US Congress funds cybersecurity initiatives in FY2023 spending bill
On December 23, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee agreed to a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that funds government operations through the fiscal year 2023. On December 29, President Biden signed it. The 4,155-page bill reflects an already agreed-upon $858 billion for defense spending and an additional $800 billion for non-defense spending, including several […]
The platform that allows Royal Opera House CTO to stream events into homes
Covid-19 had an instant impact on London’s West End, and the Royal Opera House (ROH) was no exception. In March 2020, the company took the decision to close the building in Covent Garden and approximately 163 shows were cancelled in the first year of the pandemic. So when James Whitebread joined in June 2021, he […]
10 IT certifications paying the highest premiums today
IT certifications can boost your career, but it’s not always easy to tell which certifications hold the most value for your resume. Moreover, pay associated with any given cert fluctuates based on business interest and the supply of IT pros who hold it. To help gauge certification values, Foote Partners tracks premiums paid for popular […]
Log4Shell remains a big threat and a common cause for security breaches
The Log4Shell critical vulnerability that impacted millions of enterprise applications remains a common cause for security breaches a year after it received patches and widespread attention and is expected to remain a popular target for some time to come. Its long-lasting impact highlights the major risks posed by flaws in transitive software dependencies and the […]
Scope 3 is coming: CIOs take note
Even though sustainability can be an amorphous organizational pursuit, it’s becoming more of an urgent priority all industries must clearly define. Whether that’s through internally motivated ESG efforts or imposed regulations, CIOs, in particular, find themselves increasingly central figures in sustainability initiatives. And scope 3 reporting—an account of carbon emissions across the supply chain to […]
What is FinOps? Your guide to cloud cost management
With the cloud becoming such an integral part of the IT strategies of so many enterprises, it’s natural that managing the expense of all these services would be an emerging priority for executives. Although the cloud is touted by providers as a way to potentially save money because of greater efficiencies and shared expenses, an […]
The top 12 tech stories of 2022
The year highlighted how vulnerable the technology sector is to the vagaries of geopolitics and the macroeconomy, as IT giants laid off workers, regulators cracked down on tech rule-breakers, nations negotiated data security regulations, the US-China chip war widened, and the Ukraine war disrupted business as usual.
Inside Vodafone’s insourced model to increase efficiency and growth
Differentiating your brand in the telecommunications market is hard—just ask Vodafone’s CDIOScott Petty. Despite the British multinational telco’s continued investments in fibre and 5G, and growing consumption of broadband and cellular services, intense price competition, rising energy prices, market regulation and economic headwinds have made for an industry where single-digit revenue growth is difficult to […]
Cyber hygiene: because prevention is always easier than treatment
Cyber hygiene offers a preventative approach to future attacks in order to avoid costly remediation and recovery incidents – much like dental hygiene recommends flossing and brushing to avoid later cavities and painful procedures. Asking a good CISO which applications and devices should be inventoried and secured is like asking a dentist which teeth you […]
How Marvel’s Avengers inspire Pinsent Masons CISO to adapt cybersecurity hiring
Cybersecurity’s ongoing battle with a “skills shortage” has seen the sector lose its way regarding talent hiring and retention, says Christian Toon, CISO at London-based law firm Pinsent Masons. In an industry crying out for diversity and innovation, this year’s number one UK CSO 30 Awards winner says he takes inspiration from the Marvel Comics […]
4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT
Despite a recent push to address diversity issues in IT, the industry as a whole has a long way to go. From hiring practices to advancement opportunities, most IT organizations are falling short, despite their best intentions, when it comes to fostering diverse workplaces where individuals of all backgrounds can thrive. As a response to […]
What is DataOps? Collaborative, cross-functional analytics
What is DataOps? DataOps (data operations) is an agile, process-oriented methodology for developing and delivering analytics. It brings together DevOps teams with data engineers and data scientists to provide the tools, processes, and organizational structures to support the data-focused enterprise. Research firm Gartner further describes the methodology as one focused on “improving the communication, integration, […]
Driving ESG readiness: Avery Dennison CIO Nick Colisto shares smart first steps
This article was co-authored by Katherine Kennedy, an Associate at Metis Strategy. For years, ESG has been little more than a sub-bullet or appendix slide in most CIOs’ strategy decks. But changing consumer sensibilities and heightened investor scrutiny have swept ESG, and technology’s role in it, to the top of the agenda. Corporate strategies hinge […]
Due diligence is ever more critical as the battle for cloud sovereignty intensifies
In the last few weeks, the IT industry has seen some very interesting activity from global hyperscale cloud providers surrounding their cloud sovereignty ambitions, and their scrutiny by the regulators covering some basics compliance requirements, like the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Firstly, AWS made a public pledge called the “AWS Digital Sovereignty Pledge”, […]
BrandPost: The Next Big Attack Vector: Your Supply Chain
There’s an old security adage: a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The sentiment long predates Information and Communications Technology (ICT), but it’s never been more relevant. With modern ICT connecting millions of systems worldwide, there are exponentially more “links” to worry about. That’s especially true when we shift our focus from […]
6 BI challenges IT teams must address
Every day, organizations of every description are deluged with data from a variety of sources, and attempting to make sense of it all can be overwhelming. So a strong business intelligence (BI) strategy can help organize the flow and ensure business users have access to actionable business insights. “By 2025, it’s estimated we’ll have 463 […]
TruStone Financial Credit Union’s Gary Jeter on friction-free digital experiences
Gary Jeter, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at TruStone Financial Credit Union, joins host Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss mission-based credit unions, expanding fintech relationships, agile product management and more. Watch the episode: Listen to the episode: CIO Leadership Live
Social media use can put companies at risk: Here are some ways to mitigate the danger
We live in a social world, but should our businesses? For many, the answer to that is increasingly no—that’s why laws and regulations have recently been put in place restricting access to some social media in certain situations because of the hidden risks of these seemingly innocuous platforms. The United States federal government and some […]
The CIO Guide for 2023: Top Tips for Navigating Uncertainty in the New Year
By Saket Srivastava, Chief Information Officer at Asana There has never been a better time to be a CIO. The pandemic has evolved how we regard the IT organization within businesses, in no small part due to the extensive role it played in keeping teams connected and able to perform during a more disconnected time […]
Why Your Healthcare Organization Should Consider HPE GreenLake for EHR
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is only becoming more critical in delivering patient care services and improving outcomes. As a leading provider of the EHR, Epic Systems (Epic) supports a growing number of hospital systems and integrated health networks striving for innovative delivery of mission-critical systems. However, legacy methods of running Epic on-premises present a […]
Overcome These 7 Challenges to Optimize Your Hybrid Multicloud Journey
