CIO Insight Staff

By Lee Reese With the ever-increasing interest in technology solutions, IT’s stakeholders are giving them two competing demands: 1. Produce new innovative, strategic technology-based capabilities. 2. Do so with reduced resources. How can IT leaders step up to the plate and juggle these seemingly competing agendas: to meet the business’ demands for increased innovation, including […]

By Fabrice Dersy Not long ago, the accepted wisdom was that as-a-service was not mature as a delivery model for business and IT processes. A 2015 survey on the subject was unequivocal: 68 percent of service buyer respondents believed that core enterprise processes would not be delivered as-a-service for five or more years. However, the […]

By Abizer Rangwala In today’s quickly changing landscape, companies are focused on the quest to innovate, gain a competitive advantage and drive an increasingly critical digital agenda. However, many C-suite executives underestimate the true cost of their technology estate and the drain of legacy systems on IT budgets. In some companies, a typical IT budget […]

How Downtime Impedes Digital Transformations How Downtime Impedes Digital Transformations Unplanned downtime and other availability and protection gaps are costing organizations millions a year and can stall companies’ digital transformation efforts. Road Block 66% of the IT decision-makers surveyed said their digital transformation initiatives are being inhibited due to unplanned downtime. Out of Reach 82% […]

By Lalit Ahluwalia and Peter Hutchinson At the recent National Governors Association (NGA) summit on cyber-security in San Jose, Calif., government leaders discussed the serious cyber-security issues the nation faces and how states can better address digital threats. This is not the first time that an NGA event has spotlighted cyber-security. Governors also highlighted this […]

By Andrew Clark Machine learning—essentially a computer that recognizes patterns without having to be explicitly programmed—is revolutionizing many industries. Machine learning enables us to find answers and unexpected relationships in data that were impossible to find with the “cookbook recipe” style of programming that currently powers our software. However, there is a downfall to the […]

How CIOs Can Improve Their Staff’s Engagement How CIOs Can Improve Their Staff’s Engagement Organizations are recognizing that everyone—employees, teams, managers and executives—influences engagement. Find out how CIOs can make a positive impact. Self-Assessment 96% of the managers and employees surveyed said they try to maintain a high level of engagement at work. 96% also […]

By Steve Durbin The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially goes into effect in May 2018 and will have an international reach, affecting any organization that handles the personal data of European Union residents. This means that any company holding an individual’s data that moves across EU jurisdictions will be affected—even if the company is […]

By Marc Carrel-Billiard The nature of technology as we know it is changing: People are no longer adapting to technology. Instead, people now have the power to shape technology so that it adapts to us. This shift is ushering in an age of human empowerment in which technology is designed for people, by people. Personalized […]

By Joy Sim Many CIOs are shifting their company from legacy systems to cloud technology to reap wide-ranging IT infrastructure benefits, including increased agility, scalability to support growing demands, better embedded security and reduced provisioning time. These benefits enable IT to be more responsive to the changing needs of internal business initiatives and make it […]

By Abhinav Agrawal In 2010, the chief digital officer population was scarce, consisting of only a handful of people. By the end of 2016, the number of CDOs had grown to more than 2,000 executives in a variety of industries. From our research, we know that successful CDOs continue to make a positive impact on […]

By Sajid Mohamedy Customers’ ability to interact with your brand through any channel—online, in-store, mobile, social, etc.—is table stakes for today’s businesses. Whether you’re serving the consumer or the business-to-business market, customers expect it. As such, companies have raced to deliver an omnichannel offering. The business-to-business omnichannel market is growing at a particularly rapid clip. […]