<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[IT Executive - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest IT Executive news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[What is a digital twin? A real-time, virtual representation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital twin definition<br />
Digital twins are real-time, virtual representations of objects, processes, and systems. While digital twins can represent purely digital things, they most frequently serve as a bridge between the physical and digital domains. For example, a digital twin could provide a digital view of the operations of a factory, communications network, or the flow of packages through a logistics system.&ldquo;The implementation of a digital twin is an encapsulated software object or mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-digital-twin-a-real-time-virtual-representation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-digital-twin-a-real-time-virtual-representation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cross-functional teams: The new IT imperative]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cross-functional teams that blend IT and business professionals are nothing new, but now they have become almost a mandate.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cross-functional-teams-the-new-it-imperative/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cross-functional-teams-the-new-it-imperative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 myths about IT veterans looking for new work]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;A common misconception about tech workers of a certain vintage is that they&rsquo;re caught in the past and either overqualified or unable to adapt to future technology. As with most conventional wisdom, there&rsquo;s as much fiction as fact surrounding the supposed work habits and career opportunities for veteran IT pros &mdash; even those as young as 40.For seasoned professionals looking for jobs &mdash;&nbsp;or looking to shake up their careers &mdash;&nbsp;tech leaders say to take hea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-myths-about-it-veterans-looking-for-new-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-myths-about-it-veterans-looking-for-new-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 steps to alleviate the QA talent shortage]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the broader labor market tightens, workers in the IT sector remain scarce with an unemployment rate of 2.2%. &nbsp;Along with software developers and security analysts, some of the hardest to find IT workers are QA professionals. Even more scarce is the true unicorn of the IT quality assurance world: the SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test).To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-steps-to-alleviate-the-qa-talent-shortage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-steps-to-alleviate-the-qa-talent-shortage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 hottest IT certifications today]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has seen businesses accelerating digital transformation strategies faster than originally planned. But the ongoing IT skills gap has complicated progress, with more than half of IT decision-makers reporting that hiring for essential IT positions is &ldquo;somewhat difficult or extremely difficult,&rdquo; according to the Global Knowledge 2021 IT Skills and Salary report.To bridge this gap, employers and job seekers alike are leaning on certifications, whether to train up e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-hottest-it-certifications-today/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-hottest-it-certifications-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Digital Sense: Delivering cloud solutions that support business growth.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital Sense is well known among private sector enterprises and government agencies throughout Queensland for its full suite of cloud solutions. The company&rsquo;s products and services address everything from data sovereignty and data protection to the demand for low-latency, cloud-native applications. We spoke with Digital Sense&rsquo;s Head of Sales and Commercial Jon Pannell to learn more about the company&rsquo;s offerings, the demands driving Australia&rsquo;s enterprises to the cloud a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-digital-sense-delivering-cloud-solutions-that-support-business-growth/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-digital-sense-delivering-cloud-solutions-that-support-business-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Supporting Open Source Software in IT Environments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Any misgivings enterprises may have once had about adopting open source software for critical corporate functions is long gone. Studies show that over 90% of IT leaders consider open source software &ldquo;strategically important&rdquo; and that more than 87% of enterprises are running applications today that are open source. Enterprises embark on open source journeys &ndash; creating data pipelines with Splunk, using MuleSoft to connect applications, orchestrating workloads using containers &n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-supporting-open-source-software-in-it-environments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 23:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-supporting-open-source-software-in-it-environments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyndryl partners with Google to support customers in cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyndryl, the IT services business that IBM spun off in early November, has formed a global strategic partnership with Google to support their joint customers in the cloud.The deal comes a month after Kyndryl struck a similar deal with Microsoft, encompassing Azure cloud hosting and support for products such as Office365 and Teams, and a smaller partnership with VMware, as well as a certification agreement with SAP.<br />
[ Stay on budget with these 6 cloud cost management tips, learn the 5 fundamenta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kyndryl-partners-with-google-to-support-customers-in-cloud/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kyndryl-partners-with-google-to-support-customers-in-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 steps to better data center risk management]]></title><description><![CDATA[Half a decade ago, in the wake of the rise of cloud computing, some IT evangelists, CIOs, and large tech research firms foretold the imminent death of the data center as we know it. My co-columnist at CIO.com Mark Settle at the time advised caution in writing off data centers and envisaged how they &nbsp;would continue to grow based on the evolution of &ndash; you guessed it &ndash; data.Today, data centers continue to not just survive but thrive alongside hybrid and multicloud systems in new a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-steps-to-better-data-center-risk-management/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 12:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-steps-to-better-data-center-risk-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs gear up for the long-term hybrid enterprise]]></title><description><![CDATA[As most CIOs see it, the distributed, hybrid enterprise workforce is here to stay.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-gear-up-for-the-long-term-hybrid-enterprise/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-gear-up-for-the-long-term-hybrid-enterprise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT takes on a product mindset]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Steven Palmese moved into the CIO role at Presidio two years ago, he found an IT department delivering technologies through a project-based approach using waterfall development methods for some tasks and agile practices for others.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-takes-on-a-product-mindset/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-takes-on-a-product-mindset/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 digital disruption myths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital disruption is sweeping the enterprise landscape, replacing or radically transforming long-established business beliefs and practices. Besides creating new efficiencies, opportunities, and even entire markets, digital transformation has also generated a number of major misconceptions. These modern folk tales, if actually believed by business leaders, can delay or even completely derail a digital disruption initiative.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-digital-disruption-myths/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-digital-disruption-myths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 trends disrupting managed infrastructure services]]></title><description><![CDATA[While corporate data centers supported by managed infrastructure services were once in the background supporting business operations, they have now moved to the forefront of strategic planning and targeted investment decisions. &nbsp;Infrastructure and operations (I&amp;O) models must change to empower businesses to embrace the digital age, innovate, and integrate their cloud-first strategies.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-trends-disrupting-managed-infrastructure-services/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-trends-disrupting-managed-infrastructure-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 hidden benefits of hybrid work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly all studies and reports have called it: Hybrid is the way the business world will work from now on.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-hidden-benefits-of-hybrid-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-hidden-benefits-of-hybrid-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top AWS re:Invent takeaways for CIOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s Amazon Web Services&rsquo; customer conference, AWS re:Invent 2021, was Adam Selipsky&rsquo;s first outing as CEO. He recently returned to AWS, where he worked from 2005 to 2016, after five years as CEO of Tableau Software, the data visualization vendor acquired by Salesforce.com. Between his opening keynote, and CTO Werner Vogels closing session, the company released an avalanche of announcements.Re:Invent opened a couple days after The Wall Street Journal published an editor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-aws-reinvent-takeaways-for-cios/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-aws-reinvent-takeaways-for-cios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 13 cloud cost management tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloud cost management tools are a relatively new creation. Just a decade ago, the cloud was pitched as saving us the hassle of bidding, installing, and maintaining our own hardware. Prices per hour were specified in pennies. How could anything go wrong?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-cloud-cost-management-tools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-cloud-cost-management-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 master data management certifications that will pay off]]></title><description><![CDATA[As data and analytics become the beating heart of the enterprise, it is increasingly critical for the business to have access to consistent, high-quality data assets. Master data management (MDM) is required to ensure that the enterprise&rsquo;s data is consistent, accurate, and controlled.MDM is a set of disciplines, processes, and technologies used to master an organization&rsquo;s master data. Master data is data about business entities or objects around which business is conducted.<br />
[ Get ah]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-master-data-management-certifications-that-will-pay-off/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-master-data-management-certifications-that-will-pay-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six innovative cybersecurity companies in the Netherlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Netherlands has secured its spot as Europe&rsquo;s top cybersecurity hub, with thousands of companies working to develop cybersecurity technology and a supportive legal and regulatory framework based around the 2013 National Cyber Security Strategy 2.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/six-innovative-cybersecurity-companies-in-the-netherlands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/six-innovative-cybersecurity-companies-in-the-netherlands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Sujan Turlapaty, SVP &amp; CIO at Optiv]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sujan Turlapaty, SVP &amp; CIO at Optiv, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by&nbsp;CIO.com&nbsp;and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss digitizing the client journey, data-driven innovation, co-creating business solutions and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-sujan-turlapaty-svp-amp-cio-at-optiv/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-sujan-turlapaty-svp-amp-cio-at-optiv/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 tips for managing low-code citizen developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The central tenet of low-code and no-code tools &mdash; that business users can be leaned on to fill the &lsquo;app gap&rsquo; &mdash; is resonating with enterprises.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-managing-low-code-citizen-developers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-managing-low-code-citizen-developers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tips for winning over your CFO]]></title><description><![CDATA[CFOs and CIOs understand the importance of getting their relationship right. For CFOs, IT is often one of the largest budget items. For CIOs, 22% of whom report to their CFO, according to Deloitte, earning budget approval is vital to fueling transformation. Yet today the two roles often run on different tracks: one on a straight and narrow path moving at a set pace, with established milestones and the finish line in sight; the other sprinting through twists and turns with the destination still t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-winning-over-your-cfo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-winning-over-your-cfo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lean Six Sigma: Process improvement with a purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lean Six Sigma combines two methodologies, Lean and Six Sigma, to help accelerate specific processes so that organizations can solve problems faster and reduce waste, while creating more value for customers. It combines the waste-reducing mentality of the Lean methodology with the defect and variance reduction focus of Six Sigma. Together, Lean Six Sigma creates a powerful methodology for keeping businesses ahead of schedule and under budget, enabling organizations to create processes that supp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/lean-six-sigma-process-improvement-with-a-purpose/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/lean-six-sigma-process-improvement-with-a-purpose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 steps for better business-IT collaboration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Break down silos. Build cross-functional teams. Bring in business partners.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-for-better-business-it-collaboration/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-for-better-business-it-collaboration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 steps for creating a data-to-value ecosystem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although many organizations are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine language (ML) tools as core enablers in their data analytics projects, and AI spending worldwide continues to rise, the hard truth is that most data science projects are doomed to fail.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-steps-for-creating-a-data-to-value-ecosystem/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-steps-for-creating-a-data-to-value-ecosystem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 strategic tech trends for the infrastructure industry in 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[Compared to early adopters on the road to digital transformation, the infrastructure industry, meaning the &ldquo;built environment&rdquo; consisting of the human-made places and spaces in which we live, work, and play, could be considered a laggard. But it is a laggard with enormous market opportunity&mdash;to the tune of $21T annually worldwide and an annual spend of $1.4T in the U.S., representing 4% of US GDP.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-strategic-tech-trends-for-the-infrastructure-industry-in-2022/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-strategic-tech-trends-for-the-infrastructure-industry-in-2022/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: Storage systems are weakest link in IT infrastructure security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Storage systems have a significantly weaker security posture than the other two layers of IT infrastructure &mdash; compute and network equipment &mdash; according to a report from cybersecurity company Continuity Software.By analyzing data from more than 400 enterprise storage devices, the research revealed 6,300 discrete security issues related to 15 vulnerabilities that, on average, every enterprise security device is exposed to. The study examined equipment from vendors including Brocade, C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/study-storage-systems-are-weakest-link-in-it-infrastructure-security/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/study-storage-systems-are-weakest-link-in-it-infrastructure-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Sopra Steria Nordics: Empowering Enterprises Throughout Scandinavia to Realize the Full Potential of the Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[With over 20 years experience in the Nordic IT industry, Odd Inge Bj&oslash;rdal, has witnessed firsthand the transformative evolution of cloud services and solutions.Bj&oslash;rdal began his career as a systems specialist working on infrastructure transformation projects. Later he managed deployments for many of the company&rsquo;s largest enterprise customers. Bj&oslash;rdal is now managing director for Digital Platform Services in Sopra Steria Nordics &ndash; a role in which he oversees more]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sopra-steria-nordics-empowering-enterprises-throughout-scandinavia-to-realize-the-full-potential-of-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sopra-steria-nordics-empowering-enterprises-throughout-scandinavia-to-realize-the-full-potential-of-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 compliance mistakes to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Compliance is a fact of life for just about every company &mdash; especially in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, and government. And while compliance is often under the mantel of legal, compliance, risk management, or other departments, IT is certain to be involved in any organization&rsquo;s compliance efforts.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-compliance-mistakes-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-compliance-mistakes-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 famous analytics and AI disasters]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2017, The Economist declared that data, rather than oil, had become the world&rsquo;s most valuable resource. The refrain has been repeated ever since. Organizations across every industry have been and continue to invest heavily in data and analytics. But like oil, data and analytics have their dark side.According to IDG&rsquo;s State of the CIO 2021 report, 39% of IT leaders say that data analytics will drive the most IT investment at their organization this year, up from 37% in 2020. Insig]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-famous-analytics-and-ai-disasters/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-famous-analytics-and-ai-disasters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tips for better business-IT alignment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Has your enterprise fallen out alignment? Telltale symptoms include pulling in the wrong direction, poor control, and perhaps worst of all, degrading productivity and results.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-better-business-it-alignment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-better-business-it-alignment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promotion tips: How to ‘hire from within’]]></title><description><![CDATA[When filling an open role, most IT leaders aspire to land a rock star who not only ticks every box but brings in technical experience and knowledge not widely present in their current IT ranks. But a better solution might just be hidden in plain sight: the IT pros you already employ.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/promotion-tips-how-to-hire-from-within/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/promotion-tips-how-to-hire-from-within/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 business analyst resume tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe you&rsquo;re interested in a job as a business analyst (BA), using data analytics to bridge the gap between IT and business. Maybe you&rsquo;ve already got a BA gig but are looking for greener pastures &mdash; or a higher salary. To get your job search really underway, you need to get your resume together, so your LinkedIn profile and the email you&rsquo;re about to send to your future boss puts your best foot forward.We&rsquo;ve given you resume advice before. But after speaking to a num]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-business-analyst-resume-tips/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-business-analyst-resume-tips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Solve Your Organization’s App Gap With Low Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;<br />
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Chief Innovation Officer Dave Wright explains the high rewards of low-code applications.CIOs may be overwhelmed by the requests to build solutions in the wake of the pandemic as their organizations adjust to new ways of working. The good news is that powerful low-code platforms make it possible for people to build their own applications&mdash;quickly, and without burdening an already over-taxed IT department.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-solve-your-organizations-app-gap-with-low-code/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-solve-your-organizations-app-gap-with-low-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Jamie Holcombe, CIO at the US Patent and Trademark Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jamie Holcombe, CIO at the US Patent and Trademark Office, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by&nbsp;CIO.com&nbsp;and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss how patent and trademark tech is transforming, digital debt, agile development, DevSecOps and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-jamie-holcombe-cio-at-the-us-patent-and-trademark-office/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-jamie-holcombe-cio-at-the-us-patent-and-trademark-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Jamie Holcombe, CIO at the US Patent and Trademark Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jamie Holcombe, CIO at the US Patent and Trademark Office, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by&nbsp;CIO.com&nbsp;and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss how patent and trademark tech is transforming, digital debt, agile development, DevSecOps and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-jamie-holcombe-cio-at-the-us-patent-and-trademark-office/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-jamie-holcombe-cio-at-the-us-patent-and-trademark-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP doubles down on citizen developer strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the second year running, SAP is using its TechEd global developer conference to showcase its support for citizen developers in the enterprise.SAP is pushing its low-code/no-code approach as a way to help CIOs address the ongoing skills shortage by removing a bottleneck in the development process: a lack of developers.<br />
[ Comparison shopping? See "The best ERP systems:10 enterprise resource planning systems compared," with evaluations and user reviews. | Learn why companies are increasingly m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-doubles-down-on-citizen-developer-strategy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-doubles-down-on-citizen-developer-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Industry 4.0 Adoption Will Lag Without a Strong Connectivity Foundation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Industry has rapidly accelerated its digitization efforts over the past 18 months, moving towards the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies. However, before these solutions and tools can be deployed, organizations need a solid foundation of critical industrial infrastructure, and that begins with a modernized network.Industry 4.0 depends on having a modern, mission-critical network with the low-latency needed to perform split-second actions. In these environments, a network outage of a fe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-industry-40-adoption-will-lag-without-a-strong-connectivity-foundation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-industry-40-adoption-will-lag-without-a-strong-connectivity-foundation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Netstream Believes the Best Way to Predict the Future Is to Shape It]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;As we only have one planet and it is a very diverse and magical one, we need to take all actions and steps to save it for future generations. We need to fix now what past generations did to the environment without knowing.&rdquo;<br />
-- Reto Kasser, CTO of NetstreamFounded in 1998, Zurich-based Netstream provides the channel, and the value-added resellers comprising it, that enterprises need to stay connected in today&rsquo;s fast-paced business environment. Operating two data centers in Swit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-netstream-believes-the-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-shape-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-netstream-believes-the-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-shape-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Informatica Cloud Data Marketplace lets business users share AI data sets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Informatica is expanding its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform with Cloud Data Marketplace, designed to allow employees within an organization to share ready-to-use data sets for use with AI and analytics models.The marketplace aims to let users contribute to and more easily find data sets that may be spread across different clouds or data warehouses, according to David Corrigan, general manager of data governance, quality and privacy at Informatica.To read this article in full,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/informatica-cloud-data-marketplace-lets-business-users-share-ai-data-sets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/informatica-cloud-data-marketplace-lets-business-users-share-ai-data-sets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret art of technical architecture improvement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Choose one word to describe your company&rsquo;s technical architecture and it would likely be &ldquo;really complicated.&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-secret-art-of-technical-architecture-improvement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-secret-art-of-technical-architecture-improvement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyndryl makes Microsoft its first partner]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyndryl has named Microsoft its first (and for the moment only) Premier Global Alliance Partner, just a week after the managed infrastructure services business split from its former owner IBM.For Kyndryl, the separation from IBM was all about being free to address a broader share of the IT services market, and it expects this new partnership with Microsoft will give it access to new customers and new technologies to do just that.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kyndryl-makes-microsoft-its-first-partner/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kyndryl-makes-microsoft-its-first-partner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 best entry-level IT certifications to launch your career]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certifications give your resume more credibility and can make you more marketable to recruiters and hiring managers. And at the entry-level, they&rsquo;re a great way to stand out from other candidates &mdash; and&nbsp;even boost your pay.As you grow in your career, you&rsquo;ll want to consider more advanced certifications to continue your professional development. By then, you&rsquo;ll know what specialties to focus on and what skills you need for your desired career path. But at the entry le]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-best-entry-level-it-certifications-to-launch-your-career/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-best-entry-level-it-certifications-to-launch-your-career/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs blaze new career pathways at the top]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Johnson wears two powerful, distinct hats at Poly, the new company formed as a result of the merger of Plantronics and Poly.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-blaze-new-career-pathways-at-the-top/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-blaze-new-career-pathways-at-the-top/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: UKFast - UK’s First Carbon-Neutral Data Center Provider]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;For UKFast, being sustainable is a priority, not because of optics or commercial pressure &ndash; but because it&rsquo;s the right thing to do. Of course, our clients care that we&rsquo;re carbon neutral. But if they didn&rsquo;t, we still would be carbon zero. There&rsquo;s a perception that data center providers are environmentally unfriendly, but that can and should be a misconception. That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s so important for us to do whatever we can to reduce the effects of our ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ukfast-uks-first-carbon-neutral-data-center-provider/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ukfast-uks-first-carbon-neutral-data-center-provider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 critical success factors for selecting an SAP  system implementation provider]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is so much to learn from failed SAP implementations, but one of the most important involves system implementation provider (SI) selection.&nbsp; Indeed, I have seen a direct correlation between SAP SI failures and how companies approach the SI selection process.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-critical-success-factors-for-selecting-an-sap-system-implementation-provider/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-critical-success-factors-for-selecting-an-sap-system-implementation-provider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 13 cloud management tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, no one needed cloud management software. Web applications were small and functionally very basic. They could run on a few servers, as long as you didn&rsquo;t fret when loads peaked and responsiveness dropped. Everyone involved with the apps could fit in a small conference room and communicate well enough to ensure that rules were never broken.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-cloud-management-tools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-cloud-management-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immersive tech reaches critical momentum]]></title><description><![CDATA[People may not fully realize it, but they&rsquo;ve taken a step into the future over the past year. Consumers, businesses, and everyday citizens are living in a hybrid world between the virtual and reality. These immersive technologies have permeated almost every facet of life, from homebuying to the workplace.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/immersive-tech-reaches-critical-momentum/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/immersive-tech-reaches-critical-momentum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 data governance mistakes to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most CIOs know that mishandled data can lead to financial, reputational, legal, and all sorts of other troubles. That&rsquo;s why having a strong data governance policy, one that ensures security and compliance yet is also accessible and manageable, is a top priority for any organization that&rsquo;s committed to data integrity and preservation.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-data-governance-mistakes-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-data-governance-mistakes-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tableau’s new Slack capabilities democratize data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just four months after Salesforce.com closed its acquisition of Slack, another of its subsidiaries, data visualization platform Tableau Software, is retooling to make Slack its new user interface.For the last few years, Tableau has been building up a conversational interface it calls Ask Data that enables users to drill down into large datasets using natural language. Now, it&rsquo;s allowing users to ask questions of their data&mdash;and share the answers&mdash;via Slack.At its online-only Tab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tableaus-new-slack-capabilities-democratize-data/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tableaus-new-slack-capabilities-democratize-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: UK’s First Carbon-Neutral Data Center Provider]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;For UKFast, being sustainable is a priority, not because of optics or commercial pressure &ndash; but because it&rsquo;s the right thing to do. Of course, our clients care that we&rsquo;re carbon neutral. But if they didn&rsquo;t, we still would be carbon zero. There&rsquo;s a perception that data center providers are environmentally unfriendly, but that can and should be a misconception. That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s so important for us to do whatever we can to reduce the effects of our ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-uks-first-carbon-neutral-data-center-provider/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 19:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-uks-first-carbon-neutral-data-center-provider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK's First Carbon Neutral Data Center Provider]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;For UKFast, being sustainable is a priority, not because of optics or commercial pressure &ndash; but because it&rsquo;s the right thing to do. Of course, our clients care that we&rsquo;re carbon neutral. But if they didn&rsquo;t, we still would be carbon zero. There&rsquo;s a perception that data center providers are environmentally unfriendly, but that can and should be a misconception. That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s so important for us to do whatever we can to reduce the effects of our ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/uks-first-carbon-neutral-data-center-provider/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/uks-first-carbon-neutral-data-center-provider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Digital Revolution Becoming an Industry Winner in the Era of Hybrid Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the last decade, digital transformation has become one of the most critical initiatives driving organizational success, often dictating industry winners and losers. Today, the stakes have never been higher: 80% of all customer interactions happen over digital channels1 and 66% of users saying they would avoid a brand completely if their experience isn&rsquo;t perfect2.When executed correctly, digital has the power to revolutionize industries through customer acquisition and engagement, ope]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-digital-revolution-becoming-an-industry-winner-in-the-era-of-hybrid-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-digital-revolution-becoming-an-industry-winner-in-the-era-of-hybrid-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 tips for streamlining legacy IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite the acceleration of digital roadmaps and the continuing push to modernize, many CIOs still have old applications and infrastructure in their IT stacks.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-streamlining-legacy-it/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-streamlining-legacy-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epicor updates Kinetic ERP for manufacturers with global operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Epicor has updated its ERP software for manufacturers, Kinetic, with a Cloud Enterprise Services package, new e-commerce features, and a set of tools for improving productivity and user experience.The company, which traditionally targets the market for small and medium businesses, has released this update with a focus on large manufacturers. An update to its ERP package for distributors, Prohet 21, offers similar enhancements.Cloud features aim at global operations<br />
The new Cloud Enterprise Serv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/epicor-updates-kinetic-erp-for-manufacturers-with-global-operations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/epicor-updates-kinetic-erp-for-manufacturers-with-global-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyndryl eyes new markets in spin-off from IBM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyndryl, formerly IBM&rsquo;s managed infrastructure services business, is now an independent company. On Nov. 4, 2021, it began trading independently on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker KD.Although there are still close ties between the two companies &mdash; IBM retains a 19.9% stake in Kyndryl, which will remain one of its largest customers &mdash; the separation is opening up new opportunities on both sides.<br />
[ Discover the latest IT outsourcing trends, the top IT outsourcing servi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kyndryl-eyes-new-markets-in-spin-off-from-ibm/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kyndryl-eyes-new-markets-in-spin-off-from-ibm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[17 IT management certifications for IT leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT managers are often responsible not just for overseeing an organization&rsquo;s IT infrastructure but overseeing its IT teams as well. To succeed, you need to understand the fundamentals of security, data storage, hardware, software, networking, and IT management frameworks &mdash; and how they all work together to deliver business value. Plus, you must be adept at managing teams, projects, and processes.Certifications can lend credence to your ability to do these things. Which certs you&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/17-it-management-certifications-for-it-leaders/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/17-it-management-certifications-for-it-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Intelligent Service Management]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last decade or so AI has gone from buzz word to table stakes. Data reveals that organizations that have adopted AI into their service management strategy have begun to reap the benefits. It is therefore imperative for businesses to invest in Intelligent Service Management to not just empower their agents but also keep up with rising employee expectations.We collaborated with Frost &amp; Sullivan to identify the latest developments in ITSM and ITOM, drawing on the insights from recent res]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-intelligent-service-management/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-intelligent-service-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Unleash the Power of IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[To change or not to change? It is a question that every IT leader faces in the wake of lagging technology growth.While IT leaders aren&rsquo;t blind to the problem, change remains elusive. Instead of risking stability and performance by switching to an unknown alternative, many leaders stick with their known incumbent.But that&rsquo;s not the case anymore. We see a new generation of IT leaders challenging the status quo and transforming the technology behind world-leading companies.To read this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-unleash-the-power-of-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-unleash-the-power-of-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting the CIO-CFO relationship right]]></title><description><![CDATA[American journalist Sydney J. Harris once differentiated the words information and communication by stating: &ldquo;Information is giving out; communication is getting through.&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/getting-the-cio-cfo-relationship-right/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/getting-the-cio-cfo-relationship-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 steps business analysts can take to earn more]]></title><description><![CDATA[A business analyst (BA) has one of the most crucial jobs in the modern enterprise: leveraging data analytics to bridge the gap between IT and business. In doing so, they engage with business leaders and users to better understand how data-driven changes to process, products, services, software, and hardware can improve efficiencies and add value.For many, a BA job is an entry point into the business world. But as they expand their knowledge and skills, it becomes time to contemplate career and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-business-analysts-can-take-to-earn-more/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-business-analysts-can-take-to-earn-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 tips for selecting and implementing an ERP system]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are the backbone of modern businesses. The agility afforded by a modern ERP system backed by honed business processes can help any company compete in today&rsquo;s business environment, which has been severely affected by supply chain disruptions as well as disruptions to traditional business operations due to employees working from home due to COVID.If your organization has cobbled together point solutions or limped along with a legacy, on-premises ER]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-tips-for-selecting-and-implementing-an-erp-system/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-tips-for-selecting-and-implementing-an-erp-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: VMware Cloud Verified Partners – Empowering Enterprises to Harness the Cloud Today, Tomorrow, and for Years to Come]]></title><description><![CDATA[From its creation of revolutionary virtualization technology to its leadership helping enterprises navigate a multi-cloud world, VMware has a history of enabling organizations to gain new capabilities, lower costs, and successfully address new business needs. Today that heritage of innovation is stronger than ever as enterprises look to optimize every step of their cloud journey.With increasing data volumes, greater computing power, remote workforces, an ever-growing number of connected devices]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-vmware-cloud-verified-partners-empowering-enterprises-to-harness-the-cloud-today-tomorrow-and-for-years-to-come/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-vmware-cloud-verified-partners-empowering-enterprises-to-harness-the-cloud-today-tomorrow-and-for-years-to-come/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: OVHcloud Is Working to Minimize the Environmental Impact of its Data Centers While Increasing Performance]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The world has become increasingly dependent on data, and the wide-scale transition from onsite storage toward cloud-based solutions represents an incredible opportunity for our industry to lead the way in helping all companies make progress toward sustainability. We have seen significant interest from all customers in maximizing data center efficiency and are proud to serve as an inaugural member of VMware&rsquo;s Zero Carbon Committed cloud partner initiative and share in the commitment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ovhcloud-is-working-to-minimize-the-environmental-impact-of-its-data-centers-while-increasing-performance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ovhcloud-is-working-to-minimize-the-environmental-impact-of-its-data-centers-while-increasing-performance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NetSuite updates ERP suite with new automation, analytics capabilities]]></title><description><![CDATA[NetSuite is updating its suite of ERP applications with analytics and automation capabilities designed to reduce manual processes and provide accurate and timely data to optimize the decision-making process for enterprises.The new products and expanded services include NetSuite Analytics Warehouse, designed to provide faster business insights; SuiteBanking, which helps customers automate key financial processes; and Advanced Customer Support Playbooks.NetSuite, which is owned by Oracle, introdu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/netsuite-updates-erp-suite-with-new-automation-analytics-capabilities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/netsuite-updates-erp-suite-with-new-automation-analytics-capabilities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 emerging innovations that could redefine IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emerging technology has greatly elevated the role of CIOs in the past several years, as previously far-out innovations such as machine learning and natural language processing have taken center stage in digital transformations that are shaking up the business landscape.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-emerging-innovations-that-could-redefine-it/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-emerging-innovations-that-could-redefine-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to make performance reviews meaningful]]></title><description><![CDATA[Performance reviews are one of those responsibilities that get handed to you, as a technical lead, that life and school did not prepare you for. Throw a massive move from an in-office culture to a model where people are working remotely, an influx of millennials into the workforce, an epidemic of mental illness, and massive resignations into the mix and you might be facing performance reviews that feel way out of your depth.To help you prepare, I spoke to leaders who have mastered the art and s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-make-performance-reviews-meaningful/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-make-performance-reviews-meaningful/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is supply chain management? Mastering logistics end to end]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supply chain management definition<br />
Supply chain management (SCM) is the process by which an enterprise manages the sourcing of raw materials to create a product or service and deliver that product or service to customers.The goal of SCM software is to improve supply chain performance. Timely and accurate supply chain information allows manufacturers to make and ship only as much product as can be sold. Effective supply chain systems help both manufacturers and retailers reduce excess inventory.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-supply-chain-management-mastering-logistics-end-to-end/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-supply-chain-management-mastering-logistics-end-to-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What CIOs should know about diversity and inclusion in the Netherlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Diversity and inclusion (D&amp;I) has been a major focus point in the Netherlands over the last year, kicked off by the New National Action Plan for Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), launched by Education and Science Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven in September 2020. Dutch enterprise IT leaders, who face a tech talent shortage while managing teams that most often lack diversity, are meanwhile coming under pressure to create or expand D&amp;I efforts, but also have new resources and guidel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-cios-should-know-about-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-netherlands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-cios-should-know-about-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-netherlands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evaluating technical architecture: 11 key criteria and how to apply them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technical architecture provides a way to describe, evaluate, and plan the evolution of the information technology that IT manages and the enterprise relies on.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/evaluating-technical-architecture-11-key-criteria-and-how-to-apply-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/evaluating-technical-architecture-11-key-criteria-and-how-to-apply-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can’t find the IT skills you need? Take a closer look at your team]]></title><description><![CDATA[The war for talent in key IT technologies, such as cloud, cybersecurity, and machine learning continue to grow in both intensity and geography.&nbsp; The intensity is increasing because of the accelerated movement to the cloud, security breaches growing in both frequency and magnitude, companies scrambling to add AI functionality into their systems, and a host of other related IT megatrends.&nbsp; Geographic competition has expanded as a result of COVID-19, forcing companies to be more open to h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cant-find-the-it-skills-you-need-take-a-closer-look-at-your-team/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cant-find-the-it-skills-you-need-take-a-closer-look-at-your-team/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 risks to avoid in your AWS, GCP, and Azure negotiations]]></title><description><![CDATA[As more organizations take advantage of the hyperscalers&rsquo; IaaS / PaaS offerings, the need to secure a comprehensive commercial construct has become more important.&nbsp; However, since the focus has traditionally been placed on the architecture, tools, and general capabilities as opposed to the critical commercial elements of an agreement, organizations are left unfulfilled and baffled when they realize their business case has fallen short.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-risks-to-avoid-in-your-aws-gcp-and-azure-negotiations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-risks-to-avoid-in-your-aws-gcp-and-azure-negotiations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways to maximize the value of data analytics]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s one thing to gather large amounts of data and apply analytics to it; lots of organizations are doing that. It&rsquo;s another thing entirely to gain optimum business value from that data and analysis.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-maximize-the-value-of-data-analytics/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-maximize-the-value-of-data-analytics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with John Wilson, VP, CIO &amp; CSO at MITRE]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Wilson, VP, CIO &amp; CSO at MITRE, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss zero trust, phishing as a service, connected hybrid environments and more. This episode is sponsored by Palo Alto Networks. Discover more at https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-john-wilson-vp-cio-amp-cso-at-mitre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-john-wilson-vp-cio-amp-cso-at-mitre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with John Wilson, VP, CIO &amp; CSO at MITRE]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Wilson, VP, CIO &amp; CSO at MITRE, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss zero trust, phishing as a service, connected hybrid environments and more. This episode is sponsored by Palo Alto Networks. Discover more at https://www.paloaltonetworks.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-john-wilson-vp-cio-amp-cso-at-mitre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-john-wilson-vp-cio-amp-cso-at-mitre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoho One update targets productivity, collaboration for hybrid workforces]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoho is updating its Zoho One ERP and analytics software suite with new services, apps and platform enhancements &nbsp;designed to let global businesses with hybrid work environments streamline data analysis and communications across multiple departments, mobile and remote users.Its Zoho One suite, first launched in 2017, is designed to run an entire business on the cloud in a cost-efficient manner. Zoho is charging $37 a month per user (billed on an annual basis) for Zoho One, and is expanding]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zoho-one-update-targets-productivity-collaboration-for-hybrid-workforces/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zoho-one-update-targets-productivity-collaboration-for-hybrid-workforces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[The agile methodology, which facilitates collaboration between stakeholders, teams, and customers during software development, is fast gaining prominence in today&rsquo;s enterprises. The methodology, which is also used beyond software development at some businesses, is at the center of several frameworks such as Scrum, Lean, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/scrum-master-certification-top-13-certs-for-agile-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/scrum-master-certification-top-13-certs-for-agile-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular IT advice every CIO should ignore]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advice is cheap. But unfortunately, many IT leaders end up paying a hefty price for listening to recommendations that turn out to be misleading, self-serving, or simply dead wrong.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/popular-it-advice-every-cio-should-ignore/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/popular-it-advice-every-cio-should-ignore/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How CIOs can achieve work-life balance — and avoid burnout]]></title><description><![CDATA[Work-life balance, the loose principle through which you evenly split your time and focus between work and personal activities, benefits individuals and corporations in equal measure.A healthy work-life balance can improve health, productivity, job retention and turnover, and in-turn stave off emotional burnout, say experienced CIOs. And yet, attaining a healthy equilibrium between personal life and career work has seemed further out of reach than ever.The economic and social fallout from the C]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-cios-can-achieve-work-life-balance-and-avoid-burnout/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-cios-can-achieve-work-life-balance-and-avoid-burnout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: UKCloud is Helping the United Kingdom’s Government Agencies Modernize Their IT Infrastructure in the Most Sustainable Ways Possible]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having personally worked to understand and address carbon emissions from delivering cloud services, I welcome VMware&rsquo;s Zero Carbon Committed initiative as a means of demonstrating what is possible, encouraging further innovation, and positively encouraging organizations to understand and reduce their own carbon footprints, before it is too late.&nbsp;&nbsp;-- John Godwin, Director of Compliance and IATo read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ukcloud-is-helping-the-united-kingdoms-government-agencies-modernize-their-it-infrastructure-in-the-most-sustainable-ways-possible/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ukcloud-is-helping-the-united-kingdoms-government-agencies-modernize-their-it-infrastructure-in-the-most-sustainable-ways-possible/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applicant tracking system: The secret to beating a resume-filtering ATS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Applicant tracking system defined<br />
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is software used to help manage and automate hiring and recruitment practices for an organization by providing a centralized location to manage job postings, filter job applications, sort through resumes, and identify strong candidates for open positions. ATS software often uses artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing to score and sort resumes based on how well they align with job requirements. Candidates]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/applicant-tracking-system-the-secret-to-beating-a-resume-filtering-ats/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/applicant-tracking-system-the-secret-to-beating-a-resume-filtering-ats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 reasons good employees leave — and how to prevent it]]></title><description><![CDATA[News of the Great Resignation isn&rsquo;t overblown.Some 4 million people quit their jobs in July, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. And companies reported a record-breaking high of 10.9 million open positions. The IT profession is feeling the effects of that churn, with 80% of tech managers saying they&rsquo;ve seen an increase in turnover in 2021, according to staffing firm Robert Half.Seeing all that talent walk out the door is challenging, but losing top workers is even harder]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-reasons-good-employees-leave-and-how-to-prevent-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-reasons-good-employees-leave-and-how-to-prevent-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: A matter of trust: How we can learn to trust in data and hone our relationships with machines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trust is ubiquitous, but the understanding, building, and retaining of trust has become a key challenge of our time, with the trust narrative evolving across a dynamic duality. On one hand, concerns around data privacy, security, and the ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI) abound; on the other, the &ldquo;art of the possible&rdquo; has been demonstrated through the positive purposes to which data and technology have been applied.Another dynamic has also evolved recently: data li]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-matter-of-trust-how-we-can-learn-to-trust-in-data-and-hone-our-relationships-with-machines/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-matter-of-trust-how-we-can-learn-to-trust-in-data-and-hone-our-relationships-with-machines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Lay a data pipeline: Exposing the gaps in today’s business intelligence market]]></title><description><![CDATA[The desire to analyze data that will drive insights and competitive differentiation is older than computing itself. Digitization just speeded things up. Richard Miller Devens used the term &ldquo;business intelligence&rdquo; as far back as 1865. The LEO computer was calculating optimal inventory deliveries based on shop performance and generating management reports for the Lyons&rsquo; tea rooms chain from 1951. And the very first edition of CIO magazine, published in 1987, included an editoria]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-lay-a-data-pipeline-exposing-the-gaps-in-todays-business-intelligence-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-lay-a-data-pipeline-exposing-the-gaps-in-todays-business-intelligence-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Data deluge: Navigating uncertainty via informed action]]></title><description><![CDATA[The current business environment is plagued by palpable and overwhelming uncertainty. Just think of the breadth of challenges leaders must face on a regular basis: Is the pandemic going to irreversibly alter the competitive landscape? How might climate change affect our customer base, supply chain, or operational capabilities? Could a poorly funded start-up rapidly leapfrog our offerings by gaining access to cheap capital?&gt;&gt; See the effect the pandemic had on the Fortune G500 companies he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-data-deluge-navigating-uncertainty-via-informed-action/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-data-deluge-navigating-uncertainty-via-informed-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Decision-Making at the Speed of Business Means Better Data Onboarding]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pressing need for real-time data pushed businesses to accelerate and expand their investments in data and data management solutions during 2020. While much of the industry focus is rightfully on new advancements in predictive analytics that are driving business value, it is becoming increasingly clear that architecture and data teams are working equally hard to enable this data with more modern data architecture and new data sets. Recent research from IDC, commissioned by Qlik, revealed tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-decision-making-at-the-speed-of-business-means-better-data-onboarding/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 21:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-decision-making-at-the-speed-of-business-means-better-data-onboarding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Keys to Unlocking the Benefits of a Modern Data Analytics Platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many organizations are working to become more data-driven &ndash; increasing data use and leveraging&nbsp;data insights&nbsp;to improve decision-making, solve their most challenging problems and improve revenue and profitability. A&nbsp;February 2020 IDC survey&nbsp;showed a direct correlation between quality decision-making and strong data-to-insight capabilities; 57 percent of organizations with the best data analytics pipelines received the highest decision-making score. Being data-driven re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-keys-to-unlocking-the-benefits-of-a-modern-data-analytics-platform/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 21:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-keys-to-unlocking-the-benefits-of-a-modern-data-analytics-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Lowdown on Low-Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[The citizen developer trend that gained steam in 2020 shows no signs of slowing down.As IT leaders seek new ways to gain a competitive advantage through digital automation, it makes sense to empower non-IT employees to create applications that solve their day-to-day challenges. By giving people access to an IT-approved, low-code platform, you free up your pro developers to focus on more complex projects that require a high level of expertise. For most organizations, low-code is the only way IT]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-lowdown-on-low-code/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-lowdown-on-low-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 secrets of successful vendor negotiation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like it or not, vendor negotiation is a skill every CIO must perfect to become a successful business executive. Yet, for many IT leaders, reaching a deal that&rsquo;s both favorable and mutually equitable can be a tall order.Fortunately, expert negotiators have developed an array of tactics &mdash; many not widely familiar to CIOs &mdash; to seal deals on terms that meet both operational and financial goals. Here are seven of these powerful tips.[ Learn from your peers: Check out our State of t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-secrets-of-successful-vendor-negotiation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-secrets-of-successful-vendor-negotiation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 8 data engineer and data architect certifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data analytics is the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder.Successfully deploying big data initiatives requires more than&nbsp;data scientists&nbsp;and&nbsp;data analysts. It requires data architects who design the &ldquo;blueprint&rdquo; for your enterprise data management framework, and it requires&nbsp;data engineers&nbsp;who can build that frame]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-8-data-engineer-and-data-architect-certifications/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-8-data-engineer-and-data-architect-certifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI, cloud, hybrid work headline Gartner’s top tech trends for 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIOs are tooling up an assembly line of technologies to get back to business in 2022, including a mix of solutions leaned on heavily to weather the pandemic and new offerings aimed at making the most of emerging opportunities as the pandemic subsides.At its virtual IT Symposium/Xpo this week, Gartner identified the top tech strategies it sees CIOs embracing next year, including the &ldquo;distributed enterprise,&rdquo; advanced AI, hyperautomation, cloud-native platforms, decision intelligence,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-cloud-hybrid-work-headline-gartners-top-tech-trends-for-2022/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-cloud-hybrid-work-headline-gartners-top-tech-trends-for-2022/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 hot new IT jobs — and why they just might stick]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roles involving emerging technologies have accounted for an increasing percentage of all new hiring in IT in recent years. With this has come a raft of new titles aimed at cementing organizations&rsquo; interest in exploring the value these new technologies could bring to their businesses. The pandemic has added its own twist. For every new technology title, there&rsquo;s one that&rsquo;s more of an adjustment to respond to challenging times.The prevalent trend is to expand or make existing tit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-hot-new-it-jobs-and-why-they-just-might-stick/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-hot-new-it-jobs-and-why-they-just-might-stick/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joining a startup board? 4 key questions CIOs should ask]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a prominent Bay Area California CIO, Ralph Loura has lost track of the number of tech startups that have asked him to join their fledgling boards of directors.&ldquo;You have to be very selective, and also careful about your brand,&rdquo; says Loura, who sticks largely to advisory board roles with several Silicon Valley startups. Currently the CIO of optical networks provider Lumentum, Loura sits on two national nonprofit boards, the Technology Business Management Council and Genesys Works.[]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/joining-a-startup-board-4-key-questions-cios-should-ask/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/joining-a-startup-board-4-key-questions-cios-should-ask/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT certification mistakes to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marko Djakovic knew that getting a formal tech certification could help his career. He finished an AWS course and got the accompanying certification, but that was only going to be the first step. &ldquo;I planned to pass more courses and become a cloud architect,&rdquo; says Djakovic, who works as a digital project manager at Best Response Media. &ldquo;That way, I would become the only one in the company with that knowledge.&rdquo;But there was a catch: After he started on this path, he realiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-certification-mistakes-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-certification-mistakes-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: No Stopping]]></title><description><![CDATA[In our final episode of The Change Makers, we learn that with enough ambition, drive, and backing, IT practitioners can challenge the status quo and create a new era of IT efficiency.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-no-stopping/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-no-stopping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Podium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although many IT leaders launch into projects with set goals, there&rsquo;s no telling what sort of unexpected consequences will emerge. In episode 4 of The Change Makers podcast&nbsp; you&rsquo;ll see how although you can plan and predict certain benefits, several successful business outcomes can arrive serendipitously.