To fully grasp how to measure success and gauge progress toward goals in any digital transformation, it’s important to understand the shifting expectations of CIOs who must report these objectives and outcomes. The pandemic has substantially changed the role of the CIO, giving them heftier goals and a shift away from IT. Today’s CIO is […]
How 200 CIOs Responded to a Fully Remote Economy
The COVID-19 global pandemic has ushered a significant priority shift for the digital workplace. As development teams become completely remote, executive priorities are rapidly adapting to meet the gravity of these unanticipated times. But, were IT leaders prepared for such a dramatic shift? What are they doing to evolve? To answer these tough questions, let’s […]
Many CIOs Left Out in the Cold, Survey Finds
While many enterprises realize that the very success of their business depends upon how well they invest and execute in their technology deployments, a full quarter of CIOs don’t have direct access to their company’s board of directors. This was a finding from the recent “ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Survey.” The 2019 survey was conducted August […]
CIOs See Dramatic Change Ahead
Driven by heightened competition and a rapidly changing business environment, many enterprises now find themselves faced with decisions that could make or break their future. Consider this: Within three years, 44% of respondents to the 2019 Harvey Nash / KPMG CIO Survey expect to fundamentally change their product, service offerings or business model. It’s a […]
Strap in, CIOs: Analysts Predict Wild Ride for 2018-2020
Digital transformation is the underlying theme of many of the 2018 and beyond IT predictions made recently by analyst firms Forrester, Gartner and IDC. Technologies such as cloud, AI, data analytics, big data, blockchain, IoT, conversational interfaces, DevOps and cybersecurity will also force CIOs to perform a juggling act. The rapid evolution of these technologies […]
Survey: CIOs Driving Digital Transformation
A survey from IT World Canada (ITWC) apparently shows that CIOs are preferred by their companies to shepherd the digital transformation process in part because of their knowledge of legacy systems. The fifth annual CanadianCIO Census concludes that CIOs are “able to bridge in-place technologies required to run the business, while increasingly guiding their companies […]
What Can Digital Transformation Do For You?
Contrary to what the massive articles around digital transformation suggest, your business lines’ primary concern isn’t the amazing technology innovations that pop up every day but how well they’re going to deal with your industry’s disruption. Something is sure, your IT organization’s digital transformation cannot be narrowed to technology changes; that’s a simplistic vision which ignores the disruptive impacts […]