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HPE is in talks to buy Nutanix: Report

The deal could make HPE a dominant player in the cloud computing market.

Dec 1, 2022 4 mins

Talent development: 4 upskilling success stories

These four organizations show how a commitment to career development can help fill skills gaps, bolster productivity, and improve employee satisfaction and retention rates.

By Sarah White

Dec 1, 2022 8 mins

IT Skills IT Training

CIOs find big benefits in shift to human-centered design

Human-centered design is helping IT organizations develop high-value products and services faster and more cost-effectively by hitting closer to the mark on first delivery.

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 30, 2022 10 mins

Design Thinking Software Development

What the expanding role of the CIO means to Lenovo’s Arthur Hu

For Arthur Hu, Lenovo’s SVP, global CIO, and Services & Solutions Group CTO, the CIO role in particular goes beyond traditional IT in the same way digital capabilities are expanding into every aspect of the business. Here, he discusses how

By CIO staff

Nov 30, 2022 6 mins

CIO Cloud Management Roles

CIO Carissa Rollins reimagines Illumina IT for business impact

The biotech company’s IT chief sees the capabilities management model as key to expanding Illumina’s business focus from research and manufacturing to clinical-based genomic health.

By Martha Heller

Nov 30, 2022

IT Leadership IT Strategy

AWS makes a foray into supply chain management

At re:Invent 2022, the cloud services provider launched a new application that integrates machine learning to help enterprises get a unified view of their supply chain.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 29, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Supply Chain Management Software

AWS adds machine learning capabilities to Amazon Connect

At re:Invent 2022, Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of forecasting, capacity planning, scheduling, and Contact Lens features for its Amazon Connect contact center service, while introducing two new features in preview.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 29, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Computing Enterprise Applications Machine Learning

7 lies IT leaders should never tell

In leadership, lying is never a good thing, especially if you get caught. Here’s a rundown of whoppers CIOs often tell — and even believe — that could lead to a career disaster.

By John Edwards

Nov 29, 2022 8 mins

CIO IT Leadership

Melissa & Doug buys oversized ERP to grow into

When the preschool toy company grew out of its small homebrew ERP, it skipped the midmarket offerings and went straight for an enterprise-scale system in the cloud.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 29, 2022 6 mins

CIO Cloud Management Oracle

5 ways to avoid IT purchasing regrets

Over half of organizations have experienced a high degree of regret over tech purchases made in the past two years. Here’s how to ensure your IT investments pay off.

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 28, 2022 10 mins

Budgeting IT Strategy Vendor Management

Infosys elevates employee experience with intelligent platform

Dubbed ‘Live Enterprise,’ the mobile-first platform has transformed multiple areas of the company, from recruitment to code delivery, by integrating applications and streamlining processes informed by data insights.

By Moumita Deb Choudhury

Nov 28, 2022

CIO 100 Employee Experience Infosys

Carhartt turns to data under new CIO

19-year Carhartt vet Katrina Agusti takes the IT reins at the workwear manufacturer with an eye toward capitalizing on its cloud journey by improving data operations and making the most of AI.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 25, 2022 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Management

Examining low-code/no-code popularity across Africa and its range of disruption for CIOs

Despite pockets of implementation, low-code/no-code technologies aren’t mature enough to be widely popularized in CIO communities in Africa. But some entrepreneurs and companies have had enough success with them to stoke broader interest.

By Aurore Bonny

Nov 24, 2022 8 mins

Emerging Technology Innovation No Code and Low Code

What is enterprise architecture? A framework for transformation

Enterprise architecture is the process by which organizations standardize and organize IT infrastructure to align with business goals. These strategies support digital transformation, IT growth, and the modernization of IT.

By Sarah K. White

Nov 23, 2022 9 mins

Enterprise Architecture IT Governance Frameworks IT Strategy

5 pitfalls to avoid when partnering with startups

By adding startups to their portfolio of partners, IT leaders can jumpstart innovation and deliver digital solutions quickly — provided they know how to navigate the unique risks of working with upstarts.

By Yashvendra Singh

Nov 23, 2022 10 mins

Innovation Outsourcing Startups

10 tips for running a world-class innovation contest

Addressing key steps to structure an annual innovation contest, based on culture and core values, that strengthens best practices.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Nov 22, 2022 5 mins

IT Strategy Innovation

IT leaders take charge of customer experience

With customer experience (CX) a central tenet for successful digital transformation, IT leaders are evolving their organization’s CX capabilities to deliver impressive results.