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-podium/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-podium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 technologies for supporting the hybrid office]]></title><description><![CDATA[Among the biggest challenges IT leaders face right now is supporting shifting strategies around where the enterprise does its work. Prior to the pandemic, remote work was a facet of most organization&rsquo;s workforce mixes &mdash; but hardly the universal business imperative it instantly became when COVID-19 hit. Now, workers are returning to offices, at least in some measure, with widespread remote work likely here to stay.The debates over in-person versus remote work are raging on within the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-technologies-for-supporting-the-hybrid-office/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-technologies-for-supporting-the-hybrid-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BDO Netherlands taps enterprise search to drive digital transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Transforming a fast-growing traditional accounting firm with some 50 million documents spread throughout various data stores into a fully data-driven digital enterprise is a daunting task.But that is exactly the one BDO Netherlands CIO Marcel Donkers is currently undertaking to help the firm not only provide its core competency of accounting and auditing but also create new insight-based services for clients in 167 countries.BDO Netherlands, which has more than 3,000 employees, is an independen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/bdo-netherlands-taps-enterprise-search-to-drive-digital-transformation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/bdo-netherlands-taps-enterprise-search-to-drive-digital-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Keep your Gen Z workforce happy with low-code tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gen Z is no different than any other generation in their youth. In the immortal words of Kiss, they want to rock and roll all night. But for this new wave of employees entering the workforce, it&rsquo;s not so much about partying every day, it&rsquo;s about doing meaningful work and building a meaningful career.In light of the pandemic, many people are thinking more deeply about what they want from their work experience. And as expectations evolve rapidly, research has found that Gen Z is putti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-keep-your-gen-z-workforce-happy-with-low-code-tools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-keep-your-gen-z-workforce-happy-with-low-code-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Spark: A Data Engineer’s Best Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data engineering, as a separate category of expertise in the world of data science, did not occur in a vacuum. The role of the data engineer originated and evolved as the number of data sources and data products ballooned over the years. Therefore, the role and function of a data engineer is closely associated with a variety of different data-processing platforms such as Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and a huge number of specialized tools. In this article, you will find out why Spark should be c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-spark-a-data-engineers-best-friend/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-spark-a-data-engineers-best-friend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with JP Saini, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Sunbelt Rentals]]></title><description><![CDATA[JP Saini, Chief Digital &amp; Technology Officer at Sunbelt Rentals, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss omnichannel ecommerce, hybrid office strategies and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-jp-saini-chief-digital-and-technology-officer-at-sunbelt-rentals/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-jp-saini-chief-digital-and-technology-officer-at-sunbelt-rentals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Building a Data Culture: IT’s Role in Analytics Agility, Proficiency, and Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the final post in a three-part series about transformational analytics for the enterprise. In case you missed them, read the first on governance and data management that enables your digital business, and the second on modern analytics for fast decision-making.Data-leading organizations see benefits like improved customer acquisition and retention, engaged employees, and operational efficiency. While analytics at scale promises many transformative business outcomes, most organizations s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-building-a-data-culture-its-role-in-analytics-agility-proficiency-and-community/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-building-a-data-culture-its-role-in-analytics-agility-proficiency-and-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenhouse gas emissions: The next big issue for CIOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIOs have a significant role to play in helping enterprises report and reduce greenhouse gas emission &mdash; and it goes way beyond switching to energy-efficient cloud computing or turning off the office PCs at night.That&rsquo;s the message coming out of recent customer events put on by software and IT services vendors including SAP, Salesforce, and Google, which this week is making sustainability a big feature of its Next 21 cloud computing event.[ Learn the 10 old-school IT principles that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/greenhouse-gas-emissions-the-next-big-issue-for-cios/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/greenhouse-gas-emissions-the-next-big-issue-for-cios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways CIOs are redefining teamwork for a hybrid world]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIO Paul Blowers describes the past 16 months at accounting firm Plante Moran as &ldquo;a grand experiment&rdquo; in getting work done. Throughout, Blowers has flexed, reconfigured, and stress-tested his mostly remote, 120-person IT team to determine how productivity, creativity, and culture would hold up through the pandemic.The experiment proved successful, and the company is making hybrid work permanent. Now Blowers has an eye on the long-term effects that permanent hybrid work will have on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-cios-are-redefining-teamwork-for-a-hybrid-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-cios-are-redefining-teamwork-for-a-hybrid-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle set to open 14 new cloud regions over the next year]]></title><description><![CDATA[As enterprises look to tackle issues such as business continuity, disaster recovery and data sovereignty more efficiently in the wake of rapid digital transformation, Oracle announced on Tuesday that it is adding 14 new regions over the next year to expand its global cloud footprint, taking the total number of available cloud regions to 44.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-set-to-open-14-new-cloud-regions-over-the-next-year/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-set-to-open-14-new-cloud-regions-over-the-next-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edge computing: The architecture of the future]]></title><description><![CDATA[To fully digitize the last mile of business, you need to distribute compute power where it's needed most -- right next to IoT devices that collect data from the real world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/edge-computing-the-architecture-of-the-future/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/edge-computing-the-architecture-of-the-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The top 11 big data and data analytics certifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder &mdash; a challenge reflected in the rising demand for big data and analytics skills and certifications.&nbsp;If you&rsquo;re looking to get an edge on a data analytics career, certification is a great option. Certifications measure your knowledge and skills against industry- a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-11-big-data-and-data-analytics-certifications/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-11-big-data-and-data-analytics-certifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proving the value of analytics on the edge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edge computing offers big potential advantages for companies in a variety of industries. This distributed computing model, which brings data storage and analytics closer to the sources of data, can offer organizations better response times, decreased network latency, reduced bandwidth costs, and even enhanced security.Computing at the edge helps support initiatives such as the internet of things (IoT), by enabling remote processing of the data gathered by connected objects. Without such systems]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/proving-the-value-of-analytics-on-the-edge/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/proving-the-value-of-analytics-on-the-edge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You’ve migrated to the cloud, now what?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a 2011 article in The Atlantic, senior editor Rebecca Rosen makes the case that clouds may be the most useful metaphor of all time, in part because they are constantly changing.That is certainly the case for cloud computing.And it is this propensity for constant change, the very nature of cloud, to which IT leaders struggle to adapt, leading to high rates of failure for cloud initiatives. &ldquo;Most technology leaders have a difficult time thinking in terms of an infrastructure that is flui]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/youve-migrated-to-the-cloud-now-what/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/youve-migrated-to-the-cloud-now-what/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UiPath partners with CrowdStrike to secure SaaS workflow automation]]></title><description><![CDATA[UiPath is expanding its robotic process automation (RPA) platform with new features it hopes will put it on CIOs&rsquo; radar, including better security, a cloud-native delivery model, and the ability to automate through APIs as well as the UI.The security component comes through a partnership with CrowdStrike, while the API automation is the fruit of UiPath&rsquo;s acquisition of Cloud Elements in March 2021.[ Learn the 10 key criteria for choosing RPA software, the 8 keys to a successful RPA]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/uipath-partners-with-crowdstrike-to-secure-saas-workflow-automation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/uipath-partners-with-crowdstrike-to-secure-saas-workflow-automation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 IT certifications paying the highest premiums today]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT certifications can boost your career, but it&rsquo;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 IT certifications in its&nbsp;2021 IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index report.The cash value of IT certifications is less volatile than that of non-cert]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-it-certifications-paying-the-highest-premiums-today/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-it-certifications-paying-the-highest-premiums-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: BlackBox Hosting: On Track to Be Carbon Neutral by the End of 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;As the parent of two young boys, I want them to live in a world that is the best that it can be. It&rsquo;s my hope that, as a result of our company becoming carbon neutral, we can help our customers have the least impact on the environment possible.&rdquo;&nbsp;-- Matthew Burden, CEO of BlackBox HostingWith its headquarters on the Thames River in London, BlackBox Hosting is already well on the way to achieving its goal of being carbon neutral by the end of 2022. Today the company&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-blackbox-hosting-on-track-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-the-end-of-2022/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-blackbox-hosting-on-track-to-be-carbon-neutral-by-the-end-of-2022/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Let the Games Begin]]></title><description><![CDATA[The best laid plans often go awry. As you dive into transformation, suddenly the project balloons. Simple processes become convoluted. How do you not panic and slip into despair? How do you stay on top of your game? In this episode of The Changemakers you&rsquo;ll see what happened when our changemakers started executing their plans. How they went down the valley of despair and came out the other side.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-let-the-games-begin/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-let-the-games-begin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Game Plan: IT Transformation Is More Than Technology—It’s People, Culture, and Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you think introducing a shiny new tool or service is transformation. Think again. Our changemakers wrought fundamental change in how people work, communicate, and collaborate. In episode 2&nbsp; of The Change Makers we investigate how changemakers plan their work; set up their vision, objectives, and roadmap. And we learn how IT transformation often begins with something other than technology.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-game-plan-it-transformation-is-more-than-technologyits-people-culture-and-policy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-game-plan-it-transformation-is-more-than-technologyits-people-culture-and-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ServiceNow, Celonis team up to power process automation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Workflow management platform vendor ServiceNow is partnering with process mining specialist Celonis to help enterprises prioritize and optimize process automation.The partnership will make it easier for CIOs to combine the capabilities of both platforms when the joint is available, which is expected for the first half of 2022, according to Celonis representative Faiz Mandviwalla.[ Learn more about process mining and the key process mining tools for optimizing workflows today. | Find out how ITS]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-celonis-team-up-to-power-process-automation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-celonis-team-up-to-power-process-automation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making the most of sentiment analysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sentiment analysis is beginning to prove its mettle in the enterprise. This analytic technique, which enables companies to determine the emotional value of communications, is finding traction in a range of use cases, from meeting transcription to customer service and feedback.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/making-the-most-of-sentiment-analysis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/making-the-most-of-sentiment-analysis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Edward Wagoner, Digital CIO, JLL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edward Wagoner, Digital CIO at JLL, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by&nbsp;CIO.com&nbsp;and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss the evolving digital/physical workplace, the new &ldquo;F&rdquo; word, smart buildings and more. This episode is sponsored by Tableau. Discover more at&nbsp;https://www.tableau.com/tableau-for-it/data-platform.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-edward-wagoner-digital-cio-jll/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-edward-wagoner-digital-cio-jll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mentorship: Tips for success]]></title><description><![CDATA[No matter where you are in your career path, a terrific mentor can help you take on bigger roles, gain insight into technical challenges, and become a better leader. Being a mentor, too, is an important career move &mdash; and not only because it looks good on your CV and flatters your ego.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mentorship-tips-for-success/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mentorship-tips-for-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ITIL certification guide: Costs, requirements, levels and paths]]></title><description><![CDATA[The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) offers best practices for delivering IT services using a systematic approach to IT service management (ITSM). ITIL certification is near the top of almost every list of must-have IT certifications, and for good reason. As an IT management framework, ITIL can help businesses manage risk, strengthen customer relations, establish cost-effective practices, and build a stable IT environment that allows for growth, scale, and change.To read this article in full, p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/itil-certification-guide-costs-requirements-levels-and-paths/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/itil-certification-guide-costs-requirements-levels-and-paths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive survey: CIOs outline tech priorities for 2021-22]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a challenging time for IT leaders helping build businesses back better, with some of their biggest challenges being finding the workers, skills, and budget to deal with the workload.That, at least, is what IDG Research found in its just-published study of CIO Technology Priorities. The study, conducted in May 2021, asked IT leaders in a range of industries about the challenges they faced and how their investment priorities have shifted as they prepare for what we now see as the new n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/exclusive-survey-cios-outline-tech-priorities-for-2021-22/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/exclusive-survey-cios-outline-tech-priorities-for-2021-22/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a chatbot? Simulating human conversation for service]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chatbot definition<br />
A chatbot is a software application designed to simulate human conversation with users via text or speech. Also referred to as virtual agents, interactive agents, digital assistants, or conversational AI, chatbots are often integrated into applications, websites, or messaging platforms to provide support to users without the use of live human agents.&ldquo;Chatbots are an application of natural language processing that allows typically text- but increasingly voice-based conve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-chatbot-simulating-human-conversation-for-service/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-chatbot-simulating-human-conversation-for-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upskilling the hybrid IT workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the rapid pace of technological change comes the need for upskilling IT workers &mdash; especially when talent is hard to come by. For IT leaders, the pandemic&rsquo;s ongoing disruption of the workplace has only compounded the challenge.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/upskilling-the-hybrid-it-workforce/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/upskilling-the-hybrid-it-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The top 10 IT outsourcing service providers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The top four outsourcers on Everest Group&rsquo;s annual ranking of the top IT service providers remain unchanged this year, with Accenture taking the top stop for the fifth year in a row. Coming in behind Accenture are TCS, Cognizant, and Wipro.All four continue to be the preferred partners for large enterprise buyers, particularly during the uncertainty of 2020. &ldquo;Despite early challenges during COVID, all of them continued to be strong on execution even as service resilience and India a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-10-it-outsourcing-service-providers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-10-it-outsourcing-service-providers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: To VMworld and Beyond: The VMware and Microsoft Alliance]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;VMworld 2021 is fast approaching and we&rsquo;re excited to have Microsoft back as a top tier diamond sponsor. We&rsquo;re equally excited to be using Azure VMware Solution infrastructure for the first time to help us power the VMworld Hands-on Labs. Together we have a range of sessions and updates to share with attendees including:A discussion about industry trends and how they impact cloud adoption with VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram and Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella. This special]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-to-vmworld-and-beyond-the-vmware-and-microsoft-alliance/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 01:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-to-vmworld-and-beyond-the-vmware-and-microsoft-alliance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO Think Tank: Data and analytics at scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[In July and August 2021, CIO held three virtual CIO Think Tank discussions that brought together 31 IT leaders to unpack one of the most important issues in enterprise technology today: maximizing the utility of data collected through multiple channels.The goal of these discussions was to identify key challenges facing analytics initiatives and to offer a roadmap for IT leaders&mdash;as well as the technology industry&mdash;to overcome those obstacles. All participants drew on their experience]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-think-tank-data-and-analytics-at-scale/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-think-tank-data-and-analytics-at-scale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 11 agile tools for project management]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Agile Manifesto first appeared in 2001, it was a set of radical ideas set down by a small group of programmers who thought there was a better way to create code. They had a plan to work faster and more productively. All they needed was the freedom to constantly reorganize their workflow &mdash; and a lot of Post-It notes and whiteboard space for keeping everything straight.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-11-agile-tools-for-project-management/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-11-agile-tools-for-project-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 questions with Dow’s Melanie Kalmar]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Dow&rsquo;s chief digital and information officer, Melanie Kalmar drives the global strategy for information technology and digital capabilities to the chemical manufacturer&rsquo;s growth and business strategies. She&rsquo;s also a member of the executive leadership team, which sets the company&rsquo;s strategic direction, defines priorities, and is accountable for delivering enterprise-level results.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-questions-with-dows-melanie-kalmar/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-questions-with-dows-melanie-kalmar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: NxtGen: Working With a Keen Focus on How Today’s Actions Will Impact Tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We are proud to . . . help our customers and partners reduce their carbon footprint &ndash; together building a digitally savvy, progressive, and self-reliant economy.&rdquo;-- &nbsp;A S Rajgopal, CEO, NxtGenNxtGen is a fast-growing provider of data center and cloud services for organizations in the Middle East and South Asia. With dual headquarters in Bengaluru, India, and Singapore, the company has a deep commitment to sustainable business practices, having committed to put the foundati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-nxtgen-working-with-a-keen-focus-on-how-todays-actions-will-impact-tomorrow/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-nxtgen-working-with-a-keen-focus-on-how-todays-actions-will-impact-tomorrow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tasks every IT leader should delegate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Micromanaging, wasting precious time and energy on tasks that could easily be handled by a department chief or other IT team member, is a common CIO trait, particularly among newcomers to the job who are more accustomed to receiving instructions than issuing them.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tasks-every-it-leader-should-delegate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tasks-every-it-leader-should-delegate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Role of Security Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[As demand for digital engagement across workforce, partner, and customer personas expands the threat landscape, security breaches and incidents make headlines daily. Achieving operational agility, or more accurately &ldquo;adaptability&rdquo; across an organization is difficult, yet essential. When security is layered in to address customer data, intellectual property, and critical infrastructure and systems, it is even tougher.Business model and IT (Information Technology) transformations in a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-role-of-security-transformation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-role-of-security-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Crucial Role of Application Management in a Cloud Operating Model]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the big buzzwords in Enterprise IT over the past few years is Cloud Native. The Cloud Native Computing Federation (CNCF) self-describes cloud-native as &ldquo;technologies that empower organizations to build and run scalable applications in modern, dynamic environments such as public, private, and hybrid clouds.&rdquo; With enterprise adoption of cloud-native now entering the mainstream, IT organizations are being driven to deliver on the promise of scalable, modern, dynamic environments]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-crucial-role-of-application-management-in-a-cloud-operating-model/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-crucial-role-of-application-management-in-a-cloud-operating-model/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Insight From Data Everywhere Driving Hybrid Cloud Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leading organizations are shifting their focus to enable cloud capabilities across their on-premises application landscape. The benefits it brings to application developers and owners alike are raising the conversation from that of a cost management basis to one that is value driven. It is behind the many transformation initiatives we see sweeping all sectors of business, government, and academia as the agility and efficiency of cloud opens new possibilities. Up to now, the focus has been on de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-insight-from-data-everywhere-driving-hybrid-cloud-strategy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-insight-from-data-everywhere-driving-hybrid-cloud-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Five Focus Areas to Transform Your IT Organization]]></title><description><![CDATA[You have probably heard and read it a thousand times: In any kind of transformation, your people are one of the most critical success factors. They can be your most important catalyst for digital transformation, or the greatest obstacle, and certainly digital transformation will fail without applying the human aspect is often pushed to the side or left out completely. You&rsquo;d think that the words might be heeded, but particularly in IT transformations where the focus lies so much in getting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-five-focus-areas-to-transform-your-it-organization/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-five-focus-areas-to-transform-your-it-organization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Does Your Company Have a Complete Innovation Framework?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizations are feeling the pressure to become innovative and demonstrate to stakeholders that the organization will endure beyond the current product life cycles. Firms must consistently adapt and pursue new innovations and value creation as no single product will exist in perpetuity. This pattern has been repeated consistently throughout time and can easily be validated by looking at the list of firms being added and removed from major investment indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-does-your-company-have-a-complete-innovation-framework/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-does-your-company-have-a-complete-innovation-framework/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: DevOps and Digital Transformation: Now and Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technology is changing how we live, how we operate businesses, how we deliver value for the company. SaaS, IoT, cloud, mobile and other technologies are driving innovation. Customer expectations are also changing, with data as the new king, creating an edge to cloud ecosystem. &nbsp;Agility and experimentation are necessary components to unlock business value in this new edge-to-cloud world. As organizations embark on their digital transformations and focus on delivering more value to their cus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-devops-and-digital-transformation-now-and-future/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-devops-and-digital-transformation-now-and-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: An Operating Model to Support Engagement at the Digital Edge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizations that disrupt markets and sustain competitive advantage have some significant characteristics in common. If you look closely enough, they all:<br />
commit to a comprehensive strategy to achieve their business imperatives<br />
develop products, services, and experiences that delight their customers<br />
cultivate an organizational structure and culture to fulfill upon the mission<br />
reduce the lead time associated with responding to changeModern expectations of a secure, reliable, and ubiquitous ecos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-an-operating-model-to-support-engagement-at-the-digital-edge/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-an-operating-model-to-support-engagement-at-the-digital-edge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 3 Essential Elements of Strategy &amp; Governance to Accelerate a Multi-Cloud Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hyperscale and technology providers are debating which deployment model best serves their customers&rsquo; needs: public cloud, private cloud, datacenter, colo, or the edge, while enterprises are creating value by taking a hybrid, best fit approach, targeting their transformation efforts to support the most urgent digital imperatives of their businesses.&nbsp; For most organizations, there&rsquo;s too much technical debt to be paid down, too many competing budget priorities, and many companies]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-3-essential-elements-of-strategy-amp-governance-to-accelerate-a-multi-cloud-journey/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-3-essential-elements-of-strategy-amp-governance-to-accelerate-a-multi-cloud-journey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle bakes more automation, analytics into Fusion Cloud ERP, EPM suite]]></title><description><![CDATA[In response to what it says is customer demand for &ldquo;relentless&rdquo; automation, Oracle plans to release in November a series of updates to its Fusion Cloud ERP and EPM suite that add features designed to streamline the process of logging and tracking transactions, while offering enhanced, AI-based analytics meant to optimize business processes.&ldquo;Organizations at large are really looking to us to help them to improve the speed, the accuracy of the business processes, and really weed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-bakes-more-automation-analytics-into-fusion-cloud-erp-epm-suite/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-bakes-more-automation-analytics-into-fusion-cloud-erp-epm-suite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technical architecture: What IT does for a living]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technical architecture is the sum and substance of what IT deploys to support the enterprise. As such, its management is a key IT practice. We talked about how to go about it in a previous article in this series.Which leads to the question, What constitutes good technical architecture? Or more foundationally, What constitutes technical architecture, whether good, bad, or indifferent?[ Learn the 10 old-school IT principles that still rule and the 12 'best practices' IT should avoid at all costs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/technical-architecture-what-it-does-for-a-living/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/technical-architecture-what-it-does-for-a-living/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Exploring the AI Frontier for ITSM]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the seeds of artificial intelligence were planted in the 1950&rsquo;s by luminaries like Alan Turing, it&rsquo;s only in recent years that organizations have begun to harness the technology for business growth. Automation, leveraging AI and machine learning, has now hit the mainstream. It is, in fact, a game changer when it comes to modernizing ITSM and ITOM practices. A recent Freshworks-sponsored study with IDG, reveals that 93% of IT practitioners are currently exploring or deploying s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-exploring-the-ai-frontier-for-itsm/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-exploring-the-ai-frontier-for-itsm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: TechTuesdays at Freshworks — Expert Guidance for AI Success in ITSM and ITOM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our recent study with IDG revealed artificial intelligence (AI) as a key area of focus in 2021 and beyond. To shed light on this trend we set up Season 2 of our TechTuesday series, inviting influencers in the ITSM and ITOM space to give us their views. Over the course of six episodes, they provide not just their expert opinions but also actionable insights that organizations can use to make the best of AI for ITSM.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-techtuesdays-at-freshworks-expert-guidance-for-ai-success-in-itsm-and-itom/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-techtuesdays-at-freshworks-expert-guidance-for-ai-success-in-itsm-and-itom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Introducing ‘The Change Makers,’ a New Podcast from Freshworks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personal Technology Has Revolutionized Our Lives&hellip; So Why is Work Tech So Clunky?In the early 1990s, cell phones looked like bricks: big, bulky, and almost comically heavy. Their displays were monochromatic, and their address books couldn&rsquo;t store more than two-dozen phone numbers. Texting wasn&rsquo;t a thing. Emojis didn&rsquo;t exist. Internet connectivity, video calling, and streaming weren&rsquo;t even dreamed of.Now, consider just how far we&rsquo;ve come in just 30 years.Omnip]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-introducing-the-change-makers-a-new-podcast-from-freshworks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-introducing-the-change-makers-a-new-podcast-from-freshworks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is data mining? Finding patterns and trends in data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data mining definition<br />
Data mining, sometimes used synonymously with &ldquo;knowledge discovery,&rdquo; is the process of sifting large volumes of data for correlations, patterns, and trends. It is a subset of data science that uses statistical and mathematical techniques along with machine learning and database systems. The Association for Computing Machinery&rsquo;s Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SigKDD) defines it as the science of extracting useful knowledge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-mining-finding-patterns-and-trends-in-data/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-mining-finding-patterns-and-trends-in-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 IT skills paying the highest premiums today]]></title><description><![CDATA[As IT jobs grow increasingly complex, there&rsquo;s more ambiguity surrounding how job titles are defined by any given company and how employers can compensate candidates in the same role with varying skillsets. Pay premiums help employers track the value of specific skills, so they know how competitive the market is for candidates with those skills and how much to offer on top of the base salary.To keep a finger on the pulse of these premiums, Foote Partners has been tracking pay data on IT sk]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-it-skills-paying-the-highest-premiums-today/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-it-skills-paying-the-highest-premiums-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft’s Office 365 price increases: How to reduce the hit]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the economy picks up, demand for many inputs is outstripping supply, driving up prices for things as diverse as construction materials, energy, food ingredients, and semiconductors. Soon, that list will include Office 365 subscriptions.You might not have heard about it from your sales rep yet, but Microsoft quietly announced that starting March 1, 2022, it will hike the price of many of its enterprise Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions. (Consumer and education subscription prices are]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/microsofts-office-365-price-increases-how-to-reduce-the-hit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/microsofts-office-365-price-increases-how-to-reduce-the-hit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the right automation strategy can unlock data silos]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent Ernst and Young report found that 81% of organizations embrace the notion that data should be at the heart of all decision making. Yet, in many organization the decision-making process is stalled because data is still kept in silos.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-the-right-automation-strategy-can-unlock-data-silos/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-the-right-automation-strategy-can-unlock-data-silos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Tony Caesar, MANA IT Head, Ericsson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Caesar, MANA IT Head at Ericsson, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by&nbsp;CIO.com&nbsp;and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss the future of work, smart factory advances, virtual workplaces and more. This episode is sponsored by Tableau. Discover more at&nbsp;https://www.tableau.com/tableau-for-it/data-platform.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-tony-caesar-mana-it-head-ericsson/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-tony-caesar-mana-it-head-ericsson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Tony Caesar, MANA IT Head, Ericsson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Caesar, MANA IT Head at Ericsson, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by&nbsp;CIO.com&nbsp;and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss the future of work, smart factory advances, virtual workplaces and more. This episode is sponsored by Tableau. Discover more at&nbsp;https://www.tableau.com/tableau-for-it/data-platform.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-tony-caesar-mana-it-head-ericsson/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-tony-caesar-mana-it-head-ericsson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Ways to Help Everyone Make Fast, Data-Driven Decisions with Modern BI]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the second post in a three-part series about transformational modern analytics. In case you missed it, read the first post to learn how governance and data management enable your digital business.In our age of digital transformation, we are witnessing the transformational power of data to inform business decisions and drive change in real time. Tapping into organizational data can help your teams shape connected customer experiences, surface system constraints and improve operations, an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/three-ways-to-help-everyone-make-fast-data-driven-decisions-with-modern-bi/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/three-ways-to-help-everyone-make-fast-data-driven-decisions-with-modern-bi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Three Ways to Help Everyone Make Fast, Data-Driven Decisions with Modern BI]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the second post in a three-part series about transformational modern analytics. In case you missed it, read the first post to learn how governance and data management enable your digital business.In our age of digital transformation, we are witnessing the transformational power of data to inform business decisions and drive change in real time. Tapping into organizational data can help your teams shape connected customer experiences, surface system constraints and improve operations, an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-three-ways-to-help-everyone-make-fast-data-driven-decisions-with-modern-bi/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-three-ways-to-help-everyone-make-fast-data-driven-decisions-with-modern-bi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Through Its Exceptional Sustainability Efforts, Atea is Setting a Global Example]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Among the many lessons learned from today&rsquo;s global pandemic is that humanity&rsquo;s choices today determine our future outcomes. In the area of sustainability (and elsewhere), we can always make better choices. And with technology, we have a&nbsp;powerful lever to make those better choices feasible. Thus, we must all show willingness to embrace this kind of change. Starting in 2020 &mdash; and building on 10 years of sustainability work &mdash; we have embarked on a bold journey th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-through-its-exceptional-sustainability-efforts-atea-is-setting-a-global-example/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-through-its-exceptional-sustainability-efforts-atea-is-setting-a-global-example/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to cultivate IT talent remotely]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic proved that working remote works. People were productive &mdash; often more productive than they were in the office &mdash; and want to keep doing it. But if you were the kind of manager who led by owning a room and promoted people because you could see they were charismatic, dedicated, or natural leaders &mdash; qualities you watched them use &mdash; you might be feeling lost right now when it comes to knowing whom on your team you should tag for promotion.To read this article in f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-cultivate-it-talent-remotely/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-cultivate-it-talent-remotely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Johnson Controls is going ‘digital to the core’]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Johnson Controls expands its focus from manufacturing HVAC, fire detection, and building controls products to providing predictive analytics and smart facilities, Johnson&rsquo;s end-to-end processes, says CIO Diane Schwarz, must be &ldquo;digital to the core.&rdquo;&ldquo;Historically, we manufactured, installed, and serviced items,&rdquo; says Schwarz, who has been CIO of the $22 billion global company since 2020. &ldquo;But we are making the transition to subscription services to support]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-johnson-controls-is-going-digital-to-the-core/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-johnson-controls-is-going-digital-to-the-core/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salesforce tightens Slack integration at Dreamforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just two months after closing its acquisition of Slack, Salesforce unveiled at its Dreamforce customer conference this week a series of integrations that will put the&nbsp;team chat service at the heart of Salesforce.com.&ldquo;We want to integrate Slack across every Salesforce cloud and every industry solution,&rdquo; Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield said in a call with reporters on the eve of the event.<br />
[ Learn the 8 CRM implementation practices and how to tell your CRM system is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/salesforce-tightens-slack-integration-at-dreamforce/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/salesforce-tightens-slack-integration-at-dreamforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO vs. CTO: Chief collaborators in tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most roles and responsibilities in the C-suite are fairly distinct and well defined: CFOs are responsible for all financial operations; COOs oversee daily operations; and CEOs manage the entire enterprise, for example.With CIOs and CTOs, however, roles and responsibilities can sometimes get blurred. The fact that technology and how organizations use it changes so rapidly doesn&rsquo;t help matters. Nevertheless, many enterprises have both a CIO and a CTO, and it&rsquo;s important that the two w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-vs-cto-chief-collaborators-in-tech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-vs-cto-chief-collaborators-in-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Connected Experiences and the ‘Last Mile’ of CX]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most brands were already in the midst of a digital transformation before the pandemic, but social distancing caused a tectonic shift in priorities, making customer experience a strategic imperative. More specifically, customers migrated to digital channels of engagement as their first preference, and brands needed to deliver a seamless experience. From grocery deliveries to Zoom calls, people found themselves more dependent than ever on digital experiences to stay safe and connect with their co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-connected-experiences-and-the-last-mile-of-cx/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-connected-experiences-and-the-last-mile-of-cx/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ServiceNow ‘Rome’ emphasizes employee experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years ServiceNow has been viewed predominantly as an IT service management (ITSM) vendor. Under CEO Bill McDermott, however, that strategy has shifted, and the company is evolving its Now platform to increasingly underpin processes in other areas of the enterprise.Central to this shift is Now&rsquo;s emphasis on workflows. &ldquo;At [Now&rsquo;s] core, there is a workflow automation engine that can be used for any business process,&rdquo; said Stephen Elliot, group vice president for infras]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-rome-emphasizes-employee-experience/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-rome-emphasizes-employee-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 key skills for a successful cloud strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than a decade into cloud adoption, CIOs still report that a lack of the latest needed skills has slowed or stymied their cloud strategies.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-key-skills-for-a-successful-cloud-strategy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-key-skills-for-a-successful-cloud-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Turkey's Ko&ccedil;Sistem Offers Ten Times Faster Mission-Critical Services Supported by Huawei All-Flash Storage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ko&ccedil;Sistem, the leading IT company in Turkey, has been providing technological solutions to the business world for over 75 years. Today it offers consulting, system integration, and software products and services covering the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and advanced analytics, security, enterprise cloud, enterprise mobility, and more. Considered to be Turkey's most valuable IT brand, Ko&ccedil;Sistem is helping to drive the country's digital transformation efforts, drawing on its e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-turkeys-koccedilsistem-offers-ten-times-faster-mission-critical-services-supported-by-huawei-all-flash-storage/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-turkeys-koccedilsistem-offers-ten-times-faster-mission-critical-services-supported-by-huawei-all-flash-storage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI in hiring might do more harm than good]]></title><description><![CDATA[The use of artificial intelligence in the hiring process has increased in recent years with companies turning to automated assessments, digital interviews, and data analytics to parse through resumes and screen candidates. But as IT strives for better diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), it turns out AI can do more harm than help if companies aren&rsquo;t strategic and thoughtful about how they implement the technology.&ldquo;The bias usually comes from the data. If you don&rsquo;t have a re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-in-hiring-might-do-more-harm-than-good/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-in-hiring-might-do-more-harm-than-good/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transform With Trusted Data: How Good Governance Accelerates Your Data Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the second post in a three-part series about data and analytics governance. In case you missed it, read the first post to hear from Tableau&rsquo;s own data governance team.There's a natural tension in many organizations concerning data governance. While IT recognizes its importance to ensure the responsible use of data, governance can often seem like a hindrance to organizational agility. However, business intelligence models have evolved beyond centralized, linear processes&mdash;it's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/transform-with-trusted-data-how-good-governance-accelerates-your-data-culture/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/transform-with-trusted-data-how-good-governance-accelerates-your-data-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Power BI mistakes to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a leading business intelligence tool, Power BI offers business users power and flexibility in dealing with data. The Microsoft tool provides everything from Excel integration to enterprise reporting and an increasing number of AI features that simplify getting deeper insights. In fact, the latest Forrester Wave report on augmented BI goes as far as to say &ldquo;it is hard not to consider Power BI as your top choice for an enterprise BI platform.&rdquo;To read this article in full, please cli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-power-bi-mistakes-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-power-bi-mistakes-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Experience Economy is Booming]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The experience economy&rdquo; &ndash; based on the idea of selling experiences rather than products &ndash; is the fourth great stage in consumer development, following commodities, goods, and services. Only a theory in the past, the experience economy is a reality today, and customer experience (CX) has ascended to a top priority for business leaders. Consumers now consider experience king, as well. They have transformed into &ldquo;everything customers&rdquo; who are now more demanding]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-experience-economy-is-booming/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-experience-economy-is-booming/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Transform With Trusted Data: How Good Governance Accelerates Your Data Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the second post in a three-part series about data and analytics governance. In case you missed it, read the first post to hear from Tableau&rsquo;s own data governance team.There's a natural tension in many organizations concerning data governance. While IT recognizes its importance to ensure the responsible use of data, governance can often seem like a hindrance to organizational agility. However, business intelligence models have evolved beyond centralized, linear processes&mdash;it's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-transform-with-trusted-data-how-good-governance-accelerates-your-data-culture/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-transform-with-trusted-data-how-good-governance-accelerates-your-data-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: AKQUINET: Building on a History of Inclusion to Create a More Sustainable Tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Humanity needs to approach business in a sustainable manner in order to successfully ensure the future of our planet. In our increasingly technology-enabled societies, using renewable energy sources for data center operation is a significant part of the game. Zero Carbon Committed fosters broad visibility and furthers our efforts to continually progress. Sustainability pays off for everyone.&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;-- Jens Ehlers, managing director, AKQUINETTo read this article in full, please]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-akquinet-building-on-a-history-of-inclusion-to-create-a-more-sustainable-tomorrow/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-akquinet-building-on-a-history-of-inclusion-to-create-a-more-sustainable-tomorrow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 questions with CIO-turned-CEO Ted Colbert]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ted Colbert is president and chief executive officer of Boeing Global Services, where he leads the aerospace services development and delivery model for commercial, government and business aviation industry customers worldwide. Prior to becoming CEO in October of 2019, Ted served as Boeing&rsquo;s CIO and senior vice president of information technology &amp; data analytics. In that role he led all aspects of information technology, information security, and data and analytics and supported the g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-questions-with-cio-turned-ceo-ted-colbert/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-questions-with-cio-turned-ceo-ted-colbert/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 tips for combatting not-invented-here syndrome]]></title><description><![CDATA[While there are several culture-related issues that can be barriers to innovation, one of the most common is not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome. NIH syndrome is the condition where internal project teams will often reject the majority of ideas since they come from the outside. This applies not only to ideas coming from outside the organization, but also to ideas coming from outside the immediate project team.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-tips-for-combatting-not-invented-here-syndrome/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-tips-for-combatting-not-invented-here-syndrome/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Kyndryl? IBM’s managed infrastructure services spin-off explained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kyndryl is the new name for IBM&rsquo;s managed infrastructure services business, which will spin off as a separate company by the end of 2021. Initially, little will change for customers &mdash; except perhaps the logo on their invoice&nbsp;&mdash; but in time Kyndryl&rsquo;s split from IBM will allow both businesses to innovate and to work with new partners.What does Kyndryl do?<br />
Essentially, Kyndryl does exactly what the managed infrastructure services unit of IBM&rsquo;s Global Technology Se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-kyndryl-ibms-managed-infrastructure-services-spin-off-explained/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-kyndryl-ibms-managed-infrastructure-services-spin-off-explained/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 impediments to IT innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Innovation is a CIO imperative, with a majority of IT leaders saying they&rsquo;ve become the primary champions of digital transformation within their organizations.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-impediments-to-it-innovation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-impediments-to-it-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netherlands, France join forces to strengthen EU’s quantum computing push]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Netherlands and France have joined forces to help quantum-computing professionals fill key positions in the field in each of their respective countries as part of a push to promote quantum innovation and technological sovereignty across the European Union (EU).Freeke Heijman, director of Ecosystem Development of Quantum Delta NL, and Neil Abroug, national coordinator of the French quantum initiative, recently unveiled a joint online Dutch-French job board that lists all available quantum-co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/netherlands-france-join-forces-to-strengthen-eus-quantum-computing-push/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/netherlands-france-join-forces-to-strengthen-eus-quantum-computing-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 techniques to enhance your power to persuade]]></title><description><![CDATA[As an IT executive, your ability to influence others in the workplace is an essential component of professional success. Just think of all the times you need the assistance or approval of your C-suite peers to achieve your objectives.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-techniques-to-enhance-your-power-to-persuade/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-techniques-to-enhance-your-power-to-persuade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is sentiment analysis? Using NLP and ML to extract meaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sentiment analysis defined<br />
Sentiment analysis is analytical technique that uses statistics, natural language processing, and machine learning to determine the emotional meaning of communications.Companies use sentiment analysis to evaluate customer messages, call center interactions, online reviews, social media posts, and other content. Sentiment analysis can track changes in attitudes towards companies, products, or services, or individual features of those products or services.<br />
[ Find out ho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-sentiment-analysis-using-nlp-and-ml-to-extract-meaning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-sentiment-analysis-using-nlp-and-ml-to-extract-meaning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 signs your IT training sucks]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s rapidly evolving IT world, having a highly trained staff is as important as taking advantage of the latest technologies and management practices. Yet despite the efficiency, productivity, and competitive benefits an expert team generates, many CIOs fail to pay sufficient attention to their organization&rsquo;s training strategy, overseeing programs that, frankly... really kind of suck.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-signs-your-it-training-sucks/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-signs-your-it-training-sucks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO transformation: From order-taker to changemaker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many CIOs rose to the front lines of leadership during the COVID crisis, as they accelerated their organizations&rsquo; digital transformations to survive the pandemic and its economic fallout.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-transformation-from-order-taker-to-changemaker/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-transformation-from-order-taker-to-changemaker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways diversity and inclusion help teams perform better]]></title><description><![CDATA[High-performing teams don&rsquo;t just happen. They require keen recruitment, staffing, and training strategies &mdash; all of which should focus on creating a diverse and inclusive (D&amp;I) culture. Research shows that inclusive teams perform up to 30% better in high-diversity environments, according to Gartner. This is the result of several key advantages D&amp;I teams can give your organization, including the following.<br />
[ Find out how your organization may be getting diversity and inclusion]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-diversity-and-inclusion-help-teams-perform-better/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-diversity-and-inclusion-help-teams-perform-better/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How to Improve Knowledge-Sharing Without Hurting Company Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[To build a positive, affirming company culture, it&rsquo;s important to keep a flat hierarchy. Even though your teams may have managers, they&rsquo;re open to feedback&mdash;if a junior developer offers a suggestion, it won&rsquo;t be dismissed just because they don&rsquo;t have as much seniority as other team members. All team members are expected to contribute and solve problems, rather than simply taking direction from their supervisors. This type of approach can lead to creative and more ag]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-improve-knowledge-sharing-without-hurting-company-culture/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-improve-knowledge-sharing-without-hurting-company-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is AIOps? Injecting intelligence into IT operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloud platforms, managed service providers, and organizations undertaking digital transformations are beginning to reap the benefits of an emerging IT trend: the use of AI-powered IT operations technology to monitor and manage the IT portfolio automatically.This emerging practice, known as AIOps, is helping enterprises head off potential outages and performance issues before they negatively impact operations, customers, and the bottom line. But the more advanced deployments are beginning to use]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-aiops-injecting-intelligence-into-it-operations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-aiops-injecting-intelligence-into-it-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 21 RPA tools today]]></title><description><![CDATA[A magic button to automate away the tedium of workplace tasks is the promise of robotic process automation, a smart set of tools that deploys AI and low-code options to simplify workflows and save everyone time while also adding safeguards that can prevent mistakes.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-21-rpa-tools-today/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-21-rpa-tools-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How Enterprises Can Increase ROI in Their HPC Environment]]></title><description><![CDATA[For a half century, supercomputers have performed the tasks that excite people&rsquo;s imaginations &ndash; crunching enough data to simulate nuclear tests, map the human genome, and target the precise locations to drill new oil wells. And they&rsquo;re taking on even bigger roles today. These high-performance computing (HPC) systems are powering a new wave of data-intensive applications that rely on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), 3-D imaging (GPUs), and the Internet of Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-enterprises-can-increase-roi-in-their-hpc-environment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 23:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-enterprises-can-increase-roi-in-their-hpc-environment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: We need heroes, not heroics]]></title><description><![CDATA[I distinctly remember when a fire broke out in one of our customer&rsquo;s datacenters. One of our own support engineers rushed into the room, risking their own life, placing covers over the server racks to minimize the damage. The sprinkler system activated in time to stop the fire from destroying the building, but not before soaking most of the equipment.&nbsp;Our team sprang into action, working day and night to rebuild the datacenter in&nbsp;mere weeks, not months. We sourced equipment from]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-we-need-heroes-not-heroics/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-we-need-heroes-not-heroics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How to: Focus on three areas for a holistic data governance approach for self-service analytics]]></title><description><![CDATA[If we asked you, &ldquo;What does your organization need to help more employees be data-driven?&rdquo; &shy;Specifically, where would &ldquo;better data governance&rdquo; land on your list? Hopefully, at the top as it&rsquo;s the very foundation of self-service analytics. We&rsquo;re all trying to use more data to make decisions, but constantly face roadblocks and trust issues related to data governance.Addressing data governance problems can feel like playing Whac-A-Mole&mdash;you solve one da]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-focus-on-three-areas-for-a-holistic-data-governance-approach-for-self-service-analytics/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-focus-on-three-areas-for-a-holistic-data-governance-approach-for-self-service-analytics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO Think Tank: 5G in the enterprise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year, a sudden shift to remote work reinforced a vital concept that companies might have started taking for granted: Connectivity is the lifeblood of work. What role should 5G, the latest generation of wireless broadband, play in that connection?That's the question explored in a series of virtual CIO Think Tank roundtables held in May and June 2021. Dozens of IT leaders took part in three panel discussions, identifying 5G's potential and hurdles for enterprise adoption, highlighting innova]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-think-tank-5g-in-the-enterprise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-think-tank-5g-in-the-enterprise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 IT metrics that matter most]]></title><description><![CDATA[Metrics are essential tools that help IT leaders focus their teams and resources on important core business areas, such as transformation and operations. Yet while highly useful, metrics can also be dangerous when improperly used. It&rsquo;s easy, for instance, to rely on the wrong metric to track a specific operation, a mistake that can lead to inaccurate or misleading results. Complicating things is the constant flow of new metrics, many of which have yet to prove their long-term value.To read]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-metrics-that-matter-most/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-metrics-that-matter-most/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Work and Learn from Anywhere by Making HPC ‘Open OnDemand’]]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than 30 years, the Ohio Supercomputer Center has been on a mission to make high performance computing (HPC) resources and expertise available to university and industrial researchers in Ohio and beyond. Whether researchers need to harness the power of a parallel-processor cluster to better understand deep space, a vector processor machine to do weather modeling, or a midsize shared memory processor system to model the human heart, OSC has the systems to meet their needs.In addition to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-work-and-learn-from-anywhere-by-making-hpc-open-ondemand/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-work-and-learn-from-anywhere-by-making-hpc-open-ondemand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public cloud: 4 success stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[No technology has helped businesses mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic more than the public cloud, which companies are using to deliver new employee and customer experiences.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/public-cloud-4-success-stories/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/public-cloud-4-success-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECBA certification: An entry-level credential for business analysts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) is a credential for business analysts offered by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). IIBA is a nonprofit professional association founded in 2003 to promote the field of business analysis. According to the organization, the ECBA &ldquo;covers the foundational knowledge on business analysis ... and showcases that you have the core knowledge and competencies for the in-demand field of business analysis.&rdquo;ECBA is, as its n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ecba-certification-an-entry-level-credential-for-business-analysts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ecba-certification-an-entry-level-credential-for-business-analysts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Modernizing Legacy Ways of Thinking for True Transformation: Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part TwoIn this two-part series, we'll explore the marketplace shift of digital transformation, and why it's no longer enough for modernizing enterprises.Similar to legacy technology, legacy thinking refers to archaic and often problematic mindsets and strategies. It's often symptomatic of greater, systemwide inefficiencies, showing up as organizational roadblocks, siloed departments or leadership misalignment. It&rsquo;s also easy to remain complacent in how things are done, stalling proactive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-modernizing-legacy-ways-of-thinking-for-true-transformation-part-2/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-modernizing-legacy-ways-of-thinking-for-true-transformation-part-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hands-on IT skills pay off more than certs, study says]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT workers looking for a new job following the &ldquo;great resignation&rdquo; could make bank if they have experience in risk analytics and assessment, smart contracts, devsecops, or another of the more in-demand skills of the moment.But the flipside is that CIOs will have to pay top dollar to hire employees with those skills, or others with tools such as Apache Pig, Oracle Exadata, or broader fields, including deep learning, blockchain, or site reliability engineering, according to a new repo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hands-on-it-skills-pay-off-more-than-certs-study-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hands-on-it-skills-pay-off-more-than-certs-study-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 hot digital transformation trends — and 3 going cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic has proved to be a catalyst of sorts for digital transformation, forcing organizations of all sizes to rethink how they operate, what they offer their customers, and their commitment to the digital employee experience.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-hot-digital-transformation-trends-and-3-going-cold/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-hot-digital-transformation-trends-and-3-going-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. The CTO role has emerged as a key player in the enterprise C-suite, especially with digital transformation being such a high strategic priority for so many organizations.These executives, in many cases working in collaboration with CIOs, are oftentimes at the forefront of innovative technology products and services. And they can help ste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-cto-the-exec-who-sets-tech-strategy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-cto-the-exec-who-sets-tech-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a chief technology officer? The exec who sets tech strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. The CTO role has emerged as a key player in the enterprise C-suite, especially with digital transformation being such a high strategic priority for so many organizations.These executives, in many cases working in collaboration with CIOs, are oftentimes at the forefront of innovative technology products and services. And they can help ste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-chief-technology-officer-the-exec-who-sets-tech-strategy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-chief-technology-officer-the-exec-who-sets-tech-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Sungard Availabilty Services: Harnessing a Disaster Recovery Heritage to Help Organizations Realize the Full Potential of the Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a history of providing leading organizations with the IT expertise they need to excel for more than four decades, it should come as no surprise that Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) is on the leading edge providing the cloud solutions and services enterprises need to be flexible and fast.Sungard AS is a leading provider of cloud connected infrastructure solutions serving enterprise customers from 75 hardened data centers and workplace recovery facilities in nine countries.We rece]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sungard-availabilty-services-harnessing-a-disaster-recovery-heritage-to-help-organizations-realize-the-full-potential-of-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 23:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sungard-availabilty-services-harnessing-a-disaster-recovery-heritage-to-help-organizations-realize-the-full-potential-of-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Sungard Availability Services: Harnessing a Disaster Recovery Heritage to Help Organizations Realize the Full Potential of the Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a history of providing leading organizations with the IT expertise they need to excel for more than four decades, it should come as no surprise that Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) is on the leading edge providing the cloud solutions and services enterprises need to be flexible and fast.Sungard AS is a leading provider of cloud connected infrastructure solutions serving enterprise customers from 75 hardened data centers and workplace recovery facilities in nine countries.We rece]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sungard-availability-services-harnessing-a-disaster-recovery-heritage-to-help-organizations-realize-the-full-potential-of-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 23:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sungard-availability-services-harnessing-a-disaster-recovery-heritage-to-help-organizations-realize-the-full-potential-of-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 3 IT processes CIOs need most]]></title><description><![CDATA[Principle No. 7 of the Keep the Joint Running Manifesto says that before you can be strategic you have to be competent.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-3-it-processes-cios-need-most/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-3-it-processes-cios-need-most/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back to business, but not back to normal]]></title><description><![CDATA[As our lives collectively continue to stabilize after being upended by COVID, business leaders are being confronted with some critical questions on how to move forward. Their decisions during this pivotal time will have long-lasting impacts on their companys' overall health, particularly their ability to engage and retain diverse talent.CIOs in particular have a unique question to ask themselves in this process: How can we thoughtfully leverage technology to create work environments that foster]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/back-to-business-but-not-back-to-normal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/back-to-business-but-not-back-to-normal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The New Business Trend Driving Unbelievable Innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past year, companies everywhere have withstood challenges ranging from extreme global uncertainty and ever-changing stakeholder demands to increasingly constrained resources. Business leaders have had to think on their feet while managing through rapid change.In order to provide customers with the products and services they need in a way that they&rsquo;ll love, companies must increase productivity and boost their operational resilience.User experience (UX) is crucial to harnessing the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-new-business-trend-driving-unbelievable-innovation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-new-business-trend-driving-unbelievable-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 tips for improving customer experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[The vast majority of CIOs are seeing investments in customer experience hold steady or rise, testament to the importance of CX today.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-improving-customer-experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-improving-customer-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Modernizing Legacy Ways of Thinking for True Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part OneIn this two-part series, we&rsquo;ll explore the marketplace shift of digital transformation, and why it&rsquo;s no longer enough for modernizing enterprises.While demands for digital transformation are not new, there are new faces in the marketplace pursuing it&mdash;experienced, decades-old enterprises looking to compete with digital-born companies. These older enterprises are chasing after the gold standard, insisting upon Google-, Facebook-, and Amazon-like customer experiences. Aut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-modernizing-legacy-ways-of-thinking-for-true-transformation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-modernizing-legacy-ways-of-thinking-for-true-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT navigates the ‘Great Resignation’]]></title><description><![CDATA[At Pegasystems, the past year and a half spent navigating the COVID-19 crisis has created a tale of two organizations and two types of employees: one itching to get back to normal office life and the other determined to hang on to the flexibility and freedom of working from wherever.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-navigates-the-great-resignation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-navigates-the-great-resignation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employee retention: 10 strategies for retaining top talent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Employee retention is fast becoming a key competitive differentiator. A company&rsquo;s ability to hold on to its talent &mdash; especially in tight hiring markets &mdash; has profound ramifications for its ability to operate at a high level, without the disruptions that employee turnover bring.IT departments in particular have been ramping up efforts to retain valuable employees in the face of ongoing talent gap issues, as IT job growth has not been met with a similar bump in the number of tec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/employee-retention-10-strategies-for-retaining-top-talent/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/employee-retention-10-strategies-for-retaining-top-talent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBAP certification: A high-profile credential for business analysts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) is a credential for business analysts offered by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). IIBA is a nonprofit professional association founded in 2003 to promote the field of business analysis. The organization describes CBAP as a credential that &ldquo;recognizes seasoned BA professionals who have over five years of practical business analysis work experience.&rdquo;In other words, CBAP is an advanced credential that requires]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cbap-certification-a-high-profile-credential-for-business-analysts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cbap-certification-a-high-profile-credential-for-business-analysts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Shift Governance and Data Management to Enable, Not Restrict, Your Organization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know 80% of data-driven businesses said they gained a critical advantage during the pandemic? Having complete, accurate data in all employees&rsquo; hands and workstreams helped organizations solve business problems with the customer journey in mind&mdash;especially in rapidly changing markets. With organizations accelerating to digital business practices, data is the key to transformation. But most organizations still struggle to achieve data and analytics at scale&mdash;and governance]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-shift-governance-and-data-management-to-enable-not-restrict-your-organization/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-shift-governance-and-data-management-to-enable-not-restrict-your-organization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is information architecture? Structuring content for maximum value]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information architecture defined<br />
