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Enterprise architecture in the agile era: Less policing, more coaching

Who says EA is too rigid for transformation? Modern agile enterprise architects start small, deliver value quickly, and collaborate with product teams.

By Robert Scheier

Jan 4, 2022

Enterprise Architecture IT Governance ROI and Metrics

10 IT resolutions for 2022

IT leaders share their visions on how they hope to transform their teams, their organizations, and themselves in the new year.

By Mary K. Pratt

Jan 3, 2022 13 mins

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Innovation

The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of 2021

This year has seen multiple billion-dollar-plus acquisitions in hardware, software, and services, as well as plenty of smaller, strategic merger activity in areas vital to enterprise IT.

By Peter Sayer

Dec 30, 2021 18 mins

Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry

8 biggest IT disasters of 2021

From security flaws to software engineering fails, these high-profile IT disasters wreaked real-world havoc this year. Let them serve as cautionary tales.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Dec 28, 2021 12 mins

Technology Industry

11 lies CIOs will tell themselves in 2022

Self-deception thy role is chief information officer. Hereu2019s what youu2019re likely to be fooling yourself about the year ahead.

By Bob Lewis

Dec 28, 2021 11 mins

IT Leadership

AAMC proves the power of a formal DEI strategy

The American Association of Medical Colleges has taken a strategic approach to fostering an inclusive workplace culture, earning it a spot on IDGu2019s Best Places to Work in IT.

By Sarah White

Dec 27, 2021 8 mins

Diversity and Inclusion

Altria’s investment in career development pays off

Giving employees a clear path forward in their careers is a key factor in retaining them. At Altria, IT careers are a top priority, with defined goals and a variety of opportunities.

By Sarah White

Dec 24, 2021

IT Training Mentoring Staff Management

7 enterprise architecture mistakes to avoid

Disruptive times require resilient, forward-looking enterprise architecture. Donu2019t let a faulty framework ruin your organizationu2019s ability to meet current and future objectives.

By John Edwards

Dec 23, 2021

Enterprise Architecture

CIOs spell out top tech priorities for 2022

AI and automation will take center stage, as cloud and collaboration continue to impact IT agendas u2014 and IT leaders keep apprised of disprupive technologies on the horizon.

By Paula Rooney

Dec 22, 2021 9 mins

Budgeting Digital Transformation IT Strategy

Mastercard execs: Care and feeding of machine learning models is key to success

To get the best model and the best results possible, you need to understand your data, be clear on what you're testing against, and constantly monitor and attend to your models.

By CIO staff

Dec 22, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Financial Services Industry Machine Learning

6 AIOps hurdles to overcome

AIOps promises to help companies intelligently manage IT operations, but the road there isnu2019t always smooth.

By Maria Korolov

Dec 21, 2021 11 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Operations

5 essential guard rails for keeping ML models on track

As machine learning makes more use of deep neural networks, businesses are increasingly dependent on a technology that experts donu2019t fully understand. Guard rails are required to ensure safe and predictable operating environments.

By David Tennenhouse

Dec 21, 2021 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Machine Learning

IT leaders’ top 15 takeaways from 2021

After another tumultuous year, CIOs list the big lessons they learned and how they shape what's ahead.

By Mary K. Pratt

Dec 20, 2021

IT Leadership IT Strategy

Centene CIO Mark Brooks on building IT’s business relevance

The healthcare executive explains what it takes for IT leaders to get and keep their seat at the leadership table and how to cultivate a mission-driven technology team.

By Dan Roberts

Dec 20, 2021 8 mins

Healthcare Industry IT Leadership

Getting (and keeping) NLP models safely in production

Here are a few considerations to keep in mind to make sure your AI investments actually see the light of day.

By David Talby

Dec 17, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Natural Language Processing

ParkMobile’s cloud transformation paves way to new business

The parking service provider turned a business downturn at the beginning of the pandemic into an opportunity to accelerate an infrastructure shift to the cloud.

By Paula Rooney

Dec 17, 2021

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Buyer’s guide: Top 15 API management platforms

Enterprises are increasingly dependent on APIs as part of their data (and revenue) strategies. API managers can help you design, secure, and monitor these vital interfaces to your data.

