CIOs have come to disdain digital transformation as a concept because it’s meaning has been rendered nebulous from overuse.
You can blame CIOs who use it as a euphemism for modernization, including migrating from legacy on-premises systems to cloud software, Or you can blame vendors who have abused the term when marketing solutions designed to satisfy every IT leader’s requirements. You can even blame both.
But savvy CIOs will tell you: Digital transformation doesn’t come in a box — or a cloud.