Information architecture is a discipline focused on structuring, organizing, and categorizing content and data in an effective and usable way, largely for websites and applications.Application front ends are becoming increasingly complex, spanning multiple platforms, covering multiple use cases, and drawing data from an ever-growing collection of information sources. Information architecture is the art of putting all the pieces together into a coherent whole.<br />
[]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-information-architecture-structuring-content-for-maximum-value/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-information-architecture-structuring-content-for-maximum-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways to rebuild a failed IT organization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Systems are failing, initiatives are stalled, budgets are broken, business partners are departing, and department morale and productivity have hit rock bottom. As the incoming CIO, it&rsquo;s your job to bring a long-neglected IT organization back to where it can support essential operations and services &mdash; and move forward on long-delayed modernization initiatives.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-rebuild-a-failed-it-organization/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-rebuild-a-failed-it-organization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customer experience: The new IT imperative]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIO Amy Evins and her team have moved away from talking about technology as something that supports the products the company sells to instead focusing on IT that creates experiences customers want.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/customer-experience-the-new-it-imperative/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/customer-experience-the-new-it-imperative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 essential traits of elite business analysts]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re interested in data and how it relates to business processes, a career as a business analyst (BA) might be for you. Business analysis will enable you to spend your days burrowing into numbers and emerging with nuggets of insight. You will need to really know your data to succeed. But as experienced business analysts will tell you, there&rsquo;s much more to it than that. The ability to make data come alive for human beings &mdash; particularly those in management &mdash; is crucia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-essential-traits-of-elite-business-analysts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-essential-traits-of-elite-business-analysts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services explained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Managed service provider defined<br />
A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourcer contracted to remotely manage or deliver IT services such as network, application, infrastructure, or security management to a client company by assuming full responsibility for those services, determining proactively what technologies and services are needed to fulfill the client&rsquo;s needs.Services delivered by an MSP are delivered by employees located at the client&rsquo;s locations, or elsewhere. MSPs can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-managed-service-provider-strategic-outsourcing-for-it-services-explained/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-managed-service-provider-strategic-outsourcing-for-it-services-explained/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 18 enterprise architecture tools for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprise architecture systems haven&rsquo;t always been essential. In the 1940s, Thomas Watson Jr., one of the leaders of International Business Machines, supposedly said, &ldquo;I think there is a world market for about five computers.&rdquo; No one needs custom software to track a list that short.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-18-enterprise-architecture-tools-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-18-enterprise-architecture-tools-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 7 business intelligence trends for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business intelligence is not an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp. It&rsquo;s not dead. And it&rsquo;s not being superseded by artificial intelligence.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-7-business-intelligence-trends-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-7-business-intelligence-trends-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT technical fellowship: A new path to the top]]></title><description><![CDATA[Close your eyes and imagine if your top technical individual contributor within software infrastructure, cybersecurity, software development, and data center operations all came to you tomorrow and, each for his/her own reasons, gave notice that they were leaving your company.&nbsp; How would you feel?&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-technical-fellowship-a-new-path-to-the-top/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-technical-fellowship-a-new-path-to-the-top/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real IT leadership: Selling the transformative dream]]></title><description><![CDATA[We talk a lot about how IT leaders need to formulate the right strategies and ensure the right technologies snap into place. But to make a real difference, IT leaders need to be change agents.Most of us know, for example, that there&rsquo;s inestimable value in the patterns that emerge from analyzing mountains of business and log data. Or that machine learning can reduce overhead and fuel transformational applications. Or that it&rsquo;s past time to standardize security policies across multipl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/real-it-leadership-selling-the-transformative-dream/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/real-it-leadership-selling-the-transformative-dream/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWS and Qualtrics offer new ways to gauge customer sentiment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprises increasingly want to know not just what customers are buying, but how they feel, and vendors such as Amazon Web Services and Qualtrics, SAP&rsquo;s experience management subsidiary, are making moves to capitalize on that desire.AWS has expanded its voice transcription service with new APIs that attempt to report not just what someone said, but what they meant and, using sentiment analysis, how they felt about it, too.<br />
[ Cut through the hype with our practical guide to machine learni]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aws-and-qualtrics-offer-new-ways-to-gauge-customer-sentiment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aws-and-qualtrics-offer-new-ways-to-gauge-customer-sentiment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 skills of successful digital leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Successful digital transformations don&rsquo;t happen without organization-wide effort, mindset and processes changes, and the right technologies. They also don&rsquo;t happen without guidance from skilled CIOs and digital leaders.So much more is being asked of IT leaders after what has arguably been the biggest business disruption in recent memory. CIOs are tasked with deploying digital initiatives often while reducing costs, ensuring cybersecurity and compliance measures are in place, support]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-skills-of-successful-digital-leaders/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-skills-of-successful-digital-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 top RPA certifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robotic process automation (RPA)&nbsp;has emerged as a key technology for streamlining business processes in the enterprise. As organizations increasingly adopt RPA, which relies on software robots to automate tedious tasks, expertise with RPA tools and implementations will become more important for business analysts, business intelligence developers, data or solutions architects, and system integrators or administrators, among other IT roles.To help get IT workers up to speed and deliver on the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-top-rpa-certifications/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-top-rpa-certifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: GleSYS Is Taking Steps to Help Its Customers Become Carbon Neutral]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;By selecting service providers and clouds with a trustworthy and genuine sustainability profile, enterprises can reduce their own carbon footprint for real. Reducing is always better than offsetting. It&rsquo;s important that we look first and foremost at what we can do to reduce our emissions.&rdquo;-- Andreas Bergman, head of business development at GleSYSAndreas Bergman, head of business development at GleSYS, has a point of caution as the IT hosting and managed services industry embra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-glesys-is-taking-steps-to-help-its-customers-become-carbon-neutral/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-glesys-is-taking-steps-to-help-its-customers-become-carbon-neutral/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 ways to harness the value of open data]]></title><description><![CDATA[National and local governments as well as NGOs such as the World Bank, IMF and World Health Organization offer web portals to access their datasets. In the US, the data.gov service offers access to 320,000 datasets, the UK's data.gov.uk has 51,000 and the EU's portal comprises 1.36 million. These allow the free download of data on consumer spending, weather, mapping, company financials, public procurement contracts and much more.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-ways-to-harness-the-value-of-open-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-ways-to-harness-the-value-of-open-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 digital customer experience success stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most companies leaned into digital technologies to fortify their customer experience (CX) during the COVID-19 pandemic, whose tailwinds accelerated collaboration between IT departments and business lines like never before.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-digital-customer-experience-success-stories/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-digital-customer-experience-success-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leveling up your IT talent strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fueled by a spirit of renewed optimism, CEOs are&nbsp;setting&nbsp;big, bold agendas for innovation and growth&nbsp;that will depend on&nbsp;sustaining the momentum of&nbsp;their&nbsp;digital transformations. And they're looking to CIOs&nbsp;to build the future-ready workforce necessary&nbsp;to capitalize on&nbsp;these&nbsp;opportunities and drive the business forward.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leveling-up-your-it-talent-strategy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leveling-up-your-it-talent-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five big ideas for reinventing IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Driven by a need to meet rapidly evolving business requirements, CIOs find themselves writing a new playbook, one focused on agility, overcoming old habits and technical debt, reskilling the workforce, and even reshaping the IT mandate.The big ideas offered here came up in CIO's recent CIO Think Tank discussions on IT reinvention&mdash;virtual roundtables that brought together 36 IT leaders to unpack this important issue. [Editor's note: Download the full Think Tank report here.]They won&rsquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/five-big-ideas-for-reinventing-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/five-big-ideas-for-reinventing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 tips for ensuring IT manager success]]></title><description><![CDATA[A CIO&rsquo;s success (and long-term employment prospects) largely hinges on how well individual department managers do their jobs. Since performance can&rsquo;t be accurately measured by gut feelings or managers&rsquo; assurances, it&rsquo;s important to use metrics and related indicators to quantify department leaders&rsquo; short- and long-term effectiveness.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-for-ensuring-it-manager-success/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-for-ensuring-it-manager-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAFe certification: Launch your Scaled Agile Framework career]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is SAFe certification?<br />
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are becoming valuable in larger organizations that are looking for efficient project delivery, ensuring reduced time-to-market, and developing ways to provide better stakeholder value. These certifications provide a valid, reliable means of assessing skills, knowledge, and mindset of those seeking career advancement working with the framework. Earning a SAFe certification demonstrates that you possess the skills and knowle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/safe-certification-launch-your-scaled-agile-framework-career/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/safe-certification-launch-your-scaled-agile-framework-career/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs embrace business-led IT amid tech democratization]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT leaders have long decried technology deployed outside of their purview as the bane of their existence. This so-called shadow IT spurred heated arguments between CIOs who believed it was incumbent on them to lock down tech and business-line leaders who believed it was their right to buy or build software to support their work.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-embrace-business-led-it-amid-tech-democratization/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-embrace-business-led-it-amid-tech-democratization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 reasons to prioritize developers' infrastructure needs]]></title><description><![CDATA[As companies make digital transformation both an immediate priority and an ongoing process for the future, I see a worrying trend in many organizations.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-reasons-to-prioritize-developers-infrastructure-needs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-reasons-to-prioritize-developers-infrastructure-needs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Evolve Your Operating Model – It Will Drive Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why is a technology company so interested in the term &ldquo;operating model?&rdquo; Doesn&rsquo;t sound very techy does it? It so happens that through all the years of global experience HPE has built in deploying and managing technology, the single biggest constraint is our customers&rsquo; operating model.How we help our customers imagine new horizons and seize the opportunity of the digital era is manifestly tied to the capability (some might argue the maturity) of &ldquo;how we do things ar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-evolve-your-operating-model-it-will-drive-everything/</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-evolve-your-operating-model-it-will-drive-everything/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making sense of Microsoft’s new certifications scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past few years Microsoft has dramatically changed its approach to certification, moving away from qualifications connected to specific products to instead align them with common job roles. The idea is to provide experience-based learning delivered and assessed in small chunks, rather than forcing IT pros to cram for a long, theoretical exam every few years.&ldquo;We rebooted certifications around the modern jobs and roles that people have, as developers, as IT pros,&rdquo; Jeff Sandqui]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/making-sense-of-microsofts-new-certifications-scheme/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/making-sense-of-microsofts-new-certifications-scheme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How (and why) to create an emerging technology heat map]]></title><description><![CDATA[An emerging technology heat map can be a valuable tool to illuminate the various emerging and disruptive technologies on your organization&rsquo;s radar. When sourced internally across your organization&rsquo;s various divisions and departments, it can serve as a rapid assessment tool to help reveal and set priorities as well as areas for further collaboration and coordination.&nbsp;The heat map can help uncover synergies across divisions and departments where you might be able to leverage inve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-and-why-to-create-an-emerging-technology-heat-map/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-and-why-to-create-an-emerging-technology-heat-map/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: What It Takes to Be AI Ready]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine a company precisely forecasting the return on an engagement even before a single line of code is written, or evaluating the success of its offerings from the second-order data of its target audience, or maybe building intuitive systems that can assist its senior line managers. Enticing?With Gartner anticipating 75% growth in the mainstreaming of artificial intelligence in enterprise operations by as early as 2024, such prescriptive insights will be critical to remain competitive. Here a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-it-takes-to-be-ai-ready/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-it-takes-to-be-ai-ready/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: National Grid: Reimagining the Way We Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a Wednesday morning and Shannon Soland, Vice President, Global Infrastructure and Operations at National Grid is working in his home office, where he is surrounded by thoughtfully curated and framed sports memorabilia, including a baseball bat used by St. Louis Cardinals great, Stan Musial.This scenario is quite different from the one over 15 months ago when COVID-19 emerged and turned our lives upside down. The pandemic caused Soland and National Grid&rsquo;s End User Experience tea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-national-grid-reimagining-the-way-we-work/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-national-grid-reimagining-the-way-we-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Enterprise Security with Zero Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[The concept of access and how business information is consumed across the enterprise environment is evolving fast. With the proliferation of cloud computing, complexity of devices and dynamic workloads, and the integration of the operation environments, the perception around information security while ensuring seamless access must also reciprocate.&nbsp;The progressive digital threat landscape has compelled a tectonic shift in cyber defense. We are witnessing the mainstreaming of never trust, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-enterprise-security-with-zero-trust/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-enterprise-security-with-zero-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Why Data is Key to Enabling Emissions Reductions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our previous article explored the brisk pace of global climate change and established the business case for a net zero future. It addressed CIOs as strategic enablers of driving carbon-neutral ambitions. However, the outcome of such a vision relies heavily on data and its creative use. As organizations and their stakeholders reposition to navigate an era of climatic uncertainty, information is indeed fundamental.In perspective, digital technologies are responsible for an estimated 4% of the glo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-data-is-key-to-enabling-emissions-reductions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-data-is-key-to-enabling-emissions-reductions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Building the Business Case for a Net Zero Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global climate change is fast outpacing the scale and magnitude of human response. As its implications to socio-economic and political stability become apparent, organizations worldwide are re-posturing to drive affirmative climate action. However, climate change considerations for business are no longer the sole responsibility of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) office or sustainability department.Sustainability is increasingly integrated throughout the business, incorporated into man]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-building-the-business-case-for-a-net-zero-future/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-building-the-business-case-for-a-net-zero-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: AppOps: A Case Study into Improved Service Quality and User Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[CUNA Mutual Group was established over eight decades ago with the vision of making brighter financial futures accessible to all by providing access to quality financial services and helping more people make financial decisions that work for them and their situation. As a customer-centric organization, it believes in the principle of people helping people to build a responsible and equitable culture of stakeholdership. For generations, credit unions, enterprises and individuals across America ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-appops-a-case-study-into-improved-service-quality-and-user-experience/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-appops-a-case-study-into-improved-service-quality-and-user-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: What $2.4B in Cloud Investment Looks Like]]></title><description><![CDATA[After recognizing the compute power of cloud and the early stages of success, there are new tipping points that can truly transform business. The magic of the cloud lies not in the cost savings, but in efficiencies and future innovations that are possible. Gartner reports that by 2022, 90% of data and analytics innovation will require public cloud services for support. In addition, 90% of enterprise digital firms will deploy a hybrid approach within the next two years.To address these points, A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-24b-in-cloud-investment-looks-like/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-24b-in-cloud-investment-looks-like/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Adapting On-prem to Meet the Cloud Edge Needs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The outward expansion of the cloud edge, bringing compute and data closer to the operational theaters, is transforming the digital landscape across sectors. As a result, the nature of on-premises operations is on the cusp of a tectonic shift, and companies intending to adjust cannot afford to overlook the business realities shaping industry trends. Today, organizations like those in healthcare and entertainment are reimagining business models around edge technology to stay competitive in the ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-adapting-on-prem-to-meet-the-cloud-edge-needs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-adapting-on-prem-to-meet-the-cloud-edge-needs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking to advance your IT career? Join the club]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many IT practitioners of all organizational levels have longstanding opinions on the value of personal involvement in professional associations.&nbsp; They vary widely from considering it the most important factor in their professional success to being a total waste of time.&nbsp; I know senior IT leaders who strongly suggest their staff become involved in industry-related activities, and others who strongly discourage membership or attendance at professional association meetings, user conferenc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/looking-to-advance-your-it-career-join-the-club/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/looking-to-advance-your-it-career-join-the-club/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 ways to diversify your IT hiring pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tech industry has traditionally relied on hiring new talent from colleges and universities, severely limiting its pool for recruiting, as college isn&rsquo;t accessible to everyone and there are plenty of qualified candidates who may be well past their college graduate years. By hiring with such a narrow focus, organizations miss out on plenty of talented and qualified individuals who do not fit into the current hiring parameters set by leadership. &nbsp;To read this article in full, please]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-ways-to-diversify-your-it-hiring-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-ways-to-diversify-your-it-hiring-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How Low-code is Fueling the App Dev Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senior IT manager Purna Jandyala leads a team of professional developers at Medtronic, a medical technology, services, and solutions company with more than 90,000 employees worldwide. His team maintains five separate service portals and more than 25 business-critical processes and applications, serving more than 90,000 employees.Increasingly, his team is struggling to keep up with the growing demand for new software features and automation for cross-departmental workflows. Getty ImagesBy cultiv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-low-code-is-fueling-the-app-dev-revolution/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-low-code-is-fueling-the-app-dev-revolution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CSM certification: What you need to know]]></title><description><![CDATA[CSM certification<br />
Agile practices are being rapidly adopted in project and product management across many industries, and the Scrum master is an important leadership role in agile development. The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification, available through the Scrum Alliance, is an entry-level certification aimed at providing professionals with an awareness of the methodologies and values of Scrum, including team performance, accountability, and iterative progress. This certification is benefi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/csm-certification-what-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/csm-certification-what-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 dark secrets of application modernization]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 95% of Fortune 1000 companies still use IMS, IBM&rsquo;s ancient hierarchical DBMS. At least, that&rsquo;s the number according to TwoBitHistory.org.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-dark-secrets-of-application-modernization/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-dark-secrets-of-application-modernization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 secrets of IT talent magnets]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the war for IT talent rages on, some companies seem to be staying out of the trenches, even when it comes to the most sought-after skills.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-secrets-of-it-talent-magnets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-secrets-of-it-talent-magnets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tableau certification guide: Cost, training, salaries, and value]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data visualization platform Tableau is one of the most widely used tools in the rapidly growing business intelligence (BI) space and individuals with skills in Tableau are in high demand.Market intelligence and advisory firm Mordor Intelligence forecasts the global data visualization market to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 9.69% between 2021 and 2026 as businesses seek to become more analytically driven. Tableau is consistently listed as a leader in the BI industry for its data visua]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tableau-certification-guide-cost-training-salaries-and-value/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tableau-certification-guide-cost-training-salaries-and-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting to no: 3 things your cloud vendor won't give you (and what to ask for instead)]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a company properly prepares for successful cloud negotiations, beyond ensuring they have the proper pricing and they don&rsquo;t leave any dollars on the table, they need to make sure all the terms and conditions they need to ask for from their cloud vendors are pushed through and make their way into the contract. &nbsp;Based on best practices, experience, and knowledge of what each cloud vendor is willing and able to do, there is a list of asks that the client can feel confident their clou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/getting-to-no-3-things-your-cloud-vendor-wont-give-you-and-what-to-ask-for-instead/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/getting-to-no-3-things-your-cloud-vendor-wont-give-you-and-what-to-ask-for-instead/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 tips for supporting team mental health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mental health is a critical component of every employee&rsquo;s wellbeing and should be a top priority in all workplaces. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 51% of workers have reported an increase in mental health symptoms at work, with 75% of 18- to 24-year-olds reporting one or more mental health symptom. Overall, anxiety levels have tripled, while signs of depression have quadrupled.Finding ways to improve each team member&rsquo;s mental health in the workplace requires intentional a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-tips-for-supporting-team-mental-health/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-tips-for-supporting-team-mental-health/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with John T. Marcante, Global Chief Information Officer, Vanguard]]></title><description><![CDATA[John T. Marcante, Global CIO at Vanguard, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss new ways of working, hiring strategies and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at https://newsroom.cisco.com/.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-john-t-marcante-global-chief-information-officer-vanguard/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-john-t-marcante-global-chief-information-officer-vanguard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 10 AIops platforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence was once a magical concept, the stuff of science fiction. Now, after decades of research and commercialization, it&rsquo;s just another foundational tool to keep the enterprise stack running.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-10-aiops-platforms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-10-aiops-platforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Human Resources, Low-code, and the Democratization of Innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today&rsquo;s chief human resources officers (CHROs) aren&rsquo;t just the biggest proponents of enterprise digital platforms across the C-suite, they&rsquo;re also the most bullish on developing new apps and other advanced digital tools to help employees work more productively.The reason why CHROs have become innovation champions is evident in new research from ESI ThoughtLab and ServiceNow, which surveyed 600 senior executives in five major industry sectors across a range of functions. Much m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-human-resources-low-code-and-the-democratization-of-innovation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-human-resources-low-code-and-the-democratization-of-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT asset management (ITAM): Best practices and certs for optimizing IT assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is IT asset management?<br />
IT asset management (ITAM) comprises practices and strategies for overseeing, managing, and optimizing company-owned IT systems, hardware, processes, and data. As part of an ITAM strategy, IT departments implement, track, and maintain IT assets, and assess whether those IT assets require optimization, can be replaced with a less expensive option, or be upgraded to a newer technology.Benefits of ITAM<br />
ITAM&rsquo;s ability to foster deeper insights into your organizati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-asset-management-itam-best-practices-and-certs-for-optimizing-it-assets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-asset-management-itam-best-practices-and-certs-for-optimizing-it-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 toxic team behaviors IT leaders must root out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just as a happy and motivated IT team tends to be efficient, innovative, and highly productive, a toxic staff is destined to bicker, miss goals, and experience the sort of disruption that has nothing to do with positive transformation.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-toxic-team-behaviors-it-leaders-must-root-out/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-toxic-team-behaviors-it-leaders-must-root-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: From Automated to Autonomous – Manufacturing Industry Digital Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The manufacturing industry is one of the leading sectors starting or speeding up digital transformation. Particularly hard hit by supply chain issues, the sector wants to ensure resilience to business disruption and not be caught again by events with global consequences. To date, however, they have met with varying success. Many of the transformation pilot projects do not land in production, the core of business, and fail to contribute to improved business outcomes. If organizations are failing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-from-automated-to-autonomous-manufacturing-industry-digital-transformation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 22:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-from-automated-to-autonomous-manufacturing-industry-digital-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to skills, the secret to future-proofing any IT career is diversification. In a recent Deloitte survey, a majority of CIOs said that one-third of their staff&rsquo;s current skill sets will not be relevant in the next three years.&nbsp;&nbsp;In fact, 68% of executives surveyed by Deloitte said their organization&rsquo;s skills gap is &ldquo;moderate-to-extreme,&rdquo; with 27% rating it as &ldquo;major&rdquo; or &ldquo;extreme.&rdquo;[ Learn the do&rsquo;s and don&rsquo;ts for neg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-dead-end-it-skills-and-how-to-avoid-becoming-obsolete/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-dead-end-it-skills-and-how-to-avoid-becoming-obsolete/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is CPQ? Automating quotes for customized solutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Configure-price-quote (CPQ) is the process by which a vendor of products or services ascertains how to meet a customer&rsquo;s needs, configures a customized solution to meet those needs, and tells the customer how much that solution will cost to construct and deliver.The eponymous three-stage process breaks down as follows:Configure: All manner of products and services can be customized these days, from computers and cloud computing services to cabinets, cars, conveyor belts and more. Customer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-cpq-automating-quotes-for-customized-solutions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-cpq-automating-quotes-for-customized-solutions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Digital Leaders Must Evolve Beyond Industry Narratives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The need for digital leaders to understand their customers may sound obvious, but it&rsquo;s more difficult today than ever &ndash; especially when the selling model is business-to-business. It&rsquo;s often tempting to group customers into neat bundles, wrapped in an &lsquo;industry vertical&rsquo; bow, and call it a day.In some instances, this approach might be the right balance between effort expended and getting the understanding nearly right. Increasingly, as both customers and their techn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-digital-leaders-must-evolve-beyond-industry-narratives/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 02:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-digital-leaders-must-evolve-beyond-industry-narratives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to make the most of an executive coach]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeking out executive coaching can be a great move for ensuring your success as an IT leader. But you need to be prepared to do some difficult work, which can include dealing with negative feedback, engaging in serious introspection, and making changes to how you work and lead. And you need to approach the process with the correct mindset.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-executive-coach/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-executive-coach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building an internal dataops team: 7 considerations for success]]></title><description><![CDATA[With most businesses determined to leverage data in smarter and more profitable ways, it&rsquo;s no wonder dataops is gaining momentum. The growing use of machine learning to manage tasks, from creating predictive models and deepening insights into consumer behavior to detecting and managing cyberthreats, also adds to the dataops incentive. Businesses that can move to rapid autonomous or semi-autonomous examinations of sophisticated data sets will gain a strong marketplace advantage.To read this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/building-an-internal-dataops-team-7-considerations-for-success/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/building-an-internal-dataops-team-7-considerations-for-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Do You Know Why Your Organization is Transforming Digitally?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One in five CEOs use the word &ldquo;digital&rdquo; when stating their top business priorities.&sup1; &nbsp;First let me start with a question: Do you know why your organization is transforming digitally? &nbsp;You&rsquo;ll probably muse, &ldquo;because we need to,&rdquo; or &ldquo;because everyone is doing so.&rdquo; Or possibly suppose, &ldquo;because of our customers&rdquo; or a similar generic response. You may feel entirely tripped up by this seemingly easy question.I&rsquo;d like to invit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-do-you-know-why-your-organization-is-transforming-digitally/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-do-you-know-why-your-organization-is-transforming-digitally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Nicole Nitowski, CIO, National Resident Matching Program]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicole Nitowski, CIO at National Resident Matching Program, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss career mapping for women IT leaders, IT contract negotiation and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-nicole-nitowski-cio-national-resident-matching-program/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-nicole-nitowski-cio-national-resident-matching-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 new rules of project management]]></title><description><![CDATA[The past year wrought massive changes in the way people work. Before the pandemic, according to a recent Pew Research study, around 20% of employed adults worked from home. Today that number is 71%, and 54% of those want to keep doing it. The pandemic has accelerated what is starting to look like a massive shift of knowledge workers from offices to distributed, remote work settings. Every knowledge worker &mdash; 1.25 billion worldwide &mdash; has been impacted by this.To read this article in fu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-new-rules-of-project-management/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-new-rules-of-project-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Citizen Developers and the Democratization of Code]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was starting my career in tech, software development was the preserve of skilled engineers. That paradigm is rapidly becoming obsolete, thanks to the rise of low-code dev tools that allow employees without coding experience (aka &ldquo;citizen developers&rdquo;) to create powerful apps using prebuilt templates and intuitive, drag-and-drop interfaces.That&rsquo;s important given the severe shortage of developers with enterprise-level coding skills. In a 2021 survey by the tech hiring plat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-citizen-developers-and-the-democratization-of-code/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-citizen-developers-and-the-democratization-of-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoho enters self-service BI market with focus on usability, data prep]]></title><description><![CDATA[Productivity SaaS provider Zoho has entered the business intelligence (BI) platform market, announcing an AI-powered, self-service platform that combines the new Zoho DataPrep application with an enhanced version of Zoho Analytics.The Chennai, India-based multinational is betting that it can win over business users with a combination of features focused on ease-of-use, support for data preparation, and the ability to blend internal data with outside data sources. The new platform is extensible]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zoho-enters-self-service-bi-market-with-focus-on-usability-data-prep/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zoho-enters-self-service-bi-market-with-focus-on-usability-data-prep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rethinking IT governance for agility and innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Josh Hamit understands why IT governance sometimes gets a bad rap.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rethinking-it-governance-for-agility-and-innovation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rethinking-it-governance-for-agility-and-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAPM certification: Cost, salary, training, and more]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is CAPM certification?<br />
The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers several globally recognized certifications in project management, and the Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certification is a great introductory credential for jump-starting a career in the field. For those without the requisite experience for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, earning the CAPM certification can help demonstrate a commitment to project management as a profession and add credibility]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/capm-certification-cost-salary-training-and-more/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/capm-certification-cost-salary-training-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is iPaaS? Integrating data flows to create new services]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is iPaaS?<br />
An integration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a cloud-based software package used to create new applications or to orchestrate data flows by linking together existing services and applications. It provides a way for organizations to readily make use of basic building blocks to streamline a process or establish a new service. For example, an iPaaS might stitch together a database that stores customer information, an API for converting an address into geographic coordinates, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-ipaas-integrating-data-flows-to-create-new-services/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-ipaas-integrating-data-flows-to-create-new-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 IT management traps to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT leadership is challenging work. In addition to devising technology strategies that create maximum business value on a budget, you have to establish and motivate a highly productive team capable of tackling a wide range of technical issues while executing your vision for IT.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-it-management-traps-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-it-management-traps-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quantum Delta head lays out path for Netherlands' tech leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Freeke Heijman, cofounding director of Quantum Delta Netherlands, is uniquely positioned to ensure the country&rsquo;s &euro;315 million investment from its national growth fund in quantum computing won&rsquo;t go to waste.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/quantum-delta-head-lays-out-path-for-netherlands-tech-leadership/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/quantum-delta-head-lays-out-path-for-netherlands-tech-leadership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: AVM: Fostering a Strong Cloud Ecosystem in Malaysia]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a lineage dating back to 2010, when it first began to offer cloud computing services, AVM Cloud Sdn Bhd (formerly Integrated Global Solutions Technologies Sdn Bhd) today is at the forefront of the growing and rapidly accelerating transition to a software-defined approach in Malaysia. We recently caught up with Kenny Lim Chief Technology Officer of AVM Cloud and a co-founder of Integrated Solutions Technologies, to learn what he sees driving the shift to the cloud, and what it means to be V]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avm-fostering-a-strong-cloud-ecosystem-in-malaysia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 02:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avm-fostering-a-strong-cloud-ecosystem-in-malaysia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: AVM Cloud: Fostering a Strong Cloud Ecosystem in Malaysia]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a lineage dating back to 2010, when it first began to offer cloud computing services, AVM Cloud Sdn Bhd (formerly Integrated Global Solutions Technologies Sdn Bhd) today is at the forefront of the growing and rapidly accelerating transition to a software-defined approach in Malaysia. We recently caught up with Kenny Lim Chief Technology Officer of AVM Cloud and a co-founder of Integrated Solutions Technologies, to learn what he sees driving the shift to the cloud, and what it means to be V]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avm-cloud-fostering-a-strong-cloud-ecosystem-in-malaysia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 02:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avm-cloud-fostering-a-strong-cloud-ecosystem-in-malaysia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Can Time Focused on IT Be Better Spent? Yes … and Very Soon]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last article, I discussed the important role that IT services can play in saving you time &ndash; and how those extra minutes in your day can optimize the productivity of you and your team.But what about making the best use of your time? Ensuring your time is well spent is just as important and should be a table stakes offering from any IT services provider. Here&rsquo;s what I mean.Do you remember the &ldquo;time well spent&rdquo; movement that emerged a few years ago, based on the think]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-can-time-focused-on-it-be-better-spent-yes-and-very-soon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-can-time-focused-on-it-be-better-spent-yes-and-very-soon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 best practices for good data governance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why is good data governance so important? Consider what might result without it: data that&rsquo;s poor in quality, difficult to use, lacking integrity, vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, inconsistent, and not always available to business users.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-best-practices-for-good-data-governance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-best-practices-for-good-data-governance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 tips for creating an IT culture where women thrive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every company is already&mdash;or is fast becoming&mdash;a technology company. From simply having a website to using a digital payment system, deploying an AI-enabled chatbot or designing a self-driving car, all organizations are engaging with technology. As capabilities grow, many companies have also had to rebalance the skills they need to operate, and the labor market hasn&rsquo;t been able to keep pace with this demand. As technology has advanced, diversity has retreated.Despite all the eff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-creating-an-it-culture-where-women-thrive/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-creating-an-it-culture-where-women-thrive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: AIOps: Creating a Closed-Loop Support System to Streamline IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[In five short years, artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) has evolved from a futuristic concept to a standard practice for enterprises that place a high value on getting ahead of the break-fix model of IT support.AIOps proposes a solution for several sources of stress that IT operations (ITOps) face today. IT environments are becoming too complex to operate manually. The breadth of technology ITOps needs to embrace is exponentially increasing. Computing power is moving outside the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-aiops-creating-a-closed-loop-support-system-to-streamline-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-aiops-creating-a-closed-loop-support-system-to-streamline-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Agile Methodology Finally Infiltrates the C-Suite]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago, a group of 17 software developers changed the world. In February 2001, what came to be known as the Agile Alliance developed the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Written over a long weekend at Snowbird, a ski resort in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, the Manifesto advocated a new approach to software&mdash;one that emphasized adaptation, action, and speed over careful planning and consideration. Getty ImagesThe Agile Manifesto started a slow-motion revolution.To read t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-agile-methodology-finally-infiltrates-the-c-suite/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-agile-methodology-finally-infiltrates-the-c-suite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hard truth about IT process success]]></title><description><![CDATA[The key to running an effective organization, we&rsquo;ve been told for decades, is delivering work products through well-designed and -managed processes. Process is hailed as the path to organizational nirvana, in the form of repeatable, predictable results.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-hard-truth-about-it-process-success/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-hard-truth-about-it-process-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: We’re Seeing a Wave of Workload Repatriation. Here’s Why.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Public cloud has helped accelerate digital transformation in the last decade. With the events of 2020 finally providing a nudge to many enterprises, more have realized the benefits. At the same time, organizations understand that those gains cannot be realized by all workloads immediately, or, perhaps, ever. While significant cloud services growth is expected in 2021, evidence shows that some mission-critical workloads that moved to public clouds under a &ldquo;cloud first&rdquo; mandate are no]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-were-seeing-a-wave-of-workload-repatriation-heres-why/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-were-seeing-a-wave-of-workload-repatriation-heres-why/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leading a hybrid IT workforce: 10 steps to ease the transition]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a mistake for IT leaders to believe that managing a hybrid team is like managing the full work-from-home teams of 2020 or the on-shore/offshore teams of the previous decades. Today&rsquo;s emerging hybrid environment is different, more complex, and fraught with organizational risk.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leading-a-hybrid-it-workforce-10-steps-to-ease-the-transition/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leading-a-hybrid-it-workforce-10-steps-to-ease-the-transition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 3 Key Lessons from Accelerated Digital Adoption in the Past Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[About 500 years ago, the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo Da Vinci famously said &ldquo;Nothing can be loved or hated if it is not first known&rdquo; &ndash; and now we know!It is commonly accepted that the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns have accelerated the pace of digital transformation, by necessity for most enterprises. In the beginning of the first lockdown, &ldquo;&hellip;we&rsquo;ve seen two years&rsquo; worth of digital transformation in two months,&rdquo; as Micros]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-3-key-lessons-from-accelerated-digital-adoption-in-the-past-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 02:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-3-key-lessons-from-accelerated-digital-adoption-in-the-past-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Mojgan Lefebvre, EVP, Chief Technology &amp; Operations Officer, Travelers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mojgan Lefebvre, EVP and Chief Technology and Operations Officer at Travelers, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss AI in customer engagement, data culture, agile work, and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-mojgan-lefebvre-evp-chief-technology-amp-operations-officer-travelers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-mojgan-lefebvre-evp-chief-technology-amp-operations-officer-travelers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO Leadership Live with Mojgan Lefebvre, EVP, Chief Technology &amp; Operations Officer, Travelers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mojgan Lefebvre, EVP and Chief Technology and Operations Officer at Travelers, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss AI in customer engagement, data culture, agile work, and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-leadership-live-with-mojgan-lefebvre-evp-chief-technology-amp-operations-officer-travelers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-leadership-live-with-mojgan-lefebvre-evp-chief-technology-amp-operations-officer-travelers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 tactics for getting SIs to bid on your project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many companies are restarting their transformation projects as they transition from protecting their survivability in a volatile market, to actively accelerating their digital transformations to stay competitive in a digital-first world. &nbsp;This has increased the demand for system integrators (SIs) who will be presented with many opportunities to have record-breaking quarters this year.SIs clearly anticipated a spike in demand heading into 2021. &nbsp;For quite some time now, they have been]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-tactics-for-getting-sis-to-bid-on-your-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-tactics-for-getting-sis-to-bid-on-your-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Putting Design Thinking into Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although the design thinking mind-set and approach is not new, it has become a business buzzword of late. At the same time, it remains a practical framework, adopted across a variety of industries, enriched with other proven approaches. It is used to develop reliable and repeatable products and services that resonate well with customers, consistently produce financial rewards, and build brand loyalty.According to the Design Management Institute (dmi.org), many publicly traded companies such as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-putting-design-thinking-into-action/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 03:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-putting-design-thinking-into-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Why, What, How, and Where of Offloading from Mainframe]]></title><description><![CDATA[AWS, Microsoft, and Google each have mainframe migration programs. The cloud versus mainframe debate has been running for years, but there&rsquo;s a reason why cloud service providers are nibbling at the mainframe user market, well actually, several reasons.The global compute market is expected to reach $505.45 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 8% and 2021 is estimated to have a CAGR of 10.9% over 2020. In comparison, the mainframe market has a CAGR about half of that.&sup1; This translates to movem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-why-what-how-and-where-of-offloading-from-mainframe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 02:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-why-what-how-and-where-of-offloading-from-mainframe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 dark secrets of the cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[No one may be able to define exactly what the term cloud means in business technology today. Is it a rack of machines paid for by the second? A set of powerful APIs? A set of extensive services &mdash; all with acronyms that end in &ldquo;aaS&rdquo; &mdash; that enterprises can lean on as building blocks for their own stacks? Or is it just an IT budgeting strategy based on the belief that renting is better than buying?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-dark-secrets-of-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-dark-secrets-of-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: 6 top videoconferencing services put to the test]]></title><description><![CDATA[We compared Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet, BlueJeans, and GoToMeeting in real-world tests to see which videoconferencing platforms perform best for business users. Here&rsquo;s how they stack up.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/review-6-top-videoconferencing-services-put-to-the-test/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/review-6-top-videoconferencing-services-put-to-the-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways to win the IT talent war]]></title><description><![CDATA[The IT battlefield is littered with the careers of CIOs who failed to understand that top-tier talent is essential to remain competitive in a world of continual tech disruption. And the stakes may only be getting more intense.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-win-the-it-talent-war/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-win-the-it-talent-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 power tips for Microsoft Power BI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Power BI is Microsoft&rsquo;s interactive data visualization and analytics tool for business intelligence (BI). With Power BI, you can pull in data from a wide range of systems in the cloud and on premises and create dashboards that track the metrics you care about the most. You can even drill down into your data and (literally) ask questions about it.Power BI&rsquo;s rich reports or dashboards can be embedded in reporting portals you already use. And while its dashboards, reports, and visualiz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-power-tips-for-microsoft-power-bi/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-power-tips-for-microsoft-power-bi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle to customers: Spend more on cloud, save on support]]></title><description><![CDATA[In its ongoing push for the cloud, Oracle is willing to cut CIOs a deal, offering to hand back up to one-third of new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) spend to existing customers as part of a program it calls &ldquo;Oracle Support Rewards.&rdquo;Naturally, there are caveats: The discount cannot exceed a customer&rsquo;s spend on Oracle on-premises technology licensing support bills, and the 33% discount level is available only to customers with Oracle Unlimited License Agreements. Others will]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-to-customers-spend-more-on-cloud-save-on-support/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-to-customers-spend-more-on-cloud-save-on-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Casey's General Stores IT delivers business outcomes in product management shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adrian Butler grew up in a farm community of no more than 100 people, so when he became CIO of Casey&rsquo;s General Stores, a $9 billion convenience store chain with a large rural presence, the job had real meaning for him. &ldquo;Casey's opened its first store in Boone, Iowa in 1968,&rdquo; says Butler. &ldquo;In many ways, the Casey&rsquo;s guest is me and my family. Our guests work hard, and they want speed, accuracy, and easy access to all of our products, from our pizza to snacks to fuel.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/caseys-general-stores-it-delivers-business-outcomes-in-product-management-shift/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/caseys-general-stores-it-delivers-business-outcomes-in-product-management-shift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mindset shift felt around the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent survey looked at how employees are adapting to remote work and the shifting attitudes that will dictate the future of the workforce.(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-mindset-shift-felt-around-the-world/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-mindset-shift-felt-around-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 reasons data science projects fail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data science rarely fails to draw interest from IT and business leaders alike these days. But it does fail.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-reasons-data-science-projects-fail/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-reasons-data-science-projects-fail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Redefining IT risk in post-pandemic world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Antonio V&aacute;zquez sees the potential for problems everywhere.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/redefining-it-risk-in-post-pandemic-world/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/redefining-it-risk-in-post-pandemic-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to choose RPA software for your business]]></title><description><![CDATA[RPA (robotic process automation) promises to rescue business users from performing boring, repetitive tasks. Hence the term &ldquo;robotic&rdquo;: The nature of the jobs performed by RPA tend to be rote and low-level. Businesses use RPA software to create software bots that perform pre-defined, structured jobs that typically involve filling in electronic forms, processing transactions, or sending messages.Stitch those basic activities together into fleets of RPA bots, and you have tremendous po]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-choose-rpa-software-for-your-business/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-choose-rpa-software-for-your-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to choose RPA software: 10 key factors to consider]]></title><description><![CDATA[RPA (robotic process automation) promises to rescue business users from performing boring, repetitive tasks. Hence the term &ldquo;robotic&rdquo;: The nature of the jobs performed by RPA tend to be rote and low-level. Businesses use RPA software to create software bots that perform pre-defined, structured jobs that typically involve filling in electronic forms, processing transactions, or sending messages.Stitch those basic activities together into fleets of RPA bots, and you have tremendous po]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-choose-rpa-software-10-key-factors-to-consider/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-choose-rpa-software-10-key-factors-to-consider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Kiran Vankamamidi, Group VP and CIO, Driscoll's]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kiran Vankamamidi, Group VP and CIO at Driscoll's, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss hybrid work culture, touchless tech and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-kiran-vankamamidi-group-vp-and-cio-driscolls/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-kiran-vankamamidi-group-vp-and-cio-driscolls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a CMDB? A data warehouse for your IT environment]]></title><description><![CDATA[CMDB definition<br />
