CIOs Must Streamline IT to Focus on Agility
Information Week
JUNE 21, 2022
Chief information officers’ focus should move to promoting a culture of agile thinking within IT and putting the priority on product-oriented projects.
Introducing Maintenance for Agile Applications
Information Week
MAY 3, 2024
At what point does continuous, iterative development for Agile applications turn into a maintenance exercise?
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Why the Cloud Is the Quickest Way to Business Agility
Information Week
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
While cloud is not a magic wand, it pushes companies to become more agile -- and successfully compete.
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Product-based IT: 6 key steps for making the switch
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Past shifts to agile methodologies helped as teams now had a product owne r to prioritize backlogs and adopted agile principles that empowered them to commit to a realistic amount of work. But many enterprises stopped their agile transformations at this layer.
GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report
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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
In the State of Enterprise Architecture 2023 , only 26% of respondents fully agreed that their enterprise architecture practice delivered strategic benefits, including improved agility, innovation opportunities, improved customer experiences, and faster time to market.
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12 ways to accelerate digital transformation
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 31, 2025
Speed and agility bring in the top transformation prize. But Ari Lightman, professor at Carnegie Mellons Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, says its time to retire that term and the mindset it engenders and instead recognize that the goal is straightforward transformation.
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Agility Robotics reportedly raising $400M for humanoid warehouse robots
GeekWire
APRIL 1, 2025
A pair of Digit robots from Agility Robotics work inside an Amazon fulfillment center south of Seattle in 2023. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Agility Robotics , the Salem, Ore.-based The report cited a person who has seen the term sheet, which put Agility’s pre-investment valuation at $1.75
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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
For instance, CIOs in industries like financial services need to monitor how competitors leverage AI for fraud detection or offer personalized services to inform their IT strategies. Adopting agile methodologies for flexibility and adaptation The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously stated, “Change is the only constant.”
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Update Your Knowledge Management Practice With Three Agile Principles
Forrester IT
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Agile principles transform knowledge management within the enterprise from lengthy, delay-laden processes to lean practices that seek to make sharing knowledge easy and adaptable. For the same reasons that agile principles have […].
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Cisco CIO Fletcher Previn talks culture: ‘They can steal your technology, but not your philosophy’
Network World
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
The roadmap is based on three fundamental pillars, with a goal of achieving an agile organization with a capacity for innovation and operational resilience to face the uncertain future that is looming on the horizon. The first of these pillars is related to user experience.
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Agility in DevOps: What’s Holding Enterprises Back?
Information Week
MAY 20, 2022
Nearly 75% of DevOps initiatives are failing to meet expectations. Where do organizations go wrong?
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10 ways to kill your IT culture
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Resorting to micromanagement or command-and-control “Micromanagement is one of the fastest ways to destroy IT culture,” says Jay Ferro, EVP and chief information, technology, and product officer at Clario. Below are 10 other ways to IT leaders damage their IT culture — and how to avoid it.
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Containerization Can Render Apps More Agile Painlessly
Information Week
AUGUST 6, 2024
Containerization is expanding in IT architectures, and so is an IT teams’ need to be trained on it.
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Building a better future: The enterprise architect’s role in leading organizational transformation
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Decisions made in isolation lead to inefficiencies, slower responses to market changes, and a lack of agility that stifles innovation. Architects help organizations remain agile, innovative, and aligned by bridging gaps between strategy and technology. The future of leadership is agile, adaptable and architecturally driven.
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Six steps to creating a successful IT strategy: A guide for CIOs
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 15, 2024
With this information, IT can craft an IT strategy that gives the company an edge over its competitors. By staying ahead of market trends, the organization remains agile, adaptable, and ready to outperform rivals. This process includes establishing core principles such as agility, scalability, security, and customer centricity.
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How Cloud Can Drive Sustainable, Data-Driven Success
Information Week
JULY 19, 2021
Chief information officers have been charged with driving financial, security, and agility benefits through cloud, but sustainability is quickly becoming another imperative for technology leaders.
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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
The system we have now was created in the 1970s and it contains all the product information, but not all the capabilities required for the products and services we’re working on launching in the future,” he says. “So Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018.
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7 signs it’s time to modernize your IT systems
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 29, 2024
“Ensure that your plan supports one or more of your organization’s key business strategy goals, such as improving agility, reducing costs, boosting security, or enhancing customer experience.” As a first step, Thorogood recommends identifying the most logical pathway to modernization.
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Is your EA just IT? Unlocking the value of enterprise architecture
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 6, 2025
Stage 2: Operational EA Delivering business optimization and agility Once the foundational structure is established, EA can shift from static documentation to active execution. At this stage, EA plays a key role in digital transformation initiatives, enabling business agility, cost optimization and faster time-to-market.
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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities
Network World
OCTOBER 23, 2024
This information is used to determine the appropriate access policies. The details include information on currently logged in users, traffic generation and access. That information is critical for network administrators, especially when there is an issue or a user that can’t get access.
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Reimagine application modernisation with the power of generative AI
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 15, 2025
According to research from NTT DATA , 90% of organisations acknowledge that outdated infrastructure severely curtails their capacity to integrate cutting-edge technologies, including GenAI, negatively impacts their business agility, and limits their ability to innovate. [1]
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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 13, 2025
Technology investments, such as in generative AI, are a priority in addressing the need to meet rising expectations while also driving operational agility and resilience. Agility and innovation are no longer competitive advantages theyre necessities, Barnett states.
