Providing a Compass for the Journey
CIOs drive innovation by building digital awareness, forming digital innovation teams, and creating innovative opportunities in the form of new products and services. This three step approach accelerates the innovation cycle and optimizes the leveraging of information and technology for competitive advantage.
Source: How CIOs can drive digital innovation through collaboration
If you’re looking for places to cut IT spending due to the sluggish economy or other factors, here are 8 projects you need keep on your to-do list no matter what.
Source: 8 IT Projects To Prioritize When Budget’s Tight – InformationWeek
New study identifies the converging technologies and innovation that will continue to drive unprecedented transformation in enterprises in the next three years. The most successful businesses will be those that can turn the disruption into a benefit for the overall business strategy.
Source: CIOs facing tsunami of disruptive technologies over the next three years | CIO
In a world of ‘shadow IT’ services, CIOs need to adapt if want to avoid being relegated to little more than technicians.
From compensation trends to interacting with marketing to the biggest IT challenges to security budgets, CIO.com looks at the State of the CIO by the numbers.
Less than half of Fortune 500 CIOs surveyed said that their companies are using containers, suggesting that technology hasn’t gained steam in large enterprises. Why aren’t more IT executives embracing Docker and CoreOS?
Source: CIOs aren’t ready for Docker and container technology | CIO
You often hear the concept “IT-business alignment” or “IT in the business” being discussed among CIO circles. This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s not about alignment – it’s about integration. There is no special distinction for “IT in the business.” We are part of the business just like the chief marketing officer and the chief financial officer. The CIO is no different. IT should be part of the very fabric of the business, not an afterthought.
Source: Integration is the cure for shiny object syndrome | The Enterprisers Project
Most corporate leaders are well aware that technology is increasingly setting the agenda when it comes to how business gets done. How should today’s CIO revisit the way they guide their organization?
Source: The new CIO mandate | ZDNet
Despite the promise of big data, most analytics projects suffer from bad data syndrome, the result of tension between CIOs and line of business managers.
Source: Disconnect between CIOs and LOB managers weakens data quality | CIO
In the IT industry, change is the only constant. So how can IT professionals best prepare themselves for the future? Follow these steps.
Source: How to prepare for the IT department of the future | CIO