A configuration management database (CMDB) is a data repository that stores information about all hardware and software assets in your IT environment. This critical component of the ITIL framework allows for efficient oversight and management of organizational assets, known as configuration items (CI), and delivers greater insight into how they relate to one other across the company.Assets logged in a CMDB include products, facilities, software, systems, and even key stakeholder]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-cmdb-a-data-warehouse-for-your-it-environment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-cmdb-a-data-warehouse-for-your-it-environment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Seize New Digitalization Opportunities to Create New Value for Industries]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2020, one of the most serious pandemics in history swept across the world. COVID-19 dramatically changed how people live, work, and create value. As such, it has driven the increasing convergence of the digital and physical worlds. It has also supercharged the digital transformation of industries, and thousands of industries are being reshaped, marking an epochal shift.Digital transformation has entered a new stage of development, offering much-needed certainty in a climate of extreme uncert]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-seize-new-digitalization-opportunities-to-create-new-value-for-industries/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-seize-new-digitalization-opportunities-to-create-new-value-for-industries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great cloud computing surge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Driven in part by the pandemic, cloud computing adoption has reached new heights. These five articles take a close look at the implications.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-great-cloud-computing-surge/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-great-cloud-computing-surge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloud or bust: IT leaders go all in on cloud computing]]></title><description><![CDATA[After nearly two centuries in the boat-building business, Brunswick spent this spring readying for a different kind of launch.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cloud-or-bust-it-leaders-go-all-in-on-cloud-computing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cloud-or-bust-it-leaders-go-all-in-on-cloud-computing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open-source container PaaS speeds app development at Boehringer Ingelheim]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital transformation continues to improve healthcare capabilities, but with this comes new challenges for pharmaceutical companies. To support speedy development of new applications, tech leaders at pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim have settled on container technology managed by an open source PaaS.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/open-source-container-paas-speeds-app-development-at-boehringer-ingelheim/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/open-source-container-paas-speeds-app-development-at-boehringer-ingelheim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 IT cost-cutting mistakes you must avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Successful CIOs are always looking for ways to eliminate excess costs. Unfortunately, in their zest to trim waste, many IT leaders find themselves falling into common traps that needlessly damage IT and enterprise services and operations.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-cost-cutting-mistakes-you-must-avoid/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-cost-cutting-mistakes-you-must-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways IT is driving new revenue]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT has gone above and beyond throughout the pandemic to accelerate digital initiatives and keep organizations humming. But coming off a difficult financial year, businesses are leaning even more heavily on IT, tasking IT leaders with the need to create new revenue-generating initiatives.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-it-is-driving-new-revenue/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-it-is-driving-new-revenue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP finally joins the process mining fray]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business process improvement has been a top enterprise concern of late, and German software company SAP has heeded the call with Process Insights, a new process mining tool announced during last week&rsquo;s Sapphire event.With Process Insights, SAP aims to help customers streamline their operations by reporting on the speed and efficiency of existing business processes before benchmarking them against 300 key performance indicators (KPIs) generated from aggregated SAP customer data. The tool,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-finally-joins-the-process-mining-fray/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-finally-joins-the-process-mining-fray/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs take on the talent imperative]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the increase in remote opportunities, highly skilled technical employees have more options than ever when it comes to where they live and work. This can be good news for CIOs&mdash;your prospective talent pool just got significantly larger. But the flipside isn&rsquo;t so great&mdash;your competition for talent is now much broader than it used to be.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-take-on-the-talent-imperative/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-take-on-the-talent-imperative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 unpopular decisions every IT leader must make]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mike Anderson spent a lot of time this spring having difficult conversations about Salesforce.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-unpopular-decisions-every-it-leader-must-make/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-unpopular-decisions-every-it-leader-must-make/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP brings new tools and modularity to Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAP kicked off 2021 with a bold bet on migrating its customers&rsquo; core ERP applications to the cloud. Introduced in January, &ldquo;Rise with SAP&rdquo; offers to move customers&rsquo; systems of record to S/4HANA to their choice of cloud provider and manage them there with a single SLA.Now SAP is adding new applications to Rise with SAP, including support for more business functions and for five industry verticals.&ldquo;We are expanding our initial offering beyond S/4HANA Cloud. Customers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-brings-new-tools-and-modularity-to-rise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-brings-new-tools-and-modularity-to-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consequential innovation: 4 tips for unlocking hidden growth opportunities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traditionally, most innovation programs have focused on either incremental or disruptive innovation: Incremental innovation to achieve near-term, quick wins and disruptive innovation to pursue longer-term big bets and game-changers. In most organizations, the split in terms of the percentage of resources and investment on each area, is typically 80/20 incremental versus disruptive.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/consequential-innovation-4-tips-for-unlocking-hidden-growth-opportunities/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/consequential-innovation-4-tips-for-unlocking-hidden-growth-opportunities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: IT Services Should Save You Time … Not Take Up More of It]]></title><description><![CDATA[What would you do with one more hour in your workday?The possibilities seem endless. You could finally take that online course to hone a new skill. Or dig into that not-so-urgent project that has lingered too long on your to-do list. Maybe you would take the time to ponder new approaches to problem-solving or creative planning that you never have time to consider.I&rsquo;d choose &hellip; all of the above. Wouldn&rsquo;t you?But why even bother thinking about what you&rsquo;d do with extra time]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-it-services-should-save-you-time-not-take-up-more-of-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 02:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-it-services-should-save-you-time-not-take-up-more-of-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Alan Cullop, SVP &amp; CIO, DaVita]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alan Cullop, SVP &amp; CIO at DaVita, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss AI in telemedicine, return-to-office strategies and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-alan-cullop-svp-amp-cio-davita/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-alan-cullop-svp-amp-cio-davita/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT’s silent career killer: Age discrimination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recent reports that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found technology company Intel had discriminated against eight older workers during mass layoffs in 2015 have shed light on a topic that often remains in the dark: age discrimination against older workers in IT.It&rsquo;s an issue that never seems to go away, and it can hinder career advancement for IT professionals &mdash; even at a time when many tech skills are in high demand. Given that a large share of professional]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/its-silent-career-killer-age-discrimination/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/its-silent-career-killer-age-discrimination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hard truth about business-IT alignment]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT, CIOs are frequently advised, needs to be aligned with the business, and alignment, we&rsquo;re told, is mostly a matter of effective IT governance.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-hard-truth-about-business-it-alignment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-hard-truth-about-business-it-alignment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is master data management? Ensuring a single source of truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Master data management definition<br />
Master data management (MDM) is a set of disciplines, processes, and technologies used to manage an organization&rsquo;s master data. Master data is data about business entities or objects (customers, suppliers, employees, products, cost centers, etc.) around which business is conducted. It is used to provide context to transactional data and is typically scattered around the business in various spreadsheets, applications, and even physical media.Gartner define]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-master-data-management-ensuring-a-single-source-of-truth/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-master-data-management-ensuring-a-single-source-of-truth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech leaders see board-level roadblocks to digital transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The events of the past year have underscored the fact that digital transformation is critical to the success of organizations across industries. Yet despite the clear and urgent need to leverage technology to support business during the pandemic, a new survey of technology leaders finds that boards are still creating significant roadblocks in digitization strategy.The pandemic pushed technology executives including CIOs, CTOs, and CSOs into the limelight as transformation roadmaps were drastica]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-leaders-see-board-level-roadblocks-to-digital-transformation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-leaders-see-board-level-roadblocks-to-digital-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch tech leaders see board-level roadblocks to digital transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The events of the past year have underscored the fact that digital transformation is critical to the success of organizations across industries. Yet despite the clear and urgent need to leverage technology to support business during the pandemic, a new survey of technology leaders finds that boards are still creating significant roadblocks in digitization strategy.The pandemic pushed technology executives including CIOs, CTOs, and CSOs into the limelight as transformation roadmaps were drastica]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dutch-tech-leaders-see-board-level-roadblocks-to-digital-transformation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dutch-tech-leaders-see-board-level-roadblocks-to-digital-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO Think Tank Roadmap Report: Reinventing IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[In March and April 2021, CIO held a series of CIO Think Tank discussions&mdash;virtual roundtables that brought together 36 IT leaders to unpack one of the most important issues in the enterprise today: IT reinvention.These discussions aimed to identify key issues in reinventing IT to meet today&rsquo;s rapidly evolving business requirements, and offer a roadmap for IT leadership to overcome practical obstacles. The roundtables were facilitated by John Gallant, Enterprise Consulting Director fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-think-tank-roadmap-report-reinventing-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-think-tank-roadmap-report-reinventing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP steps back from S/4HANA-on-Azure preference]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Azure&rsquo;s preferred status for hosting S/4HANA appears to be coming to an end. SAP, which has been recommending pairing its ERP suite with Azure as part of a deal it struck with Microsoft, will now encourage customers to host S/4HANA wherever they want.According to SAP, the companies&rsquo; Embrace partnership will now refocus on customer choice. At the same time, SAP is pushing a new way to pay for its software: a subscription-based, hosted offering that it calls &ldquo;Rise with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-steps-back-from-s4hana-on-azure-preference/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-steps-back-from-s4hana-on-azure-preference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Match programme brings African tech talent to the Netherlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tech sector in the Netherlands is poised for growth, with spending on IT this year forecast to rise past pre-pandemic levels as enterprises migrate applications to the cloud, but there's a catch: technology leaders, like their counterparts in other sectors and in other European countries, face a shortage of talent to meet their growing needs.The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a 174 member-state, inter-governmental organization, is offering help. Through its Match project, i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/match-programme-brings-african-tech-talent-to-the-netherlands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/match-programme-brings-african-tech-talent-to-the-netherlands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 tips for leading IT through crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technology teams played the parts of corporate superheroes during the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerating digital strategies to ensure that their enterprises remained operational. IT leaders get the credit for the exceptional execution, but CIOs know that success is fleeting and stability is tenuous.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-leading-it-through-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-leading-it-through-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real-time analytics: 7 tips for success]]></title><description><![CDATA[As data of all types pours into enterprises at unprecedented rates, being able to give decision-makers easy access to immediate insights is becoming a business necessity. Real-time analytics enables organizations to meet this challenge by applying logic and mathematics to raw data, transforming numbers into actionable knowledge, and opening the door to rapid and accurate decision-making.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/real-time-analytics-7-tips-for-success/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/real-time-analytics-7-tips-for-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 ways IT leaders are jumpstarting innovation post-COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even as COVID restrictions begin to lift, IT teams may still get little reprieve from the breakneck pace they&rsquo;ve maintained throughout the pandemic to orchestrate technical change. That&rsquo;s because, most IT executives don&rsquo;t believe the dust has fully settled &mdash; instead viewing IT&rsquo;s next phase as being primed for innovation.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-ways-it-leaders-are-jumpstarting-innovation-post-covid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-ways-it-leaders-are-jumpstarting-innovation-post-covid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Product Intelligence Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amplitude surveyed 350+ product leaders to find out how businesses in today&rsquo;s world achieve digital success.(info.amplitude.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/product-intelligence-report/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 01:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/product-intelligence-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amplitude ROI Guidebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nucleus Research conducted an in-depth ROI analysis on Amplitude customers across six industries to understand how our product intelligence platform impacted their business performance(info.amplitude.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/amplitude-roi-guidebook/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 01:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/amplitude-roi-guidebook/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mastering Retention]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retention is critical for every product, whether you&rsquo;re at a Fortune 500 company or a 5-person startup. Learn proven methods for building a data-informed retention strategy.(amplitude.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mastering-retention/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 01:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mastering-retention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mastering Engagement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Set product strategy for great user engagement, go in-depth on engagement loops, stickiness, activation and see examples from some of today's most engaging products.(amplitude.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mastering-engagement/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 01:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mastering-engagement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North Star Playbook]]></title><description><![CDATA[The guide to discovering your product&rsquo;s North Star(amplitude.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/north-star-playbook/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 01:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/north-star-playbook/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Definative Product Analytics Buyer's Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[You&rsquo;ll receive a six-part guide that will help you and your team reduce friction across each step of the buying process. Access best practices and tools from pinpointing problems and use cases, judging readiness, exploring solutions and building requirements, selecting the right vendor, and finally adoption and implementation.(info.amplitude.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-definative-product-analytics-buyers-guide/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 01:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-definative-product-analytics-buyers-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to get started with Execution Management Systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have already talked about what Execution Management Systems can do for you and why you should be paying attention to your execution capacity. Now we will dig into how you can get started with an Execution Management System by giving your people the necessary tools and mindset to start to truly unlock their execution capacity.When companies wanted to uncover their biggest business process bottlenecks before, they would have to bring in armies of analysts and consultants for a months-long proc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-get-started-with-execution-management-systems/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-get-started-with-execution-management-systems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making the leap from IT expert to IT leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[The leap to leadership is a big one &mdash; especially in IT. That&rsquo;s because the transition from IT expert to IT leader requires a significant shift in skills and a new mindset about the role technology plays in the business.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/making-the-leap-from-it-expert-to-it-leader/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/making-the-leap-from-it-expert-to-it-leader/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Citizen developer’ success requires strong IT oversight]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;citizen developer&rdquo; revolution sounds very promising. After all, what enterprise wouldn&rsquo;t want to be more agile while reducing costs and accelerating their ability to bring solutions to market.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/citizen-developer-success-requires-strong-it-oversight/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/citizen-developer-success-requires-strong-it-oversight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 strategies for retaining IT talent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some are calling it the turnover tsunami: One in four workers plans to quit their current jobs once the pandemic is over. That number jumps to&nbsp;one in three&nbsp;for Millennials and employees with children. As for the IT profession, a new survey by Blind, an anonymous social network popular with tech workers, found that almost half of their users (49%) plan to land a new position this year.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-strategies-for-retaining-it-talent/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-strategies-for-retaining-it-talent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Russell Kaurloto, VP and CIO at Clemson University]]></title><description><![CDATA[Russell Kaurloto, VP and CIO at Clemson University, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss the post-COVID workplace, the digital divide, diversity and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco.&nbsp;Discover more at&nbsp;newsroom.cisco.com.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-russell-kaurloto-vp-and-cio-at-clemson-university/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 19:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-russell-kaurloto-vp-and-cio-at-clemson-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are Oracle's cloud gains enough to make it a contender?]]></title><description><![CDATA[BotSupply CEO Francesco Stasi had just finished demonstrating his company&rsquo;s chatbot technology at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark when he was approached by an attendee from Oracle, who told him the software giant was building out its intelligent virtual assistant platform.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/are-oracles-cloud-gains-enough-to-make-it-a-contender/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/are-oracles-cloud-gains-enough-to-make-it-a-contender/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 'crackpot' technologies that might transform IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Famous mock musician David St. Hubbins once said, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a fine line between stupid and clever.&rdquo; On one side of the line is an endless celebration of genius. On the other: failure and ignominy.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-crackpot-technologies-that-might-transform-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-crackpot-technologies-that-might-transform-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 27 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-27-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 14:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-27-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation vs. operations: A critical balancing act IT must master]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s the age-old IT conundrum: striking the right balance between creating new capabilities and providing a reliable operational environment for the business.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/innovation-vs-operations-a-critical-balancing-act-it-must-master/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/innovation-vs-operations-a-critical-balancing-act-it-must-master/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quest for end-to-end intelligent automation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic has seen accelerated interest in process automation as organizations have scrambled to overhaul business processes and double down on digital transformations in response to disruptions brought about by COVID-19.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-quest-for-end-to-end-intelligent-automation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-quest-for-end-to-end-intelligent-automation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 tips to kickstart your agile practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years, agile has been the essential approach for keeping innovation teams moving with collaborative precision and velocity. In 2020, many organizations were forced to flip their agile processes upside down to meet the challenges of remote work during the global pandemic.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-tips-to-kickstart-your-agile-practice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-tips-to-kickstart-your-agile-practice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 IT governance myths]]></title><description><![CDATA[When designed and functioning properly, IT governance plays an integral role in aligning IT and business goals, helping to focus, fortify, and advance an enterprise&rsquo;s overall business strategy. Yet all too often, IT leaders fall victim to popular misconceptions that not only derail effective IT governance, but directly conflict with key business objectives. The final outcome is an enterprise that&rsquo;s burdened by unnecessary risks, compliance vulnerabilities, and missed opportunities, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-governance-myths/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-governance-myths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 pitfalls that undermine DevOps success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many organizations have begun incorporating DevOps into their IT mix, whether it&rsquo;s for small projects or on a larger scale.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-pitfalls-that-undermine-devops-success/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-pitfalls-that-undermine-devops-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Edge Thinking or IT Thinking. Are You Transforming or Optimizing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A question for the reader: what do you think is the driving force behind digital transformation? If you believe it&rsquo;s internal pressures you might need to think again.Today, and in a great part as a consequence of enforced isolation from physical consumer activity in the last year, customers expect content relevant to them. And then preferably when it&rsquo;s relevant to what they&rsquo;re doing at the time, or where they are, and in a format suitable for the device they&rsquo;re using. It]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-edge-thinking-or-it-thinking-are-you-transforming-or-optimizing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2021 00:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-edge-thinking-or-it-thinking-are-you-transforming-or-optimizing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How Intelligent Applications Are Shaping Key Industries]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic has been a significant catalyst for driving digital transformation and adopting intelligent technologies that enable enterprises to improve their speed, agility, and efficiency. In fact, by 2025, it is estimated that 97% of global enterprises will have implemented digital transformation through intelligent upgrades, according to Huawei's Global Industry Vision (GIV) 2025 predictions.Drawing from Huawei&rsquo;s quantitative data and real-world use cases of how intelligent technology]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-intelligent-applications-are-shaping-key-industries/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 15:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-intelligent-applications-are-shaping-key-industries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new IT skills mandate for digital success]]></title><description><![CDATA[After getting a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in information systems and looking for a job for two years, Fidel Peters began working as a driver at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, delivering meals and transporting specimens and medications from the various offsite clinics affiliated with the hospital. Occasionally, he would drive IT leaders to and from meetings and used that as an opportunity to speak to a couple of people about his interest in an IT job.To read this article in full, please click here(I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-new-it-skills-mandate-for-digital-success/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-new-it-skills-mandate-for-digital-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dirty secret of data analytics: Culture of honest inquiry required]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the beginning there should have been a culture of honest inquiry.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-dirty-secret-of-data-analytics-culture-of-honest-inquiry-required/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-dirty-secret-of-data-analytics-culture-of-honest-inquiry-required/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Ensono Is Helping the World’s Most Successful Companies Implement a Modernization Strategy That Harnesses the Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not lost on Andri Sianipar that some of the mainframe systems Ensono associates support and modernize are older than the developers working on them.We spoke recently with Sianipar, Vice President of Infrastructure Line of Business at Ensono, to learn more about the company&rsquo;s work serving some of the world&rsquo;s most successful organizations in their efforts to transform their IT infrastructure, whether that involves increasing the performance of existing legacy systems, migra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ensono-is-helping-the-worlds-most-successful-companies-implement-a-modernization-strategy-that-harnesses-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 17:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ensono-is-helping-the-worlds-most-successful-companies-implement-a-modernization-strategy-that-harnesses-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: ‘Intelligent Industries’ to Meet the Demands of a New Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic has been a significant catalyst for driving digital transformation and adopting intelligent technologies that enable enterprises to improve their speed, agility, and efficiency. In fact, by 2025, it is estimated that 97% of global enterprises will have implemented digital transformation through intelligent upgrades, according to Huawei's Global Industry Vision (GIV) 2025 predictions.Drawing from Huawei&rsquo;s quantitative data and real-world use cases of how intelligent technology]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-intelligent-industries-to-meet-the-demands-of-a-new-reality/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 22:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-intelligent-industries-to-meet-the-demands-of-a-new-reality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Devon Valencia, CIO of CareSource]]></title><description><![CDATA[Devon Valencia, CIO of CareSource, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will talk about patient care innovations, evolving healthcare cost structures, post-COVID planning and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-devon-valencia-cio-of-caresource/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 18:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-devon-valencia-cio-of-caresource/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 ways to tame a bad boss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Any tech pro who&rsquo;s been around the block has likely dealt at some point with an abusive, manipulative, or simply clueless boss. Bad bosses are found in every industry and in every line of business, but the challenging role that IT managers must fulfill ensures specific issues can be common.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-ways-to-tame-a-bad-boss/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-ways-to-tame-a-bad-boss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is NLP? Natural language processing explained]]></title><description><![CDATA[Natural language processing definition<br />
Natural language processing (NLP) is the branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with training a computer to understand, process, and generate language. Search engines, machine translation services, and voice assistants are all powered by the technology.While the term originally referred to a system&rsquo;s ability to read, it&rsquo;s since become a colloquialism for all computational linguistics. Subcategories include natural language generation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-nlp-natural-language-processing-explained/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-nlp-natural-language-processing-explained/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 dark secrets of multicloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloud computing is a digital cornucopia of choices to dazzle the eyes of everyone from the spreadsheet-addled CIO to the container-slinging intern. Those servers with 24GB of RAM look nice and so does that new AI image classification system. Oh, what&rsquo;s that over there? Long-term object storage? Give me a couple zillion bytes of that too.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-dark-secrets-of-multicloud/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-dark-secrets-of-multicloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways CIOs sabotage their own success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul Heard has been leading IT initiatives for more than 20 years, but nothing he&rsquo;s experienced before matches the pace of change, organizational pressures, and uncertainty that CIOs have faced over the past year.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-cios-sabotage-their-own-success/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-cios-sabotage-their-own-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Revelations on the road to modelling DX agendas]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last article I introduced the reader to the importance of a conceptual model to help simplify complexity. In our case the complexity we were modelling was Digital Transformation. A landscape of new technology-driven initiatives that in some cases challenge an organizations business model. As distinct from firms centered on business consultancy, for a technology company like HPE, being able to simplify this landscape for our customers is critical in helping them achieve real business value]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-revelations-on-the-road-to-modelling-dx-agendas/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-revelations-on-the-road-to-modelling-dx-agendas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 project management myths to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every industry, profession, and company develops and operates with rules and guidelines. Alongside these, myths emerge, and the project management profession is no different. When projects become plenty, work more hectic, and time is limited, it can become tempting to blindly lean on beliefs and instincts &mdash; even ones you may not know to be false.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-project-management-myths-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-project-management-myths-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leading future-ready organizations]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past year of navigating an unprecedented pandemic, organizations across all industries were forced to pivot their business and operating models to adapt to rapid technological change. Many companies quickly started investing in and practicing Agile development methods. While this wave of Agile adoption set the foundation for transformational change, the reality is most companies didn&rsquo;t fully accomplish what they set out to with Agile.In fact, our research shows that going into the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leading-future-ready-organizations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leading-future-ready-organizations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ensuring culture fit when hiring remotely]]></title><description><![CDATA[When his team went all remote last year, Precisely COO Eric Yau assumed hiring would stop. But as the pandemic raged on and the company grew, it needed new talent. That&rsquo;s when it became clear that remote hiring was a game changer.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ensuring-culture-fit-when-hiring-remotely/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ensuring-culture-fit-when-hiring-remotely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dutch spending on IT set for rebound this year, Forrester says]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a year in which COVID-19 curbed economic activity and investments in ICT globally, the Dutch technology market is well positioned for growth in 2021, with business and government spending on technology rising above pre-pandemic levels, according to Forrester Research.Tech spending in the Netherlands is forecast to increase at a faster rate than that of the other top six EU economies, according to Forrester's latest European Tech Outlook report. Spending on cloud, software and outsourcing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dutch-spending-on-it-set-for-rebound-this-year-forrester-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dutch-spending-on-it-set-for-rebound-this-year-forrester-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Routed is Dedicated to Helping Africa’s Businesses Attain the Solid and Secure Cloud Infrastructure They Need to Prosper and Grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andrew Cruise, managing director of Routed, views the company&rsquo;s support of enterprises throughout Africa as more than a technological endeavor.&ldquo;Routed empowers its partners and its customers to prosper and grow, grounded by solid and secure cloud infrastructure foundations,&rdquo; says Cruise. &ldquo;In much the same way, the baobob tree provides for people in Africa&rsquo;s savannah regions &ndash; serving as the tree of life and giving them the materials they need for shelter, clo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-routed-is-dedicated-to-helping-africas-businesses-attain-the-solid-and-secure-cloud-infrastructure-they-need-to-prosper-and-grow/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-routed-is-dedicated-to-helping-africas-businesses-attain-the-solid-and-secure-cloud-infrastructure-they-need-to-prosper-and-grow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 ways to get the most from your managed service provider]]></title><description><![CDATA[The decision to shift some or all in-house IT operations to a managed service provider (MSP), particularly in an age of technology disruption, pandemics, and evolving business models, can mark a crucial step toward ensuring long-term IT and enterprise success.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-ways-to-get-the-most-from-your-managed-service-provider/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-ways-to-get-the-most-from-your-managed-service-provider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 tips for launching a successful data strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data. I find it somewhat astounding that four little letters are having such a profound impact on our social, political, and corporate worlds. Data is quickly becoming the world&rsquo;s currency, which puts real pressure on CIOs to develop a high value strategy for their businesses.Most companies are teeming with data, but for a variety of reasons, have not been able to put it to good use. A bald allusion to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner comes to mind, &ldquo;Data, data everywhere, but not a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-tips-for-launching-a-successful-data-strategy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-tips-for-launching-a-successful-data-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is data visualization? Presenting data for decision-making]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data visualization definition<br />
Data visualization is the presentation of data in a graphical format. It reduces the &ldquo;noise&rdquo; of data by presenting it visually, making it easier for decision makers to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data.Maps and charts were among the earliest forms of data visualization. One of the most well-known early examples of data visualization was a flow map created by French civil engineer Charles Joseph Minard in 1869 to help understand w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-visualization-presenting-data-for-decision-making/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-visualization-presenting-data-for-decision-making/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 secrets of a successful cloud ERP migration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Migrating legacy ERP systems to a modern cloud-based platform has become a business imperative for most enterprises. It might also be the most challenging, complex, high-stakes project that a CIO undertakes in their entire career.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-secrets-of-a-successful-cloud-erp-migration/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-secrets-of-a-successful-cloud-erp-migration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT leaders re-evaluate skillsets for the long haul]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIO Mike Anderson has a 10-member core IT team plus another 50 workers handling technical work within other functional departments.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-leaders-re-evaluate-skillsets-for-the-long-haul/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-leaders-re-evaluate-skillsets-for-the-long-haul/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 IT hiring trends for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every industry, fundamentally altering the way most organizations conduct daily business &mdash; and that includes how they recruit, hire, and retain IT talent.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-hiring-trends-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-hiring-trends-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT confronts climate change]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the world celebrates Earth Day, it&rsquo;s a good time to acknowledge IT&rsquo;s important role in helping to fight or address climate change. Here are some examples of how organizations are using IT for projects related to environmental issues.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-confronts-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-confronts-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How COVID contingency best practices can help save the planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and most companies were forced to work virtually, few executives thought the situation would continue for over a year and might be the new work norm going forward. Today, although many companies have site-essential employees who continue to report to a physical workplace, most have to some extent embraced a future of work model that promotes virtual work for those employees who can carry out their responsibilities off-site. &nbsp;To read this article in full]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-covid-contingency-best-practices-can-help-save-the-planet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-covid-contingency-best-practices-can-help-save-the-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The data center management services pyramid]]></title><description><![CDATA[A data center, wherever it is, owned by you or a cloud provider, is the foundation upon which all future digital transformation is built. In choosing your IT supply path, most start with a clear understanding of current and future needs, working with trusted advisers to arrive at the best solution. That&rsquo;s the right way to approach any kind of transformation. Businesses today can&rsquo;t afford to be tied to legacy infrastructure. That&rsquo;s what has driven cloud migration. &nbsp;But per]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-data-center-management-services-pyramid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-data-center-management-services-pyramid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Chris Manriquez, CIO, California State University, Dominguez Hills]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris Manriquez, CIO at California State University, Dominguez Hills, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will talk about hybrid return-to-work challenges, how to resolve the digital divide, the impact of AI in higher ed and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-chris-manriquez-cio-california-state-university-dominguez-hills/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-chris-manriquez-cio-california-state-university-dominguez-hills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: 7 Python IDEs go to the mat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Of all the metrics you could use to gauge the popularity and success of a language, one surefire indicator is the number of development environments available for it. Python&rsquo;s rise in popularity over the last several years has brought with it a strong wave of IDE support, with tools aimed at both the general programmer and those who use Python for tasks like scientific work and analytical programming.These seven IDEs with Python support cover the gamut of use cases. Some are built exclusi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/review-7-python-ides-go-to-the-mat/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/review-7-python-ides-go-to-the-mat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anatomy of a killer IT internship program]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chad TerMaat, senior director of IT at Lincoln, Nebraska-based engineering firm Olsson, counts three factors enabling the success of their IT internship program.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/anatomy-of-a-killer-it-internship-program/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/anatomy-of-a-killer-it-internship-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: With a Keen Focus on IaaS, Silicon Sky is Empowering Leading Companies in Africa to Embrace the Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Based in Bryanston outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, Silicon Sky is laser-focused on addressing the rapidly increasing demand for Infrastructure-as-a-Service among companies of all kinds and sizes. We recently caught up with Brenton Halsted, Managing Director of Silicon Sky, to get his thoughts on the company&rsquo;s focus on IaaS, the unique demands of enterprises in South Africa and surrounding countries, and the flexibility he feels is imperative for success in the cloud.&ldquo;While we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-with-a-keen-focus-on-iaas-silicon-sky-is-empowering-leading-companies-in-africa-to-embrace-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-with-a-keen-focus-on-iaas-silicon-sky-is-empowering-leading-companies-in-africa-to-embrace-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a PEST analysis? Preparing your business for external impacts]]></title><description><![CDATA[PEST analysis definition<br />
PEST analysis is used to evaluate external and macro environmental factors that impact your organization, specifically political, economic, social, and technological ones. This four-point analysis method gives your business a framework to identify the most influential factors in your industry, with a focus on entering new business markets and growing within your industry. A PEST analysis can help companies predict how effective or successful a certain business strategy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-pest-analysis-preparing-your-business-for-external-impacts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-pest-analysis-preparing-your-business-for-external-impacts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rethinking collaboration: 8 vendors offer new paths to remote work]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the need for efficient collaboration tools exploding in recent months, a variety of companies hope to refine how those tools work and what they can do. We look at eight now pushing the envelope.(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rethinking-collaboration-8-vendors-offer-new-paths-to-remote-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rethinking-collaboration-8-vendors-offer-new-paths-to-remote-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoho launches Qntrl to automate business processes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoho is launching a new workflow automation platform &mdash;&nbsp;but rather than integrate it with its suite of SaaS applications at Zoho.com, it is creating a new division, Qntrl, to operate it.Whereas larger enterprises might choose to rebuild their workflows in a platform like ServiceNow, or automate them using tools such as Celonis, Nintex, or Appian, Qntrl (which the company pronounces &ldquo;control&rdquo;) is aiming its platform at midmarket companies with up to 5,000 employees that wan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zoho-launches-qntrl-to-automate-business-processes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zoho-launches-qntrl-to-automate-business-processes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CEO directives: Top 10 initiatives for IT leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the calendar flipped to 2021, CIO Sue Workman started looking back at the IT priorities she had set for Case Western Reserve University back in July to see which initiatives were still tenable. &ldquo;Are we still there, or are we now able to think differently?&rdquo; Workman deliberated.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ceo-directives-top-10-initiatives-for-it-leaders/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ceo-directives-top-10-initiatives-for-it-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 common resume mistakes (and how to fix them)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writing a resume is not an easy task, no matter how long you&rsquo;ve been in the game or how confident you are in your skills and experience. But there are steps you can take to make the process easier and turn your resume into a document that gets noticed for the right reasons.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-common-resume-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-them/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-common-resume-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why steering committees fail to engage (and 5 ways to hold them accountable)]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a recent engagement, I was asked by the transformation executive to review a report he had provided to his steering committee. &nbsp;My immediate reaction was, "Where is the ask?" &nbsp;He looked at me a bit puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;From there we got into a great conversation regarding the purpose and intent of transformational steering teams. &nbsp;After getting off the Zoom call I immediately jotted down my notes figuring the conversation may be valuable to a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-steering-committees-fail-to-engage-and-5-ways-to-hold-them-accountable/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-steering-committees-fail-to-engage-and-5-ways-to-hold-them-accountable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 most difficult-to-fill IT jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lineup of toughest IT jobs to fill hasn&rsquo;t changed much since last year, but one new factor might ease the situation in the months to come. Thanks to the work-from-home phenomenon, more people are now available for jobs that were once restricted to a candidates from a specific geographic area.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-most-difficult-to-fill-it-jobs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-most-difficult-to-fill-it-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Netherlands made a huge bet on quantum computing — will it pay off?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Dutch government has great expectations for its planned investment of &euro;615 million over seven years in quantum computing research and development. While it will certainly provide career opportunities for scientists and IT professionals and likely lead to advances in quantum computing, it is also expected to spark enterprise interest and experimentation in the technology and grow the start-up ecosystem in the country.More broadly, it is hoped that the money will help lead Europe to digi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-netherlands-made-a-huge-bet-on-quantum-computing-will-it-pay-off/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-netherlands-made-a-huge-bet-on-quantum-computing-will-it-pay-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VMware, Dell split to form independent firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[VMware and Dell say separating gives both companies financial flexibility but lets them continue to grow their technology-development partnership.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/vmware-dell-split-to-form-independent-firms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 01:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/vmware-dell-split-to-form-independent-firms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: A recipe that boosts the creative flavor of your digital advantage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you creative? If you play an instrument, like to paint, or enjoy inventing new games to entertain your kids &ndash; you probably will answer with &lsquo;yes.&rsquo; But in business context, who are the colleagues that you perceive as creative, inspiring, envisioning &ndash; and what makes them that way?Creativity is performed when something, somehow new, and somehow valuable is formed. That new &lsquo;thing&rsquo; can be intangible, such as an idea, a theory, a composition, or a physical ob]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-recipe-that-boosts-the-creative-flavor-of-your-digital-advantage/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-recipe-that-boosts-the-creative-flavor-of-your-digital-advantage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project management methodologies: How to choose the best for success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every project &mdash; and project team &mdash; is different, and to ensure success, the project management methodology (PMM) chosen to steer each project to completion should match not just the project and team&rsquo;s needs, but also those of the project&rsquo;s stakeholders and the organization at large.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/project-management-methodologies-how-to-choose-the-best-for-success/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/project-management-methodologies-how-to-choose-the-best-for-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 business skills every IT leader needs to succeed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The days when CIOs could glide into a long-term career based solely on their technical abilities are rapidly fading.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-business-skills-every-it-leader-needs-to-succeed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-business-skills-every-it-leader-needs-to-succeed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 perspectives on modern data analytics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some things don't change, even during a pandemic. Consistent with previous years, in CIO&rsquo;s&nbsp;2021 State of the CIO survey, a plurality of the 1,062 IT leaders surveyed chose &ldquo;data/business analytics&rdquo; as the No.1 tech initiative expected to drive IT investment.Unfortunately, analytics initiatives seldom do nearly as well when it comes to stakeholder satisfaction.Last year, CIO contributor Mary K. Pratt offered an excellent analysis of why data analytics initiatives still fai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-perspectives-on-modern-data-analytics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-perspectives-on-modern-data-analytics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analytics in the cloud: Key challenges and how to overcome them]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like so many other IT functions, data analytics is moving to the cloud. And as with other cloud-based endeavors, this presents both opportunities and challenges.One of the top 10 data and analytics technology trends for 2021 cited by Gartner is the use of open, containerized analytics architectures that make analytics capabilities more&nbsp;composable. This enables enterprises to quickly create flexible, intelligent applications that help data analysts connect insights to actions, the research]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/analytics-in-the-cloud-key-challenges-and-how-to-overcome-them/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/analytics-in-the-cloud-key-challenges-and-how-to-overcome-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Fast Lane to Digital Transformation with Bollé Brands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global shutdowns in 2020 forced businesses across the world to rethink the way they do business. For international outdoor gear manufacturer Boll&eacute; Brands, that meant diving headfirst into digitalization. Boll&eacute; Brands&rsquo; Global Digital Director Damien Hars and his team were tasked with launching the company&rsquo;s first direct-to-consumer (D2C) website on a timeline that most would find impossible &mdash; but they rose to the challenge and launched a successful website in just]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-fast-lane-to-digital-transformation-with-boll-brands/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-fast-lane-to-digital-transformation-with-boll-brands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest enterprise technology M&amp;A deals of 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Already in 2021, we&rsquo;ve seen enterprise tech acquisitions in hardware, software, and services that have topped $1 billion &mdash; although so far there&rsquo;s nothing to rival the two blockbuster deals announced in 2020, Salesforce.com&rsquo;s $27.7 billion offer for Slack and AMD&rsquo;s $35 billion bid for Xilinx, both of which have yet to close.The pace of acquisitions will increase in 2021, according to two-thirds of company executives, bankers, and other dealmakers surveyed by Morris]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-biggest-enterprise-technology-mampa-deals-of-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-biggest-enterprise-technology-mampa-deals-of-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[API management: What CIOs should know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Application programming interfaces (APIs) are fast proving to be significant tools in creating business value for CIOs embarking on digital transformations or seeking to develop new revenue streams.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/api-management-what-cios-should-know/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/api-management-what-cios-should-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 reasons to invest in enterprise architecture tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprise architecture is designed to bring order to the vast realm of corporate IT and its burgeoning collection of machines and software, a cornucopia unimaginable just a few decades ago. Desktops, tablets, phones &mdash; screens as far as the eye can see. And that&rsquo;s not counting screenless gadgets like sensors, audio devices that answer to &ldquo;Alexa,&rdquo; and everything else from the so-called internet of things.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-reasons-to-invest-in-enterprise-architecture-tools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-reasons-to-invest-in-enterprise-architecture-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Investment increases in cloud native. Here’s why.]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT teams and consultants talk a lot about modernization of IT and have done so for years.First, it focused on virtual machine technologies in the early 2000s. We consolidated and optimized our seas of servers to improve operational benefits. Next, we moved up the stack to thinking of &ldquo;services&rdquo; instead of servers with Shared Services organization models. Private clouds, with associated governance and show-back principles to standardize and share a broad pool of IT resources, became]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-investment-increases-in-cloud-native-heres-why/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 01:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-investment-increases-in-cloud-native-heres-why/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How AI is revolutionizing training]]></title><description><![CDATA[Employee training is an issue of critical importance for enterprises. Challenged to find skilled employees, sapped by high turnover rates, mired in massive transformations, the need to upskill and cross-train employees is paramount &mdash; and almost too much for traditional approaches to training to handle.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-training/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rethinking data management for faster time to value]]></title><description><![CDATA[As enterprises move ahead in their digital transformation journey, the massive trail of data from digital transactions is growing steadily, but for many organizations extracting intelligence from data remains a pipe dream.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rethinking-data-management-for-faster-time-to-value/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rethinking-data-management-for-faster-time-to-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs battle product management pitfalls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeking to boost value to business stakeholders, Equinix is adopting a product model for building solutions. But the evolution from traditional project management practices is complex, and fraught with nuance that can trouble the transition and outcomes.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-battle-product-management-pitfalls/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-battle-product-management-pitfalls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs cash in on COVID heroics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vishal Gupta was not actively looking for a new role, but the calls started coming from companies and recruiting firms, and by the third one in the fall of 2020, he decided, &ldquo;It didn&rsquo;t hurt to talk.&rdquo; At the time, Gupta was CTO of Unisys, and knew the events of the past year had shone a spotlight on his efforts to help enable remote work and accelerate digital initiatives at the company.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-cash-in-on-covid-heroics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-cash-in-on-covid-heroics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 traits of a world class chief innovation officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[As organizations look to accelerate growth, uncover new opportunities, and foster a culture of innovation, they&rsquo;re often formalizing their innovation programs or expanding the purview of their existing programs. As they do this, the role of the chief innovation officer (CINO) is becoming increasingly important and needs to be carefully designed to achieve these goals.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/16-traits-of-a-world-class-chief-innovation-officer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/16-traits-of-a-world-class-chief-innovation-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: PwC Prioritizes Unity to Manage Global Teams Through a Digital Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stephanie Gallacher, PricewaterhouseCooper&rsquo;s (PwC) Global Technology Leader, Salesforce Platform, was leading her team through a multi-year global sales transformation, bringing thousands of employees from different countries and network firms together on one technology platform. A project of this size required careful coordination and planning to align teams and unify data on a global scale.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-pwc-prioritizes-unity-to-manage-global-teams-through-a-digital-transformation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-pwc-prioritizes-unity-to-manage-global-teams-through-a-digital-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How CIOs Can Lead Human-Centered Change in Any Organization]]></title><description><![CDATA[An IT department within a global hospitality organization wanted to improve the customer experience through a major technology transformation. They put together a change management program, complete with a structured methodology, rollout plan, timelines, metrics, and goals. The result? The company&rsquo;s sales and customer support agents were confused, adoption of the new system was low, and a lack of integration with critical systems caused many headaches.Those of us who have worked in techno]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-cios-can-lead-human-centered-change-in-any-organization/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-cios-can-lead-human-centered-change-in-any-organization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The CIO as Chief Integration Officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Planning and orchestrating digital transformation programs has always been time-consuming. But over the past year, COVID-19 forced companies to accelerate the delivery of integrated digital experiences. The digital imperative brought on by the pandemic changed everything. CIOs went from being the Chief Information Officer to becoming the Chief Integration Officer. Make no mistake though, I&rsquo;m not talking about middleware and the like. This new strategic lens is much broader, and requires l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-as-chief-integration-officer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-as-chief-integration-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Need an Execution Advantage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modern businesses are made up of a complex interconnected fabric of processes, all dedicated to delivering business outcomes. Every company has a given execution capacity to perform these processes, based upon the level of resources that it has, multiplied by a factor of the time it can allocate to each process.But many of these processes are not optimized in terms of their ability to deliver. Breaks in the fabric start to emerge, often because these enterprise processes are trapped inside of r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-you-need-an-execution-advantage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-you-need-an-execution-advantage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI engineering can help organizations get the most out of Artificial Intelligence deployments]]></title><description><![CDATA[The term &ldquo;artificial intelligence&rdquo; (AI) is turning up seemingly everywhere these days, creating confusion in the market and perhaps even some disillusionment among technology decision makers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-engineering-can-help-organizations-get-the-most-out-of-artificial-intelligence-deployments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-engineering-can-help-organizations-get-the-most-out-of-artificial-intelligence-deployments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 20 project management methodologies]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the right project management methodology, project management offices (PMOs) can assist their organizations in improving business outcomes &mdash; but this requires more than recognizing organizational priorities. For most companies, recent external forces such as COVID-19 and industry disruptions brought about by the pace of digital change have shifted company goals and priorities, making it necessary to re-evaluate whether the project methodologies they have in place can effectively and e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-20-project-management-methodologies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-20-project-management-methodologies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 management books every CIO must read]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like IT tools and resources, management skills and practices are continually evolving. Unfortunately, as time-squeezed IT leaders struggle to keep pace with a seemingly-endless flood of disruptive technologies, many continue to rely on management philosophies and practices that were discarded and replaced many years ago.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-management-books-every-cio-must-read/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-management-books-every-cio-must-read/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Viva, Microsoft aims to augment the employee experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Employee experience (EX) technologies have emerged as critical enterprise software to help improve well-being and productivity during the COVID-19 outbreak. And Microsoft, with its built-in gravitational pull in corporate productivity and collaboration software, is targeting this nascent market.The software giant in February introduced Viva, four software modules that serve as a one-stop shop for access to corporate news and details about reskilling opportunities, among other information design]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/with-viva-microsoft-aims-to-augment-the-employee-experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/with-viva-microsoft-aims-to-augment-the-employee-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 IT leadership lessons learned from COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, and soon after IT leaders rushed to mitigate the impact on their businesses, marshaling teams to work remotely.