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Backcountry modernizes for the cloud era

A complete overhaul of its ecommerce stack finds the outdoor recreational retailer poised to offer improved customer experiences and personalization just as it starts a push to open more physical stores.

By Paula Rooney

Apr 26, 2022

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation

Databricks’ new data lakehouse aims at media, entertainment sector

Data lakehouses combine the storage and analytics features of data warehouses and data lakes, with vendors like Databricks offering solutions for specific industries.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 25, 2022

Databases

Scrumfall: When Agile becomes Waterfall by another name

Businesses reasserting outdated development principles are undoing not only the promised product benefits of Agile, but also its human-centric principles. Itu2019s time to recommit.

By Jeremy Duvall

Apr 25, 2022

Agile Development Software Development

Cloud momentum sees SAP start the year strong

The German software company started the financial year with strong cloud revenue, but it recognized that exiting the Russian market will impact its bottom line.

By Charlotte Trueman

Apr 25, 2022

SAP Technology Industry

15 best data science bootcamps for boosting your career

Whether you're a recent grad, seasoned IT pro or someone looking to make a career change, these bootcamps will set you on the right path for a career in data science.

By Thor Olavsrud and Sarah White

Apr 25, 2022 12 mins

Big Data Data Architecture Data Mining

6 smart practices for better business-IT alignment

From ride-alongs to reverse-embedded IT, CIOs are establishing new approaches to bridging the business-IT divide u2014 and devising inventive strategies with business alignment top of mind.

By Minda Zetlin

Apr 25, 2022

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership

Daphne Jones: Envision a new career destiny

The board director and former CIO knows a thing or two about transformation. Her advice to IT leaders looking to improve their career trajectory: u201cApproach it like a business problemu201d and take steps to improve your product.

By Maryfran Johnson

Apr 23, 2022

CIO Careers

Supply chain digitization faces 3 big hurdles, PwC survey shows

A PwC survey covering operations and technology leaders as well as other C-suite executives globally has identified three main roadblocks stopping them from achieving digital transformation in their supply chain operations.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 22, 2022

Supply Chain

European cloud project Gaia-X is stuck in the concept stage

The European cloud project Gaia-X launched in 2019 with great fanfare. However, for Volker Pfirsching, partner at Arthur D. Little, the project is so far more an idea than a concrete plan.

By Heinrich Vaske

Apr 22, 2022 13 mins

Cloud Management Data Privacy

Did SAP spy on its employees, German union asks

The service sector union Ver.di has made public an internal data leak at SAP. Sensitive information from the workforce is said to have been widely accessible.

By Martin Bayer

Apr 21, 2022 3 mins

Data Privacy Enterprise Applications Security

CDP buyer’s guide: Top 8 customer data platforms

Tying together customer data from various sources, customer data platforms (CDPs) provide detailed profiles of customers and the means for delivering customized marketing to them.

By Peter Wayner

Apr 21, 2022 9 mins

Enterprise Buyer’s Guides Marketing Software

The hard truth of IT metrics

Want to survive as CIO? Youu2019ll need metrics. But not just any metrics. Hereu2019s a quick guide.

By Bob Lewis

Apr 21, 2022

IT Leadership ROI and Metrics

Secrets of future-ready tech leaders

Learn how business-driven CIOs are updating their leadership playbooks for the future of work.

By Dan Roberts

Apr 21, 2022 8 mins

IT Leadership

Software and consulting boost IBM results to start the year

The tech giant saw revenue rise 8% for the first quarter of the year, as demand for its hybrid cloud software and consulting services spiked.

By Scott Carey

Apr 20, 2022

Technology Industry

11 ways to kill your IT career (without knowing it)

In the fast-paced world of tech, complacency can be a career killer. So too can any number of hidden hazards that quietly put your career on shaky ground.

By Paul Heltzel

Apr 20, 2022

Careers IT Leadership

Yelena Pevzner: We need to obsess over employee experience

The Ally CIO is a fierce advocate for a best-in-class employee experience.

By CIO staff

Apr 20, 2022

Employee Experience Financial Services Industry

Eash Sundaram: CIOs offer much-needed expertise to PE-owned businesses

The former chief digital and technology officer of JetBlue discusses his new private equity operating partner role, and why PE firms are increasingly bringing CIOs into their firms and portfolio businesses.

By Martha Heller

Apr 20, 2022 6 mins

CIO Careers

The unfulfilled promise of automation: DNA matters

Process automation brings much-needed efficiencies, but enterprise DNA is essential for the long-term strategy, ensuring business resiliency and innovation.