By Peter Wayner

Dec 16, 2021 8 mins

APIs Enterprise Buyer’s Guides Software Development

7 mistakes to avoid with low-code deployments

Enterprises are ramping up u2018citizen developeru2019 efforts to digitize and automate business processes but use of low-code and no-code tools comes with caveats.

By Bob Violino

Dec 15, 2021 9 mins

Business IT Alignment Software Development

Avery Dennison CIO Nick Colisto on enabling business innovation

The manufacturing companyu2019s VP and CIO, and 2021 inductee into CIOu2019s Hall of Fame, discusses creating a culture that u201ccan ignite creativity and agilityu201d in a video interview with CIO contributing editor Julia King.

By CIO staff

Dec 15, 2021 4 mins

CIO Digital Transformation Innovation

Advantage Solutions CIO: We want to leapfrog our legacy culture

CIO Deanna Steele shares how she and her team strike a balance between the operation of legacy systems and implementation of new solutions that drive business strategy at Advantage Solutions.

By Martha Heller

Dec 15, 2021

CIO IT Skills Innovation

Cross-functional teams: The new IT imperative

Blending IT and business professionals in agile teams with autonomy over outcomes is fast becoming a key factor for digital success.

By Esther Shein

Dec 14, 2021 11 mins

Digital Transformation Innovation Staff Management

What is a digital twin? A real-time, virtual representation

Digital twins are real-time representations of objects, processes, and systems that can help organizations monitor operations, perform predictive maintenance, and improve processes.

By Thor Olavsrud

Dec 14, 2021 8 mins

Analytics Digital Transformation Predictive Analytics

8 myths about IT veterans looking for new work

Whether you’re hiring or seeking a new gig, the value of veteran IT talent can’t be shortchanged — even in an industry obsessed with the new.

By Paul Heltzel

Dec 13, 2021

Careers Hiring

4 steps to alleviate the QA talent shortage

Increased use of AI and no-code solutions in testing enables even non-developers to get involved in testing. Here's what that means to CIOs looking to build up QA capabilities.

By Anna Frazzetto

Dec 13, 2021 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Careers Staff Management

10 hottest IT certifications today

IT certifications can help boost your salary and make you stand out against the competition. Here are the top 10 most pursued IT certifications of 2021, according to Global Knowledge.

By Sarah K. White

Dec 10, 2021 8 mins

Careers Certifications IT Skills

Ron Moskowitz: Leading IT innovation takes vision, energy

The South Coast Air Quality Management District CIO, and 2021 inductee into CIO's Hall of Fame, discusses fostering a culture of innovation with CIO contributing editor Julia King.

By CIO staff

Dec 10, 2021

IT Leadership Innovation

Kyndryl partners with Google to support customers in cloud

The month-old IBM spinoff already has new deals with Microsoft, SAP, and VMware — but not yet with AWS.

By Peter Sayer

Dec 9, 2021

Cloud Computing Managed IT Services Managed Service Providers

3 steps to better data center risk management

Data centers remain critical in the modern enterprise. Here's what you can do to identify and mitigate risks in data center operations.

By Dipti Parmar

Dec 9, 2021 9 mins

Data Center Risk Management

CIOs gear up for the long-term hybrid enterprise

With Omicron rising, IT leaders are looking at lessons learned from stopgap COVID workplace measures to establish intentional hybrid workplace strategies tailored for long-term success.

By Paula Rooney

Dec 9, 2021

IT Leadership Staff Management

5 questions with Cardinal Health SVP Michelle Greene

No stranger to pressure and disruption, the healthcare IT leader discusses the skills and habits that enable great leaders to shine in challenging times.

By Dan Roberts

Dec 9, 2021 6 mins

CIO Careers IT Leadership

IT takes on a product mindset

The need to co-create with the business has many CIOs shifting away from IT projects in favor of a product-based approach that, like so much else in business, is a journey that takes time to nurture and succeed.

By Mary K. Pratt

Dec 8, 2021 11 mins

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Innovation

Looking back to look ahead: Anticipating the cybersecurity landscape in 2022

Reviewing the challenges that CISOs had to address in 2021 can help us better plan for what lies ahead.

By Rick Grinnell

Dec 7, 2021

Cyberattacks Ransomware Security

7 digital disruption myths

Myths play an important role in history and culture, yet when it comes to digital disruption, believing in fables can be both destructive and career crippling.