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-leadership-lessons-learned-from-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-leadership-lessons-learned-from-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the governments of Africa are prioritising resilience in the pandemic era]]></title><description><![CDATA[For governments and public sector agencies across Africa, investment in IT is no longer a luxury. In many cases, it has become the only way for the public sector to continue to serve its citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic.This is why we witnessed exponential worldwide growth in usage of Microsoft Teams, rising to 115 million daily active users by October 2020 after we made usage free of charge.But huge surges in adoption like this are only the tip of the iceberg. On the ground, a vast amount]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-the-governments-of-africa-are-prioritising-resilience-in-the-pandemic-era/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-the-governments-of-africa-are-prioritising-resilience-in-the-pandemic-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to build (and sustain) high-performing IT teams]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the height of the pandemic last summer, roadside assistance digital platform company Agero was in the midst of a competitive purchase that required massive migration of dozens of clients to Agero&rsquo;s platform. The task was complicated by a dispersed IT team who worked mostly from home but remained in constant contact through Slack.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-and-sustain-high-performing-it-teams/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-and-sustain-high-performing-it-teams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The top 7 change management tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, change has accelerated in the workplace &mdash; especially during and in the post-COVID-19 environment. Change &mdash; whether motivated by technical initiatives or otherwise &mdash; can impact people and processes significantly, complicating how work gets done.Change management is a discipline that combines processes, tools, and goal-oriented models, such as ADKAR, to guide organizations through the changes necessary to achieve business goals.&nbsp;To read this article]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-7-change-management-tools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-7-change-management-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI makes edge and IoT smarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lots of things are being called &ldquo;smart&rdquo; these days &mdash; everything from light bulbs to cars. Increasingly, the smarts come from some form of artificial intelligence or machine learning.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-makes-edge-and-iot-smarter/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-makes-edge-and-iot-smarter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 5 Quick-win paths to application modernization]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT organizations need to deliver services at the speed that business demands. Keeping up with this pace is difficult when IT relies on applications with legacy architectural patterns or running on old infrastructure. What are the quick-win paths for modernizing legacy applications?Organizations have two main application types: need-to-work and need-to-win applications. Need-to&shy;-work applications help organizations get their work done, such as e-mail or collaboration tools. Need-to-win appli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-quick-win-paths-to-application-modernization/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-quick-win-paths-to-application-modernization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 AI myths holding your business back]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are reaching deeper into work environments, not only replacing and enhancing mundane jobs, but also augmenting or otherwise changing those that remain. They are permeating every aspect of business and are driving organizational strategies. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2025, AI will be the top category driving enterprise infrastructure decisions.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-ai-myths-holding-your-business-back/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-ai-myths-holding-your-business-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 tips for fostering a culture of continuous learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[When McAfee CIO Scott Howitt asks prospective hires about their hobbies, he&rsquo;s actually trying to discern whether they&rsquo;re self-motivated learners.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-tips-for-fostering-a-culture-of-continuous-learning/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-tips-for-fostering-a-culture-of-continuous-learning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The “time” is now to give customers the IT services experience they crave]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been talked about for years. But now, at last, manufacturers and service providers are beginning to deliver the right experiences.Consider Tesla. It produces self-learning vehicles, which are regularly updated via over-the-air software updates and are continually monitored for remote diagnostic purposes. That means trips to mechanics are minimized, and mobile technicians are regularly deployed &ndash; to where you are &ndash; to handle most repairs.Small wonder that Tesla has a custo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-time-is-now-to-give-customers-the-it-services-experience-they-crave/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-time-is-now-to-give-customers-the-it-services-experience-they-crave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top IT spending priorities for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic will continue to influence IT budgets in the next 12 months in ways both large and small. Organizations will rely on technology to improve remote work infrastructure, expand digital transformation initiatives, and create or enhance a variety of customer services.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-it-spending-priorities-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-it-spending-priorities-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The data-driven project manager: Using analytics to improve outcomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[With project failure rates remaining troublesome, many project managers are turning to data for help. Proper use of data can take the guesswork out of decision-making and provide tangible support project managers can use to guide their teams. Data can also prove value in helping project managers schedule work, allocate resources, increase efficiency, reduce costs, and more effectively manage risks.The key means by which project managers leverage data is through use of business intelligence and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-data-driven-project-manager-using-analytics-to-improve-outcomes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-data-driven-project-manager-using-analytics-to-improve-outcomes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Peter High, president of Metis Strategy and author]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peter High, president of Metis Strategy and author, joins Maryfran Johnson for this special edition CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will talk about lessons and advice in his new book, Getting to Nimble: How To Transform Your Company into a Digital Leader.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-peter-high-president-of-metis-strategy-and-author/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-peter-high-president-of-metis-strategy-and-author/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skills and traits of elite IT automation teams]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to transforming organizations these days, automation is king. Automating IT and business processes took major leaps forward in the wake of the pandemic, and the trend is expected to roll on this year, as organizations navigate a post-pandemic business environment.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/skills-and-traits-of-elite-it-automation-teams/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/skills-and-traits-of-elite-it-automation-teams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Creating a data-driven culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine this scenario. The year end is looming and your Chief Sales Officer is busily looking at the sales and pipeline numbers for the company&rsquo;s key accounts. You need a strong quarter close to finish the year in a position to enable your growth plans for the following 12 months. The sales teams are flat or reacting to customer requests and qualifying new opportunities, meaning you have limited resources for new business development in order to close out the quarter.Where do you focus th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-creating-a-data-driven-culture/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-creating-a-data-driven-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI governance: Reducing risk while reaping rewards]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI governance touches many functional areas within the enterprise &mdash; data privacy, algorithm bias, compliance, ethics, and much more. As a result, addressing governance of the use of artificial intelligence technologies requires action on many levels.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-governance-reducing-risk-while-reaping-rewards/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-governance-reducing-risk-while-reaping-rewards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 common ERP mistakes to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[All indications are that 2021 will be a banner year for ERP. Enterprises are emerging from the pandemic, dusting off digital transformation plans that might have been sitting on the shelf for a while, and moving aggressively to rebuild, reinvent, and reimagine their organizations.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-common-erp-mistakes-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-common-erp-mistakes-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ServiceNow bets on citizen developers in latest enterprise push]]></title><description><![CDATA[COVID&rsquo;s erosion of informal mechanisms in the workplace has been a boon for enterprise service management (ESM) vendors. For example, if you worked on a large corporate campus pre-pandemic and had an HR question, you could literally wander the halls to find your answer.&ldquo;That world is gone,&rdquo; said Charles Betz, principal analyst covering infrastructure and operations at Forrester. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why enterprise service management vendors have done very well.&rdquo;[ Learn mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-bets-on-citizen-developers-in-latest-enterprise-push/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-bets-on-citizen-developers-in-latest-enterprise-push/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 ways to turn COVID quick fixes into permanent business value]]></title><description><![CDATA[The past year has ushered in unprecedented change driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, both in how we work and live. Businesses across all industries have had to rapidly and drastically transform their processes and operations as a matter of survival. While these changes were often implemented as temporary means to cope with the crisis, many of them are now delivering real value to the organization, better positioning companies to compete and win in the new normal. The challenge IT leaders now face]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-ways-to-turn-covid-quick-fixes-into-permanent-business-value/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-ways-to-turn-covid-quick-fixes-into-permanent-business-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 analytics and AI trends that will dominate 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data analytics is a domain in constant motion. Early in 2020, it seemed clear that organizations would continue to invest heavily in analytics to support their digital transformations. But the world of analytics and AI looks very different in March 2021 than it did in February 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced enterprises to adopt new ways of working, squeezed budgets, and rendered obsolete many models that relied on historical data.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider St]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-analytics-and-ai-trends-that-will-dominate-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-analytics-and-ai-trends-that-will-dominate-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rise of the Execution Management System]]></title><description><![CDATA[What separates AltaVista and Google? Faraday Future and Tesla? Blockbuster and Netflix? Some of those companies beat their illustrious competitors to market, some had more money and experience, but the story of business winners and losers often boils down to one thing: execution.&ldquo;In 2016, it was estimated that&nbsp;67%&nbsp;of well-formulated strategies failed due to poor execution,&rdquo; according to Harvard Business Review.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-rise-of-the-execution-management-system/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-rise-of-the-execution-management-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 25 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-25-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-25-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 technologies that will disrupt business in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Until recently, disruption in IT meant something very different than sending everybody home to work for a year. But the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the technology landscape, stalling some approaches and systems, while speeding the adoption of others.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-technologies-that-will-disrupt-business-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-technologies-that-will-disrupt-business-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Van preventie naar detectie: hoe AI-tools cyberspecialisten kunnen ontlasten]]></title><description><![CDATA[De ervaring leert ook dat het cybersecurity-teams vaak enkele uren kost om te onderzoeken of er een virus rondgaat of dat er een aanval plaats vindt in de organisatie. Die afhankelijkheid van de mens kan geen enkele organisatie zich permitteren.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/van-preventie-naar-detectie-hoe-ai-tools-cyberspecialisten-kunnen-ontlasten/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/van-preventie-naar-detectie-hoe-ai-tools-cyberspecialisten-kunnen-ontlasten/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new workplace – moving to generation 2 for remote work and beyond]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizations struggled with getting remote workers enabled when the pandemic hit, and while many implemented Generation 1 approaches, a new wave of Generation 2 solutions is now becoming available that will require enterprises to rethink their existing implementations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-new-workplace-moving-to-generation-2-for-remote-work-and-beyond/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-new-workplace-moving-to-generation-2-for-remote-work-and-beyond/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IFS launches cloud-native, containerized ERP]]></title><description><![CDATA[After publishing major upgrades of its IFS Applications suite every three years since 2012, enterprise software vendor IFS is switching to a six-month refresh cycle that will ensure that customers always have access to its latest features.&ldquo;It is really the last big launch we will ever do,&rdquo; said CEO Darren Roos, a former SAP cloud executive who has led IFS since 2018. &ldquo;From now on it&rsquo;s IFS Cloud.&rdquo;<br />
[ Comparison shopping? See "The best ERP systems:10 enterprise resour]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ifs-launches-cloud-native-containerized-erp/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ifs-launches-cloud-native-containerized-erp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO resumes: 9 best practices and 8 strong examples]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conflicting advice on how to write a strong resume abounds &mdash; and when you&rsquo;re targeting a CIO position, there&rsquo;s even more to consider. At the executive level, a well-crafted career story is essential. This requires an ability to highlight and emphasize your experience, accomplishments, and achievements in a honed, cohesive arc leading directly to your next leadership role.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-resumes-9-best-practices-and-8-strong-examples/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-resumes-9-best-practices-and-8-strong-examples/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mars Perseverance rover landing: How IT supports NASA and JPL’s Mars 2020 mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month, the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars following a six-and-half-month journey from Earth through space. Over the next Martian year (or, over 600 days here on Earth), the rover will search for signs of ancient life, collect data about the climate and geology on Mars and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. This mission is a group effort by the scientists, engineers, technologists and more at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Jim Rinaldi, former CIO and cur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mars-perseverance-rover-landing-how-it-supports-nasa-and-jpls-mars-2020-mission/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 22:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mars-perseverance-rover-landing-how-it-supports-nasa-and-jpls-mars-2020-mission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 steps to avoid digital transformation failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most companies will face the moment where digital transformation will come to the top of the executive stack of priorities.&nbsp; Typically, one or two executives are selected as the sponsors tasked with putting together the business case and the team to lead the organization into the future.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-steps-to-avoid-digital-transformation-failure/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-steps-to-avoid-digital-transformation-failure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 hot infrastructure and operations trends — and 5 going cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 has significantly stressed the IT world, but it has also vindicated a range of infrastructure choices made by those who have been paying attention to emerging trends. The cloud for one has proved a panacea for many organizations weathering changes triggered by the pandemic. Automation as well has gained steam as enterprises took up the mantle from early adopters who were well-positioned when the pandemic hit thanks to previous RPA and AI bets.To read this article in full, please cli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hot-infrastructure-and-operations-trends-and-5-going-cold/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hot-infrastructure-and-operations-trends-and-5-going-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drie redenen voor de steeds snellere transitie naar de cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Verder zijn, volgens Gartner, de investeringen in infrastructuur-services in de cloud de laatste jaren enorm gestegen. Van &lsquo;slechts&rsquo; 44 miljard dollar in 2019, naar 63 miljard dollar in 2020. De verwachting is dat de uitgaven in de cloud in 2021 verder zullen stijgen tot 81 miljard dollar en dat cloud-oplossingen in 2024 goed zijn voor 45 procent van de investeringen in infrastructuur, applicaties en outsourcing van bedrijfsprocessen. Ondanks dat investeringen in traditionele datace]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/drie-redenen-voor-de-steeds-snellere-transitie-naar-de-cloud/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/drie-redenen-voor-de-steeds-snellere-transitie-naar-de-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What CIOs can expect from IBM’s managed infrastructure spinoff]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIOs who depend on IBM to manage their IT infrastructure have been in legacy limbo since Big Blue first announced it would shed its managed infrastructure activities as a separate company in order to zero in on hot markets for technologies such as artificial intelligence and the cloud.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-cios-can-expect-from-ibms-managed-infrastructure-spinoff/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-cios-can-expect-from-ibms-managed-infrastructure-spinoff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Hernando Celada, CIO at ChenMed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hernando Celada, CIO at ChenMed, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They will discuss telehealth challenges, IT&rsquo;s role in value-based healthcare and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-hernando-celada-cio-at-chenmed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-hernando-celada-cio-at-chenmed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digitale identiteit: inspelen op het verlangen van de consument naar ‘digitale ervaring’]]></title><description><![CDATA[TeleurgesteldVMware<br />
Veel mensen zijn digitaal nieuwsgierig. Uit een onderzoek van VMware onder ruim 6.000 Europese consumenten blijkt dat 42% van de respondenten de toegenomen aanwezigheid van digitale diensten in hun dagelijkse leven beschouwt als een goede ontwikkeling in plaats van beangstigend. Daarnaast blijkt ook dat 46% van de respondenten een specifieke dienst gebruikt vanwege het goed vertegenwoordigde digitale aanbod.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/digitale-identiteit-inspelen-op-het-verlangen-van-de-consument-naar-digitale-ervaring/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/digitale-identiteit-inspelen-op-het-verlangen-van-de-consument-naar-digitale-ervaring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cybersecurity in 2021: Stopping the madness]]></title><description><![CDATA[The challenges are greater than ever. But security pros have learned a lot &ndash; and with luck, the right strategic defenses can help even the highest-value targets withstand severe attacks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cybersecurity-in-2021-stopping-the-madness/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cybersecurity-in-2021-stopping-the-madness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mitigating the hidden risks of digital transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies are looking to grab any technology-driven advantage they can as they adapt to new ways of working, managing employees, and serving customers. They are making bigger moves toward the cloud, e-commerce, digital supply chains, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), data analytics, and other areas that can deliver efficiency and innovation.At the same time, enterprises are trying to manage risk &mdash; and the same digital initiatives that create new opportunities can als]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mitigating-the-hidden-risks-of-digital-transformation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mitigating-the-hidden-risks-of-digital-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 key Microsoft Ignite takeaways for CIOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft kicked off its 2021 Ignite customer conference on March 2 with some stunning demonstrations of Mesh, a mixed-reality working environment like Second Life on steroids, accessible to anyone with a $3,500 Hololens 2 headset and high-speed internet.Out of the spotlight, though, there were other innovations &mdash; in Microsoft Azure, Teams, and Power Platform &mdash; more likely to help the majority of CIOs deliver computing, collaboration, and coding tools to a workforce that is still so]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-key-microsoft-ignite-takeaways-for-cios/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-key-microsoft-ignite-takeaways-for-cios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWS customers and partners confident in CEO transition — for now]]></title><description><![CDATA[The promotion of longtime Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy to Amazon.com CEO this summer suits the company&rsquo;s customers and partners just fine &mdash; for now.&ldquo;We expect little change to the innovative technologies Amazon has continued to provide its AWS user base,&rdquo; says Mark Bilger, CIO of One Call, a workman&rsquo;s compensation service provider relying on the public cloud software maker to run a critical application for its Medicaid and Medicare business.<br />
[ Stay on budge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aws-customers-and-partners-confident-in-ceo-transition-for-now/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aws-customers-and-partners-confident-in-ceo-transition-for-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision intelligence: The new BI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business intelligence (BI) platforms are evolving. By adding artificial intelligence and machine learning, companies are transforming data dashboards and business analytics into more comprehensive decision support platforms. This movement toward &ldquo;decision intelligence&rdquo; sees its sophisticated mix of tools increasingly embedded into enterprise workflows, when and where decision-makers need them most.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/decision-intelligence-the-new-bi/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/decision-intelligence-the-new-bi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a solutions architect? A vital role for IT-business alignment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solutions architect definition<br />
A solutions architect is responsible for evaluating an organization&rsquo;s business needs and determining how IT can support those needs leveraging software, hardware, or infrastructure. Aligning IT strategy with business goals has become paramount, and a solutions architect can help determine, develop, and improve technical solutions in support of business goals.A solutions architect also bridges communication between IT and business operations to ensure everyon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-solutions-architect-a-vital-role-for-it-business-alignment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-solutions-architect-a-vital-role-for-it-business-alignment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New IBM sales strategy catches CIOs’ attention]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technology titans must continue to evolve, or risk being relegated to the scrap heap of history. IBM doesn&rsquo;t plan on joining the tech mastodons anytime soon.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/new-ibm-sales-strategy-catches-cios-attention/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/new-ibm-sales-strategy-catches-cios-attention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Avoiding the Complexity and Overprovisioning of Multiple Clouds]]></title><description><![CDATA[The growing numbers of European businesses leveraging hybrid multicloud environments are often watching costs spiral beyond expectations and sooner rather than later must face the reality that they are spawning new types of data silos.During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations were focused foremost on enabling remote workers and quickly spinning up services in the cloud to ensure continuing operations. Now, planning for a post-pandemic world, they are struggling to come to gr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avoiding-the-complexity-and-overprovisioning-of-multiple-clouds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avoiding-the-complexity-and-overprovisioning-of-multiple-clouds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is hyperautomation in your organization's future?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprises can take their automation efforts to the next level by combining technologies such as robotic process engineering, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/is-hyperautomation-in-your-organizations-future/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/is-hyperautomation-in-your-organizations-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways COVID-19 has changed IT forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[COVID-19 struck IT like a tsunami in early 2020, sweeping away long-established operations and processes, forcing CIOs to quickly identify and deploy acceptable alternatives. Now, as the virus threat appears to be gradually receding, IT leaders are viewing a radically transformed landscape, wondering how essential operations and practices will fit into a &ldquo;new normal&rdquo; business world.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-covid-19-has-changed-it-forever/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-covid-19-has-changed-it-forever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Salary Survey 2021: The results are in]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest Insider Pro and Computerworld Salary Survey reveals the current salaries for dozens of tech titles, the IT skills most in demand (and those not), the tech hiring expectations for the coming year, and what matters most to IT pros in their current jobs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-the-results-are-in/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-the-results-are-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Salary Survey 2021: Security and cloud computing certifications on the up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do more certifications lead to new jobs, promotions or a pay rise? We asked 1,172 IT professionals their thoughts and whether or not they are currently pursuing certifications and in which areas of technology?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-security-and-cloud-computing-certifications-on-the-up/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-security-and-cloud-computing-certifications-on-the-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The H-1B visa: Facts, requirements, processes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The H-1B visa program is probably the most well-known US federal employment visas, and arguably the most controversial. Businesses say it&rsquo;s too restrictive. Labor organizations complain that it displaces US workers and lowers their wages. Some politicians use it to appeal to their base with scant ability to fix the process to the benefit of all. But the truth lies somewhere in between these extremes.The following overview of the H-1B visa is accurate as of the publication date. Be aware t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-h-1b-visa-facts-requirements-processes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-h-1b-visa-facts-requirements-processes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security job candidate background checks: What you can and can't do]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprise cybersecurity begins with a trustworthy staff. Here's how to ensure that current and prospective team members aren't hiding any skeletons.(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-job-candidate-background-checks-what-you-can-and-cant-do/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-job-candidate-background-checks-what-you-can-and-cant-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 technology winners and losers, post-COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a mixture of blessings and curses to the tech world. Some companies such as those specializing in videoconferencing turned out to be saviors, making it possible for society to function &mdash; and occasionally thrive &mdash; while working at a distance. Others, however, like dev shops that build theatrical lighting control systems, have faced a world where demand for their services have dropped precipitously, sometimes to zero.To read this article in full, ple]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/16-technology-winners-and-losers-post-covid/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/16-technology-winners-and-losers-post-covid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Salary Survey 2021: Over half of IT pros are satisfied at work – but nearly half are job hunting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy at work? Maybe you are not alone. Our 2021 salary survey of IT professionals reveals current attitudes to pay, responsibilities and what matters most in their current jobs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-over-half-of-it-pros-are-satisfied-at-work-but-nearly-half-are-job-hunting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-over-half-of-it-pros-are-satisfied-at-work-but-nearly-half-are-job-hunting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways to build trust between business and IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[You&rsquo;re not invited to strategic meetings. When you make recommendations, business leaders seek second opinions from consultants, their peers, or the latest magazine article. Users insist they have to have their chosen brand of software because they&rsquo;re sure your standardized apps won&rsquo;t meet their needs. Meanwhile, your IT team complains about the requests they get, and wants your permission to refuse or ignore them.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-build-trust-between-business-and-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-build-trust-between-business-and-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Salary Survey 2021: Hiring rate expected to increase but priorities will shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our survey of 1,172 IT professionals finds that demand for some IT skills is strong but the pandemic has influenced the rate of hiring and roles that are being prioritized.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-hiring-rate-expected-to-increase-but-priorities-will-shift/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-hiring-rate-expected-to-increase-but-priorities-will-shift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways to combat audit fatigue]]></title><description><![CDATA[The growing number of audits for security and privacy regulatory compliance is stressing security personnel and draining resources from security operations. Here's how to better manage them.(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-combat-audit-fatigue/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-combat-audit-fatigue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Salary Survey 2021: Compensation holds steady despite pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our survey of 1,172 IT pros finds that despite the pandemic, most people have seen compensation rise or remain steady but some old inequalities remain]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-compensation-holds-steady-despite-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2021-compensation-holds-steady-despite-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is business process analysis? A methodology for improving process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business process analysis (BPA) is a methodology that helps organizations deeply examine internal processes to find opportunities for improvement. BPA helps to identify processes that can be made more efficient or effective and to assess whether processes are set up to align with business goals. BPA is a vital subset of business process management (BPM), a larger framework designed for managing processes in the organization. It offers mature organizations a way to &ldquo;provide governance in a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-business-process-analysis-a-methodology-for-improving-process/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-business-process-analysis-a-methodology-for-improving-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tips for selling the C-suite on IT investments]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIO Ian Pitt has an advantage when it comes to pressing his case for IT investments: He once worked in sales.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-selling-the-c-suite-on-it-investments/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-selling-the-c-suite-on-it-investments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project management guide: Tips, strategies, best practices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Project management is a complex discipline rife with enough key phases, knowledge areas, and terms to fill a glossary. To simplify the key components of successful project management, CIO.com offers the following comprehensive guide to project management, including tips, strategies and best practices.Project management definition<br />
Project management is a business discipline that involves applying specific processes, knowledge, skills, techniques and tools to meet project goals and deliverables s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/project-management-guide-tips-strategies-best-practices/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/project-management-guide-tips-strategies-best-practices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[User acceptance: 5 tips for ensuring digital success]]></title><description><![CDATA[All digital journeys hinge on end users accepting end results. So if your enterprise is looking to transform itself into a digital business, you must involve end users in evaluating, selecting, testing, and deploying the technology and services that will make your digital transformation possible.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/user-acceptance-5-tips-for-ensuring-digital-success/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/user-acceptance-5-tips-for-ensuring-digital-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northwell Health’s new HR cloud faced early COVID test]]></title><description><![CDATA[For most healthcare providers, the pandemic&rsquo;s early days stretched the limits of their capabilities for care, with many struggling with staffing strategies in response to COVID-19. But for Northwell Health, a major healthcare provider in and around New York City, those initial weeks also stress-tested an ongoing HR system migration, resulting in innovative features the provider hadn&rsquo;t planned for before the pandemic hit.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/northwell-healths-new-hr-cloud-faced-early-covid-test/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/northwell-healths-new-hr-cloud-faced-early-covid-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Lookman Fazal, &lrm;Chief Information &amp; Digital Officer, New Jersey Transit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lookman Fazal, &lrm;Chief Information &amp; Digital Officer for the New Jersey Transit, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss &ldquo;touchless&rdquo; transit, Fazal&rsquo;s pivot to a public service CIO role and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-lookman-fazal-lrmchief-information-amp-digital-officer-new-jersey-transit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-lookman-fazal-lrmchief-information-amp-digital-officer-new-jersey-transit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is business process management? The key to enterprise agility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business process management definition<br />
Business process management (BPM) is the practice of discovering and controlling an organization&rsquo;s processes to align them with business goals as the business evolves. BPM software helps organizations define the steps required to carry out a business task, map definitions to existing processes, and then streamline or improve the processes to make them more efficient.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-business-process-management-the-key-to-enterprise-agility/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-business-process-management-the-key-to-enterprise-agility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 traits that separate IT leaders from IT managers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most CIOs were, at previous stages in their careers, IT managers. Unfortunately, despite raises in pay and responsibility, many CIOs continue to behave and perform like managers rather than C-level executives.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-traits-that-separate-it-leaders-from-it-managers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-traits-that-separate-it-leaders-from-it-managers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 24 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-24-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-24-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 IT budget tricks to reduce costs post-COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[If we cross our fingers, it&rsquo;s possible to imagine a world with the COVID-19 pandemic receding behind us. While some parts of life may return to the way they were before the pandemic hit, the world of IT in the enterprise won&rsquo;t. Many organizations are actively talking about not going back to the office and that could mean seismic long-term shifts in IT portfolios and budgets.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-it-budget-tricks-to-reduce-costs-post-covid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-it-budget-tricks-to-reduce-costs-post-covid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Huawei OptiXtrans DC908 Ranked DCI Leader Again by GlobalData]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest Data Center Interconnect: Competitive Landscape Assessment by GlobalData ranked Huawei OptiXtrans DC908 as a leader in architecture, performance, modularity, client-port capacities, line interfaces, transport features, and network management. After its release, the product was ranked leader for two consecutive times by GlobalData."Huawei OptiXtrans DC908 features leading platform capacity and density, as well as support for electrical and optical modules in the same box, making it ap]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-huawei-optixtrans-dc908-ranked-dci-leader-again-by-globaldata/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-huawei-optixtrans-dc908-ranked-dci-leader-again-by-globaldata/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizational learning: Your key to AI success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many companies are still not seeing significant impact from their AI efforts. Some experts say this may be because they&rsquo;re not embracing something called &ldquo;organizational learning.&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/organizational-learning-your-key-to-ai-success/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/organizational-learning-your-key-to-ai-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 starting points for agile transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to move quickly to shift to remote working, reimagine how they serve customers, build new business models, enhance technology capabilities, assemble multi-disciplinary teams and expand partnerships and alliances in ways they never thought possible. Now, companies need to figure out how to keep that momentum and maintain the speed and agility they gained in a world shaped by changing customer demands and ongoing economic uncertainty.To read this article in f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-starting-points-for-agile-transformation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-starting-points-for-agile-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dit worden de 5 grootste tech-bedreigingen voor het bedrijfsleven]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volgens Nederlandse C-level managers zijn dit de vijf meest significante bedreigingen die nieuwe technologie&euml;n met zich meebrengen - en hoe je hiermee om kunt gaan.Cybercriminaliteit en big data-lekkenEen recent onderzoek van Citrix naar hoe het bedrijfsleven eruit zal zien in 2035 gaat ook in op mogelijke bedreigingen. Uit het onderzoek blijkt dat Nederlandse C-level managers zich het meest zorgen maken over hacks van de kritieke infrastructuur (89%) en big data-lekken (86%).Er is geen tw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dit-worden-de-5-grootste-tech-bedreigingen-voor-het-bedrijfsleven/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dit-worden-de-5-grootste-tech-bedreigingen-voor-het-bedrijfsleven/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyberaanvallen zijn technologische  natuurrampen]]></title><description><![CDATA[F5<br />
Er is echter, en uiteraard, &eacute;&eacute;n opmerkelijk verschil tussen een natuurramp en cybercriminaliteit. Het is binnen onze controle om de verwoestende impact van cybercriminaliteit te verminderen. We kunnen leren van de zwakke punten die de SolarWinds-aanval blootlegde en deze gebeurtenis gebruiken als katalysator voor gedragsveranderingen die de impact van toekomstige aanvallen wezenlijk zullen verminderen. Cybercriminaliteit is net als natuurrampen niet te voorkomen. Maar in tegenst]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cyberaanvallen-zijn-technologische-natuurrampen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cyberaanvallen-zijn-technologische-natuurrampen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waarom je nu op cyberrisico's in de supply chain moet reageren]]></title><description><![CDATA[Palo Alto Networks<br />
We hebben de afgelopen jaren verschillende prominente voorbeelden gezien waarbij is bewezen dat de supply chain een snelweg voor cyberaanvallen is waardoor zij zich snel over de wereld verspreiden.Supply chain security<br />
Deze aanvallen hebben aangetoond dat organisaties in deze huidige omgeving niet, zoals 10 of 20 jaar geleden, alleen afhankelijk zijn van het uitwisselen van facturen of informatie met hun leveranciers. Supply chain security wordt steeds meer een hot topic voor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-je-nu-op-cyberrisicos-in-de-supply-chain-moet-reageren/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-je-nu-op-cyberrisicos-in-de-supply-chain-moet-reageren/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO playbook: Building better relations with boards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rich Temple has it pretty good. The vice president and CIO of Deborah Heart and Lung Center, in Browns Mills, N.J., has a close relationship with every member of the C-suite and says he is valued by the hospital&rsquo;s board.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-playbook-building-better-relations-with-boards/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-playbook-building-better-relations-with-boards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloud computing has become the preferred model for modernizing IT portfolios, with CIOs claiming that migrating applications to a combination of public and private clouds affords them greater business agility.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-enterprise-cloud-strategy-trends-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-enterprise-cloud-strategy-trends-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 fasen van security awareness: in welke bevindt uw organisatie zich?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hoewel de snelheid waarmee het security awareness-niveau toeneemt verschilt per organisatiegrootte, locatie en branche, zien we hetzelfde patroon keer op keer terug. In bepaalde gevallen worden enkele stappen overgeslagen.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-fasen-van-security-awareness-in-welke-bevindt-uw-organisatie-zich/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-fasen-van-security-awareness-in-welke-bevindt-uw-organisatie-zich/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future of work: Coming sooner than you think]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prior the pandemic, you could ask a dozen people what &ldquo;the future of work&rdquo; meant and get 13 different answers. Some insisted it was about distributing discrete responsibilities among two-pizza teams, while others preached about robots eliminating jobs and the need for universal basic income as compensation.Then COVID-19 pressed the fast-forward button, and we learned about the immediate, practical future of work in a hurry. The most obvious lesson &ndash; you don&rsquo;t need to be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-future-of-work-coming-sooner-than-you-think/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-future-of-work-coming-sooner-than-you-think/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is data analytics? Analzying and managing data for decisions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data analytics definition<br />
Data analytics is a discipline focused on extracting insights from data. It comprises the processes, tools and techniques of data analysis and management, including the collection, organization, and storage of data. The chief aim of data analytics is to apply statistical analysis and technologies on data to find trends and solve problems. Data analytics has become increasingly important in the enterprise as a means for analyzing and shaping business processes and impro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-analytics-analzying-and-managing-data-for-decisions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-analytics-analzying-and-managing-data-for-decisions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data analytics definition<br />
Data analytics is a discipline focused on extracting insights from data. It comprises the processes, tools and techniques of data analysis and management, including the collection, organization, and storage of data. The chief aim of data analytics is to apply statistical analysis and technologies on data to find trends and solve problems. Data analytics has become increasingly important in the enterprise as a means for analyzing and shaping business processes and impro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-analytics-analyzing-and-managing-data-for-decisions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-analytics-analyzing-and-managing-data-for-decisions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 key questions facing the future of work]]></title><description><![CDATA[NorthMarq CIO Dan Ritch looks back on the tumult of 2020 with a healthy perspective on his IT team&rsquo;s accomplishments during COVID-19&rsquo;s workplace upheaval, and with reverence for what lies ahead.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-key-questions-facing-the-future-of-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-key-questions-facing-the-future-of-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrale benadering noodzakelijk voor klanttevredenheid]]></title><description><![CDATA[FlexVirtual<br />
FlexVirtual begon hij 10 jaar geleden met vijf consultants die allemaal ruime ervaring hadden opgedaan bij grote system integrators en outsourcers. Waar dezen tegenaan waren gelopen, was de beperking in het aantal oplossingen dat ze konden leveren. &ldquo;Dat wilden we niet, we wilden een volledig palet aan oplossingen aanbieden,&rdquo; vertelt Pelster.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/integrale-benadering-noodzakelijk-voor-klanttevredenheid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/integrale-benadering-noodzakelijk-voor-klanttevredenheid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CISO verdient strategischere rol en streeft CIO voorbij in organisatiestructuur]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dit zijn de drie belangrijkste veranderingen die CISO&rsquo;s de komende jaren kunnen verwachten als het gaat om hun rol en hun plaats in de organisatiestructuur:1. De CISO streeft de CIO voorbij in de organisatiestructuurComputest<br />
De rol van CIO ontstond in de jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw toen de PC zijn intrede deed en netwerken steeds crucialer werden voor organisaties. Toen halverwege de jaren negentig de digitale netwerken en infrastructuur opkwam en het aantal security-dreigingen expo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ciso-verdient-strategischere-rol-en-streeft-cio-voorbij-in-organisatiestructuur/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ciso-verdient-strategischere-rol-en-streeft-cio-voorbij-in-organisatiestructuur/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 tips for retaining diverse hires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are top of mind for a lot of candidates and employees these days. So, if your IT organization is looking to recruit, hire and retain talent, dedication to DEI is more important than ever. And that means more than just recruiting and hiring diverse candidates. You will also need to foster an environment that makes everyone feel welcomed and that their voice is just as important as anyone else in the organization.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-retaining-diverse-hires/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-retaining-diverse-hires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 goals every project manager should aspire to achieve]]></title><description><![CDATA[While a chief responsibility of a project manager is to deliver projects on time and on budget, that&rsquo;s no longer enough &mdash; the pandemic of 2020 has left a lasting worldwide change. Global uncertainty has complicated life for project management offices (PMOs) worldwide. How has this impacted their goals? There&rsquo;s a new reality following the pandemic, requiring project managers to focus on these goals to achieve success.1. Reaction, resilience, recovery &mdash; and recognition of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-goals-every-project-manager-should-aspire-to-achieve/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-goals-every-project-manager-should-aspire-to-achieve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Justin Kershaw, CIO, Cargill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justin Kershaw, CIO, Cargill, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss supply chain disruptions, blockchain, cyber risk and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-justin-kershaw-cio-cargill/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-justin-kershaw-cio-cargill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Andy Jassy was picked to fill Jeff Bezos’s big shoes at Amazon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The man who built Amazon Web Services into a $40 billion business is taking the big seat at the e-commerce company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-andy-jassy-was-picked-to-fill-jeff-bezoss-big-shoes-at-amazon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-andy-jassy-was-picked-to-fill-jeff-bezoss-big-shoes-at-amazon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trend Micro: security-innovatie als motor voor digitale transformatie en een veilige cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anticiperen op technologische veranderingenTrend Micro<br />
Trend Micro bestaat al meer dan dertig jaar. Of beter gezegd: het bedrijf bestaat na ruim dertig jaar nog steeds. &ldquo;Als je in deze wereld al zo lang bestaat, dan loop je al gauw het risico het stempel &lsquo;old-school&rsquo; te krijgen, wat volledig onterecht is&rdquo;, zegt Heyde. &ldquo;Continue innovatie is een absolute voorwaarde om klanten aan je te blijven binden en om security-leiderschap dertig jaar lang te kunnen handhaven. I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/trend-micro-security-innovatie-als-motor-voor-digitale-transformatie-en-een-veilige-cloud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/trend-micro-security-innovatie-als-motor-voor-digitale-transformatie-en-een-veilige-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Het gesprek dat de CIO en CFO met elkaar hebben, moet veranderen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uitgaven die gedaan moeten worden: de historische focusAWS<br />
Rond de jaren zestig ontdekten bedrijven dat ze geld moesten uitgeven aan informatietechnologie&euml;n als kostenpost voor het zakendoen. Het was een rationele benadering om IT-uitgaven als percentage van de omzet te vergelijken met benchmarks in de branche.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/het-gesprek-dat-de-cio-en-cfo-met-elkaar-hebben-moet-veranderen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/het-gesprek-dat-de-cio-en-cfo-met-elkaar-hebben-moet-veranderen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital CX: The key to thriving through the pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seizing on the opportunity to boost their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, CIOs are crafting new technology solutions for customers, including new software that helps consumers interact with brands virtually and analytics that cultivate business insights.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/digital-cx-the-key-to-thriving-through-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/digital-cx-the-key-to-thriving-through-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWS chief Andy Jassy gets top job at Amazon as CEO Bezos steps down]]></title><description><![CDATA[The surprise announcement that Jeff Bezos will leave later this year and hand over the reins to AWS leader Andy Jassy marks a remarkable rise for Jassy. He began as a marketing manager in 1997 and started AWS in 2003.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aws-chief-andy-jassy-gets-top-job-at-amazon-as-ceo-bezos-steps-down/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aws-chief-andy-jassy-gets-top-job-at-amazon-as-ceo-bezos-steps-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 7 ERP trends for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Between the COVID-19 global pandemic and the subsequent economic upheaval, 2020 was a year when many enterprises were just lucky to survive. As we look ahead to 2021, the vaccine rollout promises an eventual return to normalcy. But organizations aren&rsquo;t simply looking to get back to where things were; they are determined to re-invent their business models, revamp their processes and transform their organizations from top to bottom.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Stor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-7-erp-trends-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-7-erp-trends-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Rise with SAP’: SAP bets on migrating your ERP to its cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAP is promising to lower the cost of licensing, maintaining and hosting its core ERP applications by taking on all those tasks for a single subscription fee &mdash; a sort of digital transformation as a service, as CEO Christian Klein described it.Enterprises taking up the offer, called &ldquo;Rise with SAP,&rdquo; will no longer pay separate licensing and maintenance fees, and their applications will be hosted by SAP in its own cloud rather than on premises or elsewhere.<br />
[ Comparison shopping]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rise-with-sap-sap-bets-on-migrating-your-erp-to-its-cloud/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rise-with-sap-sap-bets-on-migrating-your-erp-to-its-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s some good news for CIOs: IT spending is expected to grow 6.2% in 2021, according to the researchers at Gartner, who predict worldwide IT spending will hit $3.9 trillion this year, up from $3.7 trillion in 2020. Accelerated digital transformation is driving much of that increase, Gartner says.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-it-budgeting-mistakes-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-it-budgeting-mistakes-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick J. McGovern Foundation invests in AI for public good]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organization pledges $40 million for initiatives to help nonprofits and NGOs benefit from data science and to foster the responsible and inclusive use of data and AI.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/patrick-j-mcgovern-foundation-invests-in-ai-for-public-good/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/patrick-j-mcgovern-foundation-invests-in-ai-for-public-good/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Resume Makeover: Cut down details to stand out as a leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[As an IT leader with a storied career, it can feel impossible to write a concise resume that highlights your experience, skills and knowledge in full. But the longer your resume, the greater the risk that a hiring manager or recruiter will glaze over half the document &mdash; or worse, move on to the next resume in the pile before they even finish it.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-resume-makeover-cut-down-details-to-stand-out-as-a-leader/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-resume-makeover-cut-down-details-to-stand-out-as-a-leader/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new data challenge: Raising your company's ESG IQ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a few days after the November election, the Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness held a private workshop for senior executives on the hottest topics on U.S. boardroom agendas today. The guest speakers were a trio of experienced female board members with collective business expertise ranging from engineering, insurance, and healthcare industries to financial institutions, public universities,&nbsp;and media companies.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-new-data-challenge-raising-your-companys-esg-iq/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-new-data-challenge-raising-your-companys-esg-iq/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 most misused buzzwords in IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps more than any other sector, the technology industry suffers from jargon overload, with vendors and consultants constantly hyping solutions and strategies with phrasings meant to capture buzz. Such efforts do at times hit the mark, aptly describing a solution or an important current in the industry, but all too often the terms and phrases tossed around in meetings are loosely defined or misapplied for the sake of sales and marketing.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-most-misused-buzzwords-in-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-most-misused-buzzwords-in-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How one CIO (and hockey coach) turns players into leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tyler Best has been developing IT leaders for decades. He has served as CIO for Vanguard Car Rental, YP (Yellow Pages), Hertz, and is now CIO of Adient, the $16 billion automotive parts company. Best can cite more than 25 up-and-comers who have worked for him and then moved into senior IT roles in other companies.He has also developed his leadership skills through a 20-year career as a youth hockey coach. Nine of the young people he has coached are now in the NHL&mdash;one of whom was the top d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-one-cio-and-hockey-coach-turns-players-into-leaders/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-one-cio-and-hockey-coach-turns-players-into-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 interview mistakes that cost you key IT hires]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you were to call Sherlock Holmes to help you discover why top tech talent who you&rsquo;ve interviewed declined your reasonable offer, he might call your mystery common. But the killer is not &mdash; as you might believe &mdash; the mercurial nature of candidates, a failure of education, or anything outside the room where the interviews happen. It&rsquo;s more likely that your process or team are inadvertently undermining your own efforts.To read this article in full, please click here(Inside]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-interview-mistakes-that-cost-you-key-it-hires/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-interview-mistakes-that-cost-you-key-it-hires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Moments That Break Down Barriers to Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The topic of digital transformation has been heard as water cooler conversations or seen in management presentations for quite some time. But the term was not really filled with practical reality, nor top-of-mind for many organizations, until the pandemic forced companies to drastically rethink their business and operations overnight. The pandemic gave a substantial thrust to digital transformation spending and execution, and will continue to do so for some time to come. The unprecedented imper]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-moments-that-break-down-barriers-to-transformation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-moments-that-break-down-barriers-to-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Key to Application-Driven Transformation. Unremarkable Name, Remarkable Impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article is the second in a series of three pieces discussing application modernization-driven transformation. My earlier article addressed how digital transformation initiatives involving application modernization can easily stall, how so many encounter pitfalls end up moving only the most simple applications, and how often organizations have even higher IT costs supporting both new and old legacy applications.We presented three fundament characteristics of successful planning as a framewo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-key-to-application-driven-transformation-unremarkable-name-remarkable-impact/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-key-to-application-driven-transformation-unremarkable-name-remarkable-impact/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Digital Transformation Burnout? Here’s Why and What to Do to Set it Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &ldquo;next normal&rdquo; we find ourselves in has only underscored the fact that organizations must develop the ability to rapidly respond to changing market conditions. Almost overnight, digital channels became the primary way for organizations to meaningfully engage customers, their partners, and their employees. Many were caught off-guard, or ill-equipped to react as they struggled to address this sudden shift.However, for all the energy and investment organizations place on their digit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-digital-transformation-burnout-heres-why-and-what-to-do-to-set-it-right/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-digital-transformation-burnout-heres-why-and-what-to-do-to-set-it-right/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SD-WAN op de agenda van de CIO: dit moet je weten als voorbereiding op de toekomst]]></title><description><![CDATA[Niemand heeft een glazen bol, en tien jaar vooruitkijken is zeker in de IT-wereld onmogelijk. Maar dat betekent niet dat je je helemaal niet kunt voorbereiden op de toekomst. Juist op IT-gebied is dat essentieel. Want doordat de ontwikkelingen elkaar in rap tempo opvolgen, blijf je anders continu achter de feiten aanlopen. Dat is op dit moment de situatie bij veel organisaties: de IT-afdeling is niet in staat (snel) in de behoeften van de business te voorzien. Aan de CIO dan ook de taak veel me]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sd-wan-op-de-agenda-van-de-cio-dit-moet-je-weten-als-voorbereiding-op-de-toekomst/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sd-wan-op-de-agenda-van-de-cio-dit-moet-je-weten-als-voorbereiding-op-de-toekomst/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 dark secrets of robotic process automation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every good science fiction story has at least one robot butler, an all-knowing, all-seeing genie that can make all our problems go away in a split second. The people who coined the buzzword &ldquo;robotic process automation&rdquo; were clearly trying to tap into this sentiment. Customers who buy into the platform expect to be able to hand over their chores to a computer butler so the humans left on staff can concentrate on the bigger challenges.To read this article in full, please click here(Ins]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-dark-secrets-of-robotic-process-automation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-dark-secrets-of-robotic-process-automation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: When Buzzword Terms Become Real]]></title><description><![CDATA[While both &ldquo;digital transformation&rdquo; and &ldquo;hybrid cloud&rdquo; have been used for several years, it is in the last several months that they have reached buzzword stardom. As terms, they previously lacked agreed-upon definitions, but clarity has started to dawn as COVID-19 forced every business to not only adjust to the new reality but, for many, transform and re-invent the way they operate and seek new revenue streams in order to survive or grow, depending on their individual ci]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-when-buzzword-terms-become-real/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-when-buzzword-terms-become-real/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PAL-V benut PTC Cloud en Windchill SaaS om vliegende auto's werkelijkheid te maken]]></title><description><![CDATA[Innovatie en technologie brengen de toekomst tot leven<br />
PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle) is een innovatief bedrijf dat gebruik maakt van geavanceerde technologie om de luchtvaart- en automobielsector samen te brengen. PAL-V is opgericht in 2008 en heeft zijn hoofdkantoor in Nederland. Het bedrijf produceert het droomvoertuig van zowel luchtvaart- als motorliefhebbers: de vliegende autoHet idee voor PAL-V werd geboren toen een van de medeoprichters in 1999 begon te vliegen. Hij werd geconfro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/pal-v-benut-ptc-cloud-en-windchill-saas-om-vliegende-autos-werkelijkheid-te-maken/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/pal-v-benut-ptc-cloud-en-windchill-saas-om-vliegende-autos-werkelijkheid-te-maken/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tips for modernizing data management]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data is an enterprise's most valuable and enduring asset, serving as the foundation for both digital strategy and transformation. Yet maintaining a strong grip on rapidly spiraling amounts of data scattered across public and private clouds, as well as in on-premises environments, requires a new and innovative management approach.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-modernizing-data-management/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-modernizing-data-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways to accelerate digital business in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gartner research finds that a majority (69%) of boards of directors have accelerated digital business as a response to COVID-19. CEOs, too, are looking to prioritize digital investments going into 2021 as they plan for growth and recovery in a post-pandemic world.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-accelerate-digital-business-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-accelerate-digital-business-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dé clouduitdaging die iedere CISO moet kunnen overwinnen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Infoblox<br />