By Shail Khiyara

Apr 19, 2022 10 mins

Digital Transformation Robotic Process Automation

CIOs increasingly tap contract IT as talent gap filler

With the percentage of tech workers opting for independent work rising, CIOs are recalculating staffing mixes to lean more heavily on freelance and contract workers for hard-to-hire, high-demand skills.

By Mary K. Pratt

Apr 19, 2022

Hiring IT Skills Staff Management

Ada Developers Academy: A no-cost career program that aims to diversify IT

Ada Developers Academy offers a unique, free program to help women and gender-expansive adults launch careers in software development, offering support every step of the way.

By Sarah White

Apr 19, 2022 10 mins

Diversity and Inclusion IT Training

7 secrets of successful digital transformations

Getting digital right requires more than executive buy-in and financial commitment. It requires a nuanced approach to strategy, implementation, and collaboration.

By Esther Shein

Apr 18, 2022 13 mins

Digital Transformation

At a loss for data project ROI? Evaluate it like a product

Ascertaining the value of data initiatives that support the business can be tricky. Hereu2019s how data intelligence company Collibra took a product-based approach to evaluating the ROI of a key pre-sales dashboard tool.

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 18, 2022

Analytics Data Science ROI and Metrics

What is the 9-box talent review? A matrix for identifying top performers

The 9-box talent review grid is a popular HR tool used to measure employee performance and to identify employees with leadership potential.

By Sarah White

Apr 15, 2022

IT Training Staff Management

CIOs can and should play a pivotal role in ESG strategy

The ability to provide transparent, data-driven insights and measure progress toward objectives makes IT critical to the success of any ESG strategy.

By Michael Bertha

Apr 14, 2022 6 mins

Digital Transformation Green IT

Data as a service: Top vendors offering data on tap

Enterprises looking to supplement their data-driven decisions or digital services with data they might not otherwise have on hand have a growing number of options to turn to.

By Peter Wayner

Apr 14, 2022 9 mins

Analytics Data Integration Data Science

ATD banks on B2B digital transformation

The wholesale tire distributor has overhauled its core integration layer to be 100% cloud-native in preparation to offer slick digital sales channels to B2B buyers tired of traditional call centers.

By Paula Rooney

Apr 14, 2022

Digital Transformation

Oracle’s ME employee experience suite targets workforce challenges

Oracle ME, an employee experience suite within the companyu2019s Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) platform, is aimed at resolving workforce challenges such as attrition in the wake of the pandemic.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Apr 13, 2022

ERP Systems Human Resources

9 outsourcing myths debunked

Outsourcing has evolved u2014 and so too have misconceptions about what makes a successful sourcing partnership in a world remade by pandemic, digital transformation, talent shortages, and geopolitical turmoil.

By Stephanie Overby

Apr 13, 2022 7 mins

IT Strategy Managed Cloud Services Outsourcing

Truist CIO Scott Case on adopting a digital transformation mindset

For Case and his team, the pandemic, combined with the companyu2019s merger, forced a focus on serving clients that became the guiding principle of their digital transformation.

By CIO staff

Apr 13, 2022 5 mins

Digital Transformation Financial Services Industry

How data from IoT devices is changing supply chain analytics

A variety of technologies are coming together to fast-track supply chain digitization and other innovations.

By Dipti Parmar

Apr 12, 2022

ERP Systems Internet of Things Supply Chain

7 ways to elevate your CIO role

CIOs have long been viewed by many colleagues as second-string executives. Now is the time for IT leaders to expand their role, and to assert their unique vision and value.

By John Edwards

Apr 11, 2022 8 mins

CIO IT Leadership

Molex CDO proves the value of customer-centric IT

After years as a CIO at many different companies, Mike Giresi is defining the role of CDO at Molex and Koch Industries as one focused on customers and business operations, not just technology.

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 11, 2022 7 mins

Chief Digital Officer IT Leadership

SAP is holding data for Russian customers

Shortly before the support freeze for Russian cloud customers, SAP offered to move their data abroad for free.

By Jens Dose

Apr 8, 2022 3 mins

Data Center ERP Systems SAP

The tech behind the 2022 US CIO 100 winners: Celebrating the CIO 100 Solutions Partners

The CIO 100 celebrates 100 IT organizations for driving digital business growth through innovation. Here, we recognize the technology vendors who provide the tools with which our winners create their peerless projects.

