- Top 13 cloud cost management toolsCloud cost management tools are a relatively new creation. Just a decade ago, the cloud was pitched as saving us the hassle of bidding, installing, and maintaining our own hardware. Prices per hour were specified in pennies. How could anything go wrong?What we’ve come to find is that all those ... read more
- 10 master data management certifications that will pay offAs data and analytics become the beating heart of the enterprise, it is increasingly critical for the business to have access to consistent, high-quality data assets. Master data management (MDM) is required to ensure that the enterprise’s data is consistent, accurate, and controlled.MDM is a set of disciplines, ... read more
- BrandPost: Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Sujan Turlapaty, SVP & CIO at OptivSujan Turlapaty, SVP & CIO at Optiv, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss digitizing the client journey, data-driven innovation, co-creating business solutions and more. To read this article in full, please click here ... read more
- 8 tips for managing low-code citizen developersThe central tenet of low-code and no-code tools — that business users can be leaned on to fill the ‘app gap’ — is resonating with enterprises.According to Gartner, 41% of non-IT employees build or customize their own solutions — and by 2023 these “citizen developers” will outnumber professional developers fourfold ... read more
- The Hanover CIO Will Lee: Our architecture must have optionality built inFirst established in 1852, The Hanover Insurance Group is one of the oldest property and casualty insurance holding companies in existence. These days, the company is applying digital tools to streamline every aspect of the property and casualty (P&C) insurance value chain, from underwriting to claims. They’re even ... read more
- BrandPost: Episode 3: Crafting a Strategy for Agile and Secure NetworksThinking strategically is key for success in IT. In 2021, IDG saw a significant jump in the number of CIOs calling themselves “strategic.” These are the CIOs who spend the majority of their time driving business innovation and identifying opportunities for competitive differentiation.[1]And this trajectory is expected to ... read more
- PepsiCo tackles supply chain with dataThe global supply chain has been struggling of late, but for most enterprises, supply chain operations has been in the spotlight since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with analytics rising as a key palliative for major fluctuations in supply and demand. Food and beverage company PepsiCo encountered anomalous supply chain signals ... read more
- 7 tips for winning over your CFOCFOs and CIOs understand the importance of getting their relationship right. For CFOs, IT is often one of the largest budget items. For CIOs, 22% of whom report to their CFO, according to Deloitte, earning budget approval is vital to fueling transformation. Yet today the two roles often run on ... read more
- To make industrial data actionable, evolve your data historian with an AIoT strategyIn my last article, I wrote about how industrial organizations, in the rush to implement new technologies like AI, the cloud, and the Industrial IoT, have found themselves with a technology stack packed with legacy, plumbed-together, on-premises solutions. The result is an environment with not only multiple siloed ... read more
- 7 steps for better business-IT collaborationBreak down silos. Build cross-functional teams. Bring in business partners.CIOs have been hearing those imperatives for years, with each of those commands addressing the need for IT to work hand-in-hand with the business. [ Learn the new rules of IT-business alignment in the digital era and why IT-business alignment still ... read more