De cloud is een krachtige manier om de schaalbaarheid van een organisatie te vergroten en kan gegevensbeveiliging ondersteunen. Maar de cloud brengt ook aanzienlijke complexiteit met zich mee voor zowel security als compliance. Deze uitdaging wordt nog groter in hybride omgevingen, omdat cloudomgevingen heel anders gestructureerd zijn dan de on-premises infrastructuur.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/d-clouduitdaging-die-iedere-ciso-moet-kunnen-overwinnen/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/d-clouduitdaging-die-iedere-ciso-moet-kunnen-overwinnen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways to sabotage your shift to agile]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agile should be yesterday&rsquo;s news. Really, yester-decade&rsquo;s news. The Agile Manifesto appeared nearly twenty years ago, and unlike Athena, who sprang fully grown and armored from Zeus&rsquo;s head, many of us had practiced or encouraged agile-ish techniques long before the manifesto made them official.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-sabotage-your-shift-to-agile/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-sabotage-your-shift-to-agile/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: When Everyone has Digital Transformation Strategies, How Can You Be Different?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The increased use of technology to enhance the value proposition of existing business models or even establish new, digital revenue streams is an all-pervasive strategic initiative in every industry. Most organizations are experimenting with proof of concepts and small pilots, but many of them lack&nbsp; &ldquo;the next big thing.&rdquo;&nbsp; Truly, doing something rather than nothing provides the feeling of some transformation, but plagiarizing others doesn&rsquo;t differentiate you from them]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-when-everyone-has-digital-transformation-strategies-how-can-you-be-different/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-when-everyone-has-digital-transformation-strategies-how-can-you-be-different/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Activating Digital Transformation with an “aha” Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[How does a mere idea change to an unstoppable force? There is a &ldquo;moment&rdquo; of realization. That moment is the point at which the idea is so clearly communicated, and the value of it so easily visualized for people that everyone &ldquo;gets it.&rdquo; For some, the path to this moment of enlightenment can be a relatively straight line.Contextualize this into the enterprise. If the idea is a new product or new service offering the product owner can get to a &ldquo;marketecture&rdquo; ra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-activating-digital-transformation-with-an-aha-moment/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 01:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-activating-digital-transformation-with-an-aha-moment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How DMaaS eliminates data silos and 4 tips for choosing a provider]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital initiatives come in many flavors and vary widely, but they do have one thing in common and that&rsquo;s data. That&rsquo;s why the need to easily manage, analyze, and find key insights&mdash;and those &ldquo;a-ha&rdquo; moments&mdash;from data is critical to achieving and maintaining a market-leading position.&nbsp; One quick look at leading companies today and it&rsquo;s easy to see they aren&rsquo;t just technology-centric companies, but data-centric ones. The challenge for most compa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-dmaas-eliminates-data-silos-and-4-tips-for-choosing-a-provider/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-dmaas-eliminates-data-silos-and-4-tips-for-choosing-a-provider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 SLA mistakes IT leaders still make]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being diligent about service-level agreements (SLAs) has always been important for IT organizations working with IT service and cloud providers. But understanding how to negotiate, structure, manage, measure, and report on these metrics is more crucial than ever.&ldquo;Given digital transformation and the spending cuts across IT and business lines, it is critical to confirm the expected outcomes in advance relative to the IT spend, otherwise IT leaders will be disillusioned and disappointed in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-sla-mistakes-it-leaders-still-make/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-sla-mistakes-it-leaders-still-make/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Angela Yochem, EVP &amp; Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Novant Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Angela Yochem, EVP &amp; Chief Transformation and Digital Officer at Novant Health, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss CIOs as corporate directors, evolving the CDO role and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-angela-yochem-evp-amp-chief-transformation-and-digital-officer-novant-health/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-angela-yochem-evp-amp-chief-transformation-and-digital-officer-novant-health/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: De nadelen van shared hosting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wat is shared hosting?<br />
De bestanden die samen jouw website vormen, staan ergens op een webserver. Maar in veel gevallen heb je die server niet voor jezelf alleen. Het apparaat deel je vaak met andere partijen, die er ook hun website op stallen. Als daar een website bij zit die veel dataverkeer genereert en dus ook het nodige van de server vraagt, kan dat ten koste gaan van de prestaties van je eigen website. Vergelijk het maar met de lijnbus die steeds moet stoppen om een andere passagier te la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-de-nadelen-van-shared-hosting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-de-nadelen-van-shared-hosting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 critical steps to relaunch a transformation initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[COVID-19 has clearly changed the way that many of us operate in our day-to-day jobs and it will likely be a defining point in history that will mark the next generation, in much the same way as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion or the 9/11 attacks.&nbsp; &nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-critical-steps-to-relaunch-a-transformation-initiative/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-critical-steps-to-relaunch-a-transformation-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 signs it's time to kill an IT investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[The business case seemed rock solid. Your management colleagues agreed that the investment made sense from every angle. Over time, however, it has become apparent that everybody was dead wrong. Key indicators are signaling that the project is not only failing to meet expectations, but likely headed toward utter failure. Now what?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-signs-its-time-to-kill-an-it-investment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-signs-its-time-to-kill-an-it-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Application rationalization: Streamlining your IT portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[As one of her first tasks when she became a newly minted CIO last spring, Kristin Myers scrutinized her application portfolio and adopted somewhat of an &ldquo;out with the old, in with the new&rdquo; mantra.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/application-rationalization-streamlining-your-it-portfolio/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/application-rationalization-streamlining-your-it-portfolio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zet je IT team in voor de business, niet om het licht aan te houden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wortell zal voor de meeste lezers weinig introductie behoeven: het in 1997 opgerichte bedrijf gaat richting zijn vijfde lustrum. In die tijd is het ge&euml;volueerd van een projectorganisatie naar een complete managed service provider, met zo&rsquo;n 300 werknemers op diverse locaties in Nederland. Wortell kan het volledige IT-landschap van een organisatie op zich nemen. Anno 2020 zetten steeds meer bedrijven de stap naar uitbesteding, zo vertellen de heren van Wortell, maar met heel andere afw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zet-je-it-team-in-voor-de-business-niet-om-het-licht-aan-te-houden/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zet-je-it-team-in-voor-de-business-niet-om-het-licht-aan-te-houden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Welke bedrijven deden het goed tijdens de coronaviruspandemie?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bovendien, terwijl Phizer en Moderna een aanzienlijke stijging van hun aandelenkoers zagen, was dit al bij al een verwacht succes. De ontwikkelaars van een vaccin zouden namelijk altijd een piek in hun aandelenkoers zien. Hier zijn de 5 onbezongen helden die in deze ongekende tijden succes hebben weten te vinden.DocuSignDocusign<br />
DocuSign is de leider op het gebied van elektronische handtekeningen en als zodanig is het niet verwonderlijk dat het tijdens de pandemie zijn aandelenkoers wist te ver]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-welke-bedrijven-deden-het-goed-tijdens-de-coronaviruspandemie/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-welke-bedrijven-deden-het-goed-tijdens-de-coronaviruspandemie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 12 BI tools of 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[With more and more data at our fingertips, it&rsquo;s getting harder to focus on the information relevant to our problems and present it in an actionable way. That&rsquo;s what business intelligence is all about.BI tools make it simpler to corral the right data and visualize it in ways that enable us to understand what it means. But how simple that process gets, and how you can visualize the data depends on the tool: Picking the right one for your needs becomes important.<br />
[ Deliver deep insight]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-12-bi-tools-of-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-12-bi-tools-of-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Product-based IT: A bold shift to business value]]></title><description><![CDATA[The shift toward product-centric IT has accelerated of late, as more IT leaders find project-based delivery models untenable for achieving their digital transformation aspirations.In traditional project management, business units build software, churning through task lists and tracking budgets against carefully calibrated timelines. The overall organizational strategy and roadmap is typically not considered in project-based IT delivery models, and waterfall is the preferred development method w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/product-based-it-a-bold-shift-to-business-value/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/product-based-it-a-bold-shift-to-business-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data &amp; inzicht in gebruikersgedrag moet onderdeel worden van de product lifecycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wanneer we het over product intelligence hebben, is dat product (althans in de context van ons gesprek) een digitaal medium &ndash; een e-commerce omgeving, een app of bijvoorbeeld een publicatie. De intelligence is informatie op basis van de data die door gebruikers van dat product wordt gegenereerd. Met die informatie kunnen product teams producten verbeteren en verfijnen, met een betere customer experience als resultaat.Amplitude is gespecialiseerd in product intelligence en werkt op dit mom]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/data-amp-inzicht-in-gebruikersgedrag-moet-onderdeel-worden-van-de-product-lifecycle/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/data-amp-inzicht-in-gebruikersgedrag-moet-onderdeel-worden-van-de-product-lifecycle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waarom het juist nu tijd is om veranderingen door te voeren]]></title><description><![CDATA[De wereld staat sinds begin 2020 volledig op zijn kop, COVID-19 zorgt ervoor dat veel organisaties en bedrijven momenteel in zwaar weer verkeren. Organisaties moesten zich aanpassen en belangrijke strategische keuzes maken: strategische plannen doorvoeren en innoveren, ja of nee? Toch heeft de pandemie ervoor gezorgd dat veel organisaties veranderingen hebben doorgemaakt. Tesco is hier een goed voorbeeld van. De toenmalige CEO Dave Lewis rapporteerde dat de organisatie in een paar weken tijd me]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-het-juist-nu-tijd-is-om-veranderingen-door-te-voeren/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-het-juist-nu-tijd-is-om-veranderingen-door-te-voeren/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the tumultuous events of the past year, in 2021 IT professionals will face challenges in the workplace they&rsquo;ve never seen before. There was no roadmap for taking much of the American workforce remote overnight, and none exists for a large-scale, staggered return to the hybrid environment of in-person and remote work that most organizations expect to make work in the months to come.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-8-challenges-it-leaders-will-face-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-8-challenges-it-leaders-will-face-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hybrid work model helps VMware navigate the pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jason Conyard had a front-row seat to the COVID-19 pandemic earlier than most IT leaders. Traveling through India and later Singapore in January and February of 2020, Conyard got an inkling of the danger emerging from China and wending its way to other countries.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hybrid-work-model-helps-vmware-navigate-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hybrid-work-model-helps-vmware-navigate-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What IT leadership looks like in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new normal isn&rsquo;t new anymore. It&rsquo;s just normal. In today&rsquo;s off-kilter, work-from-home world, the No. 1 management lesson has been to relearn what we should have known already: One size does not fit all. The first responsibility of IT leaders during the pandemic is to assess the personal situations of the people who report to them and adjust expectations and work arrangements accordingly.This is not a one-and-done task. People&rsquo;s family, risk, and health situations flu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-it-leadership-looks-like-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-it-leadership-looks-like-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO’s next key role: Change agent]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 26, 2020, looms large for Carol Juel for a number of reasons. It was her twins&rsquo; seventh birthday, and the executive vice president and CIO of Synchrony was scrambling to get home to join the festivities. The day also took on new contours as a routine meeting exploring AWS Workspace technology subsequently laid the groundwork for the firm&rsquo;s near-real-time transition to remote work as COVID-19 took hold as a global pandemic.Synchrony sent its 4,000 knowledge workers home on M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-next-key-role-change-agent/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-next-key-role-change-agent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Cyber Resilience is Critical as Risks to Business Keep Growing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The digital transformation trend was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing businesses to rapidly switch to new ways of working and confront an expanding landscape of cyber threats. We spoke with Prentiss Donohue, Executive Vice President of SMB and Consumer Sales at OpenText, about what this means for the future of business, especially in terms of security and cyber resilience.How has 2020 changed the need for cyber resilience?We have become even more dependent on technology to work, to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cyber-resilience-is-critical-as-risks-to-business-keep-growing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cyber-resilience-is-critical-as-risks-to-business-keep-growing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Video moet ondersteunend zijn”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoom<br />
Vanaf het moment dat de maatschappij zich genoodzaakt zag over te schakelen naar werken en studeren op afstand, mocht Zoom zich in ongekende belangstelling verheugen. Hoewel er de nodige concurrerende video collaboration oplossingen zijn, wist Zoom zich te onderscheiden met goede audiokwaliteit, lage latencies, gratis beschikbaarheid voor gesprekken tot 40 minuten, een bescheiden prijsstelling voor abonnementen en bovenal zeer goede schaalbaarheid. Die bewees zich in het coronajaar keer op]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/video-moet-ondersteunend-zijn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/video-moet-ondersteunend-zijn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 15 IT certifications in demand for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certifications can validate your IT skills and experience to show employers you have the expertise to get the job done. You can get certified in skills you already have or skills you&rsquo;d like to put to use in your career &mdash; whatever your reason, certifications are a great way to strengthen your resume and set yourself apart from other candidates in a job search.According to the&nbsp;2021 IT Salary report from Robert Half, IT professionals holding the following popular certifications ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-15-it-certifications-in-demand-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-15-it-certifications-in-demand-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How CIOs can (and should) measure business outcomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peter Drucker famously wrote that things cannot be managed if they cannot be measured. But what if we&rsquo;ve been measuring the wrong thing all along?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-cios-can-and-should-measure-business-outcomes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-cios-can-and-should-measure-business-outcomes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Software accessibility: An overlooked business imperative]]></title><description><![CDATA[Businesses emphasize the importance of keeping systems, networks, and applications up and running continuously so employees can do their jobs and customers can buy products and services and get support whenever they want.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/software-accessibility-an-overlooked-business-imperative/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/software-accessibility-an-overlooked-business-imperative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 attributes of future-ready IT leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[A&nbsp;recent study&nbsp;on the future of leadership highlights some significant leadership gaps that are hampering organizations&rsquo; ability to transform and succeed in the digital economy. The survey of 4,394 global leaders found that just 12% of executives believe their leaders have the right mindsets to lead them, and only 40% agree that their companies are building a robust leadership pipeline to tackle the demands of the digital economy.To read this article in full, please click here(In]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-attributes-of-future-ready-it-leaders/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-attributes-of-future-ready-it-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Robert Pick, SVP and CIO, Tokio Marine North America Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Pick, SVP and CIO, Tokio Marine North America Services, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss IT strategy in the new year and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-robert-pick-svp-and-cio-tokio-marine-north-america-services/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-robert-pick-svp-and-cio-tokio-marine-north-america-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 dark secrets of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Humanity have always dreamed of some omniscient, omnipotent genie that can shoulder its workloads. Now, thanks to the hard work of computer scientists in the labs, we have our answer in artificial intelligence, which if you buy into the hype can do just about anything your company needs done &mdash; at least some of it, some of the time.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-dark-secrets-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-dark-secrets-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 hot IT hiring trends — and 5 going cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[A global pandemic, the resulting recession, and nationwide calls to end racial inequality are altering the hiring landscape in ways that could be long lasting, technology leaders say.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hot-it-hiring-trends-and-5-going-cold/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hot-it-hiring-trends-and-5-going-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 worthwhile conferences for women in tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diversity is a hot topic in the tech industry &mdash; and because it&rsquo;s discussed frequently, it might be easy to feel like things have already changed. But according to a recent&nbsp;Women in Technology&nbsp;report from IDC, only 42% of women feel their employer offered equal pay, compared to 75% of men who feel the same.Additionally, 56% of women feel that women are underrepresented in STEM fields in their organization compared to 26% of men. Women also feel that their workplace is more]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-worthwhile-conferences-for-women-in-tech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-worthwhile-conferences-for-women-in-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 23 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-23-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 04:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-23-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our third decade of climate action: Realizing a carbon-free future]]></title><description><![CDATA[The science is clear: The world must act now if we&rsquo;re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change.We are committed to doing our part. Sustainability has been a core value for us since Larry and Sergey founded Google two decades ago. We were the first major company to become carbon neutral in 2007. We were the first major company to match our energy use with 100 percent renewable energy in 2017. We operate the cleanest global cloud in the industry, and we&rsquo;re the world&rsq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/our-third-decade-of-climate-action-realizing-a-carbon-free-future/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/our-third-decade-of-climate-action-realizing-a-carbon-free-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How (and why) to address systemic racism through community engagements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editor's note:&nbsp;This article is the final installment in a four-part series on how IT leaders can effectively address systemic racism in their organizations. Start reading here or jump to either the first article in the series, which lays the groundwork for effectively addressing systemic racism, the second article in the series, which outlines how IT leaders can begin creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, or the third article in the series, which offers a 5-step approach to buildi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-and-why-to-address-systemic-racism-through-community-engagements/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-and-why-to-address-systemic-racism-through-community-engagements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 IT resolutions for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tanya Hannah has an ambitious agenda for the upcoming year, seeing in the months ahead the opportunity to use technology to change how work gets done and how constituent needs get fulfilled.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-it-resolutions-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-it-resolutions-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2021 — and how to hire for them]]></title><description><![CDATA[As companies scramble to adapt to a tight IT job market, they&rsquo;re doing whatever they can to attract top tech talent. For some that means getting a head start in filling this year&rsquo;s most in-demand roles, which range from data-focused to security-related positions, according to Robert Half Technology&rsquo;s 2021 IT salary report. The survey also reveals the average salaries for each role based on experience.While Robert Half Technology acknowledges a lot will impact a company&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-10-most-in-demand-tech-jobs-for-2021-and-how-to-hire-for-them/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-10-most-in-demand-tech-jobs-for-2021-and-how-to-hire-for-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 tips for leading IT remotely]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many people have had to adapt to working from home and other remote locations &mdash; at least part of the time &mdash; in the hybrid workplace that&rsquo;s emerging because of the pandemic. That includes CIOs and other IT executives.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-leading-it-remotely/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-leading-it-remotely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is business analytics? Using data to predict business outcomes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business analytics is the practical application of statistical analysis and technologies on business data to identify and anticipate trends and predict business outcomes. Research firm Gartner defines business analytics as &ldquo;solutions used to build analysis models and simulations to create scenarios, understand realities and predict future states.&rdquo;[ Learn the secrets of highly successful data analytics teams. | Beware the 12 myths of data analytics and the sure-fire ways organization]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-business-analytics-using-data-to-predict-business-outcomes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-business-analytics-using-data-to-predict-business-outcomes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top CIOs and IT organizations of 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIOs and other top IT leaders do incredible things for their businesses, executing and conceiving business advantages through the innovative use of technology. That's why CIO.com honors each year the best CIOs and related IT leaders for their innovations, strategies, and delivery of business value.To do so, CIO bestows the CIO 100 awards in the United States, United Kingdom, and India, and the CIO50 awards in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. And in 2021, we are expanding the CIO50 aw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-cios-and-it-organizations-of-2020/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-cios-and-it-organizations-of-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT leaders’ top 15 takeaways from 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIOs started 2020 talking about better business alignment, maturing their cloud architecture, and furthering digital transformation. No one expected a pandemic.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-leaders-top-15-takeaways-from-2020/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-leaders-top-15-takeaways-from-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 lies CIOs tell themselves]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;O what a tangled web we weave,&rdquo; explained Scottish novelist Walter Scott, &ldquo;when first we practice to deceive.&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-lies-cios-tell-themselves/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-lies-cios-tell-themselves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why ERP projects fail: Finding the gaps in your program plans]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent years, CEOs and CFOs are being held to greater account for the financial, operating, and brand damage that is being delivered by poorly executed ERP replacement initiatives.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-erp-projects-fail-finding-the-gaps-in-your-program-plans/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-erp-projects-fail-finding-the-gaps-in-your-program-plans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 trends fueling hybrid-work strategies in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[If 2020 taught tech leaders anything it is to expect the unexpected, as the coronavirus exacted a considerable toll from businesses worldwide. But CIOs still have their jobs to do, driving digital strategy that provides stellar employee and customer experiences.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-trends-fueling-hybrid-work-strategies-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-trends-fueling-hybrid-work-strategies-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GIS wordt standaard onderdeel van steeds meer organisaties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Van Winden is zeker iemand die ons goed bij kan praten, want hij is al zijn hele carri&egrave;re actief in de GIS-wereld. Sterker nog, hij werkt al zijn hele carri&egrave;re bij Esri. De manier waarop dat tot stand kwam, is best bijzonder. Hij is niet iemand die zich voor hij bij het bedrijf begon veel met kaarten bezighield, iets wat je wellicht wel zou verwachten. Als informaticus zag hij echter weinig uitdaging in de &lsquo;traditionele&rsquo; informatica. Toen hij op een beurs tegen Esri aa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/gis-wordt-standaard-onderdeel-van-steeds-meer-organisaties/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/gis-wordt-standaard-onderdeel-van-steeds-meer-organisaties/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customer-focused IT: A key CIO imperative, post-COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you&rsquo;re selling an active retirement community and medical care to seniors, high-touch, in-person interaction is the gold standard. At Erickson Living Management, prospective clients are typically courted with one-on-one tours of facilities and amenities, a walk-through of their potential residence capped off with a meal in one of the company&rsquo;s many on-site restaurants.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/customer-focused-it-a-key-cio-imperative-post-covid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/customer-focused-it-a-key-cio-imperative-post-covid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investeren in employee experience is investeren in een beter bedrijfsresultaat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Het is net zo belangrijk om naar medewerkers te luisteren als naar klanten om hen te helpen hun werktevredenheid en -ervaring te verbeteren. Het aanbieden van de juiste middelen &ndash; of het nu gaat om technologie, HR of een prettige bedrijfscultuur &ndash; is van belang voor het cre&euml;ren van een positieve ervaring voor je medewerkers.Een recent onderzoek van Forrester toont aan dat een positieve werknemerservaring een drastisch effect kan hebben op het bedrijfsresultaat, want een tevrede]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/investeren-in-employee-experience-is-investeren-in-een-beter-bedrijfsresultaat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/investeren-in-employee-experience-is-investeren-in-een-beter-bedrijfsresultaat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 tips for managing your project budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[Budget overruns have always been a litmus test for project success or failure. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic made staying within budget became a bigger nightmare, with the most successful companies, and the best project managers, put to the ultimate test of prudently managing financial resources during massive uncertainty.Many stakeholders have had to reexamine their changing priorities, budgets, and project success or failure definition. The global uncertainty now fuels the increasing pressur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-for-managing-your-project-budget/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-for-managing-your-project-budget/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swinkels Family Brewers' transformatie naar Intelligent Brewery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Het moederbedrijf is in Nederland misschien minder bekend dan het Bavaria pils dat het al meer dan 300 jaar brouwt, maar voluit Royal Swinkels Family Brewers kan w&eacute;l het grootste bierportfolio van Nederland claimen. Naast inmiddels zeven brouwerijen omvat het concern met Bier&amp;cO een van de grootste distributeurs van speciaalbieren in Europa, Holland Malt met mouterijen op twee locaties, en de Habesha brouwerij in Ethiopi&euml;, alsmede een minderheidsbelang in de grote Argo-brouwerij]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/swinkels-family-brewers-transformatie-naar-intelligent-brewery/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/swinkels-family-brewers-transformatie-naar-intelligent-brewery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Game on: How Unity is extending the power of synthetic data beyond the gaming industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the gaming world, finding the balance between art and science is essential to getting to the desired outcome: fun. At Unity, we&rsquo;ve been creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content in gaming for more than 15 years. Our proprietary platform connects game players and game creators, letting developers build games that fans will enjoy. Now, we&rsquo;re helping creators in other industries make better data-driven decisions using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-game-on-how-unity-is-extending-the-power-of-synthetic-data-beyond-the-gaming-industry/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-game-on-how-unity-is-extending-the-power-of-synthetic-data-beyond-the-gaming-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 reasons your AI strategy isn't working]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to help enterprises boost productivity, business agility, and customer satisfaction while shortening the time required to bring new products and services to market. Yet as more IT leaders plunge their organizations deep into AI science, many are finding disappointment rather than success. A 2020 IDC study, for instance, found that 28% of AI and machine language (ML) initiatives have failed.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-reasons-your-ai-strategy-isnt-working/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-reasons-your-ai-strategy-isnt-working/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect strangers: How CIOs and CISOs can get along]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pandemic makes CIOs and CISOs strange bedfellows, and this year they have had to work together more closely than ever under unprecedented circumstances. The result? The state of the relationship has generally improved.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/perfect-strangers-how-cios-and-cisos-can-get-along/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/perfect-strangers-how-cios-and-cisos-can-get-along/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driving Emerson’s evolution from electronics to smart devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jake Fritz is VP and CIO of Emerson, a global $18 billion company. Traditionally known as an electric products company that makes valves and other process control equipment, Emerson has an expansive footprint as a software and smart devices company.I spoke at length with Fritz about the critical role that he and his global IT organization play in Emerson&rsquo;s evolution. What follows is an edited version of our interview.[ Be sure to learn the secrets of highly effective digital transformatio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/driving-emersons-evolution-from-electronics-to-smart-devices/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/driving-emersons-evolution-from-electronics-to-smart-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SolarWinds Trojan: Affected enterprises must use hot patches, isolate compromised gear]]></title><description><![CDATA[SolarWinds is recommending that customers hit by the Trojan embedded in a version of its Orion network-monitoring platform update to a new release of the software as Microsoft, Cisco, others weigh in.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/solarwinds-trojan-affected-enterprises-must-use-hot-patches-isolate-compromised-gear/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/solarwinds-trojan-affected-enterprises-must-use-hot-patches-isolate-compromised-gear/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SolarWinds attack explained: And why it was so hard to detect]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group believed to be Russia's Cozy Bear gained access to government and other systems through a compromised update to SolarWinds' Orion software. Most organizations aren't prepared for this sort of software supply chain attack.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/solarwinds-attack-explained-and-why-it-was-so-hard-to-detect/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/solarwinds-attack-explained-and-why-it-was-so-hard-to-detect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 5 strategic priorities for IT leaders in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[As CIOs get ready to close the books on a year gripped by a global pandemic, many are looking to the future with great optimism.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-5-strategic-priorities-for-it-leaders-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-5-strategic-priorities-for-it-leaders-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Measuring IT project success post-COVID—and 4 leadership lessons learned]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic has had a dramatic and adverse impact on companies of all sizes and geographic locations over the course of the past several months, including lost revenue, reduction of staff and cuts in IT budgets and spending.&nbsp; However, as we look back, there were some positive aspects as well, and more to come as plans are put in place for a post-COVID recovery.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/measuring-it-project-success-post-covidand-4-leadership-lessons-learned/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/measuring-it-project-success-post-covidand-4-leadership-lessons-learned/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 22 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-22-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-22-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google services, apps hit by global outage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The company&rsquo;s popular business apps and services, including Gmail, Docs, Workspace, Sheets and Meet were knocked offline for more than a half hour Monday morning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/google-services-apps-hit-by-global-outage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/google-services-apps-hit-by-global-outage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The multicloud challenge: Building the future everywhere]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a time when procuring on-prem infrastructure and personnel seems more daunting than ever, organizations are increasingly turning to multiple clouds to provide just the array of functionality they need.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-multicloud-challenge-building-the-future-everywhere/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-multicloud-challenge-building-the-future-everywhere/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rémy Cointreau ports SAP to the cloud to help sell more cognac]]></title><description><![CDATA[History counts for a lot at R&eacute;my Cointreau, a liquor company that prides itself on aging its finest spirits for 100 years, and traces its own origins back almost three centuries. But Group CTO S&eacute;bastien Huet recognizes that in the modern world, some things need to happen a little faster.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rmy-cointreau-ports-sap-to-the-cloud-to-help-sell-more-cognac/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rmy-cointreau-ports-sap-to-the-cloud-to-help-sell-more-cognac/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 challenges every multicloud strategy must address]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies have been moving data, applications, and development work to the cloud in greater numbers for the past several years &mdash; a trend that has seen a significant boost since the coronavirus pandemic triggered a rise in remote work and ecommerce activities.More than ever, organizations are launching or expanding multi-cloud strategies as they advance their digital transformations and deal with the new challenges wrought by the global health crisis and its impact on business processes. R]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-challenges-every-multicloud-strategy-must-address/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-challenges-every-multicloud-strategy-must-address/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP rolls out RPA, low-code tools to help cut dev debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[There aren&rsquo;t enough programmers in the world to meet the demand for new business applications.Enterprises are having to supplement their central application development groups with other resources, equipping business staff with low-code and no-code development platforms and robotic process automation (RPA) tools that enable them to take on some of the programming workload.<br />
[ Comparison shopping? See "The best ERP systems:10 enterprise resource planning systems compared," with evaluations]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-rolls-out-rpa-low-code-tools-to-help-cut-dev-debt/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-rolls-out-rpa-low-code-tools-to-help-cut-dev-debt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoe de ‘IT-as-a-Service’-trend het bedrijfsleven op z’n kop zet]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Innoveren om te overleven&rdquo;, is, zeker in het licht van de huidige Corona-crisis, een veelgehoorde uitspraak. Welke rol speelt IT hierin en welke voordelen biedt het &ldquo;afnemen van IT als een dienst&rdquo; (een van de belangrijkste trends in IT), ook vanuit financieel oogpunt? We bespreken de &ldquo;IT-as-a-Service&rdquo; trend met Jan Willem Dees managing director van Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) aan de hand van de zes belangrijkste vragen.&nbsp;Waar komt de trend om &ldquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hoe-de-it-as-a-service-trend-het-bedrijfsleven-op-zn-kop-zet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hoe-de-it-as-a-service-trend-het-bedrijfsleven-op-zn-kop-zet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 business intelligence certifications to advance your BI career]]></title><description><![CDATA[With data increasingly vital to business success, business intelligence (BI) continues to grow in importance. With a strong BI strategy and team, organizations can perform the kinds of analysis necessary to help users make data-driven business decisions.BI encompasses numerous roles. BI analysts, with an average salary of $69,078 according to PayScale, provide application analysis and data modeling design for centralized data warehouses and extract data from databases and data warehouses for re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-business-intelligence-certifications-to-advance-your-bi-career/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-business-intelligence-certifications-to-advance-your-bi-career/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 traits of highly effective project managers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every project manager knows to execute projects on time and on budget. And good project managers also take pains to meet project requirements consistently. But truly great project leaders go above and beyond. Among other things, not only do they execute projects within scope; they are accountable, strategic business partners fully vested in organizational success.Much has changed in 2020. Managing projects has become more complex as a result of COVID-19. If you're looking to stand out and take]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-traits-of-highly-effective-project-managers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-traits-of-highly-effective-project-managers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PIXID Group neemt VMS-leverancier Connecting-Expertise over]]></title><description><![CDATA[PIXID Group, leverancier van recruitment- en HR-oplossingen, laat weten Connecting-Expertise te hebben overgenomen van USG People Belgium. Connecting-Expertise is met meer dan 12.000 gebruikers en 4.500 geregistreerde bedrijven een grote speler in de markt voor vendor management systemen, cloudgebaseerde toepassingen voor personeelsbeheer. Daarmee is het een aanvulling en uitbreiding op PIXID's toepassingen Carerix en Amris, en moeten in de toekomst klanten van elk formaat bediend kunnen worden]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/pixid-group-neemt-vms-leverancier-connecting-expertise-over/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/pixid-group-neemt-vms-leverancier-connecting-expertise-over/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Lisa Davis, CIO, Blue Shield of California]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lisa Davis, CIO at Blue Shield of California, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss virtual CIO leadership lessons, the pandemic&rsquo;s impact on telehealth and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-lisa-davis-cio-blue-shield-of-california/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-lisa-davis-cio-blue-shield-of-california/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle Cloud ERP helpt Vopak bij het standaardiseren van processen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Royal Vopak NV is een van de oudste bedrijven van Nederland. In haar huidige vorm bestaat het weliswaar nog maar sinds 1999, na een fusie tussen Pakhoed en Van Ommeren, maar voorlopers van beide bedrijven waren al sinds honderden jaren actief. De oudste verwijzingen dateren van zo&rsquo;n 400 jaar geleden. Toen CIO Leo Brand bij het bedrijf kwam in 2014, werd hij geconfronteerd met de nodige legacy in de IT-omgeving. Uiteraard geen 400 jaar, maar toch ruimschoots voldoende om zijn professionele]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-cloud-erp-helpt-vopak-bij-het-standaardiseren-van-processen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-cloud-erp-helpt-vopak-bij-het-standaardiseren-van-processen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs reshape IT culture in wake of pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the first days of the pandemic, IT leaders have had to grapple with wildly unexpected circumstances &mdash; from transitioning thousands of employees to a work-from-home (WFH) environment, to near overnight platform rollouts in support of virtual teams. And for many, culture has proved to be the key unsung factor in their organizations&rsquo; ability to navigate unprecedented times.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-reshape-it-culture-in-wake-of-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-reshape-it-culture-in-wake-of-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 'best practices' IT should avoid at all costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[What makes IT organizations fail? Often, it&rsquo;s the adoption of what&rsquo;s described as &ldquo;industry best practices&rdquo; by people who ought to know better but don&rsquo;t, probably because they&rsquo;ve never had to do the job.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-best-practices-it-should-avoid-at-all-costs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-best-practices-it-should-avoid-at-all-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoe hyperconverged infrastructure kan helpen om focus op de business te houden]]></title><description><![CDATA[NTT Belgi&euml; droeg tot vorig jaar de naam Dimension Data. Inmiddels is het samen met 30 andere bedrijven onder de vlag van NTT Ltd. gebracht, onderdeel van de NTT Group, waar het bedrijf overigens al sinds 2010 deel van uitmaakte. Naast die naamsverandering heeft het nog een andere verandering doorgemaakt: waar Dimension Data meer een integrator was, is NTT Belgi&euml; een echte managed service provider, die zich sterk richt op dienstverlening, blueprinted solutions en packaged offerings.Het]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hoe-hyperconverged-infrastructure-kan-helpen-om-focus-op-de-business-te-houden/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hoe-hyperconverged-infrastructure-kan-helpen-om-focus-op-de-business-te-houden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flexibele keten realiseren met end-to-end visibility? Denk eens aan low-code]]></title><description><![CDATA[Legacysystemen vervang je niet zomaar. Soms neem je zo&rsquo;n rigoureuze beslissing omdat de kern van de bedrijfsvoering verandert. Maar in de meeste gevallen blijven de kernprocessen hetzelfde, ook als je je businessmodel innoveert. De innovatie bestaat immers meestal uit het toevoegen van nieuwe distributiekanalen, nieuwe diensten of nieuwe afrekenmodellen.Als voorbeeld kun je denken aan machinefabrikanten die een as-a-service businessmodel omarmen. Het kernproces &ndash; het bouwen van die]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/flexibele-keten-realiseren-met-end-to-end-visibility-denk-eens-aan-low-code/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 08:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/flexibele-keten-realiseren-met-end-to-end-visibility-denk-eens-aan-low-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zo kies je als CISO het security framework dat past bij jouw organisatie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Als bedrijven geen actie ondernemen, dan zullen zij de komende vijf jaar ruim vijf miljard dollar aan schade ondervinden van cyberaanvallen. Dit concludeerde Accenture onlangs op basis van een wereldwijd onderzoek. Voor de CISO en de board wordt het daarom steeds belangrijker het bedrijf hiertegen beschermen. Een security framework, zoals NIST, ISO, of in Nederland Bio of NEN 7510 kan hierbij helpen. Daarin wordt vastgelegd hoe de security risico&rsquo;s en informatiebescherming zijn ingericht]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-kies-je-als-ciso-het-security-framework-dat-past-bij-jouw-organisatie/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-kies-je-als-ciso-het-security-framework-dat-past-bij-jouw-organisatie/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs strive to build on IT’s business cred for 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the coronavirus pandemic, CIOs gained political capital by fortifying business operations and digitizing services in accordance with social distancing decrees. From accelerated migrations to new collaboration tools to implementing contactless services, IT leaders reprioritized roadmaps to empower employees and serve customers.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-strive-to-build-on-its-business-cred-for-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-strive-to-build-on-its-business-cred-for-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Hyperforce, Salesforce embraces the public cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Salesforce.com President and COO Bret Taylor believes the SaaS vendor has made &ldquo;probably the most significant technological shift&rdquo; since its CRM platform first launched 21 years ago.But Taylor wasn&rsquo;t talking about the company&rsquo;s agreement to acquire enterprise collaboration hub Slack for $27.7 billion: that came the day before.<br />
[ Learn the 8 CRM implementation practices and how to tell your CRM system is in need of an overhaul. | Get the latest CIO insights direct, with o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/with-hyperforce-salesforce-embraces-the-public-cloud/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/with-hyperforce-salesforce-embraces-the-public-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 future trends and how CIOs can keep ahead in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, CIOs have faced epic challenges unlike any they've previously weathered. For many business leaders, recovery isn't just a return to their former state but a top-to-bottom rethinking of what business they need to be in and how their business must be run. As the chief owners of the digital infrastructure that underpins all aspects of modern enterprises, CIOs must play pivotal roles in the road to recovery, seeking the "next normal" while still performing thei]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-future-trends-and-how-cios-can-keep-ahead-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-future-trends-and-how-cios-can-keep-ahead-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Quantum computing for dummies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia is a world leader in quantum computing, attracting interest from the biggest tech companies in the world, the best academics and researchers looking to advance their understanding of this important, albeit largely inaccessible discipline for most.RMIT associate professor, Nicolas Menicucci, explains for us&nbsp;how quantum computing actually works &ndash; and how it doesn&rsquo;t &ndash; its different iterations including laser/optical, where the technology is today, the recent advanc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-quantum-computing-for-dummies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-quantum-computing-for-dummies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security-strategie moet starten bij wat je al hebt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Als je als organisatie op zoek gaat naar een oplossing voor je securityvraagstukken, heb je de keuze uit een immens arsenaal aan partijen. Met Secrutiny is er in Nederland recent nog een bijgekomen. Het van origine Britse bedrijf zet met de uitbreiding naar Nederland de eerste stap op het Europese vasteland. Wij spraken met de drie oprichters van de nieuwe Nederlandse tak om eens te horen waarom ook onze markt profijt kan hebben van wat het bedrijf te bieden heeft: Patrick van Arendonk is de Ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-strategie-moet-starten-bij-wat-je-al-hebt/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-strategie-moet-starten-bij-wat-je-al-hebt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways to take control of data in 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[COVID-19 changed how economies, consumers, and the supply chain behave. All that change means that significant amounts of legacy data are no longer useful and, in many places, we are starting from ground zero. But for CIOs who are responsible for the infrastructures, platforms, and tools that manage and move data, essential data realities may not have changed, although their scope certainly has.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-take-control-of-data-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-take-control-of-data-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 old-school IT principles that still rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[The more things stay the same, the more they change.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-old-school-it-principles-that-still-rule/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-old-school-it-principles-that-still-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Kendra Ketchum, Vice President for Information Management and Technology, UTSA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kendra Ketchum, VP of Information Management and Technology, University of Texas at San Antonio, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss intentional leadership, UTSA&rsquo;s Tech Cafe success and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-kendra-ketchum-vice-president-for-information-management-and-technology-utsa/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-kendra-ketchum-vice-president-for-information-management-and-technology-utsa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to build a successful data science training program]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technology professionals who know how to help organizations get the most out of their information resources &mdash; data scientists, in particular &mdash; are in high demand and short supply.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-a-successful-data-science-training-program/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-a-successful-data-science-training-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salesforce scoops up team chat pioneer Slack for $27.7B]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slack&rsquo;s popular business chat app will be integrated with Salesforce&rsquo;s cloud tools, serving as the front end for its Customer 360 portfolio.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/salesforce-scoops-up-team-chat-pioneer-slack-for-277b/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 01:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/salesforce-scoops-up-team-chat-pioneer-slack-for-277b/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tips for leading multiple IT projects at once]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's CIO can feel like a circus performer, simultaneously juggling multiple projects while making sure that none crash to the ground. The pandemic has placed added urgency to this issue, with work-from-home mandates colliding with the need to accelerate digital transformations. Soon, however, when the world begins emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, the juggling will grow even more furious as remote work, security, digital transformation, automation and other pressing initiatives begin deman]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-leading-multiple-it-projects-at-once/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-leading-multiple-it-projects-at-once/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 business analyst certifications to advance your analytics career]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certifications for business analysts are still emerging, but there&rsquo;s already a number of organizations offering exams to certify business analytics skills. Business analysts help organizations make the most of the data they collect by finding trends, patterns, and errors that might otherwise go unnoticed. Successful business analysts have the skills to work with data, the acumen to understand the business side of the organization, and the ability to communicate that information to people]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-business-analyst-certifications-to-advance-your-analytics-career/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-business-analyst-certifications-to-advance-your-analytics-career/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think Human rapport moet steun in de rug van IT-manager zijn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lenovo onderscheidt zich binnen de grote drie OEM IT-vendoren met een focus op infrastructuur IT, die het in samenwerking met een groot aantal partners optimaliseert voor hun toepassingen. Dit in tegenstelling tot bijvoorbeeld concurrenten, die bijvoorbeeld ook een eigen hyperconverged platform aanbieden en in die zin concurreert met partners. In plaats hiervan focust Lenovo zoals gezegd op samenwerking met partners, resellers en distributeurs, die de Lenovo infrastructuur in de markt zetten in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/think-human-rapport-moet-steun-in-de-rug-van-it-manager-zijn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/think-human-rapport-moet-steun-in-de-rug-van-it-manager-zijn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[De hybrid cloud: basis voor een innovatief bedrijf]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/de-hybrid-cloud-basis-voor-een-innovatief-bedrijf/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/de-hybrid-cloud-basis-voor-een-innovatief-bedrijf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Klantervaring - het perspectief van de CIO]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/klantervaring-het-perspectief-van-de-cio/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/klantervaring-het-perspectief-van-de-cio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[De essentiële CIO-vaardigheden voor 2020 en daarna]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/de-essentile-cio-vaardigheden-voor-2020-en-daarna/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/de-essentile-cio-vaardigheden-voor-2020-en-daarna/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2020 Digitale trends: hightech in focus]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/2020-digitale-trends-hightech-in-focus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/2020-digitale-trends-hightech-in-focus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Het bouwen van de digitale Europese bank met Microsoft en Adobe]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/het-bouwen-van-de-digitale-europese-bank-met-microsoft-en-adobe/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/het-bouwen-van-de-digitale-europese-bank-met-microsoft-en-adobe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waarom RCS een belangrijke aanvulling is op WhatsApp en iMessage]]></title><description><![CDATA[RCS oftewel Rich Communication Services: zo heet de beoogde opvolger van SMS en MMS. Afkomstig van de welbekende GSM Association, is deze standaard anders dan misschien gedacht alweer zo&rsquo;n 10 jaar oud. Sinds enige tijd heeft Google zich als proponent van RCS opgeworpen, wat de adoptie in een stroomversnelling heeft gebracht. De zoekgigant levert RCS onder de naam Chat (voorheen Android Messaging), maar ook providers kunnen RCS-diensten aanbieden.RCS maakt zaken mogelijk als het bundelen v]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-rcs-een-belangrijke-aanvulling-is-op-whatsapp-en-imessage/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-rcs-een-belangrijke-aanvulling-is-op-whatsapp-en-imessage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMO's &amp; CIO's: Waarom data de sleutel zijn tot een succesvolle samenwerking]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cmos-amp-cios-waarom-data-de-sleutel-zijn-tot-een-succesvolle-samenwerking/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cmos-amp-cios-waarom-data-de-sleutel-zijn-tot-een-succesvolle-samenwerking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waarom CIO’s data stewards moeten worden]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-cios-data-stewards-moeten-worden/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-cios-data-stewards-moeten-worden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Waarom CIO’s data stewards moeten worden]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-waarom-cios-data-stewards-moeten-worden/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-waarom-cios-data-stewards-moeten-worden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Natural language processing is getting louder]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode we&rsquo;re circling back to one of the key themes to emerge from our debut two-part episode on AI, being natural language processing.We begin talking to Hannah Sakai, director of analytics strategy innovation division with IAG, Australia&rsquo;s largest general insurer, about a powerful NLP solution her and the team developed inhouse to speed up processing of &lsquo;total-loss&rsquo;, or &lsquo;write-off&rsquo; motor vehicle claims. Sakai explains in detail how they applied NLP]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-natural-language-processing-is-getting-louder/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 05:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-natural-language-processing-is-getting-louder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Klantervaring - het perspectief van de CIO]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-klantervaring-het-perspectief-van-de-cio/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-klantervaring-het-perspectief-van-de-cio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 2020 Digitale trends: hightech in focus]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-2020-digitale-trends-hightech-in-focus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-2020-digitale-trends-hightech-in-focus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tapping into dark data for efficiency, innovation, and income]]></title><description><![CDATA[Competing with data is nothing new. Startups and industry incumbents have long known that harnessing the power of proprietary data sets can be a sustaining source of competitive advantage. However, as many data sources become commoditized and the tools to manipulate data at scale become cheaper and more accessible, the rules of competition are shifting. Companies will need to become more creative in where they source data from and how they use it. Dark data presents an exciting opportunity for e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tapping-into-dark-data-for-efficiency-innovation-and-income/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tapping-into-dark-data-for-efficiency-innovation-and-income/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inclusive design: 8 tips for addressing software accessibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies have harnessed human-centered design and design thinking to craft more engaging digital experiences, the better to remain competitive in an era dominated by snazzy websites and slick mobile applications.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/inclusive-design-8-tips-for-addressing-software-accessibility/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/inclusive-design-8-tips-for-addressing-software-accessibility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How APIs Cut Development Time By 85% And Transformed Our Business]]></title><description><![CDATA[In conversations with other businesses in my industry, I often hear &ldquo;digital transformation" associated with buying equipment or services to solve a problem. This notion misses the greater potential of digital transformation to transform how people work together, how companies get economies of scale and deliver better client experiences from their transformation investments. The right transformations can change how clients perceive an enterprise.This was our experience at Pitney Bowes. We]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-apis-cut-development-time-by-85-and-transformed-our-business/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-apis-cut-development-time-by-85-and-transformed-our-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 21 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-21-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-21-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs take the lead in pursuit of operational efficiencies]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Gary Brantley, the road ahead is paved with innovative technologies, and to get there, the CIO of the City of Atlanta has moved full throttle to attain operational efficiencies since the pandemic began.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-take-the-lead-in-pursuit-of-operational-efficiencies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-take-the-lead-in-pursuit-of-operational-efficiencies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs take lead in pursuit of operational efficiencies]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Gary Brantley, the road ahead is paved with innovative technologies, and to get there, the CIO of the City of Atlanta has moved full throttle to attain operational efficiencies since the pandemic began.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-take-lead-in-pursuit-of-operational-efficiencies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-take-lead-in-pursuit-of-operational-efficiencies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How To Focus On Your Customer: Focus On Your Technology Platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ecommerce has never been more important than it is right now, and Shopify is at the center of this. We handle everything from marketing and payments, to secure checkout and shipping, for more than a million businesses worldwide. This makes Black Friday and Cyber Monday the most important time of the year not only for Shopify, but for our merchants too. In 2019, our merchants sold over $2.9 billion during the sales weekend, and early trends indicate that the pandemic hasn&rsquo;t impacted intere]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-focus-on-your-customer-focus-on-your-technology-platform/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-focus-on-your-customer-focus-on-your-technology-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 considerations for reducing carbon footprints with cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more companies are accelerating digital transformations, including fast-tracking their move to the cloud. Company leaders are recognizing that cloud has quickly become the foundation that&rsquo;s required to enable rapid scalability and reliability and to fuel new sources of innovation and growth. With access to the cloud comes agility and flexibility, both of which are imperative to meet changing consumer and market demands.To read this article in full, please click]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-considerations-for-reducing-carbon-footprints-with-cloud/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-considerations-for-reducing-carbon-footprints-with-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hebben eindelijk de 'Toekomst van Werk' bereikt. Maar kunnen de bedrijven volgen?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helaas is de pandemie de grootste drijfveer geweest om te bewijzen dat gaan werken niet meer hetzelfde is als naar kantoor gaan. De &lsquo;werkplek&rsquo; is immaterieel geworden en medewerkers voeren hun taken nog steeds uit. Nu vraagt iedereen zich echter af of het principe van &lsquo;anywhere&rsquo; workforces blijvend kan werken.Gedistribueerde workforceAls we naar de afgelopen acht maanden kijken, dan werden veel bedrijven ineens gedwongen om hun personeel thuis te laten werken. Voor velen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/we-hebben-eindelijk-de-toekomst-van-werk-bereikt-maar-kunnen-de-bedrijven-volgen/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/we-hebben-eindelijk-de-toekomst-van-werk-bereikt-maar-kunnen-de-bedrijven-volgen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: CIO50 Australia 2020 wrap up]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week's episode of The CIO Show, we catch up with the technology executives who placed in the top 3 positions in the 2020 CIO50 Australia list.Now in its 5th year, the CIO50 Australia celebrates senior executives who are driving technological innovation and leading teams at organisations in the public and private sectors across Australia.We speak to Ramsay Health Care's chief information officer, John Sutherland, who took the top spot; Angela Coble, director, business technology at Johns]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-cio50-australia-2020-wrap-up/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-cio50-australia-2020-wrap-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geen cloud-migratie zonder security gaps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beckett is bij Sophos verantwoordelijk voor Product Marketing rondom het public cloud-verhaal van de securityspecialist. Hij kan dus uit eerste hand vertellen wat de gevolgen van de pandemie zijn geweest voor de security binnen organisaties. Interessant om te vermelden over zijn carri&egrave;re bij Sophos is dat hij zelf eigenlijk ook een migratie naar de cloud heeft doorgemaakt. Een migratie die ongeveer dezelfde route heeft genomen als veel organisaties. Hij is namelijk binnen Sophos begonnen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/geen-cloud-migratie-zonder-security-gaps/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/geen-cloud-migratie-zonder-security-gaps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solutions-Based Answers To Cost Optimization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whatever the challenges, we have repeatedly seen the advantages of a solutions-based approach to problem-solving for businesses&mdash;particularly when it comes to managing costs, which is nearly every company&rsquo;s most pressing issue. Approximately 35% of information technology decision-makers expect their IT budgets to decrease in the next 12 months, according to IDG research on how IT leaders are responding to the pandemic.Solutions thinking can be defined as a way of analyzing the capabi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/solutions-based-answers-to-cost-optimization/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 15:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/solutions-based-answers-to-cost-optimization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why you need an integrated data lifecycle solution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data may be the new oil, but do you know how to drill for it? There are many stages in a data lifecycle, which is why you need a way to deal with the entire lifecycle &ndash; from drilling to production.