By CIO US Events

Apr 8, 2022 2 mins

Foundry Events Vendors and Providers

7 tips for leading productive remote teams

Even as many organizations chart plans to return to the office, remote leadership isnu2019t going away any time soon. Itu2019s never too late to build on what youu2019ve learned leading through the pandemic to ensure productivity continues.

By Christina Wood

Apr 8, 2022 10 mins

Collaboration Software Staff Management

DevColor’s cohort approach to uplifting Black IT careers

DevColor's A* program brings together Black technologists into peer-led mentoring squads aimed at providing career advice and community for those who often feel isolated at work.

By Sarah White

Apr 8, 2022 11 mins

Careers Diversity and Inclusion

AI takes aim at employee turnover

With attrition an increasingly challenging issue, companies are turning to chatbots and machine learning to augment HR strategies for gauging employee sentiment, identifying flight risks, and strengthening career support.

By Maria Korolov

Apr 7, 2022 11 mins

Artificial Intelligence Hiring Machine Learning

The CIO’s missing priority

Directing decision-maker-awareness to the right targets is a key skill for CIO success. Investment risks that pit information security vs. information technology prove the point.

By Bob Lewis

Apr 7, 2022

CIO IT Leadership

SAP at 50: The software group is at a crossroads

SAP made German software history, but the company is facing a number of new challenges. Now the young management team around CEO Christian Klein has to prove itself.

By Martin Bayer

Apr 7, 2022 17 mins

ERP Systems SAP

Corporate defenses must step up to meet a changing geopolitical landscape

IT and security teams must stay more vigilant than ever to protect against threats from both from the hacker community and government-backed organizations.

By Rick Grinnell

Apr 6, 2022 6 mins

Cyberattacks Identity and Access Management Security

‘The key is the cloud’: How to keep up with the speed of innovation

Register now for CIOu2019s Future of Cloud Summit to hear from tech leaders from CarMax, DISH Network, Priceline and others.

By CIO US Events

Apr 6, 2022

Cloud Architecture Cloud Security Foundry Events

7 hot infrastructure and operations trends — and 7 going cold

When it comes to infrastructure and production systems, stability is king. And yet change persists, as organizations seek greater security and faster speeds — without sacrificing reliability.

By Peter Wayner

Apr 6, 2022 14 mins

Devops Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy

Web accessibility emerges as a top CIO priority

A variety of legal and regulatory developments, along with a substantial potential market, will make digital accessibility a top priority in 2022.

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Apr 6, 2022 9 mins

IT Strategy Legal Retail Industry

Business continuity planning: A proactive approach to threat management

Assessing the threat landscape and putting a plan in place can help you build operational resiliency against geopolitical and other potentially disruptive events.

By Siddharth Ram

Apr 5, 2022 8 mins

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Risk Management

Southampton FC’s IT director changes formation

Southampton Football Clubu2019s renaissance is pushing IT Director James Grove to modernise IT and data capabilities, improve fan engagement, and defend the boardroom from transfer fraudsters.

By Doug Drinkwater

Apr 5, 2022

IT Leadership

Supply chain woes? Analytics may be the answer

Optimas Solutions, CarParts.com, and Lenovo exemplify an accelerating trend that sees organizations turning to analytics to address supply chain challenges.

By Bob Violino

Apr 5, 2022 9 mins

Predictive Analytics Supply Chain Supply Chain Management Software

Investing in IT careers pays off at Capital One

Capital One has designed several internal programs to upskill employees to fill skills gaps and to give anyone inside or outside of IT the resources to become a software engineer.

By Sarah White

Apr 5, 2022

IT Training Staff Management

IBM’s z16 mainframe boasts on-chip AI acceleration

IBM says the z16u2019s security features also help protect enterprises from the u2018harvest now, decrypt lateru2019 threat of quantum attacks.

By Peter Sayer

Apr 5, 2022 6 mins

IBM Mainframes

The pandemic pivot: 5 key leadership lessons that will last

To navigate the pandemic, IT leaders have had to rethink team relationships and jury-rig new ways of getting work done. Hereu2019s what they think will stick once the pandemic upheaval subsides.

By Stacy Collett

Apr 4, 2022

IT Leadership

Microsoft to optimize process automation stack with Minit acquisition

Days after Celonis acquired a company to boost its offering on Microsoftu2019s Power Platform, Microsoft has made a process mining acquisition of its own.

By Peter Sayer

Apr 4, 2022

Business Process Management Microsoft Process Improvement