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Is your organization a top performer?

When it comes to digital transformation, CIOs need to be customer- and innovation-centric

By Chris Curran

Navigating the brave new world of decentralized IT

As economic and competitive pressures push organizations toward more rapid product and service delivery, the ways organizations engage with technology u2013 and the people who support it u2013 are changing.

By Todd Thibodeaux

CIO IT Leadership

How to harness the power of shadow IT

The business risks posed by Shadow IT are very real. But, when properly managed, so are its benefits.

By Jeffrey Bannister

CIO IT Leadership

Assessing your organization’s digital transformation maturity

While there are perennial capabilities and skills that are required for business success u2013 investment, leadership, culture, change management, governance u2013 digital transformation requires new capabilities that organizations need to acquire an

By Nicholas D. Evans

Digital Transformation Technology Industry

7 things startups need to know about cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is now simply one the many realities of doing business today. You should know the risks, and put programs in place that will help you avoid getting hit by cyberattacks down the line.

By Ralph Tkatchuk

Data and Information Security Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

10 early warning signs of ERP disaster

Enterprise resource planning systems reap business efficiency by tying together disparate systems and services. But an ERP implementation can quickly unravel into disaster if you donu2019t heed these early warning signs.

By Bruce Harpham

ERP Systems IT Leadership IT Strategy

Why are USB sticks wrinkle-free?

Roughly half of lost USB sticks and other mobile gadgets get returned to owners, which triggers the million-dollar question: What happens to the other half?

By Marc Wilczek

Data Breach Encryption Malware

4 steps toward building a productive IT culture

IT and other executives must learn how to use corporate culture as a tool to boost their teamu2019s efficiency, morale and effectiveness.

By Eric Bloom

IT Leadership IT Skills Personal Software

How to manage the fear of change in IT projects

Change is inevitable, especially working in IT projects, so adapting and working in collaboration with technology is vital. Hereu2019s why.

By David Cotgreave

IT Leadership Project Management Tools

Breaking down artificial intelligence to form a starting point for adoption

To leverage, communicate and sell the power of artificial intelligence, we first must capture its essence.

By Peter B. Nichol

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Architecture

Leadership bootcamp: Lessons from military veteran CIOs

The U.S. Armed Forces takes leadership training seriously. Here, a trio of IT leaders reflect on the key leadership competencies they learned while serving in the military.

By Brian P. Watson

How big data is disrupting the real estate industry

When it comes to making real estate deals, data analysis is quickly becoming the leading factor in the decision-making process today.rn

By Kevin Rands

Analytics

8 companies using big data to disrupt real estate

Here's how top companies are using data to target the right clients in the real estate industry and prepare more unique offerings.

By Kevin Rands

Analytics Data Science

Digital emotions can supercharge your communication skills

A new form of communication is completely changing the way humans share information. More than just feelings, digital emotions are reshaping the way people think and feel all over the globe.

By Christopher C. Barron

4 LinkedIn tips for elevating your executive brand

LinkedIn is a key tool for establishing your brand as an executive, but is your LinkedIn profile having the impact you want? Here are four easy ways to strengthen your executive brand on LinkedIn.

By Sarah K. White

By Duncan Brown, Pete Lindstrom

Careers LinkedIn

Donu2019t be fooled. GDPR implementation is a complex undertaking and being unprepared could have significant and expensive repercussions.

CIO 100 Compliance Privacy

Talking tech in corporate boards

Tech leaders are commonly encouraged to speak the language of business, but it is becoming increasingly important for boards to speak the language of technology.

By Khalid Kark

CIO 100 IT Leadership

AI gets down to business

New tools and troves of data have CIOs turning to neural nets and machine learning to deliver real-world results. Hereu2019s how six 2017 CIO 100 leaders put AI to work.

By Beth Stackpole

Artificial Intelligence CIO 100 IT Leadership

Summer 2017: Honoring the 2017 CIO 100 winners

Smarter. Better. Faster. These award-winning CIOs are delivering business results.

By CIO staff

Artificial Intelligence CIO IT Leadership

8 project management tips for setting and managing expectations

Project managers and IT executives share their top strategies for creating realistic schedules and keeping projects on track.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

IT Leadership Project Management Tools

Simpler applications and smarter databases, Part 2

Here's a more detailed look into the trade-offs represented by NoSQL.

By Barry Morris

Cloud Computing Data Management SQL

The incredible, shrinking shelf life of healthcare technology strategy

A perfect storm of policy uncertainty, marketplace transformation, and technology evolution has made strategic planning increasingly difficult for CIOs.rn

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Data and Information Security Electronic Health Records Healthcare Industry

Defeating the SAP project optimism Death Star

Studies have shown roughly 65% of large IT-enabled projects go over budget, and there is evidence to support that 25% of these projects will end up going 50% over plan. What went wrong?