In a 2021 survey, 95% of respondents agreed that a hybrid cloud is critical for success, and 86% plan to invest more in hybrid multicloud. Hybrid multicloud has emerged as the new design center for organizations of all sizes. Rather than purchasing costly infrastructure upfront to accommodate future growth, the hybrid multicloud helps you scale […]
The Top Cloud Security Threat Comes from Within
One of the biggest cloud security threats your company faces isn’t malicious. In fact, it originates from inside your IT organization. Accidental misconfigurations pose one of the leading security vulnerabilities IT organizations contend with in the cloud. According to a recent study, 79% of companies had experienced a cloud data breach in the past 18 […]
Why You Need to Consider Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service
In today’s connected, always-on world, unplanned downtime caused by a disaster can exact substantial tolls on your business from a cost, productivity, and customer experience perspective. Investing in a robust disaster recovery program upfront can save considerable costs down the road. Unfortunately, many businesses learn this lesson the hard way. According to FEMA, nearly a […]
BrandPost: Managing Risk Would be Easier if It Weren’t for People
Businesses are as much at risk from human error as from threat actors. Typos, configuration errors, and other human errors can lead to disaster on the same scale as any modern cyberthreat. Great technology defenses can only get you so far with managing risk. It is generally agreed upon that Zero Trust principles are a […]
From Cloud to Customer
Why Cloud Platforms Matter to Marketing Leaders According to IDC, 89% of marketing campaign management applications in Europe are now cloud based rather than on premises. This is expected to rise to an almost ubiquitous level of 96% by 2026. Marketing is becoming digitally transformed through the adoption of new cloud-based marketing applications. Until recently, […]
How to enable event collection in Windows Server
Event logs register information about software and hardware events that occur in a system, and they are a key weapon in the arsenal of computer security teams. Windows Server has offered Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) for aggregating system event logs from disparate systems to a central event log server for several versions now. High end […]
A Combined Broadcom & VMware: Clouds and Sovereignty
By Hock Tan, Broadcom President & CEO The trend towards sovereign clouds has been one of the central topics that customers, particularly in Europe, have raised since we announced the Broadcom-VMware transaction. They want to know what role a combined Broadcom-VMware would play as governments increasingly recognize the power of data – economically, politically, and […]
Top cloud strategy mistakes CIOs can’t help making
Cloud adoption continues its meteoric rise, with IT leaders increasingly going all-in on the platform. But succeeding in the cloud can be complex, and CIOs have continued to fumble their cloud strategies in 2022 in a variety of ways, industry observers say. Topping the list of typical cloud strategy are three mistakes that fall under […]
Owens Corning’s Zerby and Baymiller on customer-centric innovation
After more than three decades in corporate IT, including the last 10 years as senior vice president and CIO of Owens Corning, Steve Zerby will be retiring in March, handing over the reins to his longtime colleague and the company’s current vice president of IT, Annie Baymiller. Under Zerby’s tenure, the $8.5 billion global building […]
Talon Outdoor’s Josko Grljevic on trading CTO for COO, plus adtech innovation
From training as a marine biologist to becoming Chief Transformation Officer and now Chief Operating Officer, Talon Outdoor’s Josko Grljevic sits down with CIO UK editor Doug Drinkwater to discuss technology executives becoming business leaders, digitising out-of-home media, building better data and analytics teams…and long-lost dreams of becoming a fisherman. Watch the episode: Listen to […]
Understanding the new era of digital workplace platforms
The all-encompassing digital workplace platform Work as we know it has changed in the past few years coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Communications and collaboration technology were critical to that shift. As a result, we have witnessed the evolution of communications and collaboration suites to UCaaS platforms that are now evolving into fuller all-encompassing […]
7 ways CIOs can build a high-performance team
Having a clear vantage point within the organization, CIOs play a vital role bringing together engaged and motivated employees to work toward a common outcome, increase productivity, and achieve better business outcomes. Many CIOs know that a high-performance team is usually greater than the sum of its parts, comprised of talent with highly complementary skills, a broader set of […]
Digital Transformation and the Evolving Role of CIOs
By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO of DataStax Enterprises have been talking about digital transformation for quite a while. It’s about rethinking how we use technology to drive new or improved strategy, people, and operations to meet changing business and customer needs. But what does digital transformation mean for the CIO? How has their role […]
Nutanix acquisition rumors highlight need for managing vendor risk
Technology mergers and acquisitions are on the rise, and any one of them could throw a wrench into your IT operations. After all, many of the software vendors you rely on for point solutions likely offer cross-platform or multiplatform products, linking into your chosen ERP and its main competitors, for example, or to your preferred […]
IT leaders’ top 12 takeaways from 2022
The past year offered new challenges and opportunities to executives across all industries. That had CIOs moving as fast as ever to keep up with market trends, changing economic forecasts, talent needs, and business requirements. So as 2022 closes out, we asked IT leaders to share their thoughts about what the prior 12 months have […]
Piramal CTO Saurabh Mittal on financial services innovation
To create innovative products that meet the various finance requirements of the market, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance opened the Piramal Innovation Lab in Bengaluru on Dec. 15, 2022. The 36,000-square-foot innovation hub will be led by the company’s CTO, Saurabh Mittal, and Markandey Upadhyay, head of business intelligence unit for Piramal. CIO.com caught up […]
Flexing your flexible work muscle: What’s the CIO play in Singapore?
With the shift to hybrid work here to stay, CIOs are building out new strategies designed to convert employee flexibility into organisational efficiency in Singapore. Such strategies remain anchored around overcoming key business challenges linked to modernised technology infrastructure and data security, viewed as mission-critical in creating enhanced hybrid work frameworks. In response, CIOs are […]
BrandPost: One-Policy Framework, Zero Trust, and Ops teams
In today’s digital era, customers expect information, resources, and services to be readily available from anywhere in the world. To deliver on customers’ expectations and leverage the best of on-premises and public cloud offerings, many enterprises use a mix of on-premises and cloud-based architectures. The freedom to choose from many architectures and deployment strategies results […]
Sovereign Cloud: A Rising Customer Priority
With massive global and geopolitical changes and significant increases in data privacy laws and regulations, the focus on data sovereignty and protecting consumer value has never been higher. Safeguarding highly sensitive, proprietary data and workloads have become a top priority to ensure their usage as a national asset and protection from foreign access. Because VMware has […]
Top 20 enterprise architecture tools
In the beginning, no one needed enterprise architecture tools. A back of an envelope would do in the early years. Thomas Watson Jr., one of the leaders of International Business Machines, supposedly said in 1940s, “I think there is a world market for about five computers.” The modern enterprise, however, is much different. Some employees […]
Oracle’s Chicago cloud region targets manufacturing, financial services
As part of its ongoing strategy to expand its roster of public cloud regions and catch up with larger cloud service providers such as AWS, Microsoft and Google, Oracle has launched a new cloud region in Chicago to cater to enterprises operating out of the US Midwest. The Chicago region, which will be Oracle’s fourth […]
What’s Next for Conversational AI?
