Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
By Taso Du Val All companies want to hire top talent. The catch: Many don’t know how. The competition to find and hire the right candidate—along with the increased globalization of today’s marketplace—makes it more and more difficult to secure top talent. The good news is that the key to finding and acquiring this talent…
“It’s really incumbent upon CIOs to step it up a notch,” Gelsinger told the audience of fellow and former CIOs at the summit. “They really have to. IT systems are morphing into new entities that involve CMOs, in addition to CIOs and CTOs. The democratization of IT, thanks to the cloud and mobile devices, is…
By Chris Preimesberger DEL MAR, Calif. — Nobody likes to talk about the danger of their jobs evolving into something they do not like, least of all highly compensated enterprise C-suite executives. But a group of Fortune 500 CIOs did just that several days ago. The occasion was the second, and possibly annual, The Wall…
By Larry Bonfante When cloud computing first became the rage, a lot of IT executives who were dismissive of it as the latest fad and went back to business as usual. Now that cloud computing has made significant inroads in the marketplace, many CIOs are feeling threatened by it. They are acting defensive, using legitimate…
By Samuel Greengard CIOs can boost their odds of success by considering these five approaches: View resistance as an opportunity.By now, it’s clear that consumer technology has turned IT upside down. It’s tempting to bemoan the loss of control and complain about the growing challenge of dealing withshadow ITand ageneral defianceto abide by polices. But…
By John Keppel The global outsourcing market is increasingly characterized by growing volumes of contracting activity, coupled with a sharp decline in total contract value. This was a key finding that emerged from the Q413 ISG Outsourcing Index, which measures commercial outsourcing contracts with annual contract value (ACV) of $5 million or more. The Q413…
By Samuel Greengard These days, discussions about big data and analytics are inescapable. Virtually every field—from medicine and financial services to manufacturing and science—is being redefined and rewired by the ability to put ever-growing data sets, both structured and unstructured, to work. And we’ve only just begun. The deluge of data will become a flood…
By Samuel Greengard Once upon a time, we were told a wonderful tale about technology simplifying work. It makes sense because a word processor is far more efficient than a typewriter and a Website is much simpler and faster than managing millions of pieces of paper. However, the reality is that today’s technology simply creates…
By Samuel Greengard It’s time to pull out the crystal ball and examine some of the tech trends likely to shape the enterprise in 2014. Here are six trends that CIOs should keep an eye on over the coming months: Personal Clouds Roll Into the Picture.As adoption of mobile technology soars and the consumerization of…
It’s hard to argue digital technology’s transformative effects. Yet according to a report from MIT Sloan Management Review and IT services and consultancy firm Capgemini, businesses are struggling to capitalize on technology trends like mobility, social media and analytics. And the problem starts at the top. A mere 38 percent of the 1,559 executives and…