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A Path Forward for Agile Learning in an AI World
Information Week
DECEMBER 8, 2023
As developer education and training become more tailored to individual preferences, here's what the future of developer training will look like over the next year, and how AI will play a role in its evolution.
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Digital transformation 2025: What’s in, what’s out
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 7, 2025
Transformational CIOs continuously invest in their operating model by developing product management, design thinking, agile, DevOps, change management, and data-driven practices. User feedback will be collected and summarized by AI to inform the next round of improvements, completing the virtuous cycle.
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Navigating the cybersecurity threat landscape in the UAE: Strategies for CISOs
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
With adversaries constantly innovating and refining their tactics, organizations must remain vigilant and agile in their approach to cybersecurity. By remaining agile and responsive, organizations can effectively mitigate risks and protect their assets in the face of evolving cyber threats.
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7 types of tech debt that could cripple your business
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 25, 2025
What CIOs can do: Avoid and reduce data debt by incorporating data governance and analytics responsibilities in agile data teams , implementing data observability , and developing data quality metrics. It also anonymizes all PII so the cloud-hosted chatbot cant be fed private information.
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IBM: 78% of mainframe shops are piloting, operating AI apps
Network World
OCTOBER 10, 2024
“In fact, 88% of executives consider this essential to long-term success, recognizing that simplifying and integrating information sharing and data access are vital to derive benefits from hybrid cloud environments.
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11 ways to ensure IT-business alignment
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A key way to facilitate alignment is to become agile enough to stay ahead of the curve, and be adaptive to change, Bragg advises. IT leaders also need to be agile enough to drive and support change, communicate effectively, and be transparent about current projects and initiatives.
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Data distilleries: CIOs turn to new efficient enterprise data platforms
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 5, 2024
For chief information officers (CIOs), the lack of a unified, enterprise-wide data source poses a significant barrier to operational efficiency and informed decision-making. An analysis uncovered that the root cause was incomplete and inadequately cleaned source data, leading to gaps in crucial information about claimants.
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Google claims breakthrough with Willow quantum computing chip but no real-world use yet
Network World
DECEMBER 11, 2024
And, to maintain flexibility as these algorithms evolve , companies should adopt a cryptographic agility approach, he adds, allowing them to swap out encryption methods as needed. Awareness and training is always a good thing, says Jon France, CISO at ISC2 (International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium).
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How the wow factor drives innovation at Northeast Grocery
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 2, 2025
The first is to foster a culture of agility, collaboration, and AI-driven innovation, driven in part by our new Office of AI. Our role is no longer to deliver technology; its to equip business leaders with the insights and confidence to make informed decisions. What does transformation mean to the executive team at Northeast Grocery?
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The CIO mandate: navigating an era of remarkable change
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The role now requires agility to embrace and lead with emerging technologies, ensuring IT strategies are in lockstep with broader business goals. A key insight from my initial 30 days at Nutanix, informed by discussions with over 30 stakeholders, highlighted the necessity of refining our strategies.
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Revolutionizing data management: Trends driving security, scalability, and governance in 2025
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 30, 2025
As enterprises scale their digital transformation journeys, they face the dual challenge of managing vast, complex datasets while maintaining agility and security. Data masking involves replacing sensitive data with obfuscated or pseudonymized values, ensuring that unauthorized access does not compromise critical information.
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Why a Culture of Innovation Is Required in an Era of Digital Transformation
Information Week
JUNE 24, 2022
Innovation starts when you unleash the creativity and passion of your people, giving them the tools to navigate change, leverage analytics, and help build agility into the business.
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5 Steps for Implementing the New Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
Information Week
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Develop new strategies to mitigate quantum risks, map vulnerabilities, prioritize high-value assets, prototype PQC impacts, and enhance cryptographic agility.
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How to Implement AIOps for SD-WAN in Your Network
Information Week
AUGUST 25, 2022
Organizations require a strong strategy in implementing this at their branches to improve operational efficiency and branch agility. Bringing this powerful capability to SD-WAN transforms branch infrastructure and reduces complexity.
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Data’s dark secret: Why poor quality cripples AI and growth
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 8, 2025
Data is the foundation of innovation, agility and competitive advantage in todays digital economy. One thing is clear for leaders aiming to drive trusted AI, resilient operations and informed decisions at scale: transformation starts with data you can trust. Promotes ownership, agile, aligns IT and business.
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The 8 new rules of IT leadership — and what they replace
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 3, 2025
In recent years theyve increasingly adopted the partner label, says Quintin McGrath, executive director of the Society for Information Management (SIM) Research Institute. CIOs must also break down siloes between teams to better support collaboration across the entire enterprise, and adopt agile development methodologies, Cameron says.
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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 25, 2024
For instance, if you oversee security teams, you may want to consider the security-focused certifications, whereas if you manage an agile team, then project management and agile-focused certifications may be a better fit.
When is data too clean to be useful for enterprise AI?
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Good data governance has always involved dealing with errors and inconsistencies in datasets, as well as indexing and classifying that structured data by removing duplicates, correcting typos, standardizing and validating the format and type of data, and augmenting incomplete information or detecting unusual and impossible variations in the data.
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How CIOs Should Be Managing and Reducing Technical Debt
Information Week
APRIL 17, 2024
By implementing the proper steps, organizations can mitigate technical debt and further increase business agility and competitiveness. Managing technical debt doesn't have to be daunting.
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The Future of Resilient Supply Chains Is Circular
Information Week
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Amid massive supply chain disruptions, companies are increasingly prioritizing sustainability and circularity to eliminate ‘take, make, waste’ and support better agility.
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