Category: Executive

April 24, 2024

The chief technology officer has emerged as a key player in the C-suite, as digital transformations become high strategic priorities for so many organizations. What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on […]

April 16, 2024

Taking on one of the most difficult C-level roles requires a broad spectrum of skills. Here’s a breakdown of what it takes — and the two areas where keen focus will unlock your ability to achieve the rest. Companies expect […]

April 15, 2024

CIOs have arrived at a pivotal point in their evolution, taking command of enterprise strategy and cementing their status as full-fledged business leaders — a role they’ve long strived for. Nimesh Mehta might not have millions of followers on social […]

April 8, 2024

As testament to technology’s vitality to business, a new fleet of C-level roles is emerging, offering specialization in support of the CIO, while also redefining the CIO role of tomorrow. Customer centricity is hardly a new organizational imperative, but some […]

March 25, 2024

Digital success requires a product-based approach to IT — and a shift to persistent rather than per-project funding. Here’s how to address your CFO’s concerns about costs and risks. CFOs want certainty when it comes to spend. And they want […]

March 22, 2024

According to Gartner, 80% of executives see automation as a vital thread that supports informed business decisions. And they’re right. In today’s business landscape, automation has transcended a mere “nice-to-have” and become a fundamental driver of organizational success. It’s not just transforming tasks […]

March 20, 2024

Gen AI is opening up doors to company-wide innovation on a massive scale. But in this new era, leadership must carefully oversee its adoption to maintain code quality and mitigate technical debt. In its infancy, gen AI is already transforming […]

March 14, 2024

With greater technical expertise and business knowledge comes more wide-ranging responsibilities for CIOs. AI is increasingly underpinning IT teams, but utilizing it as a check against high-value tasks must still be a priority to drive business performance. As businesses digitally […]

February 28, 2024

The rate of companies that have either already deployed generative AI or are actively exploring it is accelerating to the point where, combined, there are very few holdouts. The use of gen AI in the enterprise was nearly nothing in […]

February 21, 2024

CIOs on university campuses across the country have an obligation, as technology leaders, to provide the tools and expertise that staff, administration, and professors require to help fulfill the potential of students, and the university itself. But their commitment is […]

February 15, 2024

In the age of digital transformation, the CIO’s role is increasingly central to business, focused on driving growth and establishing a new digital culture across the organization. But without the full support of the CEO, a CIO’s innovation and digital […]

January 29, 2024

Developers, engineers, data scientists, and other technologists generally understand the value of earning technical certifications, experimenting with new technologies, and strengthening collaboration skills. However, developing business acumen is just as critical for those seeking more responsibilities and opportunities to work […]

January 16, 2024

Good CIOs don’t get things done. They build an IT organization that gets things done. This starts with the dreaded organizational chart, but only because the org chart is the manager’s tool for documenting what responsibilities have been delegated and […]

January 9, 2024

Challenging questions are rising around enterprise AI strategies, and CIOs must at least be able to shape the conversations around these issues if not answer them. Few technologies have provoked the same amount of discussion and debate as artificial intelligence, […]

January 8, 2024

Last year was certainly a wild ride, with the ascendent rise of AI impacting a wide range of IT sectors and capturing the imagination (and fears) of the world at large. IT leaders can look forward to even more surprises, […]

December 29, 2023

With the merging of operational efficiency and embracing new technologies, today’s CIOs are under increasing pressure to do more with less and become both technologists and business leaders, says Sunny Azadeh, CIO at digital services company GlobalLogic. “In a world […]

December 27, 2023

Highly regulated, customer-centric, and dependent on layers of human involvement and manual processes, financial services are ripe for automation through artificial intelligence (AI). Those same characteristics, however, reveal the risks AI pose to this sector. So business technology leaders in […]

December 26, 2023

In many communities, December is a month set aside for reflection. To wit, across nearly every discipline, one finds magnum opuses entitled “Lessons Learned” or “The Year in Review” as the year draws to a close. Such exercises are valuable […]

December 20, 2023

A difficult economy often means difficult times for IT leaders – pressure on budgets and resources, while still maintaining innovation and the need to improve competitiveness and quality of services. These days, no boardroom doubts the importance of digital transformation, […]

December 20, 2023

Most enterprises are committed to a digital strategy and looking for ways to improve the productivity of their workforce. At the same time, developers are scarce, and the demand for new software is high. This has spurred interest around understanding […]