Providing a Compass for the Journey
We’re increasingly living in a platform world, with companies that support vast ecosystems of technologies, services and developers setting the standards for digital transformation, CIO Journal Columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger writes.
Source: The Rise of the Platform Economy – The CIO Report – WSJ
Eric Bloom explains a the IT funding source he calls Productivity-Driven IT Reinvestment.
JetBlue Airways Corp. is launching a subsidiary in Silicon Valley to find and help develop new technology ventures in the travel and hospitality sectors.
On the sidelines of the CIO Network conference in Half Moon Bay, Calif., global technology leaders highlighted the cybersecurity, talent and data issues driving their work in 2016.
Source: CIO Network: Security, Talent Among Tech’s Top Priorities for 2016 – The CIO Report – WSJ
This is a great presentation from Chris Laping the Co-Founder & CEO at People Before Things, LLC. This presentation is from the Evolve conference out in Vegas. I really liked his story telling and his 7 things leaders do to enable and activate change. Unfortunately he only shared the following three in his talk:
I can’t wait for his book to come out later this year to learn about the other four.
The Internet of Things (IoT), however, adds a new wrinkle to the DevOps value proposition. Because things have an “experience” with software, too.
Source: DevOps, IoT and the “Experience of Things” | Rewrite
Find out how industry experts define innovation and why they believe it’s critical to every company’s long-term success.
Source: Innovation defined: New, useful, real and critical to long-term success | ZDNet
Lew Cirne shares advice on linking software design to business results and discusses key points that CIOs and IT should consider in changing times.
Source: New Relic CEO: User experience and business outcomes | ZDNet
IT security is about more than just the hardware and software. Experts give their view on where the buck really stops.
Source: The CISO, the CIO, the CEO, or you: Who is really responsible for cybersecurity? | ZDNet
Great insights in this article about strategic risks. The article is written for the CFO but the concepts apply to any business leader. CIOs need to take note and understand how they can contribute to facing and embracing strategic risks.
Source: Facing (and Embracing) Strategic Risks – Deloitte CFO – WSJ