By John Edwards

Dec 7, 2021

Digital Transformation

4 trends disrupting managed infrastructure services

As providers adapt their go-to-market strategies, customers must plan ahead.

By Greg Hall

Dec 7, 2021 5 mins

Managed IT Services Oracle SAP

10 hidden benefits of hybrid work

The hybrid workforce is here to stay. And while blending in-person and remote work has its challenges, done well it can unlock significant upside, as these IT leaders attest.

By Mary K. Pratt

Dec 6, 2021

IT Leadership Staff Management

IT training pays off big for MetroStar

The midsize government IT contractor's focus on training and upskilling is helping it retain employees and improve job satisfaction, earning it a spot on IDG's Best Places to Work, 2021.

By Sarah K. White

Dec 6, 2021

IT Leadership

Top AWS re:Invent takeaways for CIOs

CEO Adam Selipsky outlined a wide range of new tools and functionality in his first turn at the helm of Amazon Web Services. Hereu2019s what IT leaders should know.

By Peter Sayer

Dec 3, 2021

5G Amazon Web Services Technology Industry

How to select the right IoT device or sensors for your business

To increase efficiency and achieve objectives, consider five important factors to ensure you apply the right devices to the right application.

By Yash Mehta

Dec 2, 2021 5 mins

Internet of Things

No, you cannot get rid of your IT department

But you can and should tweak the IT organization to meet modern requirements for agility, innovation, and digital-first operations. Here's how.

By David Chou

Dec 2, 2021 3 mins

IT Operations IT Strategy

Six innovative cybersecurity companies in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is a hotbed of cybersecurity development, as security companies innovate new ways to apply emerging AI, automation, analytics and collaboration technology. Here are six innovative cybersecurity companies working on security technology

By Melanie Butcher

Dec 2, 2021

Security

8 tips for managing low-code citizen developers

With low-code and no-code tools rising in prominence, IT leaders who leave the 'app gap' to business users to fill must still do their part to ensure citizen app development is productive and secure.

By Mary Branscombe

Dec 1, 2021 12 mins

Business IT Alignment Software Development

The Hanover CIO Will Lee: Our architecture must have optionality built in

The P&C insurance market is changing so quickly that Will Lee, CIO, is asking his team to focus both on near-term and long-term transformation. Critically important to the second horizon, says Lee, is an architecture that can allow the business t

By Martha Heller

Dec 1, 2021

Digital Transformation Enterprise Architecture Insurance Industry

7 tips for winning over your CFO

A strong CIO-CFO relationship can propel growth and innovation. Hereu2019s how to get on the right track.

By Stacy Collett

Nov 30, 2021

IT Leadership

PepsiCo tackles supply chain with data

The food and beverage multinational is transforming its ecommerce sales and field sales teams with predictive analytics that help it know when a retailer is about to be out of stock.

By Thor Olavsrud

Nov 30, 2021 5 mins

Supply Chain

To make industrial data actionable, evolve your data historian with an AIoT strategy

The ability to mobilize and integrate volumes of complex industrial data across the enterprise is business critical. Thatu2019s why industrial leaders need to invest in cloud-ready, purpose-built AI infrastructure and applications.

By Bill Scudder

Nov 29, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Industry Internet of Things

7 steps for better business-IT collaboration

Breaking down barriers and building partnerships between IT and the business takes time and effort. But the business outcomes are well worth it.

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 29, 2021

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership

Lean Six Sigma: Process improvement with a purpose

Lean and Six Sigma are the perfect pair for improving customer value by reducing waste, boosting productivity, and reducing defects and variations in products and services.

By Sarah K. White

Nov 29, 2021 7 mins

IT Governance Frameworks IT Leadership Software Development

MITRE CIO John Wilson on embracing complexity

The pandemic and the new world of hybrid work has changed how Wilson approaches instrumenting the organization. Learn how he is overcoming hybrid's hurdles.

By CIO staff

Nov 27, 2021

Collaboration Software Innovation Small and Medium Business

3 steps for creating a data-to-value ecosystem

The key to managing a mountain of data and disruptive technologies may lie in establishing a center of competency.

By Dan Seevers

Nov 25, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

10 strategic tech trends for the infrastructure industry in 2022

The time has come for digital transformation in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Here are 10 technology trends that will shape the future of infrastructure.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Nov 24, 2021 8 mins

Blockchain Construction and Engineering Industry Digital Transformation