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

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Reflecting on his own journey from cyber security professional to aspiring Chief Technology Officer, Kumar remarked, “As a cyber security professional, the journey to become a Chief Technology Officer was not apparent to me. James further elucidated the key components CEOs look for in CVs.

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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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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

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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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2024

The report for Q3 of fiscal 2024, released yesterday, said that Oracle had signed multiple large-scale cloud infrastructure contracts in the previous three months, with no end in sight, as CEO Safra Catz touted the company’s bright prospects in cloud. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2024

Since IBM’s software business has been on the rise in recent times and its consulting business is not doing that great, this (HashiCorp’s acquisition) makes a right fit there,” said Techarc’s chief analyst and founder, Faisal Kawoosa.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Companies taking a multicloud approach can experience ballooning OpEx numbers, says Barrett Schrader, managing director of the technology consulting group at Protiviti: “Organizations can take advantage of volume discounts with reduced complexity. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 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

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

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

MAY 6, 2024

And, on the flip side, it’s just as important to be mindful of team chemistry and take action when there’s a problem, says Srini Kadiyala, CTO of OvalEdge. A well-organized meeting can help reduce isolation in technology teams, argues Megan Alarid, whose consultancy The Heightened Leaders advises executives.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Proven Strategies for Promoting Innovation and Technology Adoption. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Chief Security Architect, Office of the CTO, Cloudera. Data Security—What’s New and What’s Next?

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Host Isaac Sacolick ( @nyike ) was joined by a bevy of consultants and practitioners who had no shortage of advice on the topic. nyike The best way to avoid hidden #cloud costs is to read every word in the contract. Drafting and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements’ , so they can understand the many nuances of cloud contracts.

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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

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. He recommends enterprises conduct an incident test, or “a little chaos engineering,” before signing a contract. “As

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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

JANUARY 18, 2015

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

The challenges of the past two years “are tipping the scales toward speedier adoption of next-generation ERP systems,” noted a team of analysts led by Neveen Awad in a report published by Boston Consulting Group. “It The HR component of ERP systems will need to account for rapid onboarding, unpredictable hours, and frequent turnover.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2022

CIO.com: How has your career evolved to becoming an IT director/CIO/CTO? I was initially an IT consultant working across the UK, in industries covering legal, health, manufacturing, education, and oil and gas.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 22, 2024

Unlike prior chatbots and other digital point solutions, generative AI technology is transformative because it unlocks the power of unstructured data to create new content. Jay Nambiar is the chief technology officer for the healthcare business at EXL. Artificial Intelligence

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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. By emphasizing the importance of the work they do, and how it impacts the business, you can help the team feel more engaged and motivated.

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2024

“You can have the best solution but if you don’t have adoption, it will fail,” says Wayne Tung, managing director of Sendero Consulting. There’s always change,” says Jim Moore, CTO at HR Acuity. “A Paulo Gardini Miguel, director of technology at The CTO Club, agrees. A healthy team is used to it.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

Employee training on AI is essential, says Sam Ferrise, CTO at Trinetix, a tech consulting firm. CIOs and CTOs must also set the rules of the road for using AI and navigate or mitigate potential risk and ethics issues, he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Focus on transparency and alignment An effective leader clearly communicates organizational goals that align with the overall enterprise mission, says Sandeep Angra, CTO at commercial aviation services provider Unifi Aviation. Organization guidelines should be both comprehensive and fair. He recommends following a coaching and feedback model.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 30, 2022

Long before the advent of customer data platforms (CDPs) , Kohl’s business model centered on collecting and cultivating customer data. We’ve had a homegrown customer data environment for decades,” says Paul Gaffney, CTO and supply chain officer at the $19.4 billion American department store chain. The Milwaukee, Wis.-based

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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

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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CTOvision

AUGUST 3, 2015

Al is a retired Army Intelligence Officer and US Special Operations Innovation Officer who has spent a career working at the intersection of military ops, geography, technology and social media. commercial business intelligence firms. Major League Soccer. the UK government. academic universities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 24, 2022

In a LinkedIn post , Hildyard said that after five years in both CTO and CIO roles “it’s time for me to refresh and take on a new challenge”. Rouch joins from IT services and consulting firm Class where she’d been CTO since March 2020. Paul Keen departs from Nuix, Alexis Rouch takes CIO role.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Addressing a major pain point for businesses globally, Extreme Networks CIO John Abel, Sanmina CIO and Senior Vice President Manesh Patel, and Erik Singleton, a consultant at North Highland Worldwide will discuss using data to solve supply chain challenges. Don’t miss out – register today.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 17, 2024

I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said. So here, we explore why so many IT leaders attempt to improve this sense of narrative and ability to spin tales, and how it can make a difference to the business. “For

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 17, 2024

“La tecnologia – si pensi, per esempio, all’IA – sta ridefinendo i modelli di business, richiedendo alle imprese di passare da un’organizzazione tecnologica alle prime armi a un assetto dirigenziale maturo e affidabile”, afferma Raj Sharma, consulting vice chair di EY Americas.

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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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