Next generation chatbots are now writing poetry and giving math lessons, but these smart applications have a bigger job to do. Advanced chatbots simulate human interaction via complex artificial intelligence (AI) processes, or conversational AI. As business-ready systems, conversational AI is joining mainstream tech to deliver strategic benefits to customers and employees. For companies looking […]
Foote Partners: bonus disparities reveal tech skills most in demand in Q3
Cash pay premiums for some IT certifications rose as much as 57% in Q3 in the US, highlighting for employees the importance of keeping up to date on training, and for CIOs the cost of running the latest (or oldest) technologies. On average, though, bonuses for non-certified skills were bigger and faster-growing than those for […]
Lenovo Research Shows The Next Stage Of Transformation Is Human Centricity
The demand for ongoing transformation and innovation is going to continue to drive IT budgets into 2023. As a solution to the challenges of inflation, recession, geopolitical instability, and the broader economy, IT is seen as the way forward. Research shows that more than half – 52 per cent – of organisations are expecting to […]
MTTR “not a viable metric” for complex software system reliability and security
Mean time to resolve (MTTR) isn’t a viable metric for measuring the reliability or security of complex software systems and should be replaced by other, more trustworthy options. That’s according to a new report from Verica which argued that the use of MTTR to gauge software network failures and outages is not appropriate, partly due […]
BrandPost: How to Choose Security Technology That Works
The role of a security practitioner is difficult. From operational workflow changes to accommodating the latest application requirement impacting policies, it’s a relentless wave of actions to ensure that users, environments, and data are protected as effectively as possible. After all, that’s management of the attack surface. This role becomes even more daunting when selecting […]
IT leaders face reality check on hybrid productivity
CIO Ted Ross believes the honeymoon is over for breakneck productivity when it comes to hybrid work, and he’s not the only one. Tech employees at the City of Los Angeles IT agency who were forced to work remotely in the early pandemic days were very efficient, Ross says. “Fully into the pandemic we had […]
How the digital HQ can deliver efficiency and productivity—even in challenging times
Chris Mills, Head of Customer Success, EMEA at Slack The roles of the CTO and CIO have grown enormously in recent years, proving fundamental in facilitating the rapid shift from traditional working to hybrid working during the pandemic. But this was no short term shift—the value of the CTO and CIO continues to rise. The […]
Sustainable Petrochemical Company Expands Risk-Based Inspection Philosophy
PET is a major industrial polymer used to manufacture the polyester fibers used in clothing, plastic bottles, and much more. As such, it is the most widely recycled plastic in the world. As a global chemical company and producer of PET, Indorama Ventures Limited (IVL) has made sustainability a priority for over a decade, from […]
Microsoft Exchange ProxyNotShell vulnerability explained and how to mitigate it
Last year, two high severity, easily exploitable Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities dubbed ProxyLogon and ProxyShell made waves in the infosec sphere. Nearly a year later, Exchange Server admins are met with another threat: ProxyNotShell, which in fact is a vulnerability chain comprising two actively exploited flaws: CVE-2022-41040 is a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that an […]
Microsoft’s EU data boundary plan to take effect Jan. 1
The plan, which covers Microsoft products and services such as Azure, Power BI, Dynamics 365 and Office 365, will allow customers to store and process their customer data within the EU.
Dozens of cybersecurity efforts included in this year’s US NDAA
Last week, members of the US House of Representatives and Senate reconciled their versions of the annual must-pass National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Each year the NDAA contains a wealth of primarily military cybersecurity provisions, delivering hundreds of millions, if not billions, in new cybersecurity funding to the federal government. This year’s bill is no […]
F5 expands security portfolio with App Infrastructure Protection
F5 on Thursday announced the launch of F5 Distributed Cloud Services App Infrastructure Protection (AIP), expanding its SaaS-based security portfolio. The new release is a cloud workload protection solution that will provide application observability and protection to cloud-native infrastructures. AIP is built using technology acquired with Threat Stack and will be a part of the […]
Maryfran Johnson, Host of the CIO Leadership Live video podcast, CEO Maryfran Johnson Media
It’s a wrap. Lee interviews Maryfran Johnson about 2022 trending themes in technology as discussed with CIOs on CIO Leadership Live. Watch this episode: Listen to this episode: CIO Leadership Live
SAP user groups see pick-up in migration to S/4HANA
Enterprise adoption of SAP S/4HANA continues to climb despite the obstacles in its way, according to new research by user groups in the US and Europe. Adopters are being drawn by advanced capabilities in the new software, and driven by concerns about maintenance of older systems. In the UK and Ireland, 89% of SAP customers […]
Cuba ransomware group used Microsoft developer accounts to sign malicious drivers
Microsoft suspended several accounts on its hardware developer program that signed malicious drivers used by a ransomware group called Cuba to disable endpoint security tools. The driver certificates have been revoked and the drivers will be added to a blocklist that Windows users can optionally deploy. “In most ransomware incidents, attackers kill the target’s security […]
Canadian innovation leaders celebrated through 2022 TECHNATION’s Ingenious Awards program
Canada’s success on the global stage depends on the accelerated adoption oftechnology across all sectors. As a nation, Canada has a history of award-winning thought leaders, innovators and founders of some of the most globally disruptive technologies. TECHNATION’s Ingenious Awards program sets out to find both public and private organizations that have delivered real impact. […]
Wiz debuts PEACH tenant isolation framework for cloud applications
Cloud security vendor Wiz has announced PEACH, a tenant isolation framework for cloud applications designed to evaluate security posture and outline areas of improvement. The firm stated that the framework has been developed on the back of its cloud vulnerability research to tackle security challenges impacting tenant isolation. Security boundaries, incohesion, transparency impacting tenant isolation […]
Lacework adds new capabilities to its CSPM solution
Lacework on Wednesday released new cloud security posture management (CSPM) capabilities, designed to help organizations create custom policies for AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure to secure their cloud infrastructure. The new CSPM solution offers three key enhancements. First, it allows organizations to customize policies and ensure configurations align with an organization’s specific needs. Second, it […]
New Royal ransomware group evades detection with partial encryption
A new ransomware group dubbed Royal that formed earlier this year has significantly ramped up its operations over the past few months and developed its own custom ransomware program that allows attackers to perform flexible and fast file encryption. “The Royal ransomware group emerged in early 2022 and has gained momentum since the middle of […]
How acceptable is your acceptable use policy?
In a world before smartphones, social media, and hybrid workplaces, an acceptable use policy was a lot easier to write—and to enforce. These days, it’s a lot more complicated. Work can take place almost anywhere, on any number of devices. An employee can accept a job and then never physically set foot in the office, […]
Why CIOs Need to Understand Apache Cassandra
By Jeff Carpenter You might have heard of Apache Cassandra, the open-source NoSQL database. And you might know that some big, very successful companies rely on it, including LinkedIn, Netflix, The Home Depot, and Apple. But did you know that Cassandra is used by a huge range of companies — including small, cloud-native application builders, […]
How tech leaders can better navigate organizational politics
When you think about people entangled in organizational politics, terms that come to mind include manipulation, self-serving, turf battles, power plays, and hidden agendas. Not terribly uplifting. But Neal Sample, former CIO of Northwestern Mutual, sees it a different way. “I think of a different set of words like influence, diplomacy and collaboration,” he says. […]
The Secret to Mitigating Bias in Your Chatbots and Conversational IVR Systems
Conversational AI is changing the way we do business. In 2018, IBM boldly declared that chatbots could now handle 80% of routine customer inquiries. That report even forecasted that bots would have a 90% success rate in their interactions by 2022.[1] As we survey the landscape of businesses using conversational AI, it appears to be […]
You may already be sustainability-minded!
