• IDG Contributor Network: Digital transformation using business architecture

    Some dramatic “disruptions” are occurring pushed by very young and very innovative companies, forcing more traditional corporations to react with digital transformation initiatives. It is not a surprise that Gartner mentions that “90% of corporate leaders view digital as a top priority,” and that yet “83% of leaders struggle to make meaningful progress on digital transformation.”Various, agile methodologies are put in place by autonomous IT teams to accelerat
  • Social media responds too late to a week of hate

    It’s been a horrible, violent month. In case you missed it, here’s a brief synopsis: White men decided to make America great again by assaulting protesters; killing black people in a grocery store, shooting up yet another school, sending pipe bombs to a number of prominent Democrats, slaughtering worshippers in a synagogue. And that’s just on an individual level; I’m not even mentioning what went on at the governmental level.To read this article in full, please click her
  • Tableau talks up natural language interface for creating visualizations

    How many statisticians do you need to build a new data model? Zero, according to Tableau Software: It says the next version of its widely used analytics tool will do it itself.Tableau demonstrated this, and a new feature called Ask Data that allows users to create visualizations by describing what they want in natural language, at an event for customers in New Orleans last week. It also showed off new automation functions in its data preparation tool.
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  • Digital transformation’s dark secret

    Digital businesses are defined by their use of technologies that fall under the “digital” umbrella — a constantly evolving mix that currently includes social media, mobile computing, analytics, cloud, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  • Five steps of IT leadership

    Will Conaway is CIO of Prime Healthcare, which has 40,000 employees, 45 hospitals, and healthcare facilities in 14 states, and a professor for Cornell University’s Industry Labor Relations master’s degree program. His courses include organizational strategy, change management, psychology of leadership, and healthcare certificate programs. Will’s dual existence running IT and teaching has given him a unique perspective on what makes CIOs successful. Conaway has turned this pers

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