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Lithium-ion a pawn in economic domination

Global manipulation and domination of necessary elements and components like cobalt u2013 a major element for lithium-ion battery storage u2013 may also contribute to global economic and political domination as well. China is investing its 10% year o

By Robin Austin

May 2, 2019

Government Markets Technology Industry

6 tips for working with AI vendors

For most organizations, DIY artificial intelligence is out of reach. Here's how to cut through the hype and create business value with off-the-shelf AI.

By Maria Korolov

May 2, 2019 12 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Science Emerging Technology

7 IT leadership surprises — and how to handle them

It's lonely at the top, particularly when a newly-minted IT leader discovers unexpected and, in many cases, disturbing facts.

By John Edwards

May 1, 2019 10 mins

CIO IT Leadership

5 ways IBM Cognos Analytics is transforming business

IBM's Cognos Analytics has integrated the artificial intelligence capabilities of IBM Watson Analytics. Hereu2019s how five organizations are using Cognos Analytics to transform their operations.

By Thor Olavsrud

May 1, 2019

Big Data Business Intelligence Data Visualization

Campbell’s CIO: For digital transformation to succeed, connect IT to business strategy

At Campbell Soup Company, business relevance is the foundation of all digital transformation initiatives. It's about leveraging IT to achieve business goals, says CIO Francisco Fraga.

By Martha Heller

May 1, 2019 9 mins

CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership

What can managers learn from Tiger Woods’ 5th Masters win?

Tiger Woods may have just completed the greatest comeback in the history of sports. His 5th Green Jacket win at the 83rd Masters has some great management principles worth noting.

By Mike Sisco

Apr 30, 2019

IT Leadership

The 12 dark secrets of data science

From hidden costs to highly suspect conclusions, data science is not without its detractions and limitations u2014 despite the ongoing hype.

By Peter Wayner

Apr 30, 2019

Big Data Data Mining Data Science

MCSA certification guide: How to become a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate

Microsoftu2019s associate level certifications are a smart choice to prove your skills and bolster your resume as you launch and develop your career in IT.

By Sarah K. White

Apr 30, 2019

Certifications IT Skills Microsoft

How can CIOs drive business innovation?

Innovation is typically situational, so CIOs need to be an authentic, reciprocal partners across the business to take advantage of opportunities.

By Myles F. Suer

Apr 29, 2019 14 mins

CIO IT Strategy Innovation

Data governance – Proving value

How exactly does data governance make a difference?

By Nancy Couture

Apr 29, 2019 6 mins

Data Management IT Governance Technology Industry

Restructuring IT for the digital age

IT leaders are remodeling IT and morphing culture to increase agility and emphasize customer centricity in the wake of digital business.

By Beth Stackpole

Apr 29, 2019 11 mins

Digital Transformation IT Leadership IT Strategy

Wawa brings digital integration to the convenience store

Under CIO John Collier, Wawa is partnering with multiple vendors to build out its digital capabilities, suggesting that a DIY approach isn't the only game in town.

By Clint Boulton

Apr 29, 2019

Cloud Computing Digital Transformation IT Leadership

How CIOs become visionary communicators

The best CIOs give their communications leaders a seat at the table, partnering with them to improve their own communications and the IT teamu2019s communications.

By Dan Roberts

Apr 29, 2019

CIO IT Leadership

Can coding boot camps fix Silicon Valley’s gender equality problem?

Science isnu2019t a sport where men can run faster than women, but we need solutions to help women enter the race.

By Alice Bonasio

Apr 26, 2019

IT Jobs IT Skills Staff Management

Don’t become a digital transformation horror story: Implement solid risk management

The only way to eliminate risk entirely is to do nothing at all, which of course brings its own risks to the business.

By John Belden

Apr 25, 2019

Digital Transformation Risk Management Technology Industry

Making the shift to a startup mentality

For enterprises seeking an innovative edge, a startup's approach can reap dividends. But the road to change is challenging and not for every organization.

By Terena Bell

Apr 25, 2019 10 mins

Agile Development Devops IT Strategy

4 critical roles for agile success

Agile may provide the biggest competitive advantage companies can have in a digital age. Here are the crucial roles to fill when fielding your agile teams.

