Infrastructure and operations (I&O) is becoming increasingly involved in unprecedented areas of the modern-day enterprise. The focus of I&O leaders is evolving far beyond technology elements like data centers, colocation and the cloud to instead encompass more about how an organization’s I&O can support and enable business strategy. There is a dramatic evolution of I&O […]
This is the time of year for a product guide, and this year I thought I’d list my favorite unusual products as gift ideas. I’m a big fan of products most people don’t have that solve a specific work problem, as well as those that could make your (or my) life easier, more comfortable or […]
Digital maturity reached a tipping point in 2018 as digital initiatives rose to the top of CEO agendas and organizations scaled their digital capabilities. Every organizational function is being challenged by the disruption, but Gartner market insights from across research and advisory show many organizations are finding ways to realign or reinvent their activities to respond […]
Facebook at one time considered charging companies for access to its user data, according to a Wall Street Journal report based on three pages of unredacted material from an 18-page document showing portions of some internal Facebook emails, mainly from about 2012 to 2014. The documents are linked to a lawsuit, Six4Three LLC v. Facebook […]
The number of cyberattacks continues to increase significantly as threat actors become more sophisticated and diversify their methods. It’s hardly surprisingly, then, that cybersecurity preparedness tops the list of internal audit priorities for 2019. Other data and IT issues are also on the radar for internal audit, according to the Gartner Audit Plan Hot Spots. […]
I’m a longtime Jaguar fan. I’ve owned a ton of them over the years, and I’ve had both good and bad experiences with the cars. Currently I own two — a 1970 XKE and a 2014 F-Type — and they are about to get a sibling. I’ve ordered a new Jaguar I-Pace, which is the […]
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 […]