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Ford’s high-tech business transformation, fueled by cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

One need only look within Ford’s executive ranks to see the technology talent driving its digital future: Doug Field, Ford’s chief electric vehicle (EV) and digital systems officer, and Rob Bedicheck, executive director of platform architecture, were both recruited from Apple.

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IT as a catalyst for business transformation: Strategies for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

My advice: As the business decides how it will allow employees to work in the future, now is the time for CIOs to proactively define each scenario and its IT implications for the business , including how and where to allow employees to work. This is an opportunity to ensure solid and compliant security plans are in place.

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Generac powers business transformation with data, AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Being a company’s first CIO provides room to make your mark, and Generac Power Systems’ Tim Dickson has done just that, moving swiftly to help transform the backup generator manufacturer into an energy technology company. Crucial to PowerInsights’ development was the company’s fast track to the cloud.

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McDermott data innovations fuel business transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

The Houston-based oil and gas engineering company has developed a number of sustainability products to meet the needs of its energy customers, thanks to its Digital Innovation Center in India, which started more than three years ago. But perhaps the key priority for Dave in the short term will be talent development.

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The 21st Century Business Transformational Capabilities

Future of CIO

Among them, capability encapsulates people, processes, technology, and other intangible and tangible resources which are important for a business's capability to be effective and develop the business competency. Learning becomes a knowledge builder and change catalyst.

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Systems integrators will manage shift to network disaggregation to capitalize on 5G era, says IBM

TM Forum

As CSPs develop future networks, they require collaboration with a systems integration function to help assemble all the components into a solution and then work together to operate it once it has been rolled out. This is why CSPs are engaging systems integrators to help build and operate networks. Focus on innovation.

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My API Story: Conformance certified APIs

TM Forum

We talk to Vivek Verma, Technical Director, BSS Portfolio, Comviva, which provides finance solutions, digital systems, and customer management solutions to telecom operators and has achieved gold level TM Forum Open API Conformance Certification. We are developing and consuming APIs based on the same principle. Vivek Verma of Comviva.