By Sharon Florentine

Apr 25, 2019 5 mins

Agile Development Project Management Software Development

Learning to harness complexity

Increasing complexity is part of the natural order. Instead of fighting it, we should learn to take advantage of it.

By John McDowall

Apr 24, 2019

CIO Digital Transformation IT Strategy

CIOs remain cautious on AI experiments and investments

Recent surveys suggest CIOs are slow to invest in artificial intelligence, but lagging in too many cultural, data and technology prerequisites may put many their businesses at risk

By Isaac Sacolick

Apr 24, 2019

CIO IT Strategy Technology Industry

13 signs your software project may be doomed

Software projects can get derailed before you know it. Here are the subtle warning signs that your latest app dev initiative isn't going quite as well as it seems.

By Peter Wayner

Apr 24, 2019 12 mins

IT Strategy Project Management Software Development

Infor CEO: Our IPO will take us to the next level

This scrappy provider of cloud ERP, CRM, HR, and vertical software believes its IPO will raise its profile and market share by a magnitude. Infor CEO Charles Phillips lays out the game plan in an exclusive interview.

By Eric Knorr

Apr 24, 2019

Cloud Computing ERP Systems Enterprise Applications

UK ‘Online Harms White Paper’ is ambitious and takes prescriptive approach

In order for the approach to not negatively affect innovation, however, there needs to be more prioritization.

By Carl Schonander

Apr 23, 2019

Government Regulation Technology Industry

12 ways to ruin a new hire

In a tight tech talent market, a poorly planned or executed onboarding process can quickly inspire a new hire to jump ship to another offer.

By Paul Heltzel

Apr 23, 2019 12 mins

IT Leadership IT Skills Staff Management

Essential traits of business-driven IT leaders

The CIO role is quickly transforming into one responsible for driving business change. Hereu2019s how to shake up your approach and envision u2014 and realize u2014 positive business outcomes.

By Mary K. Pratt

Apr 22, 2019

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Adobe enlists AI to establish self-healing ITSM

Adobe has embraced AI, ML, NLP and other emerging technologies to improve the companyu2019s service management u2014 and pave the way to a self-healing ITSM framework.

By Sarah K. White

Apr 22, 2019 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Strategy ITSM

How CIOs communicate success — and elevate their game

Communication — whether internal or external — is a key part of the CIO's job. A strategic partner in this effort is the IT communications lead.

By Dan Roberts

Apr 22, 2019 7 mins

C-Suite CIO CTO

Is business modernization on your agenda?

While it may seem obvious that modernization should be the foundation for creating a digital business, most CIOs say that they go hand in hand and can feed off each other in different, not-so-obvious ways.

By Myles F. Suer

Apr 19, 2019

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Technology Industry

How H-1B changes will impact U.S. IT

Many IT employers rely on foreign national talent with H-1B visas to fill thousands of technical roles. New and proposed changes have many tech companies worried about the consequences.

By Sharon Florentine

Apr 19, 2019

H-1B Visas IT Skills Staff Management

Digital transformation initiatives underway, but companies need help

New survey from Webtorials highlights how businesses understand the importance of digital transformation, but several barriers are hindering adoption.

By Zeus Kerravala

Apr 18, 2019

Digital Transformation IT Leadership IT Skills

How knowledge graphs create data-driven cultures

Isn't it time for you to get as smart as other data-driven industry leaders?

By Brett Hurt

Apr 17, 2019

IT Leadership IT Strategy Technology Industry

Is a shortage of C-suite support getting in the way of corporate cyber-resilience?

77% of enterprises lack a cyber-security incident response plan, and only half of executives comprehend that cyber-resilience affects their brand and reputation.

By Marc Wilczek

Apr 17, 2019

CIO Data Breach Technology Industry

7 steps to revenue-driven IT

Organizations are increasingly turning to IT for revenue-generating initiatives. Here's how IT can drive value at the intersection of company and client.

By Stacy Collett

Apr 17, 2019 9 mins

IT Leadership IT Strategy

How to reconstruct your business’s value chain for the digital world

Digital technologies change everything. The key is understanding and creating a new value chain, not adding technology just because it is new, says pharmaceuticals CIO Guy Hadari.

