CIO Insight Staff

CIOs Should ‘Own’ Digital Business Technologies Internet of Things (IoT) IoT will create political tension between IT operations and product development. But because IoT is consumer-centered, there are only a few legacy deployments so CIOs can get in on the ground floor. Industrial-Centered IoT Opportunities CIOs should approach industrial-centered IoT with a light hand because […]

CIOs and CMOs Are Aligning on Tech Strategies IT Convergence 83% of CIOs recognize the need to align tech with marketing, compared to 69% of CMOs. Top Reasons for Greater CMO-CIO Alignment, According to CIOs Tech is more available and can be applied to marketing in new ways: 34%, Marketing is more about digital now, […]

By David Barton While information security risks have existed for a long time—several U.S. Civil War battles, for instance, were decided by military details secretly obtained by the opposing side—today they bring with them challenging complexities and costly ramifications for businesses.  U.S. consumer cyber-attacks in 2013 had a price tag of $38 billion, according to the 2013 […]

Email Dominates Workers’ Lives On the Clock 45% of employees check work email at least once a day on their own personal time, and an additional 10% do so “in real time” during off-hours. Vacation Station Nearly two-thirds check their office email while on holiday. Immediate Action 31% respond to office emails within 15 minutes […]

How Experts are Made Selling Yourself: Identify Your Distinctions Define your unique value points in terms of knowledge to share. For example, what tech and business topics do you understand more than most other CIOs? Selling Yourself: Go Social By building Twitter followers, participating in impromptu social-media discussions about tech on Google+ and similar activities, […]

Companies Investing Heavily in Digital Strategies (Nearly) All In 95% of executives surveyed say their company is using digital platforms to connect with customers. Market Minded 59% say their organization has launched a digital product or service, and they expect revenues of $234 million on average as a result. Well Invested 70% of companies which […]

By Judith Chuisano Change is difficult for all of us. The new “office hoteling” situation at Merck, for example, has been painful. I admit it. I silently whine. Our reservation-based, unassigned seating environment means that sometimes I am working out of a suitcase at a table by the company coffee bar. Or on a bad […]

Seven Emerging Technologies You Should Know About Cognitive Computing Aids Decision-Making Cognitive computing systems learn and interact with people to enhance what they and machines do independently. They improve human experts’ ability to make better decisions with the help of big data. Too Little Data, Not Too Much Contrary to what many people think, we […]

IT Leadership Salaries Remain Flat Market Update The IT job market totals just fewer than 3.1 million positions, up from more than 2.8 million in 2008. Large Enterprise IT Leadership Salaries: CIOs CIOs are making $182,645 a year on average, up from $181,240 in 2008. Large Enterprise IT Leadership Salaries: Chief Security Officers CSOs and […]

By John Lytle Until recently, telecom services have been largely viewed as a commodity service with buyers choosing and vendors competing mostly on price. Today’s telecom and network environments, however, are far more complex than most executives realize. Traditional voice and data operations have rapidly evolved into highly complex networks that must deliver ubiquitous connectivity […]

What You Need Know About the Apple-IBM Partnership Mobile Solutions to Transform Business Together, Apple and IBM will build IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions, a new class of apps for businesses like retail and health-care, banking, travel and transportation, telecommunications, and insurance. The first of these 100 apps will be available this fall. IBM’s End-To-End […]

CIOs Focused on Filling Key IT Positions Ramping Up 14% of CIOs plan to boost the overall number of employees in IT this year, while only 1% plan to reduce staffing. Available Slots 76% plan to only fill open IT roles with new employees, and just 8% have put IT hiring plans on hold. A […]