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 21, 2022 10 mins

IT Leadership IT Strategy

Music distributor tracks SaaS usage to boost security, satisfaction

SaaS management is about much more than cost control, says CD Baby’s VP of IT Tom Beohm.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 21, 2022 7 mins

ERP Systems SaaS Security

XPO Logistics invests in IT for the long haul

The logistics company’s less-than-truckload freight operations are fueled by in-house freight applications fine-tuned to leverage loads of data in the cloud.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 18, 2022 7 mins

Cloud Computing Data Management

CDO resumes: 5 tips for landing a chief data officer role

Chief data officers are on the rise as businesses embrace data-driven strategies. But you’ll want to follow these five tips to write the perfect CDO resume to get the job.

By Sarah K. White

Nov 17, 2022 9 mins

Careers Data Management Resumes

Sanjib Sahoo on the CIO as chief value officer

The CDO of Ingram Micro discusses the importance of taking accountability, having a bias for action, and communicating with compassion as the keys to being a successful IT leader today.

By Dan Roberts

Nov 17, 2022 9 mins

CIO IT Leadership

5 ways to find hidden IT talent inside your organization

Hidden IT gems: From bootcamps to internal skills marketplaces, companies are discovering tech talent where they wouldn’t expect it.

By Stacy Collett

Nov 16, 2022 9 mins

Hiring IT Training

CIO and CTO Art Hu on incubating a new business inside Lenovo

With Lenovo expanding its focus to software solutions, Art Hu kept his CIO role at the $70 billion business while also becoming CTO of its new $5 billion ‘startup.’

By Martha Heller

Nov 16, 2022

IT Leadership

Are product managers chief executives of their product? It depends.

Two ways PMs are like CEOs — and one way they aren’t.

By Karl Rumelhart

Nov 15, 2022

Business IT Leadership Roles

Veeam’s new pitch to CIOs: Outcome-based backup and recovery offerings

Veeam is making a play for CIOs with a new offering that would allow enterprises to pay based on whether it is able to meet agreed-on backup and recovery time objectives.

By Varun Aggarwal

Nov 15, 2022 4 mins

Backup and Recovery Technology Industry

SAP seeks to make builders of business technologists

SAP Build provides enterprises with a new low-code development resource built on the same infrastructure as its pro-code development tools.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 15, 2022 5 mins

Application Management Build Automation SAP

Why CIOs should invest in digital through economic headwinds

According to analysts at Gartner, CIOs should use digital investment through the recession in order to deliver growth, and repeatable financial and environmental benefits.

By Doug Drinkwater

Nov 15, 2022 7 mins

Digital Transformation Innovation Machine Learning

7 ways CIOs get themselves fired

Keeping your job as CIO is tough, even when you do everything right. Here are seven ways unwary CIOs make their jobs even riskier.

By Bob Lewis

Nov 15, 2022 7 mins

CIO IT Leadership

Tata Consultancy Services delivers self-service analytics in-house

TCS CIO Abhijit Mazumder built an analytics platform to empower the IT services provider’s business users to gain insights from soaring volumes of data without IT intervention.

By Moumita Deb Choudhury

Nov 15, 2022 6 mins

Business Intelligence and Analytics Software

Johnson & Johnson’s big bet on intelligent automation

Three years in, Johnson & Johnson’s Ajay Anand and Stephen Sorensen reflect their quest to deliver half a billion dollars of impact from intelligent automation at the pharmaceutical titan.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 11, 2022 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Robotic Process Automation

Zendesk announces 300 job cuts to reduce costs

The layoffs are estimated to set Zendesk back by about $28 million, primarily due to costs incurred on severance payments and employee benefits.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 10, 2022

IT Jobs

IT leaders meet the challenge to innovate frugally

IT budgets are under pressure, yet innovation must continue unabated. Here’s how IT leaders are developing high-value solutions on a shoestring budget — and reaping the rewards.

By Yashvendra Singh

Nov 10, 2022 13 mins

Innovation

Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

Microsoft is accused of using new licensing rules for its productivity software to push European enterprise customers toward its Azure cloud infrastructure.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 10, 2022 5 mins

Cloud Management Cloud Storage Microsoft

Veteran CIOs on leading IT today

Mike Goodwin, DiAnna Thimjon, and Woody Groton discuss how leadership practices and philosophies gained from their military experience have continued to serve them well in their civilian careers.

