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• IDG Contributor Network: How can CIOs drive business innovation?

  29-04-2019 20:48
  For most businesses, their next critical step is business transformation. But the step after this needs to be innovation. But how are the two terms reconciled when so often they are put together. According to Isaac Sacolick, author of Driving Digital, “innovation is something new while transformation is about business change.”We hear much discussion in the press about the CIOs role in transformation, but what is the CIOs role innovation? And what steps can CIOs take to assist their
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: How a former CIO leads Georgia State University program to train future IT professionals

  29-04-2019 16:50
  Many strategic CIOs focus on developing their IT personnel to be more business savvy and provide opportunities to develop their skills through experiential learning. One of the challenges in hiring new personnel who are recent graduates of information systems / computer science programs is their lack of experience.Georgia State University is addressing this opportunity through its Capstone program, where seniors in the Computer Information Systems Program (CIS) have an opportunity to work on re
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Data governance – Proving value

  29-04-2019 15:01
  In this day and age, companies should now know that data governance is an imperative if you leverage data for any type of analytics. However, I still run into organizations that hold back budgeting for data governance, looking for specific, expected business value justification.Any data governance capability should be based on the objective of optimizing the value of data.What can you do with your organization’s data with data governance in place that you cannot do or cannot do as well wi
  
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• BrandPost: Seven Reasons Why Traditional Backup is Dying

  29-04-2019 14:37
  Ever wonder why people scramble to get the newest cell phone model? Some might say it’s impulsive or even sinful when there’s really nothing wrong with the current phone you’re holding. After all, it works just fine, so you should be satisfied with it, right? But when it comes to technology, folks simply want information faster, with an optimized user experience, now…with no wait time or gaps in data.On a larger scale, it’s also true for backing up IT systemsThe s
  
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• Wawa brings digital integration to the convenience store

  29-04-2019 12:00
  The smartphone's role in people’s daily lives leaves CIOs no shortage of options with which to get closer to customers. And while many retail chains are throwing one novel technology after another against the wall to see what sticks, convenience store chain Wawa has come up with a different formula: partnerships with companies whose digital capabilities boost the convenience quotient for consumers.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• Restructuring IT for the digital age

  29-04-2019 12:00
  As Novant Health ramps up its digital health agenda, its IT organization might look a little foreign to the average CIO. Rather than the traditional structure that aligns IT practitioners to specific functional areas like human resources or supply chain, technologists like programmers and systems architects are a shared resource pool that floats between projects based on need.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)
  
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• How CIOs become visionary communicators

  29-04-2019 11:30
  When last we met, I summarized two key lessons from a dozen leading IT communications professionals. As CIOs fight a never-ending battle for talent in a hyper-competitive marketplace, and as they struggle to elevate their organizations from basic service providers to strategic innovators, their approach to communications becomes vital.The best CIOs give their communications partners a seat at the table, and in this second part, I’ll cover two more lessons heard around those tables. Last t
  
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