Corporate sustainability initiatives increasingly are finding their way into the data center. But many CIOs who invest in and deploy leading-edge carbon-cutting technology aren’t even aware they’re taking climate action. They’re just trying to improve the bottom line. That puts CIOs in an enviable position. In most corners of the enterprise, ESG decision-making necessitates squaring […]
European Commission takes step toward approving EU-US data privacy pact
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework—drafted to allow the flow of data between the US and the European Union—has cleared the first hurdle on its way to approval in the EU, but criticism of the pact makes it far from a done deal.
Palo Alto Networks flags top cyberthreats, offers new zero-day protections
Firewall and security software vendor Palo Alto Network’s annual Ignite conference kicked off Tuesday, highlighted by several product announcements, which were unveiled alongside the company’s latest threat report. Palo Alto’s “What’s Next in Cyber” report named ransomware and business email compromise as the most common attacks faced by businesses worldwide, with supply chain threats, malicious […]
BrandPost: Securing Operational Technology Environments for Critical Infrastructure
Juniper Networks is applying its industry leading AI-driven capabilities and cloud-native architectures to Critical Infrastructure (CI) networks. We’re directly addressing the communications and cybersecurity challenges exposed by the convergence of IT and OT networks alongside the ever-increasing drumbeat of cyber threats from sophisticated, state-sponsored malicious actors. By enabling network architects, builders, and operators to fully […]
Lohia Group turns to IT to modernize its supply chain
Efficient supply chain operations are increasingly vital to business success, and for many enterprise, IT is the answer. With over 2,000 suppliers and 35,000 components, Kanpur-based Lohia Group was facing challenges in managing its vendors and streamlining its supply chain. The capital goods company, which has been in textiles and flexible packaging for more than […]
CIO Leadership Live with Tend Health’s Josh Robb
Josh Robb, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Tend Health, on what he’s learned founding and scaling start-ups, the importance of candid feedback and enabling a just culture, and why the best leaders are always great storytellers. Watch the episode: CIO Leadership Live
ARM’s Sarah Cunningham chips away at D&I
Sarah Cunningham, senior VP of enterprise IT at chipmaker ARM, joins CIO UK Leadership Live with editor Doug Drinkwater, as they discuss dyslexia, falling into IT, empathic leadership, driving D&I action, transgender healthcare and her dream job when growing up. Watch the episode: Listen to the episode: CIO Leadership Live
Data Analytics: Strategies to Demonstrate Value and Achieve Transformation
Recently, chief information officers, chief data officers, and other leaders got together to discuss how data analytics programs can help organizations achieve transformation, as well as how to measure that value contribution. We shared our insights at this CIO Online virtual roundtable event, which included leaders from organizations in healthcare, financial services, utilities, communications, and more. The […]
Hybrid working: network managers need to take care of unfinished business
For many enterprises, the pandemic involved rapidly deployed ways of enabling remote working. Today, the need for long-term solutions means that hybrid working is one of the top three trends driving network modernization – as reflected in the 2022-23 Global Network Report published by NTT. According to the survey data for this report, 93% of […]
PCI Secure Software Standard version 1.2 sets out new payment security requirements
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has published version 1.2 of the PCI Secure Software Standard and its supporting program documentation. One of two standards that make up the PCI Software Security Framework (SSF), the PCI Secure Software Standard sets out requirements to help ensure that payment software is designed, developed, and […]
Cloud to edge: NTT multicloud platform fuels digital transformation
Is the move to cloud a modern gold rush? This seems to be the case for many organizations as they embark on a cloud strategy to support their business goals. But there are pitfalls along the way: the cloud is, after all, simply an enabling technology and not a solution in itself. Organizations are increasingly […]
Are robots too insecure for lethal use by law enforcement?
In late November, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to give the police the option to launch potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergencies, creating an international outcry over law enforcement use of “killer robots.” The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), which was behind the proposal, said they would deploy robots equipped with explosive […]
Oracle to invest $2.4 billion quarterly in cloud infra as demand grows in triple digits
Oracle on Monday said it will continue to invest $2.4 billion per quarter in its cloud business, which accelerated 48% in the second quarter, helping the company revenue grow 25% year-on-year, without accounting for currency fluctuations. Cloud services as a category, according to CEO Safra Catz, has been growing faster than license support. The company […]
Customer experience: 10 tips for a successful CX strategy
Once relegated to the back office, CIOs are now key customer-facing leaders charged with delivering great customer experiences. According to our State of the CIO 2022 survey, 57% of responding IT leaders say improving customer experience (CX) is a top goal, while 81% are implementing new technologies to support customer interactions. Research also indicates that […]
DaVita’s technology strategy driven by the ‘power of purpose’
Kidney diseases are a leading cause of death in the US, claiming more than a quarter million lives each year. Roughly 37 million people in the US are inflicted with chronic kidney disease (CKD) although most are undiagnosed. Left untreated, CKD may advance and can lead to more serious medical issues such as high blood […]
CIO Leadership Live with Martin Bernier, CIO of University of Ottawa
Martin Bernier, CIO, University of Ottawa discussed continuous learning, building diverse and equitable teams, and allyship to support diversity in technology. Watch this episode: Listen to this episode: CIO, CIO Leadership Live
Broadcom Software: Taming IT Complexity through Effective Strategies and Partnerships
By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software The information technology that enables scientific and commercial breakthroughs, from precision medicine to digital transformation, demonstrates tech’s boundless potential to improve our world. Yet, tech practitioners have long traded progress for increased complexity. IT complexity, seen in spiraling IT infrastructure costs, […]
Grow your own CIO: Building leadership and succession plans
Steve Zerby prides himself on the fact that he not only mentors midlevel IT managers but spends time with all 211 people in the Owens Corning IT organization. Steve Zerby, CIO, Owens Corning Owens Corning “I could probably tell you the name of their significant other,’’ says Zerby, who will retire as CIO of the […]
Microsoft signs $2.8B cloud deal with London Stock Exchange Group
Microsoft has signed a 10-year deal with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) that calls for the software giant to buy a 4% stake in the exchange in order to jointly develop new products and services for data and analytics. Microsoft will buy the stake from a Blackstone and Thomson Reuters consortium, which previously sold […]
SAP Innovation Awards: Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation
It’s human nature — as well as the nature of this magnificent planet — that change is constant. But sometimes, change can be perceived as bad. We see and feel this in the form of climate change, supply chain issues, and sustainability challenges, just to name a few. But are these problems insurmountable? No. Rather, […]
14 lessons CISOs learned in 2022
We’re about to finish yet another erratic year, in which Elon Musk bought Twitter, Russia invaded Ukraine, and many workers returned to their offices. We also saw, for the first time, a security chief sentenced to prison for concealing a data breach. These events and many more have changed the business landscape and forced CISOs […]
IT monitoring is mission critical. It’s time to evolve the helpdesk
Digital transformation and the shift to hybrid working are unlocking new revenue opportunities for businesses, driving operational efficiencies, and improving employee experiences. But for IT teams, the two trends are also bringing a range of challenges. First, IT teams must manage ever more decentralised networks that extend to anywhere an employee can connect to corporate […]
Maersk embraces edge computing to revolutionize supply chain
Supply chain disruptions have impacted businesses across all industries this year. To help ease the transport portion of that equation, Danish shipping giant Maersk is undertaking a transformation that provides a prime example of the power of computing at the edge. Gavin Laybourne, global CIO of Maersk’s APM Terminals business, is embracing cutting-edge technologies to […]
French Multinational Learns Introspection Leads to Innovation
In business as well as technology, nothing stands in place. Complacency based on past accomplishments never brings you forward, even if you’ve been defining yourself as the paragon of digital transformation. So when Atos reevaluated itself a few years ago, it was forced to take a deep look inward and come to terms with the […]
CIO Leadership Live with Germin Abouel Atta, CIO, The British University in Egypt
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AT&T embraces intelligent automation at scale
For CIOs riding today’s rising wave of robotic process automation (RPA), leading-edge adopters whose mature implementations have paid off can provide invaluable lessons about how to make the best of the technology and where its use can lead. Telecom titan AT&T is one such enterprise, having began RPA trials in 2015 to reduce repetitive tasks […]
The AI Sustainability Paradox – And How to Solve It
Sustainability now challenges executives on several immediate fronts—as concerns from investors, consumers, and employees, and as a regulatory issue. Sustainable practices have also become integral to both efficiency gains and long-term business value. But achieving sustainability requires more than a shift in mindset. It also takes a lot of work. Perhaps that’s why, as part […]
Uptycs launches agentless cloud workload scanning
CNAPP (cloud native application protection platform) and XDR (extended detection and response ) provider Uptycs announced Friday that it has added agentless scanning to its existing cloud workload protection platform, which it said will open up a range of new use cases and attract new potential customers. The company said that its agentless workload scanning […]
Bringing the power: Generac CIO Tim Dickson says IT leaders need to start innovating today
This article was co-authored by Duke Dyksterhouse, an Associate at Metis Strategy. A lobby television isn’t all that uncommon or remarkable for a $4.5-billion-dollar company, but what’s on the 85-inch screen in the lobby of Generac’s headquarters certainly is. Rather than the predictable advertisements or staged photos featuring happy employees, it’s a demo of the […]
UK movers and shakers: New CIO and IT executive appointments
The world of the UK CIO is a dynamic one. It’s not unusual to find tech leaders seeking new challenging roles where they can bring their experience and digital transformation vision to fruition, especially in the current climate on the brink of a new year. Here, we bring you all the relevant announcements from the […]
IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle
It has been almost 25 years since McKinsey & Co. introduced the term “talent war” to the world. For almost a quarter of a century CIOs have been locked in a Sisyphean battle to attract and retain the IT talent necessary to create competitive advantage. Every year, “talent” is one of the top challenges facing […]
JSON-based SQL injection attacks trigger need to update web application firewalls
Security researchers have developed a generic technique for SQL injection that bypasses multiple web application firewalls (WAFs). At the core of the issue was WAF vendors failing to add support for JSON inside SQL statements, allowing potential attackers to easily hide their malicious payloads. The bypass technique, discovered by researchers from Claroty’s Team82, was confirmed […]
Innovation chief Claus T. Jensen on executing a vision
Claus T. Jensen, PhD, is known for boldly initiating and leading complex, multi-year transformation initiatives. The author of six books, including his latest, Digital Transformation for Dummies, Jensen’s career journey spans 20 years of transformational leadership in CTO, CIO, and CDO roles at organizations like Danske Bank, IBM, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In […]
CIO Leadership Live with Brian Ferris, Loyalty NZ Chief Data, Analytics and Technology Officer
Loyalty NZ Chief Data, Analytics and Technology Officer Brian Ferris on the importance of listening to understand what the business challenges are and collaborating with the leadership team to tackle them, what he learned working overseas at global companies, and why building diversity and belonging is a central focus for the organisation. Watch the episode: […]
How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet
Sustainability is a major priority in business boardrooms already, and pressures from regulators, shareholders, board members and employees are likely to further drive this trend. Businesses need to do more than just track carbon output. They must reduce waste and increase efficiency. Going green makes good business sense. While organizations know they need to mitigate […]
How Edge as a Service is shaping the future of fan engagement
The Tour de France is many things. It’s the world’s largest cycling event, attracting 150 million TV viewers in Europe alone and 10 million fans across social media platforms. It’s also a huge logistical challenge, requiring a complex network of road closures as well as ensuring millions of spectators enjoy the race safely. Amaury Sport […]
How security fears are driving network modernization
The negative impact of legacy networks can be substantial: increased operational costs, restricted potential for digital transformation and difficulty responding to the demands of the business. NTT’s research finds that two in three organizations confirm their technical debt has accumulated, with 71% saying that low network maturity levels are negatively impacting their operational delivery and […]
Verticalization, managed services and sustainability to drive cloud trends in 2023
No matter how reliable their sources, IT analysts’ technology adoption forecasts are fundamentally interpretive – opinions based on received data. This is particularly true when predicting deployment trends in tomorrow’s cloud market. Predictive viewpoints from cloud service providers, meanwhile, are informed by direct interactions with client IT teams experienced in projecting their organizations’ technology needs. […]
Ransomware Warranties: Gimmick or Guarantee?
Warranties inspire confidence. If something goes wrong with a purchase, you’ll be made whole. That’s the idea anyway. Now consider ransomware. It’s not a “something.” It’s a “when thing.” So ransomware warranties hold understandable appeal. Here’s why: By 2031, ransomware is expected to attack a business, customer, or device every two seconds, costing victims around […]
Modern cloud-based networks: the key to high-level commercial performance?
