Recent Gartner research found that more than one-third of manufacturing CIOs say growth is the top priority for their organizations. Yet the manufacturing industry tends to be focused on the present — companies staying on top of orders and making operations run smoothly. How will enterprises deal with disruptions in the future? To answer this […]
This story was originally published on Aug. 30, 2018, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. Leaders from Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic last week issued a dire warning that nations around the world haven’t been doing enough to ban the […]
Chief data officers (CDOs) are responsible for a broad agenda that spans data management, analytics, data science, ethics and digital transformation. They are impactful change agents leading the data-driven transformation of their organizations. Given the fast pace of digital business transformation, more than 10,000 companies already have appointed executives to this role. So how do […]
Selecting a suitable cloud provider to trust with your infrastructure, applications and data can be a complicated process. No two cloud providers are the same, and the lack of a framework for assessment makes selecting the right cloud provider a real challenge for any infrastructure and operations (I&O) leader. You don’t want to look back […]
A news item that surfaced last week was particularly interesting and personal for me. Several years ago, my wife and I invested in a project called “Sanctuary Belize” and, like many of the investors, we were incredibly excited about the prospect of retiring in paradise. After a time, things just weren’t adding up, which prompted […]
The act of “modernizing” is everywhere — in cities people may not have lived in a decade ago, in major markets like medicine, transportation and journalism, and of course, most notably in IT. With change comes hesitation and discomfort in moving to the next phase, particularly with application modernization. As a result, an extra layer […]
Amazon recently disclosed its 2015 decision to scrap a recruitment tool used to hire talent, after finding that it had a bias against women. While this story has been covered sufficiently, there is a much greater story still to tell: A substantial amount of the artificial intelligence technology that currently is used for recruitment and […]
After taking the popular Battlefield series to “the beginning” with the First World War-based Battlefield 1, developers have returned the action to its World War II roots with Battlefield V. [embedded content] Anyone who’s not familiar with this first-person shooter (FPS) need know only that the original game, introduced in 2002 as Battlefield 1942 (BF42), […]
With 30% to 50% of executives, including CIOs, leaving the role within the first 18 months, an exit plan is critical for both the executive and the organization. While some of these transitions might be planned, such as retirement or a new job, others might be unexpected, such as a forced resignation or demotion. Perhaps […]
Startups have been creating employee hell in Silicon Valley. That was in the forefront of my mind as I read the book Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us. I think this book should be required reading for anybody who thinks working for a startup in Silicon Valley would […]