IT Leadership

Companies rely on their database administrators to make valuable contributions to strategic initiatives, but their traditional technical work hasn’t gone away. Third party support can bridge the gap.

By Whitney Cwirka

12 Nov 2024 4 mins

IT Leadership

Where many CIOs’ strategic visions fall short

As leaders, CIOs are supposed to think strategically, or so we’re told. And so they should. But Dr. Yeahbut says “strategy” obscures as much as it elucidates.

By Bob Lewis

05 Nov 2024 5 mins

IT StrategyIT Leadership

CIOs look to sharpen AI governance despite uncertainties

With AI use, innovation, and regulation confusion outpacing ratified standards, IT leaders are left to develop in-house approaches to mitigating AI risks, leaning on frameworks, tools, and their colleagues to get AI right.

By Paula Rooney

04 Nov 2024 8 mins

IT GovernanceIT StrategyArtificial Intelligence

To build business value, leverage your company's data with AI

Can training LLMs with proprietary data give you a competitive advantage?

By Martin De Saulles

04 Nov 2024 5 mins

CIOIntellectual PropertyIT Training

11:11 Systems: Empowering enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT assets and data

With its resilient cloud platform, VMware by Broadcom Pinnacle Partner 11:11 Systems is helping enterprises address the challenges and opportunities associated with a rapidly evolving IT landscape.

By Ken Phillips

01 Nov 2024 6 mins

Cloud ManagementIT Leadership

Download the AI in the Enterprise (for Real) Spotlight

This issue showcases practical AI deployments, implementation strategies, and real-world considerations such as for data management and AI governance that IT and business leaders alike should know before plunging into AI.

By CIO staff

01 Nov 2024 1 min

IT GovernanceArtificial IntelligenceData Management

With the right data plan, Australian Red Cross builds a digital spine

Years ago, when the community services charity began to digitally transform, it saw many disparate systems weren’t working cohesively. Now with its data organized and properly functioning, it can stand up to changing demands.

By Joanne Carew

01 Nov 2024 5 mins

CIOData QualityDigital Transformation

How Norma Group standardizes its global IT

With 300 servers, 700TB of data, and 8,000 employees worldwide, the engineered joining tech manufacturer has to bring all of this under one roof, requiring an open ear and a sharp mind.

By Tristan Fincken

31 Oct 2024 4 mins

CIOManufacturing IndustryCloud Management

Ways to ward off a doomed stakeholder management strategy

Fast changing technologies like gen AI present new complexities for stakeholder management. Some of the strategies that worked before are now recipes for disaster, leading CIOs to adopt a more holistic approach.

By Pat Brans

30 Oct 2024 8 mins

CIOGenerative AIData Quality

How Celanese makes people central to its digital transformation

Sameer Purao, SVP, CIO, and CDO of the global specialty chemicals company, speaks with Heller Search CEO Martha Heller about his focus on the “why” of a three-pronged digital strategy.

By Martha Heller

30 Oct 2024 7 mins

CIOManufacturing IndustryAgile Development

Why ethical AI should be important to CIOs

IT leaders need to consider how AI can benefit both their organizations and humanity as a whole, says former chief strategist for responsible technology at Alphabet.

By Grant Gross

30 Oct 2024 8 mins

IT StrategyArtificial IntelligenceIT Leadership

5 reasons why Agile transformation fails

Organizations around the world jumped on the Agile transformation bandwagon, hoping this new delivery approach would solve their project problems and bring strategies to life. But for many, the transformation didn’t deliver.

By Laura Barnard

29 Oct 2024 4 mins

CIOAgile DevelopmentDigital Transformation