Here’s a proposition to consider: among the ranks of large enterprises, commercial success increasingly relies on digital transformation. In turn, digital transformation relies on modernized enterprise networks that deliver flexibility, performance and availability from the edge to the cloud. Intuitively, this hypothesis makes a lot of sense. In many enterprises, it’s also increasingly becoming the […]
Microsoft's rough 2022 security year in review
We soon close out the security year of 2022. Only time will tell what 2023 will bring, but for IT and security admins of Microsoft networks, 2022 has been the year of blended attacks, on-premises Exchange Server flaws, and vulnerabilities needing more than patching to mitigate. Here’s a month-by-month look at the past year. January: […]
Top Down, Bottom Up or a Bit of Both? Process and Deployment Considerations for AIOps
AIOps – a must-have rather than a nice to have Where IT is concerned, there’s no longer a valid business case for the old argument of “doing more with less.” The stakes are too high given the tightly connected global economy, the 24/7 speed of business, digital security threats, and their corresponding data protection regulations. […]
Why CIOs must think of themselves as products—and hostage negotiators
Prior to joining research firm Gartner in 2008, Irving Tyler was a CIO at IMS Health, and VP and CIO at Quaker Chemical Corporation. In the late 1990s, he was challenged to address the ‘year 2000’ problem, or Y2K scare, as computer systems were readied for the new millennium, and he saw his skillsets develop […]
Why, and when, CIOs deserve a seat at the M&A negotiating table
When one company acquires another, it’s typically to enter a new market, gain market share, or obtain a new technology. In all three cases, IT systems and the data they hold are crucial to the realization of those goals. “The biggest mistake most companies make when they’re looking at deals is they tend to minimize […]
IBM to acquire Octo to boost its US government business
IBM has announced it is acquiring US-based digital transformation services provider Octo for an undisclosed amount from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners. Octo exclusively serves the US federal government, including its defense, health, and civilian agencies, boosting IBM’s ability to expand its presence in this highly lucrative segment. The deal, which is expected […]
BrandPost: CSO30 ASEAN 2022: The top 30 cybersecurity leaders in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
The second CSO30 ASEAN Awards programme recognises the top 30 senior cybersecurity executives driving business value, demonstrating leadership, and influencing rapid change across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. The CSO30 ASEAN Awards programme is aligned to Foundry’s global awards and celebrates the leading individuals and organisations delivering cybersecurity projects and initiatives that demonstrate outstanding business […]
Apple finally adds encryption to iCloud backups
Apple has rolled out a number of security features that will now offer end-to-end encryption to protect data, including backups, contacts, notes, photos, and wallet passes. The company also announced hardware Security Keys for Apple ID.
US Congress rolls back proposal to restrict use of Chinese chips
After business groups argued that proposed legislation to curb use of Chinese-made semiconductors would hurt national security, lawmakers amended it—but a final vote and the president’s approval of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is still to come.
Add brand security to your workload
Last month in this column, I wrote about how businesses need to “lock up the front door” to their systems to prevent phishing attacks and take a multi-tiered approach to rethinking the identity of their employees, partners, and customers. And while we have been banging this drum for quite some time, a new villain has […]
How Can Boards and CIOs Help Reduce Risk? By Asking the Right Questions
Cybersecurity breaches can result in millions of dollars in losses for global enterprises and they can even represent an existential threat for smaller companies. For boards of directors not to get seriously involved in protecting the information assets of their organizations is not just risky — it’s negligent. Boards need to be on top of […]
Combining Cybersecurity and Reliability Risk Management for Better Collaboration across IT
Cybersecurity threats and their resulting breaches are top of mind for CIOs today. Managing such risks, however, is just one aspect of the entire IT risk management landscape that CIOs must address. Equally important is reliability risk – the risks inherent in IT’s essential fragility. Issues might occur at anytime, anywhere across the complex hybrid […]
Managing M&A Risk: How Endpoint Visibility Could Deliver Critical Advantage
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity hit a record high in 2021 of more than $5 trillion in global volume. While the market has certainly slowed this year, it remains on par with pre-pandemic levels — quite a feat at a time of business uncertainty and inflation. But when it comes to corporate deal-making, risk lurks around every corner. The […]
Managing an Increasingly Risk-Averse Regulatory Environment
Risk management and mitigation is a high priority for CEOs and other senior executives worldwide — including CIOs and cybersecurity executives. The fact is, it’s impossible to separate risk from technology implementations and the potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities they present. One of the biggest challenges of risk management, as it relates to IT, is the emergence of a […]
Establishing Trust and Control in the Age of Data Privacy Regulation
One of the most important components of data privacy and security is being compliant with the regulations that call for the protection of information. Regulators want to see transparency and controllability within organizations, because that is what makes them trustworthy from a data privacy and security standpoint. Ideally, organizations will deploy systems that provide compelling evidence […]
Sourced Group an Amdocs Company, empowers the growth of BaaS for Standard Chartered nexus
Banking as a Service (BaaS) is revolutionising the finance sector. BaaS enables non-financial companies to provide customers with financial products and services such as personal loans, credit cards and digital savings accounts. It leverages the expertise and experience of trusted banks, such as Standard Chartered, so they can offer a wider range of services to […]
IT leaders adjust budget priorities as economic outlook shifts
Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. But the next eighteen months aren’t shaping up to be as challenging as some may fear. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. Gartner predicts […]
IT leaders weigh the case for innovation in industry clouds
As companies migrate to the cloud, many providers are serving up industry clouds—cloud services that offer data models and workflows that meet the basic needs of companies in particular industries like banking, healthcare, and manufacturing. By taking care of table stakes requirements, these specialized clouds are saving companies time and money. And perhaps more importantly, […]
Cardinal Health CIO Michelle Greene on simplifying transformation
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Michelle Greene, who was promoted from SVP of EIT of Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical segment to CIO last August. As technology chief, Greene is now charged with leading IT teams to help the Dublin, Ohio-based distributor and manufacturer of medical and laboratory products innovate new ways to evolve […]
IT leaders adjust budget priorities as economic outlook shifts
Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. But the next eighteen months aren’t shaping up to be as challenging as some may fear. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. Gartner predicts […]
IT leaders weigh the case for innovation in industry clouds
As companies migrate to the cloud, many providers are serving up industry clouds—cloud services that offer data models and workflows that meet the basic needs of companies in particular industries like banking, healthcare, and manufacturing. By taking care of table stakes requirements, these specialized clouds are saving companies time and money. And perhaps more importantly, […]
Cardinal Health CIO Michelle Greene on simplifying transformation
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Michelle Greene, who was promoted from SVP of EIT of Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical segment to CIO last August. As technology chief, Greene is now charged with leading IT teams to help the Dublin, Ohio-based distributor and manufacturer of medical and laboratory products innovate new ways to evolve […]
Athletic shoe maker Brooks runs down cyberattacks with zero-trust segmentation
Ransomware was again the top attack type in 2021, with manufacturing replacing financial services as the top industry in a Brooks Jon Hocut, director of information security for Brooks To read this article in full, please click here
Sourced Group an Amdocs Company, empowers the growth of BaaS for Standard Chartered nexus
Banking as a Service (BaaS) is revolutionising the finance sector. BaaS enables non-financial companies to provide customers with financial products and services such as personal loans, credit cards and digital savings accounts. It leverages the expertise and experience of trusted banks, such as Standard Chartered, so they can offer a wider range of services to […]
Ransomware attack knocks Rackspace’s Exchange servers offline
Rackspace’s hosting for Exchange servers remained offline Tuesday after an outage Friday that the company now ascribes to a ransomware attack.
