For many IT departments, the pandemic and its economic repercussions have led to constrained spending on technology products and services — if not outright budget cuts.This is leading many IT leaders to rethink their strategies on a short-term and medium-term basis. The current environment is forcing tech executives to consider ... read more

In response to ongoing protests across the United States (and globally) denouncing the institution of systemic racism that has plagued the black community for more than 400 years, many corporations have publicly announced their full support for social justice reform, anti-racism tactics, and “allyship” in various ways. Since technology directly shapes ... read more

Artificial intelligence offers the promise of boosting productivity by automating mundane tasks. Here are some of the areas it might soon gain a foothold. ... read more

Many organizations that strive to become data-driven ultimately struggle to get value from their data. Seemingly promising analytics proofs of concept fail to scale in production, technology platforms aren't always fully mature, and driving real impact from data often requires fundamental changes to the way people work across a range ... read more

We are now two decades into the new century and how have CIOs fared? Do they feature prominently in the C-suite? Do they join their CEOs during updates at board meetings? Are they the business leaders IT research firms have long urged them to be?  The results are a mixed ... read more

Business intelligence (BI) and analytics platforms have long been a staple for business, but thanks to the rise of self-service BI tools, responsibility for analytics has shifted from IT to business analysts, with support from data scientists and database administrators.As a result, BI has changed from generating monthly reports from ... read more

As software as a service (SaaS) has gained widespread market adoption, many initial deals are expiring and customers are facing renewal negotiations. But unlike other information technology deals, your negotiation leverage is much more compromised with SaaS renewals since you do not own the application licenses.  Consider the following:Do you ... read more

Mark Chamberlain, vice president and head of global infrastructure at ADP, continued to recruit new IT workers during the second quarter of 2020, even as the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the globe.And he expects to hire new workers throughout the rest of the year, too.[ Check out our "CIO's ... read more

Phil Fasano has served as CIO at AIG, Kaiser Permanente, Capital One, JP Morgan Chase, American Financial Group, and Deutsche Bank. He is a 2017 CIO Hall of Fame inductee. He serves on several boards and is CEO of an advisory firm that consults to high-tech and other start-up companies. ... read more

Some CIOs in industries most exposed to COVID-19 have not only managed, but thrived as the pandemic has allowed them make the case more strongly for digital transformation, while their status as not only tech, but also business leaders has been greatly elevated.In this episode of The CIO show, Accenture's ... read more