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-you-need-an-integrated-data-lifecycle-solution/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-you-need-an-integrated-data-lifecycle-solution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Nicole Raimundo, CIO of the town of Cary, N.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicole Raimundo, CIO of the Town of Cary, NC, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss connected communities, IoT and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-nicole-raimundo-cio-of-the-town-of-cary-nc/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-nicole-raimundo-cio-of-the-town-of-cary-nc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 tips voor IT-leiders voor het behalen van duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voor een CIO zijn er verschillende redenen om inzicht te krijgen in de energiebehoefte van IT. Elektriciteits-en datacenterfaciliteiten brengen hoge kosten met zich mee. Bovendien kunnen elektriciteitstekorten of gebruikslimieten in sommige regio&rsquo;s een beperkende factor vormen voor de flexibiliteit en schaalbaarheid van IT. Energiebesparende maatregelen verlagen daardoor niet alleen de energierekening, maar zorgen er ook voor dat er minder datacenterapparatuur en ruimte nodig is. Daarnaas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-tips-voor-it-leiders-voor-het-behalen-van-duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 17:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-tips-voor-it-leiders-voor-het-behalen-van-duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: De essentiële CIO-vaardigheden voor 2020 en daarna]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-de-essentile-cio-vaardigheden-voor-2020-en-daarna/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-de-essentile-cio-vaardigheden-voor-2020-en-daarna/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 attributes every IT leader must have]]></title><description><![CDATA[Becoming a true IT leader &mdash; someone who inspires teams to consistently reach new heights &mdash; requires skills that can only be acquired over time through hard work and a commitment to succeed.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-attributes-every-it-leader-must-have/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-attributes-every-it-leader-must-have/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Het bouwen van de digitale Europese bank met Microsoft en Adobe]]></title><description><![CDATA[(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-het-bouwen-van-de-digitale-europese-bank-met-microsoft-en-adobe/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-het-bouwen-van-de-digitale-europese-bank-met-microsoft-en-adobe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 rules for quitting your job]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, you&rsquo;ve made the call. Your current IT gig isn&rsquo;t a good fit anymore, and it&rsquo;s time for a new challenge, new experience, or promotion. But before you take a victory lap in an all-company email, we have a few suggestions about leaving your bridges intact.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-rules-for-quitting-your-job/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-rules-for-quitting-your-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 myths and realities of IT culture change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asanka Jayasuriya joined SailPoint Technologies as senior vice president of engineering and CTO in early 2019, drawn in part by the company&rsquo;s commitment to a culture focused on innovation, integrity, impact and individuals.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-myths-and-realities-of-it-culture-change/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-myths-and-realities-of-it-culture-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 mistakes companies make with SaaS cost estimating]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are contemplating a digital transformation initiative that includes migrating to a SaaS solution, one of the key factors you'll evaluate is the total cost.&nbsp; But don't stop there. For a more accurate total cost estimate, you'll want to break the costs down to the external costs of the annual contract value for the SaaS subscription and the one-time implementation costs. &nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-mistakes-companies-make-with-saas-cost-estimating/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-mistakes-companies-make-with-saas-cost-estimating/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to run a successful IT apprenticeship program]]></title><description><![CDATA[The word apprenticeship typically conjures up images of trade jobs &mdash; where plumbers, electricians and craft laborers learn skills on the job as they progress in their field. But apprenticeships have also found a place in IT, connecting companies with qualified talent who can be trained and upskilled for in-demand IT jobs. And as the pace of technology only increases, apprenticeships are an effective way to quickly address IT skills gaps by bringing on talented workers who are eager to get]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-run-a-successful-it-apprenticeship-program/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-run-a-successful-it-apprenticeship-program/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrutiny slaat vleugels uit in Europa, Nederland eerste stop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Een van de centrale concepten achter de filosofie van Secrutiny is naar eigen zeggen dat het organisaties eerst en vooral wil helpen om goed naar de huidige omgeving te kijken en die te optimaliseren. Het doel is dus niet om al het oude weg te gooien en compleet te vernieuwen, maar goed te kijken waar de gaten zitten en daar iets aan te doen.Belangrijk bij hoe Secrutiny in de markt staat is dat er expliciet wordt gesteld dat men niet mee wil doen aan wat het zelf&nbsp;threat mania&nbsp;noemt, w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/secrutiny-slaat-vleugels-uit-in-europa-nederland-eerste-stop/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/secrutiny-slaat-vleugels-uit-in-europa-nederland-eerste-stop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The CIO Show: What happened to blockchain?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blockchain reached an almost fever pitch of hype back in 2017, before falling into a deep trough of disillusionment.Apart from its role in supporting cryptocurrency, and the odd out-there fad like CryptoKitties, the technology failed to emerge as a game changer for the enterprise.In this episode of The CIO Show, Laszlo Peter, head of blockchain services at KPMG Asia Pacific,&nbsp;explains how blockchain systems and ideas might be applied to the upcoming, highly complex challenge of distributing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-what-happened-to-blockchain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 06:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-what-happened-to-blockchain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs on the hook for governance as automation rises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Automation technologies are becoming woven throughout the fabric of virtually every company, raising the question of IT&rsquo;s role in governing such capabilities. CIOs can and should provide guardrails to make sure automation technologies run properly &mdash; if the business will only let them, experts say.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-on-the-hook-for-governance-as-automation-rises/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-on-the-hook-for-governance-as-automation-rises/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Computing Has Evolved, And Why Multi-Cloud Is The Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Information is everyone&rsquo;s most important technology asset. Whether it&rsquo;s customer and product records, supply chain and third-party knowledge, or financial information, people get the most from information when it&rsquo;s accessible to all relevant individuals and teams. Quality information is vital now, when insights have never been more important for companies, institutions, and individuals.Too often though, outdated industry practices and hard-to-use tools still keep people from m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-computing-has-evolved-and-why-multi-cloud-is-the-future/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-computing-has-evolved-and-why-multi-cloud-is-the-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IFS is klaar voor het grote werk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Duidelijke focus zorgt voor goede concurrentiepositie, ook voor grotere projecten en klanten]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ifs-is-klaar-voor-het-grote-werk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ifs-is-klaar-voor-het-grote-werk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 tips for modernizing legacy IT systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year&rsquo;s extraordinary events have accentuated the need for a modern technology environment agile and responsive enough to meet rapidly changing business dynamics &mdash; whether those are emerging revenue opportunities or work-from-home mandates.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-tips-for-modernizing-legacy-it-systems/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-tips-for-modernizing-legacy-it-systems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one skill every CIO needs for better board conversations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every board of directors has at least one. That board member who knows how to ask the best questions&mdash;the penetrating, insightful, thoughtful kind that make everyone in the room stop, think, and reconsider.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-one-skill-every-cio-needs-for-better-board-conversations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-one-skill-every-cio-needs-for-better-board-conversations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 hidden risks of IT automation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Across nearly every industry automation is fast becoming king. Whether it&rsquo;s through IT automation, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) or some other means of eliminating or reducing manual processes, enterprises across the spectrum seek to speed up all manner of functions to remain competitive &mdash; and IT is right in the middle of this movement.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hidden-risks-of-it-automation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hidden-risks-of-it-automation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adobe breidt Experience Cloud uit met overname Workfront]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uit het persbericht dat Adobe en Workfront uitgestuurd hebben over de voorgenomen overname, blijkt dat het in-house halen van de expertise die Workfront meebrengt zeer belangrijk is voor Adobe. Het gaat niet zozeer om het uitbreiden van het klantenbestand voor Adobe, aangezien beide partijen al lange tijd goede partners zijn en in totaal al zo'n 1000 gedeelde klanten hebben. Waar het wel om draait, is dat de eisen die worden gesteld door B2B- en B2C-klanten steeds steviger worden en er steeds m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/adobe-breidt-experience-cloud-uit-met-overname-workfront/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/adobe-breidt-experience-cloud-uit-met-overname-workfront/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs look to capitalize on the COVID spotlight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prior to the pandemic, Truist Financial CIO Scott Case and his IT organization had already earned some serious bona fides from the business. Case and several executive cohorts had taken the reins to accelerate the merger of BB&amp;T and SunTrust Banks into a digital financial powerhouse and were well under way spearheading end-to-end transformation.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-look-to-capitalize-on-the-covid-spotlight/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-look-to-capitalize-on-the-covid-spotlight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spraakherkenning brengt toegankelijkheid publieke instanties naar hoger plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zeker sinds er enkele jaren geleden vanuit de EU een richtlijn kwam om publieke instanties toegankelijk te maken voor (in principe) iedereen, hebben we behoorlijk wat initiatieven voorbij zien komen. Deze initiatieven kunnen draaien om het toegankelijk maken van websites voor mensen met een visuele of andere beperking, iets waar we al eens met Siteimprove over gesproken hebben. Het kan ook gaan om het ontwikkelen van het opzetten van een centraal zaaksysteem waarop onder andere een portal voor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/spraakherkenning-brengt-toegankelijkheid-publieke-instanties-naar-hoger-plan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/spraakherkenning-brengt-toegankelijkheid-publieke-instanties-naar-hoger-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of us will be working from home forever]]></title><description><![CDATA[The future of work is here, and for many of us it's going to be from home.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/many-of-us-will-be-working-from-home-forever/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/many-of-us-will-be-working-from-home-forever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belang van displays neemt toe, kennis blijft achter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mede dankzij de coronacrisis is de displaymarkt dynamischer dan ooit, maar dat het over meer gaat dan een prijspunt alleen, is nog niet voor iedereen duidelijk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/belang-van-displays-neemt-toe-kennis-blijft-achter/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2020 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/belang-van-displays-neemt-toe-kennis-blijft-achter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready, set, change! Building a fair, equitable and just IT culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editor's note:&nbsp;This article is the third in a four-part series on how IT leaders can effectively address systemic racism in their organizations. Start reading here or jump to either the first article in the series, which lays the groundwork for effectively addressing systemic racism, or the second article in the series, which outlines how IT leaders can begin creating a culture of inclusion and belonging.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ready-set-change-building-a-fair-equitable-and-just-it-culture/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ready-set-change-building-a-fair-equitable-and-just-it-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are retail CIOs ready for the ecommerce holiday explosion?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With Covid-19 still keeping shoppers out of stores, data-driven technology is going to be more critical than ever this year to make sure customers enjoy a seamless path to purchase. But, are retail IT organizations ready for a stay-at-home holiday season?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/are-retail-cios-ready-for-the-ecommerce-holiday-explosion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 11:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/are-retail-cios-ready-for-the-ecommerce-holiday-explosion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Vertical series - Digitising healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode of The CIO Show, we kick off our monthly verticals series looking at the healthcare sector in Australia and how its digital transformation journey is progressing.For years, the industry had the dubious distinction of being among the least technically savvy, but that has changed dramatically as improvements in computing and communications have brought us closer to a world where our health records and history become completely digital.Alastair Sharman, chief digital officer at Que]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-vertical-series-digitising-healthcare/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-vertical-series-digitising-healthcare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The CIO Show: Vertical series - Digitising healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode of The CIO Show, we kick off our monthly verticals series looking at the healthcare sector in Australia and how its digital transformation journey is progressing.For years, the industry had the dubious distinction of being among the least technically savvy, but that has changed dramatically as improvements in computing and communications have brought us closer to a world where our health records and history become completely digital.Alastair Sharman, chief digital officer at Que]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-vertical-series-digitising-healthcare/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-vertical-series-digitising-healthcare/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Steve Haindl, CIO, Holman Automotive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steve Haindl, CIO at Holman Automotive, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss the future of connected cars, pivoting tech to online customers, creating a learning culture and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-steve-haindl-cio-holman-automotive/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-steve-haindl-cio-holman-automotive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is data architecture? A framework for managing data]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data architecture definition&nbsp;<br />
Data architecture describes the structure of an organization's logical and physical data assets and data management resources, according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). It is an offshoot of enterprise architecture that comprises the models, policies, rules, and standards that govern the collection, storage, arrangement, integration, and use of data in organizations. An organization's data architecture is the purview of data architects.To read]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-architecture-a-framework-for-managing-data/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-architecture-a-framework-for-managing-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons from COVID: Futureproofing your IT infrastructure]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 has seen IT executives dealing with major disruptions, and many are still uncertain about what IT will be like on the other side of the worldwide health crisis.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/lessons-from-covid-futureproofing-your-it-infrastructure/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/lessons-from-covid-futureproofing-your-it-infrastructure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appian CEO Matt Calkins: "Low-code, RPA en BPM zullen meer en meer gaan convergeren""]]></title><description><![CDATA[Appian richt zich op grote klanten die high-end toepassingen willen ontwikkelen met behulp van low-code. Het bedrijf schermt dan ook graag met statistieken dat het in alle grote sectoren van de markt veel van de top 10 van bedrijven tot haar klanten mag rekenen. Denk hierbij aan farmaceutische industrie, banken, overheden bijvoorbeeld. Daarbij wordt niet verteld in welke mate men daar gebruikmaakt van het aanbod van Appian overigens, dus het kan bij wijze van spreken ook gaan om het bouwen van]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/appian-ceo-matt-calkins-low-code-rpa-en-bpm-zullen-meer-en-meer-gaan-convergeren/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/appian-ceo-matt-calkins-low-code-rpa-en-bpm-zullen-meer-en-meer-gaan-convergeren/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 steps for making IT layoffs as painless as possible]]></title><description><![CDATA[When layoffs become necessary due to poor market conditions, increased competition, overly optimistic planning or any other reason, it's often left to IT leaders to make the tough decisions and to deliver the bad news to the team. Yet before deciding whom to let go, who needs to stay and how to minimize the impact on essential IT operations and services, it's important to approach the assignment like any other major project. What's needed is a plan that defines goals, sets a timeline, minimizes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-for-making-it-layoffs-as-painless-as-possible/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-for-making-it-layoffs-as-painless-as-possible/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hiring in the age of COVID: Key lessons learned]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the first of October, CIO Lisa Davis welcomed 13 new IT hires, some of them fresh out of college, to their first day of work at Blue Shield of California. The new arrivals peppered her with questions ranging from whether the company issued acronym dictionaries to decipher all of its abbreviations, to tips on how to begin building their internal network. Common questions, but in the age of COVID they&rsquo;ve taken on particular urgency since this meeting is being held via Webex and the new hi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hiring-in-the-age-of-covid-key-lessons-learned/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hiring-in-the-age-of-covid-key-lessons-learned/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 best practices for better innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we move into 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating digital transformation and innovation across all industries. Many CIOs are stepping up and expanding the purview of their teams from a focus on innovation for IT to innovation on behalf of their entire organization.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-best-practices-for-better-innovation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-best-practices-for-better-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tips to position yourself for promotion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting promoted to a high-level position in IT is a long game. But it&rsquo;s not one that&rsquo;s won by being patiently excellent and waiting for people to take notice. Like any undertaking that requires the participation of busy colleagues, this will take preparation, persuasion, and a plan.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-to-position-yourself-for-promotion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-to-position-yourself-for-promotion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Aussie innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years many of us have been hearing a constant whinge, really, that the Australian technology sector isn&rsquo;t getting the love it needs, whether from government bean counters, or local investors, to realise its true potential.But over the past few years we&rsquo;ve seen a handful of local companies defy expectations and ascend to the global stage, while of course we&rsquo;ve seen the creation of a dedicated tech index on the Australian Securities Exchange.&nbsp;So what&rsquo;s the real st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-aussie-innovation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 05:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-aussie-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The CIO Show: Aussie innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[For years many of us have been hearing a constant whinge, really, that the Australian technology sector isn&rsquo;t getting the love it needs, whether from government bean counters, or local investors, to realise its true potential.But over the past few years we&rsquo;ve seen a handful of local companies defy expectations and ascend to the global stage, while of course we&rsquo;ve seen the creation of a dedicated tech index on the Australian Securities Exchange.&nbsp;So what&rsquo;s the real st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-aussie-innovation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 05:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-aussie-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 tips for managing the mental health of your IT teams]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the coronavirus spread across the United States, leaders at software vendor Elastic became concerned about potential burnout of its employees. To mitigate issues that could impact the mental health of its staff, the company sped up its implementation of Ginger, a software platform that enables employees to quickly connect with a behavioral health coach or licensed therapist via text chat or live video.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-tips-for-managing-the-mental-health-of-your-it-teams/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-tips-for-managing-the-mental-health-of-your-it-teams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 popular Kanban tools for workflow management]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kanban&nbsp;is a simplified workflow management system aimed at helping businesses achieve maximum efficiency in their projects and in product development. It&rsquo;s most commonly used in software development, but it is also designed to help companies improve workflow processes inside and outside of IT. Typically, a Kanban board will include four columns for categorizing the status of individual tasks and priorities, including waiting, in-progress, completed and blocked. As tasks are completed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-popular-kanban-tools-for-workflow-management/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-popular-kanban-tools-for-workflow-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take part in the 2021 IT Salary Survey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether you&rsquo;re scouting out a new job or looking to fill a key IT role, access to salary data is an important tool. Help us help you by taking our 10-minute IT Salary Survey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/take-part-in-the-2021-it-salary-survey/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/take-part-in-the-2021-it-salary-survey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways you’re failing your digital customers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pressure on CIOs to deliver digital experiences and transformation has accelerated during the pandemic, as maturing digital capabilities will be critical for enterprise success moving forward.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-youre-failing-your-digital-customers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-youre-failing-your-digital-customers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Onderwijs op afstand vraagt om meer regie en passie voor IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Het gaat niet alleen om het gebruik van videoconferencing in de klas, maar om het cre&euml;ren van een gezamenlijke ervaring.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/onderwijs-op-afstand-vraagt-om-meer-regie-en-passie-voor-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/onderwijs-op-afstand-vraagt-om-meer-regie-en-passie-voor-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 6 process mining tools for streamlining workflows]]></title><description><![CDATA[For organizations looking to automate business processes, the buzzword &ldquo;process mining&rdquo; has been gaining popularity of late. It is the next logical step after robotic process automation (RPA), enterprise service management (ESM), and the various approaches taken to automate tasks involving enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. At the core of this push toward automation is the reality that many enterprises are combinations of hundreds, thousands or even millions of &ldquo;proces]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-6-process-mining-tools-for-streamlining-workflows/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-6-process-mining-tools-for-streamlining-workflows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus van CISO op technologie vormt barrière voor security in boardroom]]></title><description><![CDATA[1. Bedrijfsdoelen eerst, dan pas techniekDe traditionele CISO heeft de neiging om vanuit zijn IT-achtergrond de boardroom te te informeren over alle technische mogelijkheden die hij heeft om de security van het bedrijf zo goed mogelijk in te richten. Het gevolg daarvan is dat boardroom-leden&nbsp; security vaak te complex en ingewikkeld vinden en afhaken op het onderwerp.Een goede CISO pakt dit helemaal anders aan. Die zorgt ervoor dat hij de taal van de board w&eacute;l spreekt en de boardmemb]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/focus-van-ciso-op-technologie-vormt-barrire-voor-security-in-boardroom/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/focus-van-ciso-op-technologie-vormt-barrire-voor-security-in-boardroom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wat is Unified Fast File and Object storage, oftewel UFFO?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Samenvoeging van file en object storage zal steeds meer relevantie krijgen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/wat-is-unified-fast-file-and-object-storage-oftewel-uffo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/wat-is-unified-fast-file-and-object-storage-oftewel-uffo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data analytics en Artificial Intelligence  in de cloud is onomkeerbaar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloud computing heeft de afgelopen zes periode een vlucht genomen. Dat valt te lezen in verschillende rapporten en onderzoeken. De scepsis die bedrijven hadden op het gebied van prestaties, kosten en veiligheid is grotendeels verdwenen door de groeiende behoefte aan flexibiliteit, elasticiteit en TCO. Het betekent dat bij het ontwikkelen van data &amp; AI toepassingen thema&rsquo;s als containerisatie voor portabiliteit van cloud applicaties en microservices voor continue ontwikkeling ineens ve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/data-analytics-en-artificial-intelligence-in-de-cloud-is-onomkeerbaar/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/data-analytics-en-artificial-intelligence-in-de-cloud-is-onomkeerbaar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aspen Skiing Co. counts on change management for contactless experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[The coronavirus pandemic has raised the functionality factor for mobile software, as some fear-filled customers shy away from brands they perceive as not having their social-distancing concerns at heart by providing a digital equivalent for every touchpoint. Woe to the company that can&rsquo;t create an end-to-end contactless user experience that is seamless, convenient, and &mdash; importantly &mdash; fun.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aspen-skiing-co-counts-on-change-management-for-contactless-experience/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aspen-skiing-co-counts-on-change-management-for-contactless-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 IT silver linings of the pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mihail Strusievici has been building business agility into Colliers International for the past four years &mdash; upgrading its tools, platforms and frameworks to deliver IT quickly, a big change for what traditionally had been the slowest part of corporate IT. So when the coronavirus pandemic hit in early spring, and the entire organization had to shift to Microsoft Teams for remote work and adopt new business processes, he wasn&rsquo;t surprised by his team&rsquo;s ability to pivot quickly.To]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-silver-linings-of-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-silver-linings-of-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to negotiate a job offer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Congratulations! You got a sweet job offer. You are considering upending your life to make a big change. But before you do that, take a closer look at that offer. Is it everything you want?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-negotiate-a-job-offer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-negotiate-a-job-offer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Getting security right in the cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[The move to cloud computing has been creating a new cyber security landscape for Australian enterprises for several years.Now with the increased complexity of hybrid cloud environments, greatly accelerated of course by COVID-19, CSIOs and CIOs with responsibility for cyber are having to rethink how they go about creating effective frameworks to ensure protection in an increasingly virtual world, with more data, systems and people operating at the edge and outside of the company firewall.&nbsp;W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-getting-security-right-in-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-getting-security-right-in-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The CIO Show: Getting security right in the cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[The move to cloud computing has been creating a new cyber security landscape for Australian enterprises for several years.Now with the increased complexity of hybrid cloud environments, greatly accelerated of course by COVID-19, CSIOs and CIOs with responsibility for cyber are having to rethink how they go about creating effective frameworks to ensure protection in an increasingly virtual world, with more data, systems and people operating at the edge and outside of the company firewall.&nbsp;W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-getting-security-right-in-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-cio-show-getting-security-right-in-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs embrace remote recruitment to land new gigs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shortly before COVID-19 disrupted the United States, Alvina Antar was approached by an executive recruiter on behalf of Okta. Would Antar, six years into her role as CIO of Zuora, be interested in leading IT at the popular provider of digital identity software? Antar was intrigued.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-embrace-remote-recruitment-to-land-new-gigs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-embrace-remote-recruitment-to-land-new-gigs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 famous analytics and AI disasters]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2017, The Economist declared that data, rather than oil, had become the world's most valuable resource. The refrain has been repeated ever since. Organizations across every industry have been and continue to invest heavily in data and analytics. But like oil, data and analytics have their dark side.According to IDG's State of the CIO 2020 report, 37 percent of IT leaders say that data analytics will drive the most IT investment at their organization this year. Insights gained from analytics]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-famous-analytics-and-ai-disasters/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-famous-analytics-and-ai-disasters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kwart van bedrijven investeert inmiddels meer dan 10 procent van IT-budget in cybersecurity]]></title><description><![CDATA[In een onderzoek dat onderdeel is van een whitepaper rondom Critical Security Controls, heeft Motiv 327 IT-beslissers in Nederland bevraagd. Daaruit komt naar voren dat het aandeel van organisaties dat meer dan 10 procent van het beschikbare IT-budget besteedt aan cybersecurity met 7 procentpunten is gestegen. Was dat voor de uitbraak van de pandemie nog 17 procent, uit het meest recente onderzoek komt dat dit nu 24 procent is. Een derde van de respondenten verwacht verder ook dat dat deze tren]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kwart-van-bedrijven-investeert-inmiddels-meer-dan-10-procent-van-it-budget-in-cybersecurity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/kwart-van-bedrijven-investeert-inmiddels-meer-dan-10-procent-van-it-budget-in-cybersecurity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 video chat apps compared: Which is best for security?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Duo, Cisco Webex, FaceTime, Jitsi, Signal and WhatsApp. What does their encryption look like? What are the trade-offs?(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-video-chat-apps-compared-which-is-best-for-security/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-video-chat-apps-compared-which-is-best-for-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 IT projects to boost your tech career]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most tech professionals don&rsquo;t need prodding to upskill &mdash; adopting new technology is just part of the appeal for working in the field. But the COVID pandemic has heightened focus and revealed needs in a few areas in particular: remote work, cloud computing, and self-learning. For proactive tech workers, self-directed projects in emerging areas can provide new career opportunities and a sense of security in uncertain times.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-it-projects-to-boost-your-tech-career/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-it-projects-to-boost-your-tech-career/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dell versnelt as-a-Service strategie met Project APEX]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vanaf 47 dollar per instance per maand]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dell-versnelt-as-a-service-strategie-met-project-apex/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dell-versnelt-as-a-service-strategie-met-project-apex/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ's antitrust fight with Google: how we got here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Piling on big tech companies is the fashion of the day, but don't expect the US government to break up Google.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dojs-antitrust-fight-with-google-how-we-got-here/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dojs-antitrust-fight-with-google-how-we-got-here/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a data architect? IT’s data framework visionary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data architect role<br />
Data architects are senior visionaries who translate business requirements into technology requirements and define data standards and principles. The data architect is responsible for visualizing and designing an organization's enterprise data management framework. This framework describes the processes used to plan, specify, enable, create, acquire, maintain, use, archive, retrieve, control, and purge data. The data architect also "provides a standard common business vocabu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-data-architect-its-data-framework-visionary/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-a-data-architect-its-data-framework-visionary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remote IT’s future: Key lessons learned from this WFH era]]></title><description><![CDATA[After more than six months of dealing with COVID-19 challenges, IT leaders are beginning to understand what works &mdash; and what doesn't &mdash; when it comes to managing their remote teams.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/remote-its-future-key-lessons-learned-from-this-wfh-era/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/remote-its-future-key-lessons-learned-from-this-wfh-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zo helpt Workday Alliander met het verkrijgen van de gewenste organizational agility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Het gaat tegenwoordig in C-level kringen vrij vaak en veel over wat (onder andere) organizational agility genoemd wordt: het inrichten van je organisatie op zo&rsquo;n manier dat je relatief eenvoudig mee kan met veranderingen. Recent heeft Workday hier samen met IDC nog een whitepaper over gepubliceerd, waarin alle relevante aandachtspunten rondom organizational agility worden aangestipt. Daarbij wordt er gekeken naar hoe je het qua architectuur inricht, waarbij het concept van de Intelligent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-helpt-workday-alliander-met-het-verkrijgen-van-de-gewenste-organizational-agility/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-helpt-workday-alliander-met-het-verkrijgen-van-de-gewenste-organizational-agility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verbeter digitale medewerkerservaring met proactief IT-beheer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maar het proactief beheren en monitoren van digitale werkplekken is makkelijker gezegd dan gedaan. Allereerst omdat strategisch gekeken moet worden naar welke bedrijfskritische systemen en applicaties het meest gevoelig zijn voor problemen en daardoor bij uitval de meeste impact hebben op de productiviteit. Digitale werkplekken draaien vaak op complexe infrastructuren waarop verschillende processen en applicaties actief zijn. Hierdoor is het lastig om de (potenti&euml;le) problemen te identific]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/verbeter-digitale-medewerkerservaring-met-proactief-it-beheer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/verbeter-digitale-medewerkerservaring-met-proactief-it-beheer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenStack Foundation wordt Open Infrastructure Foundation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stichting grijpt tienjarig bestaan van open-source cloud-software aan om bredere relevantie te krijgen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/openstack-foundation-wordt-open-infrastructure-foundation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/openstack-foundation-wordt-open-infrastructure-foundation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 20 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-20-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-20-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How did your continuity plan stack up against Covid?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that things are stabilizing, it's time to evaluate how well your business continuity plans handled Covid and where you need to make changes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-did-your-continuity-plan-stack-up-against-covid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-did-your-continuity-plan-stack-up-against-covid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ranpak digital transformation expands sales of packing robots]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 outbreak galvanized an already thriving ecommerce sector, as consumers flocked to shop online in accordance with social distancing guidelines. Little-known manufacturer Ranpak, which plays a critical role in getting goods from warehouses to peoples&rsquo; homes, was well prepared for the onslaught of online orders, owing to a culture change around digital technologies and automation.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ranpak-digital-transformation-expands-sales-of-packing-robots/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ranpak-digital-transformation-expands-sales-of-packing-robots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs rise to the new revenue challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an all-hands-on-deck approach, especially in IT. And that ethos extends beyond business continuity efforts to include helping sustain and grow revenue, as IT has increasingly leveraged digitization throughout the pandemic as a powerful weapon to deliver greater efficiencies.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-rise-to-the-new-revenue-challenge/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-rise-to-the-new-revenue-challenge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dit is waarom security op workload niveau essentieel is voor security in de cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Om IT-besluitvormers in staat te stellen de wendbaarheid, flexibiliteit en kostenvoordelen van multi-cloud te omarmen, zijn enkele beveiligingswijzigingen op hun plaats.(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dit-is-waarom-security-op-workload-niveau-essentieel-is-voor-security-in-de-cloud/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/dit-is-waarom-security-op-workload-niveau-essentieel-is-voor-security-in-de-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Databeheer in een multi-cloud infrastructuur is een uitdaging voor CIO’s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Met de juiste strategie en platformkeuze kunnen ze alles uit de data halen &eacute;n aan de vereisten voldoen(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/databeheer-in-een-multi-cloud-infrastructuur-is-een-uitdaging-voor-cios/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/databeheer-in-een-multi-cloud-infrastructuur-is-een-uitdaging-voor-cios/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zo houd je het gebruik van meerdere cloud-platforms tegelijk beheersbaar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organisaties die deze aanpak hanteren kunnen profiteren van een grotere wendbaarheid en een verlaging van de kosten, omdat ze clouddiensten kunnen selecteren en op maat kunnen maken op basis van hun behoeften(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-houd-je-het-gebruik-van-meerdere-cloud-platforms-tegelijk-beheersbaar/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-houd-je-het-gebruik-van-meerdere-cloud-platforms-tegelijk-beheersbaar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 IT leadership development programs to help you level up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leadership skills may come natural to some, but even natural born leaders will need to develop their leadership skills for a career in IT management. And it&rsquo;s important for organizations to have employees with strong leadership potential rising the corporate ranks, ready to fill leadership roles as IT leaders retire or move on to other opportunities.As you climb the IT ladder, you&rsquo;ll need to constantly evaluate your leadership style to ensure you are developing the right set of skil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-it-leadership-development-programs-to-help-you-level-up/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-it-leadership-development-programs-to-help-you-level-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Met deze inzichten houd je controle over de kosten van cloud deployments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Om IT-besluitvormers in staat te stellen de wendbaarheid, flexibiliteit en kostenvoordelen van multi-cloud te omarmen, zijn enkele beveiligingswijzigingen op hun plaats.(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/met-deze-inzichten-houd-je-controle-over-de-kosten-van-cloud-deployments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/met-deze-inzichten-houd-je-controle-over-de-kosten-van-cloud-deployments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Onderzoek Cisco: thuiswerken bevalt werknemers uitstekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Met de verse maatregelen van de regering in het achterhoofd, zal er de komende tijd weer meer thuisgewerkt gaan en moeten worden. Getuige de resultaten van een onderzoek dat Cisco heeft laten uitvoeren onder 10.000 respondenten in 12 landen, waaronder Nederland, die normaal gesproken op een kantoor werken, vindt die groep dat in ieder geval geen groot minpunt. We gaan in dit artikel kort door de cijfers voor Nederland heen.Autonomie bevalt goed<br />
De belangrijkste conclusie is zonder twijfel dat d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/onderzoek-cisco-thuiswerken-bevalt-werknemers-uitstekend/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/onderzoek-cisco-thuiswerken-bevalt-werknemers-uitstekend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diversifying your IT workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[In June 2020, companies took to social media to express their support for Black Lives Matter after witnessing the traumatic death of George Floyd. Public displays of support ranged from tweeting pledges to listen and learn to posting black squares on Instagram and donating to Black Lives Matter and protest bail funds.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/diversifying-your-it-workforce/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/diversifying-your-it-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs cultivate political capital in response to pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tell any CIO they have 48 hours to enable thousands of employees to work from home and they&rsquo;ll likely laugh you off. Yet that is exactly the situation FedEx CIO Rob Carter faced in March, when the coronavirus broadsided the business world, forcing the shipping company&rsquo;s 105,000 employees to work remotely worldwide.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-cultivate-political-capital-in-response-to-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-cultivate-political-capital-in-response-to-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cohesity en AWS vergroten footprint Helios SaaS-platform middels strategisch partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cohesity heeft de wind goed in de zeilen. In de vijfde (E) investeringsronde eerder dit jaar deden zowel enkele grote jongens uit de on-prem wereld (Cisco en HPE) als cloudgigant AWS een stevige duit in het zakje. Dat is ook precies wat Cohesity wil, zoals we in een eerder artikel al eens uitgebreid uit de doeken gedaan hebben. Een van de doelen van het bedrijf is om het datamanagementplatform te worden dat overal mee overweg kan. Met Helios moet dat worden gerealiseerd. Dit platform was al bes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cohesity-en-aws-vergroten-footprint-helios-saas-platform-middels-strategisch-partnership/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cohesity-en-aws-vergroten-footprint-helios-saas-platform-middels-strategisch-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Taking advantage of automation – the Capita story]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode, Dr Gr&aacute;inne Watson, Director of Automation Practice at Capita talks about&nbsp;identifying automation opportunities across its businesses and the challenges its faces on improving consistency and compliance, while reducing costs, by identifying processes to be automated across 177 different organisations that make up the group.Now, the group is handling 61,000 transactions each week, sees 35m end users served each day and is targeting 100% of businesses within the Capita]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-taking-advantage-of-automation-the-capita-story/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-taking-advantage-of-automation-the-capita-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT leaders grapple with the new normal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first responsibility of any leader is to articulate a vision that can be internalized by all &ndash; and to secure the resources and support to attain it. It&rsquo;s never a &ldquo;one and done&rdquo; job; it requires creativity to hit the same directional notes in fresh, motivating ways. Without genuine leadership, organizations languish.The past six months have amounted to a leadership test on a mammoth scale. In March, when the pandemic turned the world upside down, the first task was to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-leaders-grapple-with-the-new-normal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-leaders-grapple-with-the-new-normal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to speed up software development (without killing morale)]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a startup serving the highly competitive gaming industry with its 3D interactive streaming platform, Polystream needs to deliver new capabilities quickly.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-speed-up-software-development-without-killing-morale/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-speed-up-software-development-without-killing-morale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 popular Kanban tools for workflow management]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kanban is a simplified workflow management system aimed at helping businesses achieve maximum efficiency in their projects and in product development. It&rsquo;s most commonly used in software development, but it is also designed to help companies improve workflow processes inside and outside of IT. Typically, a Kanban board will include four columns for categorizing the status of individual tasks and priorities, including waiting, in-progress, completed and blocked. As tasks are completed or a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-popular-kanban-tools-for-workflow-management/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-popular-kanban-tools-for-workflow-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeking a new gig? IT leader hiring rebounds, remotely]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recruitment of IT leaders is back in high gear after companies suspended executive searches to address the disruption thrust upon them by the coronavirus pandemic. But with respect to social-distancing precautions that epitomize The New Normal, executive courtships are conducted with key differences, recruiters say.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/seeking-a-new-gig-it-leader-hiring-rebounds-remotely/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/seeking-a-new-gig-it-leader-hiring-rebounds-remotely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM set to spin-off managed service business to focus on hybrid cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[IBM plans to dedicate itself to hybrid cloud, AI, quantum computing, and mainframe technologies, and is breaking out its $19B Managed Infrastructure Services group in order to do so.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ibm-set-to-spin-off-managed-service-business-to-focus-on-hybrid-cloud/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ibm-set-to-spin-off-managed-service-business-to-focus-on-hybrid-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Forward Progress in the Work from Anywhere Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprises were ill-equipped to support remote workers as the world shifted from office-based to anywhere-based work, according to a survey conducted by independent research agency Vanson Bourne with endpoint management solutions provider 1E.With some 46 million people moving to working from home fulltime during the Covid-19 pandemic, the survey illustrated that device performance outside of the office is a major issue, impacting productivity and the overall employee experience. In a recent in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-forward-progress-in-the-work-from-anywhere-era/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-forward-progress-in-the-work-from-anywhere-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Create a Digital Ecosystem for the Work From Anywhere Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[All organizations scrambled to adjust to the sudden &ldquo;work from anywhere&rdquo; shift in early 2020, and some encountered more headaches than others. But regardless of how well prepared any particular organization was, a recent survey by 1E reveals that most workers were adversely impacted by delays in IT support, particularly in the area of endpoint performance.The survey results reflect an urgent need for enterprises to create a digital ecosystem that empowers employees to work from anyw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-create-a-digital-ecosystem-for-the-work-from-anywhere-era/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-create-a-digital-ecosystem-for-the-work-from-anywhere-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair: “Dashboards in hun huidige vorm moeten dood”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enkele weken geleden is er met ThoughtSpot een nieuwe analytics- en BI-speler toegetreden tot de Nederlandse markt, ongeveer gelijktijdig met de uitbreiding van het aanbod SaaS gericht op het MKB. Hebben we echt nog een nieuwe partij nodig op dit vlak? CEO Sudheesh Nair licht in gesprek met ons toe waarom ThoughtSpot volgens hem wel degelijk onderscheidend is.Een nieuwe analytics- en BI-partij in de markt zetten zoals ThoughtSpot dat in 2012 deed, moet je niet doen als je hetzelfde wilt doen al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/thoughtspot-ceo-sudheesh-nair-dashboards-in-hun-huidige-vorm-moeten-dood/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/thoughtspot-ceo-sudheesh-nair-dashboards-in-hun-huidige-vorm-moeten-dood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackBerry wil met Cyber Suite endpoints maximaal beschermen]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI en ML zijn twee van de toverwoorden tijdens de BlackBerry Security Summit. Het bedrijf kondigt niet minder dan drie nieuwe producten/diensten aan die hier gebruik van maken. Dit alles naar eigen zeggen om nog beter het hoofd te kunnen bieden aan de uitdagingen waar je als moderne organisatie voor komt te staan. We lopen hier even kort het nieuwe aanbod langs.Cyber Suite<br />
Allereerst is er de BlackBerry Cyber Suite, een Unified Endpoint Security-oplossing die volgens het bedrijf "Zero Trust aan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/blackberry-wil-met-cyber-suite-endpoints-maximaal-beschermen/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 13:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/blackberry-wil-met-cyber-suite-endpoints-maximaal-beschermen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrets of successful digital innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is the secret to great innovation? Most successful organizations have arrived at a simple formula: start with a business person with the "right" business problem, partner that person with an IT enabler who understands both the business and innovative technologies, add a goal-minded expert technologist, and, finally, incentivize their collective imaginations to invent new ways to apply science and technologies to solve the problem in as-yet undiscovered ways. Then, make the process repeatabl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/secrets-of-successful-digital-innovation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/secrets-of-successful-digital-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI center of excellence: A new engine for driving business transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Shell first launched its AI Center of Excellence in 2013, it wasn't even known as AI, but as predictive analytics, and it was tiny.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-center-of-excellence-a-new-engine-for-driving-business-transformation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-center-of-excellence-a-new-engine-for-driving-business-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinds COVID-19 blijkt connectiviteit belangrijker dan security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toen we in maart te maken kregen met een wereldwijde pandemie, moesten veel bedrijven snel handelen om hun personeel vanuit huis te laten werken. Het resultaat was een verschuiving in datastromen, waardoor de IT-infrastructuur van bedrijven die nog niet gedigitaliseerd waren tot het uiterste werd gedreven. Door toegang op afstand vermenigvuldigde de hoeveelheid data tussen het datacenter en iedere afzonderlijke werknemer die nu zijn eigen kantoor aan huis had. Security werd vaak opgeofferd zoda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sinds-covid-19-blijkt-connectiviteit-belangrijker-dan-security/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sinds-covid-19-blijkt-connectiviteit-belangrijker-dan-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The state of the CIO job market]]></title><description><![CDATA[With COVID impacting our professional lives in so many ways, I find that my team and I are fielding quite a few questions about how the CIO job market and interview process have changed since March. So, in an act of shameless solipsism, I offer you a Q&amp;A with myself.What is the current state of the CIO job market? From my vantage point as CEO of a CIO search firm, I can tell you that business is brisk right now. Back in March, when the reality of the COVID-19 came crashing in on all of us,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-state-of-the-cio-job-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-state-of-the-cio-job-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salesforce to add Einstein Analytics AI to Tableau platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Salesforce completed its $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software in August 2019, IT leaders were left wondering what the largest acquisition in Salesforce history might mean. A bit more than a year later, Tableau has provided some insight into its plans, announcing that Salesforce's Einstein Analytics will be rebranded Tableau CRM and Einstein's advanced analytics capabilities will be integrated with Tableau's other offerings."Earlier this year we brought together the Tableau and Ein]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/salesforce-to-add-einstein-analytics-ai-to-tableau-platform/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/salesforce-to-add-einstein-analytics-ai-to-tableau-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goede productervaring cruciaal voor goede klantervaring]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hoogwaardige productinformatie onmisbaar voor omnichannel sales]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/goede-productervaring-cruciaal-voor-goede-klantervaring/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/goede-productervaring-cruciaal-voor-goede-klantervaring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Data Analyst Associate certification guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Microsoft announced it would retire 15 certifications and 44 exams, including MCSA: BI Reporting, which validated data analysts' expertise using Power BI and Excel to visualize data via dashboards and reports. The move is the culmination of the company's 2018 decision to focus on role-based certifications such as data analyst, data engineer, and data scientist.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/microsoft-data-analyst-associate-certification-guide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/microsoft-data-analyst-associate-certification-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways to effectively ensure IT-business alignment]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an ideal universe, the IT and business worlds would be perfectly aligned, with IT supplying business leaders with the strategic plans and resources necessary to achieve maximum performance, efficiency and profits.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-effectively-ensure-it-business-alignment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-effectively-ensure-it-business-alignment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multi-cloud: hoe overwin je de uitdagingen om van de voordelen te profiteren?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Terwijl steeds meer bedrijven gebruik maken van de cloud, is het ook duidelijk dat voor veel organisaties een eenvoudige '&eacute;&eacute;n cloud voor alles' benadering niet volstaat.(cio.com)To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/multi-cloud-hoe-overwin-je-de-uitdagingen-om-van-de-voordelen-te-profiteren/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 07:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/multi-cloud-hoe-overwin-je-de-uitdagingen-om-van-de-voordelen-te-profiteren/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ga gezond de public cloud in voor optimaal resultaat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regelmatig horen we dat &lsquo;gewoon eraan beginnen&rsquo; de beste manier is om innovatietrajecten binnen een organisatie op gang te krijgen. Dat is in ieder geval bij de inzet van de cloud wat kort door de bocht, zo stelt Bert Stam, General Manager Benelux en Nordics bij Rackspace Technology, in gesprek met ons. Een dosis gezond verstand vooraf kan je al enorm helpen om toegevoegde waarde te halen uit de cloud voor je organisatie.We kennen allemaal de verhalen wel van organisaties bij wie de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ga-gezond-de-public-cloud-in-voor-optimaal-resultaat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ga-gezond-de-public-cloud-in-voor-optimaal-resultaat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agile vs. waterfall: Project methodologies compared]]></title><description><![CDATA[Choosing the right project management methodology for the job is the first step in project success. But knowing which methodology best fits your organization and the project at hand can be challenging &mdash; especially with so many project management methodologies to choose from.Two of the most commonly used methodologies are agile and waterfall. Which is the best for your organization will depend on factors such as the types of projects your organization seeks to complete, and your organizati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/agile-vs-waterfall-project-methodologies-compared/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/agile-vs-waterfall-project-methodologies-compared/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 hot IT career trends — and 5 going cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a major IT skills gap in the country and it&rsquo;s only expected to widen. According to the World Economic Forum, closing the global skills gap could add $11.5 trillion to the global GDP by 2028. Organizations are looking for ways to bridge the gap, but if anything, the global pandemic has worsened the problem, according to the WEF.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-hot-it-career-trends-and-5-going-cold/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-hot-it-career-trends-and-5-going-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 IT management certifications for IT leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT managers are often responsible not just for overseeing the IT infrastructure in an organization but overseeing IT teams as well. To succeed as an IT manager, you will need to understand the fundamentals of security, data storage, hardware, software, networking and IT management frameworks &mdash; and how they all work within the business. Plus, you will need to be adept at managing teams, projects and processes.The certifications that you&rsquo;ll want for an IT management position will vary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-it-management-certifications-for-it-leaders/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/15-it-management-certifications-for-it-leaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 compelling reasons why CIOs should pursue board seats now]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marianne McPeak-Johnson&rsquo;s first opportunity to serve on a public company board was &nbsp;a great experience that (alas) ended in equally great disappointment.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-compelling-reasons-why-cios-should-pursue-board-seats-now/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-compelling-reasons-why-cios-should-pursue-board-seats-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belang van snelle recovery wordt te weinig onderkend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Orange CyberdefenseOrange Cyberdefense<br />