How Can Boards and CIOs Help Reduce Risk? By Asking the Right Questions
Cybersecurity breaches can result in millions of dollars in losses for global enterprises and they can even represent an existential threat for smaller companies. For boards of directors not to get seriously involved in protecting the information assets of their organizations is not just risky — it’s negligent. Boards need to be on top of […]
Combining Cybersecurity and Reliability Risk Management for Better Collaboration across IT
Cybersecurity threats and their resulting breaches are top of mind for CIOs today. Managing such risks, however, is just one aspect of the entire IT risk management landscape that CIOs must address. Equally important is reliability risk – the risks inherent in IT’s essential fragility. Issues might occur at anytime, anywhere across the complex hybrid […]
Managing M&A Risk: How Endpoint Visibility Could Deliver Critical Advantage
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity hit a record high in 2021 of more than $5 trillion in global volume. While the market has certainly slowed this year, it remains on par with pre-pandemic levels — quite a feat at a time of business uncertainty and inflation. But when it comes to corporate deal-making, risk lurks around every corner. The […]
Managing an Increasingly Risk-Averse Regulatory Environment
Risk management and mitigation is a high priority for CEOs and other senior executives worldwide — including CIOs and cybersecurity executives. The fact is, it’s impossible to separate risk from technology implementations and the potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities they present. One of the biggest challenges of risk management, as it relates to IT, is the emergence of a […]
Establishing Trust and Control in the Age of Data Privacy Regulation
One of the most important components of data privacy and security is being compliant with the regulations that call for the protection of information. Regulators want to see transparency and controllability within organizations, because that is what makes them trustworthy from a data privacy and security standpoint. Ideally, organizations will deploy systems that provide compelling evidence […]
Add brand security to your workload
Last month in this column, I wrote about how businesses need to “lock up the front door” to their systems to prevent phishing attacks and take a multi-tiered approach to rethinking the identity of their employees, partners, and customers. And while we have been banging this drum for quite some time, a new villain has […]
The Future of Energy is in Energy Communities
Energy production and consumption are gradually changing from a centralized model that relies on a power plant generating and distributing regional power to a decentralized model that relies on renewable energy traded in energy communities — groups that share and trade renewable energy. Public utility companies are scrambling to fit into this new, decentralized, digital-first […]
Finally leverage edge by adopting an as-a-service approach
A shift toward hybrid IT infrastructure has accelerated as a result of the pandemic, along with an increased demand for ultra-low latency, high-bandwidth networks and, by extension, edge computing. However, many organizations simply don’t have the resources or the expertise to build or manage the complex distributed systems required for effective edge computing delivery, a […]
London Borough of Camden’s Tariq Khan on using data to improve local services
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Episode 5: Customer-centricity: The Great Differentiator
Customer centricity, or putting the customer’s expectations front and center, is not a new concept. But given the reality of the global pandemic, coupled with uncertain times, delivering on this concept is more important than ever, especially for SMBs. Simply put, delivering genuine value across every customer touchpoint can not only help build resilience but […]
Flaws in MegaRAC baseband management firmware impact many server brands
Researchers have found three vulnerabilities in AMI MegaRAC, a baseband management controller (BMC) firmware used by multiple server manufacturers. If exploited, the flaws could allow attackers to remotely control servers, deploy malware and firmware implants, or trigger damaging actions that leave them inoperable. BMCs are microcontrollers present on server motherboards that have their own firmware, […]
7 Considerations for Maximizing ROI on AI/ML Investments
Motivated by multiple drivers, enterprises across nearly all industries are increasingly embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to enhance efficiency, profitability, and customer experience while improving evidence-based decision making. Ever-increasing volumes of available data, both structured and unstructured, combined with ongoing innovations in the software and infrastructure space capable of handling large data volumes efficiently, […]
Focus on cost and agility to ensure your cloud migration success
When businesses migrate to public cloud, they expect to enjoy greater agility, resiliency, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency. But while some organizations undergo a relatively smooth journey, others can find themselves embarked on a bumpy trek fraught with time-wasting detours and lurking money pits – and with that glowing cloud promise still beyond their reach. Where […]
Action1 launches threat actor filtering to block remote management platform abuse
Action1 has announced new AI-based threat actor filtering to detect and block abuse of its remote management platform. The cloud-native patch management, remote access, and remote monitoring and management (RMM) firm stated its platform has been upgraded to spot abnormal user behavior and automatically block threat actors to prevent attackers exploiting its tool to carry […]
What you should know when considering cyber insurance in 2023
As the frequency and severity of ransomware, phishing, and denial of service attacks has increased, so has demand for cyber insurance. About $6.5 billion in direct written premiums were recorded in 2021, a 61% increase over the prior year, according to an October 2022 memorandum from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. “Some companies see it as […]
The changing role of the MITRE ATT@CK framework
Since its creation in 2013, the MITRE ATT&CK framework has been of interest to security operations professionals. In the early years, the security operations center (SOC) team used MITRE as a reference architecture, comparing alerts and threat intelligence nuggets with the taxonomy’s breakdown of adversary tactics and techniques. Based on ESG research, MITRE ATT&CK usage […]
The cybersecurity challenges and opportunities of digital twins
Digital twins are a digital representation of objects, structures or systems that give organizations greater insight into the life cycle of these objects, but this same level of insight and control can also open doors for malicious attackers. Digital twins can be created for any physical infrastructure that includes individual components of an engine, turbine […]
Van maker BrightDrop builds ERP and business in parallel
Electric vehicles are sufficiently distinct from their gas-guzzling cousins that auto makers have the chance to toss out decades of legacy manufacturing systems. That can go for their IT infrastructure too. When General Motors named Namo Tiwari CIO of its internal startup BrightDrop, he decided to build an ERP from scratch rather than piggy-back on […]
A CIO’s gift guide for IT and business colleagues
Welcome to the holiday season. Sure, I know the holiday season’s true start date is sometime in September, but I didn’t want to hurt Halloween’s and Thanksgiving’s feelings. Which is why I’ve refused to start my shopping until after the last of the turkey leftovers and Kit Kat Bars are gone. Once upon a time […]
7 ways to cope with a C-level rival
Leadership colleagues who endlessly throw cold water onto your plans, initiatives, proposals, or insights can be a drain on your energy and motivation — and your career. Such rivals can prevent you from receiving sufficient budget, successfully implementing vital business initiatives, and steering your organization in the right direction. They must be dealt with but […]
Broadcom and VMware: Investing for Customer Value
By Hock Tan, Broadcom President & CEO In October I shared my thoughts about what a combined Broadcom and VMware will mean for customers. I wrote about the conversations I’ve had to date, the future of multi-cloud, and our philosophy on pricing, and I reiterated Broadcom’s commitment to keeping customers at the center of our […]
CIO Leadership Live with Hesham Daabes, CIO, Banque du Caire
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Palo Alto Networks looks to shore up healthcare IoT security
