Ella, a newer CIO at a large retail company, knows digital will change the entire business model of the enterprise. Blockchain could revolutionize the company’s supply chain, and artificial intelligence could augment how customers interact with the brick-and-mortar stores and how they order items through the website. But Ella also knows to push these plans […]
It’s been almost three years since the U.K. voted in favor of leaving the European Union (EU), and the political stalemate around Brexit continues. The original departure date of March 29, 2019 has been delayed. The EU has granted the U.K. government an extension to April 12, 2019 for Brexit with no deal or May […]
Sales effectiveness and marketing duties are critical and urgent focus areas, based on a recent survey of more than 100 technology company CEOs. Yet these are also the same two areas where technology CEOs have the least amount of expertise and the least confidence in their companies’ ability to solve the challenges, according to the […]
The Zorin OS 15 series, released last week in beta, introduces many changes to its desktop interface and utilities. It keeps Zorin on track with its goal of maintaining a Linux OS for everyone, not just advanced Linux users. Zorin OS 15 beta is the first major release since Zorin OS 12 in late 2016. […]
During conversations with clients, Gartner analysts discovered organizations designed project management offices (PMOs) in a variety of setups. But does an ideal set up exist? “Often, large organizations have multiple PMOs, all of which can be very different,” says Mbula Schoen, Senior Principal Analyst, Gartner. “This makes it hard for program and portfolio management (PPM) […]
The United States Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced an investigation into the privacy policies, procedures and practices of seven Internet broadband providers and related entities: AT&T Inc. AT&T Mobility LLC Comcast Cable Communications doing business as Xfinity Google Fiber Inc. T-Mobile US Inc. Verizon Communications Inc. Cello Partnership dba Verizon Wireless The FTC has […]
Many CIOs have been in a situation in which a colleague has asked a difficult question about a project. The wrong answer might have big consequences, yet the CIO’s instinct is still to answer immediately. What’s the best response if the CEO asks “What’s going on with project XYZ? I’ve heard it’s in trouble?” While […]
Whether it’s a refrigerator ordering a replacement water filter or a car scheduling a service appointment, the number and capability of internet-connected “things” continues to increase. In fact, the 10 billion internet-connected things in use in 2018 will increase by 32.7% in 2019. As this happens, these things will develop the capacity to buy, sell, […]
Last year, Australia’s two largest supermarket chains suffered nationwide technical issues, forcing the companies to close stores until the issues were fixed. The result: Lost revenue and frustrated customers. The reality is that IT teams are dealing with increasing amounts of data and a variety of tools to monitor that data, which can mean significant […]
I spent last week at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference, and I expect this will be the last year it will go by that name. The company has evolved significantly during the last decade with robotics, artificial intelligence, and even complete workstations and servers taking it well beyond its GPU roots. My bet is this will […]