Samuel Greengard

By Samuel Greengard Organizations have always looked for ways to understand the key factors that impact the balance sheet. However, in an age of rapidly evolving technology and furious changes in the way business takes place, the role of metrics is growing more critical. “Every day, new technologies emerge and there are different ways of […]

By Samuel Greengard The digital enterprise has arrived. Unfortunately, most organizations have yet to become fully digital. Here are five ways CIOs can create a disruption in the workforce: Focus on processes over technology. It’s easy to get caught up in today’s whiz-bang technologies and all the amazing capabilities and features they offer. But technologies merely […]

By Samuel Greengard By now, it’s apparent to CIOs that a growing wave of digital disruption is forcing many organizations to re-examine the way they procure, manage and consume information technology. Business and IT leaders increasingly find themselves on the front lines of decision-making about whether to build internal systems or look outside to managed service providers […]

By Samuel Greengard A warming planet and melting ice sheets have generated plenty of news stories lately. By now, it’s clear to many of us that we’re living in a world in which the climate has changed—and continues to do so. The New York Times recently presented a map of the U.S. that shows these changes all too clearly. […]

By Samuel Greengard Few organizations are forced to manage as many documents—including highly sensitive files—as law firms. Ensuring that all the information is available and secure is an enormous challenge. But there’s also the task of preventing data sprawl and building out storage systems that are highly efficient. “Information technology is at the core of […]

By Samuel Greengard It wasn’t too long ago that business decision-making typically required methodical research, focus groups and surveys followed by a few rounds of animated discussion among key executives. That model is now getting absolutely nuked. According to a thought-provoking Gartner report, “Digital Business Will Compete and Seek Opportunity in the Span of a Moment,” the […]

By Samuel Greengard You would think by now every business of a certain size would have a mobile strategy in place—and perhaps an app for customers, partners and employees. Pick up a magazine, venture online or attend a conference and you are likely to hear one word over and over again: app. While Apple coined the […]

By Samuel Greengard The transition from paper to pixels has presented enormous challenges for many organizations. However, for government entities that are mired in paper—and with documents that date back decades or centuries—the migration to a digital business environment is an often daunting task. Tompkins County in New York, which encompasses 476 square miles and has […]

By Samuel Greengard It’s not exactly breaking news that the post-PC era has presented CIOs and other business leaders with enormous challenges. The growing use of mobile devices—laptops, tablets, smartphones and more—has fundamentally changed the way customers, employees and business partners interact. “We are witnessing huge changes in business and IT,” says Nisha Sharma, managing […]

By Samuel Greengard There are many ways for CIOs and their staff to go down in flames. Here are a few that seem to fly below the radar: Focusing on the company. Sure, you have to think about business and IT from your organization’s point of view. But the real story isn’t the organization, it’s the […]

By Samuel Greengard Few companies are facing digital disruption more than Bank of America. The financial services giant is witnessing enormous changes in its industry—as everything from banking models to payments undergo enormous transformations in an increasingly mobile world. David Reilly, managing director of technology infrastructure at Bank of America offers his insights into today’s IT […]

By Samuel Greengard The widespread havoc caused by the Heartbleed bug over the last several weeks may have some questioning the validity and viability of using open source code in the enterprise. Over the last few years, the trickle of open source users has turned into a torrent. Various studies indicate that the percentage hovers above 85 […]