the future.

Strategy 79

Strategy Business Objectives Cost-Benefit Consulting 79

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. When CEO Plinio Ayala joined Per Scholas in 2003, he noticed there weren’t enough skilled technicians to fix the hardware the organization collected.

IT 102

IT Software Technology Cost-Benefit 102

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2024

As Lee Boelens, CIO of workforce solutions provider GDH, says: “IT is more than a department; it is an important resource that should be woven into each of the other departments.” It requires a shift in cultural mindset, one that alters how the organization functions operationally. He sees 2024 as the year to have good answers.

IT 144

IT Cost-Benefit Statistics Consulting 144

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2024

New tech moves from bleeding edge to mainstream at an ever-increasing pace. That’s not hyperbole: TEKsystems’ 2024 State of Digital Transformation report found that 53% of organizations classified as digital leaders are confident that their digital investments will meet expected ROIs.

Strategy 140

Strategy IT ROI Digital Transformation 140

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In a career spanning such companies as IBM, KeyCorp, M&T Bank, and BMO, she has “answered the call” many times, most recently as CIO of The Hartford, where she is responsible for the overall strategy, vision, and execution of business technology, cyber, data analytics, and data science. Can you expand on that?

Insurance 121

Insurance Enterprise Risk Digital Transformation 121

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

As companies vie for talented tech workers to meet skills gaps in their organizations, the demand for certain tech roles has increased. There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience.

IT 137

IT Digital Transformation Software Risk 137

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every IT leader wants to create a fast, efficient, and innovative IT organization. It requires time, attention, and continually investing in top talent as well as tools and processes to support the team.” To establish a high-performing IT culture, IT leaders must be able to push their teams to the limit without crippling morale.

IT 129

IT Data-driven Strategy Digital Transformation 129

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

Khare, a Forbes CIO Next 50 Tech Leader and Chicago CIO of the Year ORBIE winner, leads an award-winning digital technology team that powers Oshkosh’s business growth and innovation efforts. Generally, what happens in IT, projects get delayed because of IT but also because of business resource availability.

Manufacturing 85

Manufacturing Digital Transformation Strategy Sales 85

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2023

The complexity of today’s enterprise infrastructure environment has created demand for a great variety of dedicated point security solutions, triggering a disconcerting array of alarms and alerts that most organizations struggle to address with current access to talent and staff. involved in the risk management process.

Enterprise 81

Enterprise Risk Management Risk Manufacturing 81

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 5, 2023

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. Equally telling is another statistic from that research: Just 35% of these enterprises have achieved their digital goals or are on track to do so.

Digital Transformation 142

Digital Transformation Manufacturing Strategy Management 142

Rocket-Powered Data Science

OCTOBER 16, 2020

While there has been accelerating interest in implementing AI as a technology, there has been concurrent growth in interest in implementing successful AI strategies. In the recent 2020 RELX Emerging Tech Study , results were presented from a survey of over 1000 U.S. organizations. (e)

Strategy 198

Strategy Insurance Snapshot Digital Transformation 198

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 24, 2022

One of the most important relationships a technology leader can forge is with the chief human resources officer (CHRO). In addition, in a tight talent market, IT must rely heavily on HR to gain an edge in recruiting and retaining valuable IT talent. Honing strategic hiring priorities.

Digital Transformation 125

Digital Transformation Data-driven Technology Advertising 125

Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

All employees suffer when the tech and their teams aren’t working at their best capacity. The lack of the right resources, technology, and, most importantly, communication channels could bring unwarranted stress to the organization. 5 communication strategies for the workplace. Create an amicable atmosphere.

Technology 119

Technology Unstructured Data Strategy Cost-Benefit 119

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 13, 2023

Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. The IT skills shortage is critical, with CIOs losing talented employees faster than they can hire them,” said Mbula Schoen, senior director analyst at Gartner, in a recent Q&A. “IT CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware.

