CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

Two of the top executive recruiters in the CIO retained search space, Shawn Banerji and Martha Heller, joined me for the first episode of 2024 to share their insights on a range of talent-related issues, including hiring trends, hybrid work questions, and the critical skills companies are looking for at the executive level.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We’ve never had a technology touch everyone so rapidly.” Embedded AI Embedding AI into enterprise systems that employees were already using was a trend before gen AI came along. The world has flipped since 2022,” says David McCurdy, chief enterprise architect and CTO at Insight. Then gen AI came out.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By staying ahead of market trends, the organization remains agile, adaptable, and ready to outperform rivals. Step 3: Current state analysis of IT IT landscape assessment IT leaders must evaluate their current technologies, processes, and capabilities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“By explaining the concepts behind AI in a clear manner, the business leader can be introduced to the building blocks for AI, and the IT leader can develop an acceptable strategy,” advises Nidal Haddad, principal at business advisory firm Deloitte Consulting.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

From determining career paths, applying for the role, and understanding trends in AI, the Next CIO cohort have gained a clearer understanding of what c-suite technology leadership entails and identifying which skills they need to succeed. Next CIO workshops are designed to support the Next CIO cohort into their first CIO role.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With C-suite leaders under increasing pressure to align technology with strategic objectives, many experience that roles — whether CEO, CFO or even CTO — lack the deep technical insight needed to bridge the gap between business and technology. The CEO sets the vision and ensures business success.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024. The savings are just too big to ignore for a ton of companies,” says David Heinemeier Hansson, the Danish developer of Ruby on Rails and co-owner and CTO of 37signals, which completed a six-month total exit from the cloud last June.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In coming to software development, agentic AI — a rising trend that emphasizes autonomous decision-making over simple content generation — will push the boundaries of current AI coding copilots to enable AI-native software engineering to emerge. “A Some companies are already on the bandwagon. Gen AI tools are advancing quickly, he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When addressed properly , application and platform modernization drives immense value and positions organizations ahead of their competition, says Anindeep Kar, a consultant with technology research and advisory firm ISG. The bad news, however, is that IT system modernization requires significant financial and time investments.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

That study focused on CIO and CTO satisfaction with their existing IT support and services models for enterprise software. CIOs and CTOs are frustrated at the many inconveniences of managing multiple vendors. In April of 2023, Censuswide conducted a survey of 608 US respondents from companies with $250m+ revenue.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2024

Vendors and consultants are always eager to share insights into innovations and trends, but exchanging ideas and opinions with colleagues and fellow IT leaders can often be invaluable. As tech leaders advance their careers, many discover it’s lonely at the top.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 2, 2024

Data centers are running at near capacity in many areas of the world, according to the Global Data Center Trends 2024 report from CBRE, a real estate services firm. Jim Warman, vice president of infrastructure architects and engineers at Myriad360, a data center and cybersecurity consulting firm, sees the same trend.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

Safeguard contracts: Include clauses in vendor contracts that address service-level agreements (SLAs), response times, and penalties for prolonged outages. Continuous improvement and review Stay informed: Keep abreast of industry trends and incidents like the CrowdStrike outage to learn from the experiences of others.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2023

The need to grow smartly Gil Westrich’s company, ClearML, is benefiting from increased adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) technology. But the CTO and co-founder says that scaling to meet that demand presents its own challenges, which require self-reflection. How do we grow our business responsibly?”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

Chuck Brooks ( @ChuckDBrooks ), President of Brooks Consulting International and Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University, concurred. “In In an increasingly data-centric world, offloading critical infrastructure services allows for businesses to have more control of their storage, computer processing, and management. “The

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2024

“Technology such as AI is redefining business models, requiring organizations to make the seismic shift from a novice technology organization to a mature and trusted leader,’’ says Raj Sharma, consulting vice chair at EY Americas. “As This work is critical and feeds directly into how the company uses AI.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 20, 2024

This has CIOs moving from experimenting and testing intelligence in pockets to scaling up deployments and rolling out intelligence throughout their organizations. The approach taken by James Phillips, CIO at software maker Rev.io, reflects that trend. a real estate and parking investment, development, and operations company.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2024