By John Belden

CIO ERP Systems IT Strategy

Empower IT to lead digital transformation

Business innovation is no longer just for the C-suite. Enabling IT to take a lead will boost organizations into the new competitive landscape.

By Blair Shiver

CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Data science key to Monsanto improving its supply chain

A drive toward digitization in the supply chain has created major efficiencies for Monsanto, while underscoring the need for a culture of IT 'transformation agents.'

By Brendan McGowan

CIO Data Science Digital Transformation

3 ways that revenue recognition will impact IT

A new five-step model will replace more than 150 pieces of guidance on recognizing revenue and consistently apply the same approach across industries, eliminating specialized industry rules.

By John Hoebler

IT Governance System Management Technology Industry

Diversity. #altogether

Diversity is a winning strategy for business and humankind.

By Greg Simpson

Meet your software development deadline with these tips

The keys to success: Get input from your team at the outset, and have a definition of "done" for all development stages.

By Steve Mezak

CIO Enterprise Applications IT Governance

The benefits of applying product management discipline to IT

At Murphy USA, CIO Greg Davidson has created a "software product mindset" around the company's software development, improving its SDLC.

By Martha Heller

BPM Systems CIO IT Governance

9 warning signs of bad IT architecture

A sound IT architecture keeps your companyu2019s technology strategy humming. From kludges to manual re-keying to redundant apps, these are the telltale indicators of an IT environment on the brink of collapse.

By Bob Lewis

Enterprise Architecture IT Leadership IT Strategy

How to create a company culture that can weather failure

In technology, things go wrong all the time, sometimes catastrophically. But if you stop paying attention after you fix the immediate problem, youu2019re missing out on the benefit of learning from experience.

By Mary Branscombe

CIO.com honors the 2017 CIO 100 winners and Hall of Fame inductees

We celebrate the 30th anniversary of the CIO 100 awards program by recognizing 100 organizations for their business and technology innovation and are proud to announce this year's class of CIO Hall of Fame inductees.

By Amy Bennett

Aug 8, 2017 4 mins

CIO CIO 100 IT Strategy

Don’t let the shadows scare you

Shadow IT does not need to be a threat to your organization

By Bask Iyer

Enterprise Applications Security Technology Industry

The slow death march of a great corporation starts when the culture is allowed to die

It's not just about your product or solution. It's about the people working on your offering u2013 and how they feel about your company.

By Andrew Stanten

IT Leadership Staff Management

How to maximize email productivity and retain corporate knowledge

Gain a deeper knowledge of the products you already own and maximize your personal and organizational productivity.

By Eric Bloom

Collaboration Software IT Leadership Small and Medium Business

From big data to good data: closing the gap between data governance and business insights

Despite increasing spend on big data technology, many organizations still struggle how to make sense out of the massively growing digital universe.

By Marc Wilczek

Analytics CIO Digital Transformation

The 10 most expensive cities for hiring tech talent

You can find some of the best tech talent in these 10 cities, but with high costs of living and high costs of operating a business, these tech workers come at a high price.

By Sarah K. White

Careers Staff Management

5 secrets of highly effective IoT strategies

A winning internet of things strategy requires strong leadership, clearly defined roles and a dedicated team. Pioneering IT leaders offer hard-earned advice for IoT success.

By Bob Violino

IT Leadership IT Strategy Internet of Things

3 ways the evolving customer journey will impact CIOs

Orchestrating the customer journey from the inside out

By Chris Stone

Chief data officers are moving from defense to offense

An MIT conference panel reveals a shift in thinking toward big data regulatory and compliance reporting, and the expanding role of the CDO in the board room.

By Paul Barth

Compliance Data Center IT Governance

Take ownership of your culture: 3 ways executives can lead by example

Here's how leaders can create an environment where everyone knows what theyu2019re working toward.

By Autumn Manning

Careers

How smartphones are taking over traditional cash exchange systems

Older style institutions are being left in the dust by innovative online currency exchange options.

By Philip Kushmaro

Mobile Payment Systems Small and Medium Business

The case for hiring an external-facing CIO

When hiring a CIO, it's not clear whether he/she should be internal- or external-facing. In this post, the second of two parts, I make the case for hiring an external-facing CIO.

By Paul T. Cottey

CIO IT Leadership

10 hot data analytics trends — and 5 going cold

Big data, machine learning, data science u2014 the data analytics revolution is evolving rapidly. Keep your BA/BI pros and data scientists ahead of the curve with the latest technologies and strategies for data analysis.

By Martin Heller