By Martha Heller

Apr 17, 2019

CIO Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Succeeding in the era of shared project oversight

With LOBs increasingly driving technology spend, IT and business leaders must learn how to share authority over projects effectively without killing them.

By Minda Zetlin

Apr 16, 2019

IT Leadership IT Strategy Project Management

Top 15 data science professional development certificates

You donu2019t need to go back to college full-time to land a job in data science. These 15 professional development courses are designed to accelerate your data science candidate.

By Sarah K. White

Apr 16, 2019 14 mins

Certifications Data Science IT Skills

International tax talks and country actions rendering digital tax discussion moot

Sector-specific u2013 including digital u2013 taxes make no sense.

By Carl Schonander

Apr 15, 2019

Government Legal Technology Industry

Jumping into the IoT revolution with eyes wide open

The Internet of Things (IoT) creates opportunities as well as risks. Managing those risks are key to success.

By Tim Molino

Apr 15, 2019

IT Strategy Internet of Things

8 IT leadership lessons from ‘Game of Thrones’

HBO's epic swords and sorcery series is less fictional than you might think. Here's how to survive and thrive as an IT leader despite the political intrigue and power struggles that come with the job.

By Dan Tynan

Apr 15, 2019 15 mins

CIO Careers IT Leadership

Anheuser-Busch taps single source for data analytics

The worldu2019s largest brewing giant has a new data management strategy, the main ingredients of which are a single source for data and the cloud.

By Clint Boulton

Apr 15, 2019

Big Data Data Integration Data Mining

Profiting from free and underused data

Data that firms can use to increase revenues and reduce costs may be more abundant than many realize. Neglected internal data assets as well as freely available information from the web and public sector could be just what your company needs to strea

By Martin De Saulles

Apr 12, 2019

Data Mining Data Privacy Technology Industry

How to be an edgy CIO

What leaders need to know about how edge computing is shaping the future of business.

By Ryan Fay

Apr 12, 2019

CIO Cloud Computing IT Strategy

Stopping workplace violence is everyone’s responsibility

Tech companies have a social responsibility to help stem the tide of hatred and violence.

By Sharon Florentine

Apr 12, 2019 5 mins

IT Leadership Staff Management

5 things to consider before launching a thought leadership team

Sure, thought leadership has become a buzzword. But when a team is thoughtfully-assembled and focused, it can turn out to be a competitive advantage. Here are five ways to ensure that happens.

By Jill Dyché

Apr 11, 2019

IT Leadership IT Strategy

Google ready to step up its enterprise presence

Google Cloud Next 2019 was the coming-out party for new Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian where he promised a Google that is more empathetic and easier to work with.

By Zeus Kerravala

Apr 11, 2019

Cloud Computing Google Hybrid Cloud

7 ways predictive analytics can improve customer experience

AI-powered analytics can drive sales to higher levels by helping organizations anticipate customers' needs and exceed their expectations.

By John Edwards

Apr 11, 2019

Analytics

How healthcare can overcome the risk and costs of harnessing digital health innovation

The declining funding rates for early-stage digital health startups is curiously at odds with the burning desire in healthcare enterprises to drive technology-led innovation and accelerate digital transformation.

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Apr 10, 2019

Healthcare Industry Innovation Technology Industry

10 IT automation mistakes to avoid

From RPA to DevOps, the upside of automation is an easy sell. But in practice automation can prove tricky if not tackled right.

By Bob Violino

Apr 10, 2019 11 mins

BPM Systems Devops IT Strategy

10 things CIOs must absolutely know about their software

With the right kind of software intelligence, CIOs can keep risk low while modernizing systems for future success.

By Frederic Veron

Apr 9, 2019

CIO Enterprise Software Licensing

AI technology: When to build, when to buy

Deciding whether to buy off-the-shelf AI or build your own AI-based business solutions is a complex equation based on available talent, business needs, desired outcomes, lock-in comfort and a rapidly evolving market.

By Maria Korolov

Apr 9, 2019 13 mins

Data Science IT Strategy Machine Learning