CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 10, 2024

But for Rob Clark, president and CTO of AI developer Seekr, such questions are business-critical. Seekr’s main business is building and training AIs that are transparent to enterprise and other users. We were looking for like-minded, leading-edge, AI-focused hardware at the same time.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, the effort to build, train, and evaluate this modeling is only a small fraction of what is needed to reap the vast benefits of generative AI technology. Today, data scientists and business analysts are the end users of generative AI. Learn more about how EXL can put generative AI to work for your business here.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chief technology officer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As of today, AI development companies have signed contracts to purchase more than $4 billion of AI training capacity in Oracle’s Generation 2 cloud. In the current quarter we expect our Cerner Health business to be awarded two large new contracts with a total value of over $1 billion,” Ellison added.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Merv Adrian is a Research Vice President following RDBMS, NoSQL, Hadoop and other big data technologies as digital business transforms assumptions about how to activate and leverage unused information assets. During hos two decades as an analyst, Mr. Adrian headed IT Market Strategy, an independent market research consultancy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. Strategies to transform IT for digital success include the following.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2024

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

Our responsibility as CIOs is certainly to fund and empower work to develop and implement AI tools safely in our workplace.” Employee training on AI is essential, says Sam Ferrise, CTO at Trinetix, a tech consulting firm. CIOs are company executives and change agents first, and technologists second,” he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But strategically important digital transformations should be protected “because they set you up over time and create more flexibility and adaptability,” says Andrew Blau, MD and US leader, eminence and insights, at Deloitte Consulting. They ended up bringing most of those people back, at consulting rates, for six months.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Prioritize transparency Prioritizing transparent communication is necessary to maintain positive team morale, says Chip Kleinheksel, global SAP CTO at business consulting firm Deloitte. Encourage team members to communicate openly — listen to their concerns and provide opportunities for skill development,” he explains.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Engaging the Hadoop Developer — Deep-dive with industry experts into the key projects, technology, and emerging trends driving the enterprise adoption of Hadoop. Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera. Enabling Business Results with Big Data. Engaging the Hadoop Developer. 9:30 – 10:00 AM. Networking Break.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The savings are just too big to ignore for a ton of companies,” says David Heinemeier Hansson, the Danish developer of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, which completed a six-month total exit from the cloud last June. “‘Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 27, 2022

Too often, technology companies pay consulting or analyst firms to create metrics based on the best characteristics of their offerings,” says Judith Hurwitz, CEO of Hurwitz Strategies, an emerging technology consulting firm. Today, many CIOs feel the same way about metrics. Metrics are only as good as their source.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” Srini Koushik, EVP and CTO, Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology Koushik credits all his past positions for preparing him for where he is now and the AI role specifically. Second, be intentional.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 28, 2023

City skyscrapers and office parks may remain scarcely occupied in the post-pandemic work era, but commercial real estate player JLL’s business is not slowing down, thanks to the company’s embrace of technology and high-growth opportunities to adapt and prosper. Generative AI and LLMs are changing all that.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

Engaging the Hadoop Developer — Deep-dive with industry experts into the key projects, technology, and emerging trends driving the enterprise adoption of Hadoop. Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera. Enabling Business Results with Big Data. Engaging the Hadoop Developer. 9:30 – 10:00 AM. Networking Break.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 2, 2023

Modernize with purpose Before you begin, it’s essential to tie any app modernization project to the business need that is being addressed, says Aparna Sharma, a managing partner for hybrid cloud services at IBM Consulting. Successful application modernization should increase business and IT agility and scalability, Perry says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2023

“We recognize that technology teams need deep concentration time to create new solutions as well as efficient ways to work collaboratively, and our flexible policies are designed to enable that,” she says. Caldas adds that team members are encouraged to develop themselves through various career paths, leading to long, meaningful futures.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

“With a focus on automation for customer service and telesales functions, we’re looking at intelligent automation solutions that can help improve customer engagement and self-help capabilities,” says Chris Pendergast, the company’s SVP and CTO.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Rate of change “The most important metric for IT success is rate of change,” says Nicolas Avila, CTO for North America at IT and software development company Globant. Satisfaction metric results should be shared with both IT and business leaders, and action plans should be developed by C-level executives and IT service leads.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

And while CIOs are working to train internal candidates within IT and the business units for tough-to-fill tech jobs or are using contractors to fill in staffing gaps , Sengupta says those practices create talent challenges, too. Upskilling takes time, and contracted workers aren’t usually as close to the business as employees.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets. Patching happens at odd hours when the business isn’t operating.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

Those include AI, data-centric design, systems that can be used off the shelf, functions that augment decisions, developer enablement, and customer-facing technology. On-premises ERP is seen as “not as scalable as people thought,” says Sharon Bhalaru, partner at accounting and technology consulting firm Armanino LLP.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Thomas Phelps, CIO and SVP of corporate strategy at Laserfiche, says cloud contracts typically include several “gotchas” that IT leaders and procurement chiefs should be aware of, and he stresses the importance of studying terms of use before signing. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Travelers Senior Vice President and Chief Data and Analytics Officer Mano Mannoochahr will discuss creating a data-first culture. Finally, we will introduce the winners of IDC’s Best in Future of Intelligence North America Awards. More immediately, data leaders can explore using citizen data scientists.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 26, 2024

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2023

What they are finding is that the line between advancing technologically and ensuring AI doesn’t result in detrimental outcomes is thin. Organizations must create a thorough plan and focus on developing a governance framework and AI policy before implementing and exposing the technology. We intend to implement it in Q1 2024.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Of the 92% of IT executives expressing interest in gen AI, 57% are busy identifying use cases, 45% are launching pilot programs, 41% are training employees on gen AI, and 40% are establishing policies and guidelines. in concert with Microsoft’s AI-optimized Azure platform. John Spottiswood, COO of Jerry, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2022

The best chief digital officers can envision a company’s digital future and bring other executives and users on board with that vision. Evangelism comes more and more under the digital role,” says Justin Cerilli, who leads the financial services technology and data and analytics practices at consultancy Russell Reynolds Associates.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2022

Today’s cloud strategies revolve around two distinct poles: the “lift and shift” approach, in which applications and associated data are moved to the cloud without being redesigned; and the “cloud-first” approach, in which applications are developed or redesigned specifically for the cloud. Develop a cloud center of excellence.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 2, 2023

The company’s recent trading update confirmed it would accelerate growth opportunities, such as its online offerings, and develop serverless computing with AWS so the retailer is able to rapidly scale when needed, like over Christmas or Black Friday.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2022

Successful AI teams also include a range of people who understand the business and the problems it’s trying to solve, says Bradley Shimmin, chief analyst for AI platforms, analytics, and data management at consulting firm Omdia. An AI designer works with developers to ensure they understand the needs of human users.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Your products and services rely on software and data for nearly everything from product development to aftermarket support. So congratulations! You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 23, 2022

Her colleague, CTO Rajaneesh R Kini, agrees. For the safety of internal data around development, we are implementing new device management solutions. Cybersecurity tops the list of concerns for Monish Darda, CTO and co-founder at Icertis, a developer of contract management software. Talent retention.

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