By Dan Roberts

Nov 10, 2022

IT Leadership

Salesforce announces hundreds of job cuts

Salesforce has joined ranks with technology peers Twitter and Meta as it starts laying off hundreds of employees this week.

By Charlotte Trueman

Nov 9, 2022 2 mins

Staff Management

5 tips for excelling at self-service analytics

Organizations are accelerating their ability to make data-driven decisions by offering analytics capabilities directly to business users. Here’s how to do it right.

By Bob Violino

Nov 9, 2022 9 mins

Business Intelligence

Examining the digital transformation juggling act at Novanta

Sarah Betadam, CIO of photonics, vision, and precision motion technology supplier Novanta, spoke during a recent CIO Leadership Live session about how she engages with myriad teams, functions and channels to effectively initiate digital transformatio

By CIO staff

Nov 9, 2022 4 mins

Agile Development Digital Transformation Remote Work

8 secrets of successful IT freelancers

IT freelancing can be an enticing and rewarding part- or full-time occupation, but only the skilled and persistent survive let alone thrive.

By John Edwards

Nov 8, 2022 7 mins

Careers

What the CIO balancing act looks like to Ovo Energy’s Christina Scott

Considering the urgency of climate issues, volatile markets, and building up the next generation of leaders, Christina Scott, chief product and technology officer (CPTO) at energy supplier Ovo Energy, talks about how she’s able to address these

By Doug Drinkwater

Nov 8, 2022

CIO Energy Industry

How to Launch Your AI Projects from Pilot to Production – and Ensure Success

IT leaders can take an active role in improving how many AI projects get fully off the ground.

By Isaac Sacolick

Nov 7, 2022 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Science Machine Learning

Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

Establishing product ownership, embracing agile, and nurturing the right tech and business talent are part of the success formula for transforming IT organizations and service delivery models.

By Beth Stackpole

Nov 7, 2022 11 mins

IT Leadership IT Strategy

Mapping a Cloud Strategy for 2023

Learn about controlling cloud costs, why you might want to try industry clouds, and incubating your own cloud products at CIO’s Future of Cloud Summit on November 8.

By bkormanik

Nov 4, 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Foundry Events IT Strategy

10 future trends for working with business leaders

The IDC FutureScape team has turned its attention to CIOs’ relationship with business leaders to predict 10 winning digital business strategies for the years ahead.

By Peter Sayer

Nov 4, 2022 8 mins

CIO Data Governance Digital Transformation

Regeneron turns to IT to accelerate drug discovery

CIO Bob McCowan’s digital and data transformation sets the stage for innovation by equipping the pharmaceutical’s scientists with the data they need to experiment and test hypotheses.

By Paula Rooney

Nov 4, 2022 7 mins

CIO 100 Healthcare Industry Machine Learning

The new CIO security priority: Your software supply chain

With so much unknown about what your developers and systems rely on to be productive — and what those tools and code bases rely on in turn — it’s time to get serious about securing your software supply chain.

By Mary Branscombe

Nov 3, 2022 10 mins

Application Security Security Practices Software Deployment

How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

One year into life after Google, Trainline CTO Milena Nikolic is building a platform for growth through multi-disciplinary teams, professional development, microservices and infrastructure-as-code.

By Doug Drinkwater

Nov 3, 2022 7 mins

CIO Digital Transformation Women in IT

How to launch—and scale—a successful AI pilot project

For enterprise AI projects, the proof is in the pilot. Here’s how four enterprise IT leaders set themselves up for success.

By Robert Mitchell

Nov 2, 2022 13 mins

CIO Machine Learning Project Management

JetBlue optimizes data operations with shift to the cloud

After struggling with an on-premises data warehouse, the airlines has unlocked self-service reporting and the power of machine learning by migrating its data to the cloud.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 2, 2022 7 mins

Cloud Computing Data Management

Menora Mivtachim goes digital to speed up pension transfers

The Israeli insurance company has transformed its customer experience for the least IT-literate segment of the population — the elderly. CIO Moshe Morgenstern shares lessons learned for those seeking to serve this growing market.

By Inna Lazareva

Nov 1, 2022 7 mins

Digital Transformation Innovation

CIOs rethink how they hire for hard-to-fill IT roles

A willingness to consider far-flung candidates and offering meaningful work are just two of the ways IT leaders are getting more strategic about addressing IT hiring challenges.

By Johanna Ambrosio

Nov 1, 2022 11 mins

Hiring IT Training