Several CIOs and other IT leaders in private equity (PE) environments say they see a trend toward the position being elevated, both with investors and at the portfolio companies they fund. Every aspect of the business is dependent on some type of technology.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Rate of change “The most important metric for IT success is rate of change,” says Nicolas Avila, CTO for North America at IT and software development company Globant. Satisfaction metric results should be shared with both IT and business leaders, and action plans should be developed by C-level executives and IT service leads.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Thomas Phelps, CIO and SVP of corporate strategy at Laserfiche, says cloud contracts typically include several “gotchas” that IT leaders and procurement chiefs should be aware of, and he stresses the importance of studying terms of use before signing. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Since 2023, compensation for CIOs and CTOs has increased by more than 7% and over 20% since 2019, according to Heller. CIO packages often include stock options, relocation expenses, and hiring bonuses, says Victor Janulaitis, CEO of consulting firm Janco. This growth is evident in both base salaries and equity packages,” she says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Gathering and processing data quickly enables organizations to assess options and take action faster, leading to a variety of benefits, said Elitsa Krumova ( @Eli_Krumova ), a digital consultant, thought leader and technology influencer. Nichol ( @PeterBNichol ), Chief Technology Officer at OROCA Innovations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

But the entire process will need to be reinvented in order to make full use of the technology, says Monteiro. Theres too much attention on AI for code development, which is actually just a fraction of the whole software development process. Next year, however, he expects multi-modality to be an important trend.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2022

King Price, a South Africa-based, privately held short-term insurance provider, were able to radically transform their business strategy, increasing system resilience, customer expansion and market adaptability in the process of adopting cloud technology. And what trends are you watching?

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

“Generative AI does have the ability to replace CIOs who don’t embrace the innovative shifts coming for companies,” says Tim Crawford, a former CIO himself and now a CIO strategic advisor at AVOA, a technology consultancy. I like driving the business forward.” But their role isn’t going away.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

“With a focus on automation for customer service and telesales functions, we’re looking at intelligent automation solutions that can help improve customer engagement and self-help capabilities,” says Chris Pendergast, the company’s SVP and CTO. She also adds that data must be clean, accurate, and unbiased to maximize its potential.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2022

The best chief digital officers can envision a company’s digital future and bring other executives and users on board with that vision. Evangelism comes more and more under the digital role,” says Justin Cerilli, who leads the financial services technology and data and analytics practices at consultancy Russell Reynolds Associates.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Conversations and subscriptions A per-conversation model seems to be an emerging approach, says Sesh Iyer, managing director, senior partner, and North America regional chair at BCG X, Boston Consulting Groups IT building and designing group. Vendors could also charge a small price per audio input or output.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Felix Gaehtgens et al, Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2022: Cybersecurity Mesh, Gartner, October 18, 2021 For more cybersecurity thought leadership, please visit us online. About Sean Duca: Sean is vice president and regional chief security officer for Asia Pacific and Japan at Palo Alto Networks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

EA helps organizations structure IT projects and policies to achieve desired business results, to stay agile and resilient in the face of rapid change, and to stay on top of industry trends and disruptions using architecture principles and practices, a process also known as enterprise architectural planning (EAP). Microsoft Azure.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2024

Investment mode for some SnapLogic, an integration-platform-as-a-service provider, is among the companies expecting to bump up its IT budget, says Jeremiah Stone, CTO at the company. Earlier this year, Forrester competitor Gartner projected a worldwide IT spending increase of 8% in 2024.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 19, 2023

This often leads to non-compliance and millions of dollars in penalties, or people getting stuck in contracts with no exit. This trend, he says, can cause increased competition for talent, as is the case with any shortage in the market.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 11, 2022

Major IT trends, including security and privacy protection, cloud computing, machine learning, and remote workforces, as well as complying with an avalanche of regulatory mandates, have elevated the CIO post to a level of importance equal to, or even exceeding, that of fellow C-level executives. Being a CIO has never been more important.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

“Organizations often get services and applications up and running without having put stewardship in place,” says Marc Johnson, CISO and senior advisor at Impact Advisors, a healthcare management consulting firm. Overlooking these data resources is a big mistake. It will not be something they can ignore.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 13, 2023

As Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous, explains, “We do creative work. This is true for every technology company and, increasingly, for nontechnology companies seeking to implement technical solutions. Companies often approach this as contract-to-hire strategy,” explains Rowley. “Or CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2023

Similarly, Caroline Carruthers of global data consultancy Carruthers and Jackson recommended being true to yourself. Interim CIO at TDS Consulting Tony Healy added: “The most significant risk you can take is not taking any risks, getting bogged down in analysis paralysis and not making a decision.” It’s not all about the tech.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 5, 2023

The four of us had a wide-ranging conversation about the broader environment and how it’s affecting the role of technology leaders. Dan Roberts: What are some of the macro trends you’re seeing that are affecting the technology industry and market for talent? What follows is that conversation, edited for length and clarity.

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