IT 97

IT Strategy Cost-Benefit Marketing 97

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to the usual technology considerations, economic, geopolitical, and supply-chain issues all compete for attention as IT leaders look to keep their organizations growing amid turbulent times. Decisions around game-changing current and future technology require decisive action and possible investment to remain competitive.

IT 138

IT Risk Technology Measurement 138

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2023

The CIO’s biggest hiring challenge is clear: “There is simply not enough talent to go around,” says Scott duFour, global CIO of business payments company Fleetcor, for whom positions in areas such as AI, cloud architecture, and data science remain the toughest to fill. Geographical nuances are also arising. The net result?

IT 90

IT Data Science IoT Digital Transformation 90

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2022

Employee retention is an organization’s ability to keep its employees under contract, making for a more stable, productive workforce. Companies that are serious about retaining their talent establish policies and programs aimed at reducing employee turnover. Retaining top talent. Employee retention definition.

Strategy 128

Strategy Cost-Benefit Management Enterprise 128

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 12, 2023

These executives can help lead their organizations toward increased efficiencies and improved performance through strategic implementation of the right products and services. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

Technology 124

Technology Risk Strategy Interactive 124

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2024

The CIO doesn’t have to know all the information, but as the one who sees across the organization, the CIO should be able to bring insights that will help the other executives put all the pieces together.” ChatGPT caused quite a stir after it launched in late 2022, with people clamoring to put the new tech to the test.

IT 124

IT Risk Cost-Benefit Enterprise 124

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2023

Those early professional experiences in tech ed coupled with an opportunity to move to Europe brought her into the IT realm. I was able to see that the breadth of technologies I could use in education was small compared to the tech that could help global private-sector companies,” she says. The WDNR turned 50 recently.

IT 131

IT Consulting Insurance Technology 131

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When Greg Greenlee joined the IT industry in 2008, the lack of representation of Black IT professionals among attendees and speakers at tech conferences and events was readily apparent. “It That blog quickly grew into Blacks in Technology (BIT) Foundation , a global organization working to “stomp the divide” in the tech industry.

Technology 104

Technology Data Processing IT Interactive 104

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2023

The subsequent demand for enterprise IT talent has led to a sharp spike in salaries CIOs must pay to staff their teams. Demand for tech talent was up by 50% to 60% in the last two years, mainly attributable to industry-spanning hyper digitalization. We can upskill existing resources in other areas but not in these.”

IT 99

IT Cost-Benefit Manufacturing Technology 99

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. And it’s never too late for CIOs to reassess their cloud strategies.

Strategy 141

Strategy Cost-Benefit IT Key Performance Indicator 141

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2022

Such figures fuel the fight for talent, says Vince Kellen, CIO of University of California San Diego, but he has a plan to compete in this job market. Kellen is embracing temporary workers, seeing both contractors and freelancers as an integral part of his staffing strategy. With contract work, we’re talking about the borrow strategy.

IT 97

IT Cost-Benefit Strategy Consulting 97

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Among the various strategies at our disposal, automation stands out as a pivotal solution,” she says. Falling behind in the AI adoption race can pose significant challenges for organizations.” CIOs will feel pressure to help develop strategies around it to stay ahead of competitors and enable their business.”

Cost-Benefit 134

Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Consulting Strategy 134

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2022

Open dialogue, education, hiring, and strategic thinking are just some of the ways top tech companies are improving their diversity and inclusion efforts. So how can tech companies improve their business’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies? Create a DEI Strategy. Get the Conversation Started.

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datapine

MAY 31, 2022

b) Infrastructure as a Service ( IaaS ) – compute resources, complemented by storage and networking capabilities are owned and hosted by providers and available to customers on-demand. Everywhere you turn these days, “the cloud” is being talked about. Yes, this ambiguous term seems to encompass almost everything about us.

Risk 237

Risk Cost-Benefit Business Intelligence Data-driven 237