Palo Alto Networks today rolled out a new Medical IoT Security offering, designed to provide improved visibility, automated monitoring and more for hitherto vulnerable healthcare IoT frameworks, thanks to machine learning and adherence to zero trust principles. Medical device security is a serious problem for most organizations in healthcare, with a long string of reported […]
CIOs get serious about sustainability
Momentum had already been building around environmental issues and corporate sustainability efforts, but over the past few years — fueled by pandemic, global conflict, and a greater understanding of the impact of climate change — these initiatives have kicked into high gear. Once considered nice to have, today 90% of companies are adopting ESG solutions, […]
How Cloud is Revolutionizing Your Travel and Hospitality Experience
In the age of disruptive business models and constant competition, the travel and hospitality industry, like most industries, needs to deliver services in real-time. The Covid-19 pandemic has created a significant shift in the industry with a greater demand for competitive pricing to prevent loss of market share, targeted marketing to build loyalty, optimizing company […]
Enabling smart cities through connected lightning
The world has become increasingly urbanised. The UN reports that since 2007 more than half the world’s population has been living in cities. That number is projected to rise to 60% by 2030. Increased urbanisation brings with it increased responsibility for cities, especially regarding the environment. Cities account for roughly 70% of global carbon emissions and […]
Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s resignation overshadows solid sales growth
Salesforce’s third-quarter financial report Wednesday showed a solid 14% year-over-year increase in revenue, beating analysts’ expectations, but was overshadowed by the announcement that company co-CEO Bret Taylor will be stepping down. The move will leave company founder Marc Benioff once again running the company as lone CEO. Salesforce’s revenue growth, totalling $7.8 billion for the […]
Bechtle: Pursuing a Multi-Faceted Sustainability Strategy
“Our sustainability goals and key performance indicators are important to us. We’re committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in areas we can influence by 2030 with a three-pronged approach that includes avoidance, reduction and compensation.” — Arthur Schneider, Head of Sustainability Management One of Europe’s largest IT services providers, Bechtle offers a full IT portfolio […]
Hastings Mutual Insurance: A Proactive Approach to Modernizing Content Management
By Milan Shetti, CEO Rocket Software In today’s digitalized world, customers value transparency and accessibility above all else. As a result, organizations are taking a proactive approach to provide critical content to end users at the click of a button. For over 130 years, Hastings Mutual Insurance Company has served and protected its clients throughout […]
Zero Trust: Hype or Hope?
Businesses are always in need of the most robust security possible. As the remote workforce expanded during and post-COVID, so did the attack surface for cybercriminals—forcing security teams to pivot their strategy to effectively protect company resources. Furthermore, the rise of organisations moving to the cloud, increasing complexity of IT environments, and legacy technical debts […]
PepsiCo transforms for the digital era
For any IT leader new to an organization, gaining employee trust is paramount — especially when, like PepsiCo’s Athina Kanioura, you’ve been brought in to transform the way work gets done. Kanioura, who was hired away from Accenture two years ago to serve as the food and beverage multinational’s first chief strategy and transformation officer, says […]
Microsoft increases software, services pricing by up to 11% in India
Citing currency fluctuations, Microsoft is all set to increase prices of its on-premises software, online services and Windows licenses in India by up to 11%. The new prices that are expected to take effect from February 1, 2023, are meant to “harmonize” prices for Microsoft software and services between India and the Asian region, the […]
Project management: Tips, tools, best practices
What is project management? Project management is a business discipline that involves applying specific processes, knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools to successfully deliver outcomes that meet project goals. Project management professionals drive, guide, and execute company-identified value-added goals by applying processes and methodologies to plan, initiate, execute, monitor, and close all activities related to a […]
When blaming the user for a security breach is unfair – or just wrong
In his career in IT security leadership, Aaron de Montmorency has seen a lot — an employee phished on their first day by someone impersonating the CEO, an HR department head asked to change the company’s direct deposit information by a bogus CFO, not to mention multichannel criminal engagement with threat actors attacking from social […]
CIO100 2022: Honouring the top tech leaders and teams in ASEAN and Hong Kong
CIO is proud to unveil the expanded CIO100 awards in 2022, recognising the top 100 senior technology executives and teams driving innovation, strengthening resiliency, and influencing rapid change. Winners were unveiled during an in-person awards ceremony at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, housing more than 200 executives from all key markets across ASEAN, Hong Kong […]
How certification can unlock the benefits of smart cities
Where are you right now, as you read this? Our educated guess would be a city. According to current figures from World Bank, around half of the world’s population — 56% to be precise — call cities their home. However, if we were to ask you the same question in 2050, those odds will have […]
Software projects face supply chain security risk due to insecure artifact downloads via GitHub Actions
The way build artifacts are stored by the GitHub Actions platform could enable attackers to inject malicious code into software projects with CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) workflows that don’t perform sufficient filtering when downloading artifacts. Cybersecurity researchers have identified several popular artifacts download scripts used by thousands of repositories that are vulnerable to […]
Researchers found security pitfalls in IBM’s cloud infrastructure
Security researchers recently probed IBM Cloud’s database-as-a-service infrastructure and found several security issues that granted them access to the internal server used to build database images for customer deployments. The demonstrated attack highlights some common security oversights that can lead to supply chain compromises in cloud infrastructure. Developed by researchers from security firm Wiz, the […]
HPE is in talks to buy Nutanix: Report
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is in talks to acquire cloud computing firm Nutanix, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, quoting sources familiar with the matter. The deal between the two companies could be mutually benefitial according to experts. Nutanix offers its customers an open, software-defined hybrid cloud platform. HPE, on the other hand, calls itself an edge-to-cloud […]
8 things to consider amid cybersecurity vendor layoffs
2022 has been a heavy year for layoffs in the technology sector. Whether due to budget restraints, mergers and acquisitions, streamlining, or economic reasons, TrueUp’s tech layoff tracker has recorded over 1000 rounds of layoffs at tech companies globally so far, affecting more than 182,000 people. Some of the biggest tech companies in the world […]
Technology Leadership in a pre and post pandemic world
Nick Marchand, Vice President, Digital & Technology Operations and Cyber Security, Cineplex discussed leadership in the post pandemic world. Watch this episode: Listen to this episode: Careers, CIO, CIO Leadership Live
MoJ CDIO Gina Gill appeals for digital pragmatism
As a young Indian girl growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, Gina Gill was attracted to IT from an early age. She took computer studies in secondary school before going onto computer science and management science at university. But her career journey to become CDIO at the Ministry of Justice, where she is responsible for supporting […]
Talent development: 4 upskilling success stories
In the war for talent, sometimes the solution is right in front of you. For businesses struggling to compete for tech talent, investing in your current talent through upskilling and training initiatives can provide invaluable returns, as many IT leaders are finding. A study from Korn Ferry estimates that by 2030 more than 85 million […]