Sinds het begin van de coronacrisis is het aantal cyberaanvallen verdubbeld, terwijl veel medewerkers noodgedwongen thuiswerken, buiten het relatief veilige bedrijfsnetwerk. Die omstandigheden vormen een aanknopingspunt voor het gespreksonderwerp van vandaag, maar natuurlijk zijn er nog ook andere desastreuze zaken die impact kunnen hebben op de bedrijfscontinu&iuml;teit. Bijvoorbeeld zoiets banaals als stroomuitval. Welke vorm het ook aanneemt, vroeg of la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/belang-van-snelle-recovery-wordt-te-weinig-onderkend/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/belang-van-snelle-recovery-wordt-te-weinig-onderkend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle fine-tunes Fusion Cloud for new world of work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle has updated its Fusion Cloud suite to help enterprises with the new demands placed on supply chains by the pandemic. The latest quarterly release also includes new tools for managing remote workers, and other features to help HR departments fit the existing workforce to the new reality of business.The suite covers enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise performance management (EPM), human capital management (HCM) and supply chain and manufacturing (SCM), and is steadily gaining ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-fine-tunes-fusion-cloud-for-new-world-of-work/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-fine-tunes-fusion-cloud-for-new-world-of-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Responding faster in a global pandemic – the NHS Scotland story]]></title><description><![CDATA[How NHS Scotland has been simplifying workflows, improving the employee experience and &ndash; critically &ndash; more effectively delivering vital services &ndash; such as track and trace technology - during Covid-19With Dough Drinkwater, Head of content strategy, IDG and Deryck Mitchelson, director of digital and security at NHS National Services Scotland<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-responding-faster-in-a-global-pandemic-the-nhs-scotland-story/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-responding-faster-in-a-global-pandemic-the-nhs-scotland-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mobile’s new frontier: The front line of business]]></title><description><![CDATA[For all the advances of the mobile revolution, a huge swath of the business has largely been left out: front-line workers &mdash; ironically, your organization&rsquo;s most mobile employees.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mobiles-new-frontier-the-front-line-of-business/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mobiles-new-frontier-the-front-line-of-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 challenges of agile at scale for ERP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agile has been around for a long time by IT standards and has proven to be successful for many companies. &nbsp;As companies have evolved and progressed through the pioneering stage of agile, there has been a tendency to take on larger and larger efforts. There have even been inroads made in the application of agile to support the deployment of ERP (projects that are notoriously complex with a significant amount of integration). &nbsp;But the benefits of agile that were derived from smaller-scal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-challenges-of-agile-at-scale-for-erp/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-challenges-of-agile-at-scale-for-erp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO Summit 2020: Why we need a diverse workforce more than ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultural and gender diversity in the technology sector is slowly improving but arguably nowhere near as fast as it should if Australia is to better deal with the ongoing IT skills crisis.But closing skills gaps is clearly not the only reason that a diverse workforce should be encouraged and implemented. Hiring more women and a mix of people from different backgrounds are surefire ways to create stronger organisations that are open to new ideas.Silicon Valley has pushed hard to create the most d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-summit-2020-why-we-need-a-diverse-workforce-more-than-ever/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 02:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-summit-2020-why-we-need-a-diverse-workforce-more-than-ever/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 barriers to innovation worth breaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIO Ed Giaquinto took to heart a lesson he learned on the job a decade ago.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-barriers-to-innovation-worth-breaking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-barriers-to-innovation-worth-breaking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Biz-managed IT, coming out from the shadows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Much of the discussion about Shadow IT has focussed on the cyber and other risks associated with staff bringing in apps and accessing cloud platforms often without the knowledge &ndash; let alone permission - of CIOs and other tech leaders.But for many staff, especially those whose jobs demand higher levels of collaboration and communication, there&rsquo;s no doubt they have become a powerful tool. Even more so during the pandemic this year.Tune in to hear from Deloitte&rsquo;s chief transforma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-biz-managed-it-coming-out-from-the-shadows/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-biz-managed-it-coming-out-from-the-shadows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP ASE leaves sensitive credentials in installation logs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two vulnerabilities in SAP ASE's Cockpit component leaves some sensitive information available to anyone on the network and other data susceptible to brute-force attacks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-ase-leaves-sensitive-credentials-in-installation-logs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-ase-leaves-sensitive-credentials-in-installation-logs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maximizing stakeholder value]]></title><description><![CDATA[In biology, an ecosystem is a system of biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) elements coexisting in equilibrium. If some elements increase, others decrease to keep the overall energy of the system at some nominal level. For example, plant-eating animals multiplying in an ecosystem will deplete the vegetation, thereby reducing the capacity of that ecosystem to support them, at which point the number of these herbivores will start to drop as they die off. Decaying animals will enrich the soil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/maximizing-stakeholder-value/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/maximizing-stakeholder-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIOs grapple with how to jumpstart innovation amid pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The coronavirus pandemic has spurred a proliferation of rapid-fire transformations, with IT leaders working through punch lists of priorities aimed at preserving business continuity. But with work from home (WFH) decrees eliminating workplace t&ecirc;te-&agrave;-t&ecirc;tes, CIOs are wondering what will happen to serendipitous innovation.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-grapple-with-how-to-jumpstart-innovation-amid-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cios-grapple-with-how-to-jumpstart-innovation-amid-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to reset long-held habits for a new reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we enter the seventh month of the COVID-19 crisis in Australia, businesses are continuing to manage through the tough rules impacting the economy with so much uncertainty hanging over their heads. While the economy and business environment have made some structural shifts in the way organisations operate, what will be the new reality moving forward is still being determined.Despite this backdrop, we&rsquo;re starting to see so many great achievements among Gartner&rsquo;s CIO clients in Aust]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/time-to-reset-long-held-habits-for-a-new-reality/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 06:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/time-to-reset-long-held-habits-for-a-new-reality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Ignite showcases first Project Cortex AI tool for SharePoint]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft previewed Project Cortex, a suite of cloud-based AI-powered services designed to understand content and help users automate processes with it, at its Ignite developer conference in Orlando last year.The first of those services to go on sale, SharePoint Syntex, will be revealed at this year&rsquo;s Ignite, a virtual event taking place in your browser this week.<br />
[ Cut through the hype with our practical guide to machine learning in business and find out the10 signs you&rsquo;re ready fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/microsoft-ignite-showcases-first-project-cortex-ai-tool-for-sharepoint/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/microsoft-ignite-showcases-first-project-cortex-ai-tool-for-sharepoint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoe de Tour de France data inzet om teams en kijkers meer inzicht te geven]]></title><description><![CDATA[NTT wil door middel van realtime analytics en IoT ervaring Tour de France voor zowel fans als deelnemers verbeteren.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hoe-de-tour-de-france-data-inzet-om-teams-en-kijkers-meer-inzicht-te-geven/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/hoe-de-tour-de-france-data-inzet-om-teams-en-kijkers-meer-inzicht-te-geven/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI gives IT an edge in improving customer experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even prior to the pandemic, improving customer experience was becoming a major priority for IT. COVID-19 and the resulting shift in business models have only accelerated that strategic directive.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-gives-it-an-edge-in-improving-customer-experience/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-gives-it-an-edge-in-improving-customer-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 19 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-19-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-19-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Splunk boosted security and productivity at ASICS]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sports equipment giant competes with the likes of Nike and Adidas at the forefront of intelligent sports technologies. Staying ahead means safeguarding R&amp;D and IP, which the company achieved through an information security committee and information security office, as well as a computer security incident response team and a security operations center.Security challenges<br />
Despite this, challenges remained, in particular processing the logs from the many internal systems (crucial to identi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-splunk-boosted-security-and-productivity-at-asics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-splunk-boosted-security-and-productivity-at-asics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 ways to gain control over cloud spend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprises worldwide spent a record $34.6 billion on cloud services in 2020's second quarter, up roughly 11 percent from the previous quarter and 30 percent from the same period last year, according to research firm Canalys.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-gain-control-over-cloud-spend/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-ways-to-gain-control-over-cloud-spend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: A Playbook For The Unexpected]]></title><description><![CDATA[Operating in today&rsquo;s global economy is fraught with uncertainty. Whether it&rsquo;s competitive, political, an uncontrollable global pandemic, or any number of other dynamics, these days you have to expect the unexpected - and be ready to respond. Some organizations have seen new areas of opportunity, while others are hanging on for dear life.&nbsp;&nbsp; Businesses have undergone many changes over the last year, but in many respects, the onslaught of COVID-19 has accelerated trends that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-playbook-for-the-unexpected/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-playbook-for-the-unexpected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bye-bye MCSA: What Microsoft’s massive certification shakeup means to your IT career]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changes in how you can get certified for your expertise with Microsoft technologies prepare IT professionals for the cloud future but may not match their current skills and needs.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/bye-bye-mcsa-what-microsofts-massive-certification-shakeup-means-to-your-it-career/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/bye-bye-mcsa-what-microsofts-massive-certification-shakeup-means-to-your-it-career/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Raising the customer experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s become the holy grail of tech, improving the customer experience.&nbsp;In this episode, we hear from respected authorities at the coalface of this important, fast growing area of tech, including&nbsp;Steven Bonnici, chief information officer, international markets at Ford, who shares&nbsp;how he&rsquo;s leading a team harnessing AI and other technologies to better understand customer wants and needs, and ultimately building better cars and driving experiences.Nicki Doble, group chief]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-raising-the-customer-experience/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-raising-the-customer-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Shamim Mohammad, CI/TO, CarMax]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shamim Mohammad, CI/TO at CarMax, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss accelerating an omnichannel business, hiring during a pandemic, adapting to new customer mindsets and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-shamim-mohammad-cito-carmax/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-shamim-mohammad-cito-carmax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wat houdt een security culture in en van welke factoren is het afhankelijk?]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT security is de afgelopen jaren van een subtopic in de industrie uitgegroeid tot een miljarden-business en een onderwerp dat tot in de boardroom wordt besproken. De meeste organisaties weten inmiddels wel dat een goede beveiliging tijd en geld kost. Dat betekent investeren in de juiste technologie en processen. Een groeiend aantal organisaties raakt zich er echter van bewust dat ook een gezonde security culture belangrijk is voor de mate waarop hun organisatie beveiligd is. Zo blijkt ook uit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/wat-houdt-een-security-culture-in-en-van-welke-factoren-is-het-afhankelijk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/wat-houdt-een-security-culture-in-en-van-welke-factoren-is-het-afhankelijk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ServiceNow makes platform ambitions clear with new workflow tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[ServiceNow&rsquo;s latest code release, &ldquo;Paris,&rdquo; includes applications to help banks issue credit cards and to enable telcos to manage services and network performance, showing how serious the company is about organizing workflows across the enterprise, not just in the IT department.IT service management (ITSM) was just one of many applications ServiceNow&rsquo;s founder planned to run on the enterprise service management (ESM) platform he built, but for years it has been the one th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-makes-platform-ambitions-clear-with-new-workflow-tools/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/servicenow-makes-platform-ambitions-clear-with-new-workflow-tools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership lessons from Accenture’s CIO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Penelope Prett joined Accenture in 1992 and became CIO in 2019. Along the way, she has developed keen insight into how to deliver IT value to a $43.2 billion global company with 500,000 employees, who are responsible for delivering IT value to their clients.I spoke with Prett about her approach to leadership, the most impactful technologies of the day, how she forms and empowers her teams, and her advice for tomorrow&rsquo;s CIOs.What follows is a transcript of our conversation.[ Learn from you]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leadership-lessons-from-accentures-cio/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/leadership-lessons-from-accentures-cio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 lies CIOs tell themselves about their agile practices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most organizations now use agile software delivery models, with the No. 1 goal of delivering new capabilities as fast as possible.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-lies-cios-tell-themselves-about-their-agile-practices/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-lies-cios-tell-themselves-about-their-agile-practices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Een positieve veiligheidscultuur is de toekomst]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wat kan je nu direct doen om een &#8203;&#8203;positieve veiligheidscultuur te bevorderen?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/een-positieve-veiligheidscultuur-is-de-toekomst/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/een-positieve-veiligheidscultuur-is-de-toekomst/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: APIs Rule the Realtime Experience Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Internet of Things (IoT), including smartphones and wearables, has created an instant-update lifestyle. The IoT has also propelled the creation of myriad apps and services to meet the needs and increasing expectations of today&rsquo;s always-on consumers. For years now, we&rsquo;ve heard that companies are judged based on the quality of their customer experiences. Since the pandemic, with the world going online as never before, the competition to get customer experience right is intense.The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-apis-rule-the-realtime-experience-economy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-apis-rule-the-realtime-experience-economy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive survey: How IT is recovering from the COVID-19 crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic we hoped would be over in a couple of months is still with us and, like the health consequences of the virus itself, its effects on the economy are proving damaging in the short term and uncertain in the long term.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/exclusive-survey-how-it-is-recovering-from-the-covid-19-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/exclusive-survey-how-it-is-recovering-from-the-covid-19-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 costly mistakes in infrastructure outsourcing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outsourcing your infrastructure to a managed service provider (MSP) has its benefits.&nbsp; Lower support costs, variable resource unit costs, and reduced cycle times for provisioning project resources are among the benefits most valued by companies who make the shift.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-costly-mistakes-in-infrastructure-outsourcing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-costly-mistakes-in-infrastructure-outsourcing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fusie Felton en Lantech creëert grote nieuwe speler in Nederlandse IT-markt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cloud, cyber security, networking en managed services]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/fusie-felton-en-lantech-creert-grote-nieuwe-speler-in-nederlandse-it-markt/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/fusie-felton-en-lantech-creert-grote-nieuwe-speler-in-nederlandse-it-markt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Thriving in a Mobile Future: Working Together Toward Smart Finance]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 is destined to be an unusual year. The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously impacted life and work worldwide, casting a shadow over the global economy. The future has become increasingly uncertain, and people are starting to think about how to cope when the &ldquo;black swan&rdquo; becomes the new norm.Challenges and Opportunities Facing Financial Institutions During COVID-19With the rapid spread of COVID-19 worldwide, reopening economies while ensuring safety and preventing a second &mdash;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-thriving-in-a-mobile-future-working-together-toward-smart-finance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-thriving-in-a-mobile-future-working-together-toward-smart-finance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edge computing’s epic turf war]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT and OT (operational technology) have always occupied two separate worlds. OT concerns itself with the vertical, proprietary systems core to an organization &mdash; in manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and so on &mdash; and the specialized knowledge required to run them. Over the years OT has tended to resist efforts to open up those systems and integrate them with IT, even in the face of new edge computing and IoT initiatives intended to bridge the gap. Either that, or lines of communica]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/edge-computings-epic-turf-war/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/edge-computings-epic-turf-war/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edge computing: The next generation of innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The future of enterprise tech won't be confined to the data center mothership -- nor even the public cloud. Wedded to the internet of things, edge computing puts processing horsepower wherever it needs to go.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/edge-computing-the-next-generation-of-innovation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/edge-computing-the-next-generation-of-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aan de slag als Data Engineer bij de Autoriteit Financiële Markten]]></title><description><![CDATA[Als data engineer bij de AFM ben je developer en database administrator in &eacute;&eacute;n.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aan-de-slag-als-data-engineer-bij-de-autoriteit-financile-markten/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aan-de-slag-als-data-engineer-bij-de-autoriteit-financile-markten/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 tips for implementing an effective D&amp;I strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Implementing an effective D&amp;I strategy in your organization is a crucial step to creating a welcoming environment for all of your employees. A 2017 study from the Kapor Center looked at why people voluntarily left jobs in tech and found that 78 percent of employees experienced unfair behavior or treatment at their last job, while 85 percent said they had witnessed or observed unfair behavior.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-implementing-an-effective-dampi-strategy/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-tips-for-implementing-an-effective-dampi-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visual analytics maakt processen RVO transparant en stuurbaar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bij de RVO zijn er sinds het begin van de coronacrisis zeer veel aanvragen voor financi&euml;le steun binnengekomen. Zo zijn er binnen korte tijd 30.000 aanvragen binnengekomen voor de TVL-regeling (Tegemoetkoming Vaste Lasten) voor het MKB en zelfs in totaal ruim 220.000 aanvragen voor de inmiddels afgesloten &lsquo;4000-euroregeling&rsquo;.Het streven is volgens Raaphorst voor al die aanvragen hetzelfde: &ldquo;We willen zo snel en betrouwbaar mogelijk tot uitbetaling komen.&rdquo; Dat gaat n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/visual-analytics-maakt-processen-rvo-transparant-en-stuurbaar/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/visual-analytics-maakt-processen-rvo-transparant-en-stuurbaar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Het hybride kantoor stelt andere eisen aan cultuur, etiquette en leiderschap]]></title><description><![CDATA[Het is een veel gestelde vraag: is dit werken op afstand nu het nieuwe normaal? Het antwoord verschilt afhankelijk van aan wie je hem stelt. Vanuit het oogpunt van technologie is er heel veel mogelijk gebleken, tot en met complete klantcontactcentra waar de werknemers vanuit huis kunnen werken. Pragmatici wijzen op potenti&euml;le kostenbesparingen op kantoorruimte en minder reistijd voor werknemers, mensen met oog op klimaat op de lagere CO2-uitstoot door een afname van verkeer. Vanuit de antr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/het-hybride-kantoor-stelt-andere-eisen-aan-cultuur-etiquette-en-leiderschap/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/het-hybride-kantoor-stelt-andere-eisen-aan-cultuur-etiquette-en-leiderschap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Towards smarter security]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is your number one priority?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/towards-smarter-security/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/towards-smarter-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 IT skills paying the highest premiums today]]></title><description><![CDATA[As IT jobs grow increasingly complex, there&rsquo;s more ambiguity surrounding how job titles are defined by any given company and how employers can compensate candidates in the same role with varying skillsets. Pay premiums help employers track the value of specific skills, so they know how competitive the market is for candidates with those skills and how much to offer on top of the base salary.&nbsp;To keep a finger on the pulse of these premiums, Foote Partners has been tracking pay data on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-it-skills-paying-the-highest-premiums-today/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/13-it-skills-paying-the-highest-premiums-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 new rules for leading IT teams in the COVID era]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every successful IT project is the result of a team effort. Inspiration, enthusiasm, collaboration, brainstorming, advocacy and support are all key elements in IT innovation. But what happens to teamwork when social distancing rules drive members into COVID-19-created isolation?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-new-rules-for-leading-it-teams-in-the-covid-era/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-new-rules-for-leading-it-teams-in-the-covid-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: How much are you worth?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode of &lsquo;The CIO Show&rsquo; we take a look at the latest data on IT salaries in Australia, and discuss current trends in this most unusual of years for the sector and those working within it.Nicole Gorton, APAC director with global recruiter, Robert Half, provides a deep dive on the company&rsquo;s recently published A/NZ Salary Guide 2020, revealing the range of salaries currently on offer across the key tech jobs here and across the ditch. But she urges employers &ndash; and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-how-much-are-you-worth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 08:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-how-much-are-you-worth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Annihilator of the Mishap]]></title><description><![CDATA[What makes a business durable?&nbsp; Customers do!&nbsp; Especially the ones that keep coming back for more, and the new ones too.&nbsp; That said, nothing can be taken for granted.&nbsp; You can count on it -- someone is trying to take your customers from you with something different or just the pretense of that.&nbsp; That would be those gnarly competitors, on the endless path to disrupt, win, and annihilate (you).&nbsp;&nbsp;In today's world it is an undeniable truth that creativity and inno]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-annihilator-of-the-mishap/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-annihilator-of-the-mishap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest enterprise technology M&amp;A deals of 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[The enterprise software and services landscape is always evolving, even in the midst of a pandemic, with startups in new product categories disrupting established vendors, and well-known names combining to stay on top of the market. Cloud services in particular is a market that has been changing rapidly of late, both in terms of the software that runs in the cloud and the hardware that powers it.For CIOs, mergers and acquisitions (M&amp;As) in the tech space can be disruptive to strategic rollo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-biggest-enterprise-technology-mampa-deals-of-2020/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-biggest-enterprise-technology-mampa-deals-of-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to build a resilient IT culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[The word &lsquo;resilient&rsquo; is cropping up a lot lately as a cultural cornerstone for coping with the pressures the pandemic has foisted on IT. CIOs have played a significant role in enabling organization-wide remote work strategies at speed while accelerating digital initiatives central to the business in uncertain times.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-a-resilient-it-culture/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-a-resilient-it-culture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Security is een enabler voor thuiswerken"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kijken we naar de resultaten van de Work Security Index, dan zien we wat tegenstrijdige cijfers als het gaat om de impact van thuiswerken op security. Van de 255 senior beslissers die bevraagd zijn in Nederland, ziet 42 procent dat de kans op ernstige cyberrisico&rsquo;s toeneemt, maar zijn negen van de tien respondenten ervan overtuigd dat de apparaten die gebruikt worden bestand zijn tegen geavanceerde cyberdreigingen. Dit terwijl 67 procent van de respondenten aangeeft thuis op persoonlijke]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-is-een-enabler-voor-thuiswerken/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-is-een-enabler-voor-thuiswerken/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SLTN en Nutanix lossen complexiteit moderne infrastructuur op]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steeds meer organisaties willen af van een shared 3-tier cloudplatform of 3-tier datacenter op locatie, waarbij de infrastructuur is opgebouwd uit afzonderlijke componenten voor server, storage en netwerk. SLTN kan samen met Nutanix voldoen aan die wens, zo stelt Peter van den Muijsenberg, CTO van SLTN: &ldquo;Complexiteit oplossen, daar draait het allemaal om.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sltn-en-nutanix-lossen-complexiteit-moderne-infrastructuur-op/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sltn-en-nutanix-lossen-complexiteit-moderne-infrastructuur-op/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building enterprise agility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disruption, first digital disruption and now business disruption in the wake of COVID-19, has become the rule rather than the exception, making this a critical time for organizations to reassess their digital transformation strategies as well as core competencies and capabilities.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/building-enterprise-agility/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/building-enterprise-agility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 9 data engineer and data architect certifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake big data initiatives can be even harder.Successfully deploying big data initiatives requires more than&nbsp;data scientists&nbsp;and&nbsp;data analysts. It requires data architects who design the "blueprint" for your enterprise data management framework, and it requires&nbsp;data engineers&nbsp;who can build that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-9-data-engineer-and-data-architect-certifications/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-9-data-engineer-and-data-architect-certifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creating an IT culture of inclusiveness and belonging]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editor's note:&nbsp;This article is the second in a four-part series on how IT leaders can effectively address systemic racism in their organizations. Start reading here or jump to the first article in the series, which lays the groundwork for effectively addressing systemic racism.&nbsp;Acknowledging that systemic racism exists in our society and recognizing the many different ways it has adversely impacted the Black community, as well as other people of color, is a key first step to successfu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/creating-an-it-culture-of-inclusiveness-and-belonging/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/creating-an-it-culture-of-inclusiveness-and-belonging/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Is the cloud really cheaper?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s an assumption that has been allowed to grow unchecked for some time, however the jury is officially still out on whether public cloud infrastructure is cheaper than running on-premises data centres.In this episode we talk to Nine&rsquo;s chief information and technology officer Damian Cronan about his long journey managing the costs and applications of the cloud, as well as Rohan Penman, CIO with bespoke Tea brand T2 Tea, who shares a rather alarming anecdote about how series cloud b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-is-the-cloud-really-cheaper/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 08:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-is-the-cloud-really-cheaper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive: SA Human Services’ Rowan Dollar made redundant after role dissolved]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Human Services South Australia&rsquo;s chief information officer, Rowan Dollar, has been made redundant following a restructure at the agency which has seen his position dissolved.Dollar has been with the SA DHS since January last year. He moved Adelaide from Darwin where he was chief information officer at the NT government's&nbsp;Department of Primary Industry and Resources, a role he held since 2015.Dollar told CIO Australia on Friday that he would take a break before looki]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/exclusive-sa-human-services-rowan-dollar-made-redundant-after-role-dissolved/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 06:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/exclusive-sa-human-services-rowan-dollar-made-redundant-after-role-dissolved/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How architecture helps agile projects hit business targets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Too many projects initiated by traditional businesses fail to deliver meaningful business outcomes in a reasonable time frame. A 2018 Gartner survey found that &ldquo;90% of corporate leaders view digital as a top priority,&rdquo; yet &ldquo;83% of leaders struggle to make significant progress on digital transformation.&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-architecture-helps-agile-projects-hit-business-targets/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-architecture-helps-agile-projects-hit-business-targets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analytics: Your supply chain’s competitive edge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Effectively managing supply chains has perhaps never been more important for organizations. The coronavirus pandemic has created significant market distruptions, shifting the way consumers and businesses purchase products and creating challenges for manufacturers to receive the materials they need to meet demand.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/analytics-your-supply-chains-competitive-edge/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/analytics-your-supply-chains-competitive-edge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mendix brengt low-code platform naar nieuw terrein: data-integratie en BPM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Low-code is ontwikkeld rondom de fundamentele principes van abstraheren en automatiseren. Sinds de oprichting in 2005 heeft Mendix op basis hiervan een ontwikkelplatform gecre&euml;erd waarmee het inmiddels jaar na jaar rechtsboven in de schema&rsquo;s van Gartner staat en dus wordt gezien als een leider in deze markt. Toch zitten er ook limieten aan wat er mogelijk is met een applicatie-ontwikkelplatform alleen. Vandaar dat Mendix World dit jaar voor een belangrijk deel in het teken staat van]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mendix-brengt-low-code-platform-naar-nieuw-terrein-data-integratie-en-bpm/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mendix-brengt-low-code-platform-naar-nieuw-terrein-data-integratie-en-bpm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Ian Law, CIO, San Francisco International Airport]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ian Law, CIO of San Francisco International Airport, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by&nbsp;CIO.com&nbsp;and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss technology and tools for post-pandemic airport safety and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-ian-law-cio-san-francisco-international-airport/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/podcast-cio-leadership-live-with-ian-law-cio-san-francisco-international-airport/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 digital transformation success stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can say one thing about the coronavirus pandemic: Never before has a digital strategy spanning efforts to modernize and transform the business been so important.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-digital-transformation-success-stories/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-digital-transformation-success-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Summit Australia being delivered virtually in 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia&rsquo;s flagship event for senior technology executives is being delivered virtually over two days on September 23 and 24 due to social distancing restrictions related to COVID-19.The Future Enterprise: Digital Transformation 2.0 is the central theme for this year&rsquo;s CIO Summit, brought to you by CIO Australia, IDC, and the CIO Executive Council.2020 has been a challenge for CIOs and digital chiefs working at organisations across most market sectors as the pandemic shows no signs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-summit-australia-being-delivered-virtually-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-summit-australia-being-delivered-virtually-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knight Frank bolsters digital team with new hires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global property giant Knight Frank has hired two senior technology leaders to bolster its efforts in harnessing digital to navigate the industry&rsquo;s turbulent waters as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc everywhere.Darren Warner is the new head of IT, bringing with him 20 years&rsquo; experience, most recently at auto-distribution and retail company Inchcape. He returns to the property sector after previously serving for 10 years as APAC IT director with CBRE.&nbsp;He&rsquo;ll work along]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/knight-frank-bolsters-digital-team-with-new-hires/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 02:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/knight-frank-bolsters-digital-team-with-new-hires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transforming analytics into business impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many organizations are struggling to get business value from their analytics. According to Gartner, through 2022, only 20 percent of analytic insights will deliver business outcomes. When it comes to AI, Gartner says 80 percent of projects this year will remain "alchemy, run by wizards whose talents will not scale in the organization."To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/transforming-analytics-into-business-impact/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/transforming-analytics-into-business-impact/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nieuwe prioriteiten voor CIO’s: performance monitoring en de public cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Het principe van &lsquo;software is eating the world&rsquo; &ndash; oftewel organisaties worden softwarebedrijven &ndash; komt nu in een stroomversnelling. Bijvoorbeeld: organisaties die tot voor kort vooral bekend stonden om hun fysieke winkelconcept maken versneld de transformatie naar &lsquo;online platform&rsquo;. De overstap naar het gebruik van online platformen als primair kanaal heeft veel impact op de performance die van de betrokken applicaties ge&euml;ist wordt, en mogelijk op de erv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/nieuwe-prioriteiten-voor-cios-performance-monitoring-en-de-public-cloud/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/nieuwe-prioriteiten-voor-cios-performance-monitoring-en-de-public-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 ways IT product management can accelerate recovery post-COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[The unpredictability of the COVID-19 global pandemic has brought CIOs to a pivotal moment: Their companies have discovered how heavily they depend on IT. In response, IT organizations have already begun delivering IT services with an increasing level of customer focus, effectiveness, and responsiveness. And visionary CIOs and IT leaders are now building contingency plans and preparing their organizations for inevitable future changes &mdash; thinking through operational systems, capabilities, an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-ways-it-product-management-can-accelerate-recovery-post-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/3-ways-it-product-management-can-accelerate-recovery-post-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 ways to boost morale in a COVID world]]></title><description><![CDATA[When organizations quickly became fully remote, IT teams took on new responsibilities, in uncertain conditions, to keep their businesses humming. But that effort has taken a toll on a remote workforce with no clear timetable to a return to the office, a perfect recipe for burnout.&nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-ways-to-boost-morale-in-a-covid-world/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/11-ways-to-boost-morale-in-a-covid-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 10 help desk tools for better customer service]]></title><description><![CDATA[Help desk software is designed to streamline customer service and create a functional, centralized point of contact for incident ticketing, customer issues and tracking the quality of customer service. Help desk tools focus on automating tasks such as assigning tickets, answering basic queries for customers, categorizing incidents or problems and tagging the necessary employees when issues arise.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-10-help-desk-tools-for-better-customer-service/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-10-help-desk-tools-for-better-customer-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eventorganisatie in de koningsklasse: interview met CEO CM.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[CM.com<br />
Het sponsorschap komt niet uit de lucht vallen: Van Glabbeek is duidelijk enthousiast over de samenwerking met het circuit, die ontstond aansluitend op de dienstverlening voor de Nederlandse Grand Prix. Eerder was CM.com vier jaar lang sponsor van voetbalclub NAC in Breda. Waar het team, zoals dat gaat, ups en downs kende, was de inspirerende omgeving van het stadion een constante. Een mooi locatie spreekt altijd tot de verbeelding, en weinige doen dat zozeer als het roemruchte circuit in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/eventorganisatie-in-de-koningsklasse-interview-met-ceo-cmcom/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/eventorganisatie-in-de-koningsklasse-interview-met-ceo-cmcom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderniseer security met 6 mogelijkheden voor een Zero Trust-architectuur]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tegelijkertijd is er minder IT-budget en blijven de kosten voor het onderhoud van verouderde legacy-infrastructuren groeien.Om dit tegen te gaan richten publieke en private organisaties zich tot cloud-based tools. Het doel hiervan is het opzetten van door posture gedreven, conditionele toegang en het delen van zero-day-bedreigingen. Grote organisaties moeten de security-omgeving simplificeren met behulp van cross-platform automatisering die veilige toegang biedt tot applicaties en data.Een zero]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/moderniseer-security-met-6-mogelijkheden-voor-een-zero-trust-architectuur/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/moderniseer-security-met-6-mogelijkheden-voor-een-zero-trust-architectuur/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The top 11 big data and data analytics certifications for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder &mdash; a challenge reflected in the rising demand for big data and analytics skills and certifications.&nbsp;If you're looking to get an edge on a data analytics career, certification is a great option. Certifications measure your knowledge and skills against industry- and ven]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-11-big-data-and-data-analytics-certifications-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-11-big-data-and-data-analytics-certifications-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 software development KPIs that matter today]]></title><description><![CDATA[If only measuring software development productivity and tracking team performance were as simple as counting lines of code or hours worked. But the efficiency of software engineering teams, as with any technical or creative work, cannot be measured in quantity alone. The quality of the work and the collaboration of the team impact productivity in immediate and lasting ways. Add to that the iterative, evolving nature of Agile, and software development productivity becomes too fluid and interconne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-software-development-kpis-that-matter-today/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-software-development-kpis-that-matter-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Women in IT, part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this the second of our two-part episode on &lsquo;Women in IT&rsquo; we delve a little deeper into what sexual discrimination looks like, and continuing the broader conversation about diversity, while also sharing some important facts that really challenge some of the key assumptions in this debate.And as one of Australia&rsquo;s most respected and successful technologists, Marie Johnson argues, discrimination and the need for diversity are issues that transcend gender. Just ask anyone who&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-women-in-it-part-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-women-in-it-part-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Design thinking: The secret to digital success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Design thinking is fast becoming a key ingredient for successful digital transformation. But what exactly is design thinking, and how are leading CIOs harnessing its power to enhance business value?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/design-thinking-the-secret-to-digital-success/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/design-thinking-the-secret-to-digital-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 ways to avoid cloud waste]]></title><description><![CDATA[A big reason why we all use clouds these days is to save money from running our own server rooms and data centers. But, if you don't use clouds correctly, you can still lose money. Here's how to avoid those costly mistakes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-avoid-cloud-waste/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-ways-to-avoid-cloud-waste/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 conversations CIOs must have to advance digital business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital business efforts have accelerated in the face of COVID-19, with leading enterprises and government agencies quickly implementing digital capabilities to support remote and virtual engagement. Now, they have turned their attention to widespread optimization and revenue generation opportunities. CIOs, along with other members of the executive team, are on the implementation front lines. Given their technical expertise, the expectation falls to the CIO to influence, educate, and drive digit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-conversations-cios-must-have-to-advance-digital-business/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-conversations-cios-must-have-to-advance-digital-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pros and cons of low-code platforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a world with high stress deadlines and high maintenance bosses, the promise of low-code development tools sound great: With a few clicks, non-coders can stand up a simple app in a snap.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/pros-and-cons-of-low-code-platforms/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/pros-and-cons-of-low-code-platforms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO’s guide to navigating office politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[The meeting went south almost as soon as it started. A company was moving from a service-driven to product-driven business model and adopting an agile approach at the same time. Al Sporer, executive vice president and general manager for digital consultancy Anexinet, was there to facilitate. Less than five minutes in, a longtime general manager from the business looked across the table at the CIO. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why I have to be here,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve told you for ov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-guide-to-navigating-office-politics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-guide-to-navigating-office-politics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A 10-point plan for addressing WFH cybersecurity challenges]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;How should we adapt our cybersecurity controls to address the new WFH reality?" This question is top-of-mind for CIOs and security executives. When it comes to cybersecurity in the post-COVID era, every CIO needs an answer to three key questions:To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/a-10-point-plan-for-addressing-wfh-cybersecurity-challenges/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/a-10-point-plan-for-addressing-wfh-cybersecurity-challenges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 5 Keys to Building an AIOps Powerhouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[In order to compete, enterprises must deliver digital experiences that perform flawlessly in seconds and delight their customers. The challenge is that behind each digital app is massive complexity &ndash; hundreds of interwoven services, developed by a mix of proprietary and open source contributors, connecting mainframe and multi-cloud infrastructures with billions of end user devices. These digital demands are driving exponential growth of data and transaction volumes, making it increasingly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-keys-to-building-an-aiops-powerhouse/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-keys-to-building-an-aiops-powerhouse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 tips for avoiding IT staff burnout during a pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Never before have the pros and cons of working from home become more obvious than in 2020, as the coronavirus initiated a mass exodus from corporate offices worldwide. In the early days, employees reveled in their ability to sleep in and spend more time with the family.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-avoiding-it-staff-burnout-during-a-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-tips-for-avoiding-it-staff-burnout-during-a-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time extended to enter the 2020 CIO50 Australia awards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Due to distractions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, CIO Australia is granting nominees and their nominators a two-week extension to enter this year&rsquo;s CIO50. Entrants now have until 5:00pm on Friday September 4 to complete and send in their nominations.2020 has been a tough year for many of us with the pandemic placing enormous pressure on CIOs and their technology teams to deliver solutions for new hybrid working environments.CIO Australia has received nominations from CIOs and othe tech]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/time-extended-to-enter-the-2020-cio50-australia-awards/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/time-extended-to-enter-the-2020-cio50-australia-awards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time extended to enter the 2020 CIO50]]></title><description><![CDATA[Due to distractions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, CIO Australia is granting nominees and their nominators a two-week extension to enter this year&rsquo;s CIO50. Entrants now have until 5:00pm on Friday September 4 to complete and send in their nominations.2020 has been a tough year for many of us with the pandemic placing enormous pressure on CIOs and their technology teams to deliver solutions for new hybrid working environments.CIO Australia has received nominations from CIOs and othe tech]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/time-extended-to-enter-the-2020-cio50/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/time-extended-to-enter-the-2020-cio50/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: Women in IT, part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This episode of &lsquo;The CIO Show&rsquo; is the first of our two-part programme on Women in IT, where we tackles the questions of how many women are currently working in the sector &ndash; including in leadership roles &ndash; are there too few, and what can be done about it.&nbsp;There&rsquo;s certainly consensus around the need for greater awareness of the changing nature of the tech industry, and what it takes to be an effective leader, while the broader question of diversity is addresses,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-women-in-it-part-1/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 03:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-women-in-it-part-1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 18 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-18-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 03:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-18-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benelux Cyber Security Summit: actie voor lezers van CIO NL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Het Benelux Cyber Security Summit is een evenement waarbij de uitdagingen centraal staan waar organisaties in de Benelux zich mee geconfronteerd zien als gevolg van de corona pandemie.Honderden cyber security experts komen op 22 en 23 september online bijeen om zaken te bespreken als Hybrid Cloud Environments, Risk Management, Cyber Resilience, &amp; Security Awareness Training.Lezers van CIO NL kunnen zich gratis registreren en profiteren van 30 dagen toegang tot de content na het event, 9 CPE]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/benelux-cyber-security-summit-actie-voor-lezers-van-cio-nl/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/benelux-cyber-security-summit-actie-voor-lezers-van-cio-nl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rackspace: Nederlandse IT-leiders investeren meer in cloud, minder in talent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inmiddels is het bekend dat veel bedrijven tijdens de corona lockdown hebben moeten investeren in IT-infrastructuur en technologie als onderdeel van een aangepaste bedrijfsvoering. De mate waarin dat is gebeurt is minder duidelijk, maar nieuw onderzoek van cloud-expert Rackspace onder IT-leiders (waarvan 150 in Nederland, 1516 wereldwijd) geeft een nieuwe indicatie: meer dan driekwart (87%) van de bedrijven in Nederland heeft tijdens de lockdown uitgaven en budgetten voor technologie verhoogd.D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rackspace-nederlandse-it-leiders-investeren-meer-in-cloud-minder-in-talent/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/rackspace-nederlandse-it-leiders-investeren-meer-in-cloud-minder-in-talent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is workforce management? A process for ensuring employee productivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Workforce management (WFM) is framework for optimizing employee productivity. WFM began as a means for improving the consistency, efficiency and productivity of call centers but has since expanded to other industries and job functions. Organizations now leverage WFM processes and tools to increase organizational performance in a strategic fashion that includes human resource management, performance and training management, scheduling, data collection, recruiting, budgeting and forecasting, sche]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-workforce-management-a-process-for-ensuring-employee-productivity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-workforce-management-a-process-for-ensuring-employee-productivity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO Leadership Live with Vipin Gupta, CIO, Toyota Financial Services]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vipin Gupta, CIO at Toyota Financial Services, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss reimagining IT budgets, accelerating digital transformation and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-leadership-live-with-vipin-gupta-cio-toyota-financial-services/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-leadership-live-with-vipin-gupta-cio-toyota-financial-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How Financial Services Can Recover IT Hygiene Post-Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott Lowe is the Managing Director and Founder of EndpointX, a unified endpoint management and security firm that primarily services financial services institutions.&nbsp;Lowe and his teams work directly with their clients to produce visibility and control over their sprawling endpoint environments.When the pandemic struck, financial services organizations were thrown into chaos, and Lowe and his teams helped their clients through every step of this transition.Here&rsquo;s what Lowe experience]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-financial-services-can-recover-it-hygiene-post-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-financial-services-can-recover-it-hygiene-post-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Why Some Succeeded—and Some Struggled—During the Overnight Switch to WFH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Charles Ross is Chief Customer Officer at Tanium, a unified endpoint management and security platform.Ross&rsquo; customers include some of the world&rsquo;s largest and most complex endpoint environments, including all six branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, 12 of the 15 largest U.S. banks, and large-scale healthcare providers.When the pandemic struck, Ross worked with them through every step of their transition to Work From Home (WFH) environments.Here&rsquo;s what Ross learned.The Sudden Mand]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-some-succeededand-some-struggledduring-the-overnight-switch-to-wfh/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-some-succeededand-some-struggledduring-the-overnight-switch-to-wfh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO’s cost-optimization playbook: 7 tips for tight times]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cutting costs in IT while still moving forward with digital initiatives is not for the faint of heart. On the heels of transitioning staff to working remotely for the long haul, now many CIOs are being tasked with reducing budgets in an uncertain economy.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-cost-optimization-playbook-7-tips-for-tight-times/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-cost-optimization-playbook-7-tips-for-tight-times/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 days left to enter the 2020 CIO50 Australia awards]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are 4 days left to enter the 2020 CIO50 with entries closing this Friday.The program is not just open to chief information officers. Chief digital officers, chief innovation officers and other senior technology leaders are encouraged to tell their stories of business innovation and leadership.This year, we are asking entrants to tell us their stories of innovation, whether it's a response to COVID-19 or a large technology and business transformation project.We are looking for compelling t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-days-left-to-enter-the-2020-cio50-australia-awards/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-days-left-to-enter-the-2020-cio50-australia-awards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zo vind je de juiste balans tussen zero trust en optimale toegang voor thuiswerkers]]></title><description><![CDATA[De afgelopen maanden is thuiswerken voor organisaties over de hele wereld topprioriteit geworden, al dan niet omdat overheden hen daartoe verplichtten. Helaas ondervonden zowel grote als kleine organisaties toen de beperkingen van &lsquo;traditionele&rsquo; VPN-oplossingen aan den lijve. Die kwamen aan het licht door de druk van de tsunami aan thuiswerkers.&nbsp;Wat is ZTNA?<br />
Zero trust is het concept waarbij je niets vertrouwt &ndash; of het nu binnen of buiten de grenzen van je organisatie geb]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-vind-je-de-juiste-balans-tussen-zero-trust-en-optimale-toegang-voor-thuiswerkers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/zo-vind-je-de-juiste-balans-tussen-zero-trust-en-optimale-toegang-voor-thuiswerkers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aan het worstelen met cybercriminaliteit? Schakel over naar publiek-private samenwerking.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Palo Alto Networks<br />
Cybercriminaliteit is bedrieglijk. Het is wereldwijd, genadeloos en wordt gevoed door vindingrijke cybercriminelen. Ze maken gebruik van technologie&euml;n zoals machine learning of goedkope exploitkits die zijn gekocht op het dark web. Ondertussen hebben een wereldwijde pandemie, economische stress en een enorme toename van het werk op afstand een doelwitrijke omgeving voor cybercriminelen gecre&euml;erd.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aan-het-worstelen-met-cybercriminaliteit-schakel-over-naar-publiek-private-samenwerking/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/aan-het-worstelen-met-cybercriminaliteit-schakel-over-naar-publiek-private-samenwerking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How Cloud-Based Services are Helping Maintain Critical Care and Connectivity in the ‘New Normal’]]></title><description><![CDATA[France and Italy were two of the early coronavirus epicenters, but thanks to aggressive containment measures, both countries have flattened the curve. Technology providers stepped up in a variety of ways to support government and healthcare officials in their efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus, delivering cloud-based solutions to improve collaboration, maintain patient care, and relieve overworked staff.For example, the rapid growth in cases in France created an urgent need for emergen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-cloud-based-services-are-helping-maintain-critical-care-and-connectivity-in-the-new-normal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-cloud-based-services-are-helping-maintain-critical-care-and-connectivity-in-the-new-normal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Cloud Services Provide a Digital Lifeline for Critical Government, Healthcare Sectors]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has tested the ability of government agencies and healthcare providers to deliver critical services and information to individuals and businesses, as many IT systems were suddenly overwhelmed with more requests than they could handle.Cloud services have enabled organizations to handle surges in demand and a sudden shift to remote work to manage through the crisis.&nbsp;Flexible, scalable, cloud-based IT infrastructure has proven vital to many software and service providers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-services-provide-a-digital-lifeline-for-critical-government-healthcare-sectors/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-services-provide-a-digital-lifeline-for-critical-government-healthcare-sectors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Cloud Services Provide Critical Continuity for Healthcare Providers During COVID Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Few fields have been transformed as radically by COVID-19 as healthcare. A high-touch profession has remade itself around virtual consultation, remote diagnosis, and video collaboration.Healthcare providers have had to rethink patient relationships as in-person interactions became minimized. Telehealth and other cloud-based services, which already had gained traction among many healthcare providers, have become critical components for ongoing care during the pandemic.Software and services provi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-services-provide-critical-continuity-for-healthcare-providers-during-covid-crisis/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-services-provide-critical-continuity-for-healthcare-providers-during-covid-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How Cloud Software and Service Providers Addressed an Education Crisis to Enable Remote Learning at Scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[One immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic this past spring was the temporary shutdown of schools all over the world, leaving over 1 billion students without classrooms. Schools were forced to quickly launch and scale up virtual learning curricula. The speed, scale, and breadth of the virtual learning services that followed simply would not have been possible without world-class cloud infrastructure and learning platforms.&nbsp;The rapid shift to cloud-based virtual learning across the globe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-cloud-software-and-service-providers-addressed-an-education-crisis-to-enable-remote-learning-at-scale/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-cloud-software-and-service-providers-addressed-an-education-crisis-to-enable-remote-learning-at-scale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pandemic pivot: IT leaders innovate on the fly]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the coronavirus forced Aspen Dental Management to shutter its offices in March, the company quickly moved to connect patients with doctors virtually.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-pandemic-pivot-it-leaders-innovate-on-the-fly/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-pandemic-pivot-it-leaders-innovate-on-the-fly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MLops: The rise of machine learning operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once machine learning models make it to production, they still need updates and monitoring for drift. A team to manage ML operations makes good business sense]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mlops-the-rise-of-machine-learning-operations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/mlops-the-rise-of-machine-learning-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO Show: How to win in the CIO50 and why it matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this episode of the CIO Show we talk to CIO50 alumni Real Pet Food Company group CIO Ursula Phillips and Sydney Water CIO George Hunt about what the honour meant for them and their teams.Also, two of our esteemed judges, renowned tech authorities Marie Johnson and Peter Nevin, share what they think it takes to make it into the list of Australia&rsquo;s most successful technology leaders, and tips for preparing the best submission.Entries have been open for a few weeks now but will be closing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-how-to-win-in-the-cio50-and-why-it-matters/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cio-show-how-to-win-in-the-cio50-and-why-it-matters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Key Insights to Guide Security Strategies Post-COVID]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, minds have been forced to focus on what really matters. This applies to businesses as much as individuals.When home and office blur into one, the security of digital connections becomes more important than ever. Today, it is critical for cybersecurity professionals to understand risk, look for potential breaches and build a robust response and recovery capability.During the pandemic, the hasty adoption or expansion of remote access technologies put u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-key-insights-to-guide-security-strategies-post-covid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-key-insights-to-guide-security-strategies-post-covid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 steps to prepare IT for a second-wave COVID-19 outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the COVID-19 outbreak is far from over, even more trouble may suddenly arrive in the not-too-distant future. Now is the time for IT leaders to begin preparing their organizations for a possible second-wave flare-up this winter.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-to-prepare-it-for-a-second-wave-covid-19-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-steps-to-prepare-it-for-a-second-wave-covid-19-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SurveyMonkey STEPs up battle for experience measurement market]]></title><description><![CDATA[When SAP snapped up experience measurement specialist Qualtrics for $8 billion, days ahead of its planned IPO in November 2018, the eye-popping price tag suddenly raised awareness of the product category and its potential value in the enterprise.Qualtrics itself was often compared to SurveyMonkey, a business many people knew only for its free online survey tool.<br />
[ Comparison shopping? See "The best ERP systems:10 enterprise resource planning systems compared," with evaluations and user reviews.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/surveymonkey-steps-up-battle-for-experience-measurement-market/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/surveymonkey-steps-up-battle-for-experience-measurement-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 7 most popular IT pilot projects today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tech spending is trending downward, with multiple studies showing IT is once again being asked to do more with less.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-7-most-popular-it-pilot-projects-today/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-7-most-popular-it-pilot-projects-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to choose a cloud machine learning platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[12 capabilities every cloud machine learning platform should provide to support the complete machine learning lifecycle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-choose-a-cloud-machine-learning-platform/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-choose-a-cloud-machine-learning-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How secure are your AI and machine learning projects?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence and machine learning bring new vulnerabilities along with their benefits. Here's how experts minimized their risk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-secure-are-your-ai-and-machine-learning-projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-secure-are-your-ai-and-machine-learning-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How AI can create self-driving data centers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early adopters are driving the use of AI to optimize power and cooling systems, automate predictive maintenance, and improve workload distribution in enterprise data centers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-ai-can-create-self-driving-data-centers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-ai-can-create-self-driving-data-centers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding the ideal board readiness program (and why you need one)]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;What do I need to do to become board-ready?&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/finding-the-ideal-board-readiness-program-and-why-you-need-one/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/finding-the-ideal-board-readiness-program-and-why-you-need-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI at work: Your next co-worker could be an algorithm]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s inevitable that artificial intelligence will replace some jobs. But emerging AI systems not only support their human colleagues but actively collaborate with them, tapping the unique strengths of both.(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-at-work-your-next-co-worker-could-be-an-algorithm/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-at-work-your-next-co-worker-could-be-an-algorithm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI and machine learning: Powering the next-gen enterprise]]></title><description><![CDATA[By now most of us understand that, in our current era, artificial intelligence (AI) and its subset machine learning (ML) have little to do with human intelligence. AI/ML is all about recognizing patterns in data and automating discrete tasks, from algorithms that flag fraudulent financial transactions to chatbots that answer customer questions. And guess what? IT leaders appreciate the enormous potential.According to a CIO Tech Poll of IT leaders published in February, AI/ML was considered the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-and-machine-learning-powering-the-next-gen-enterprise/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-and-machine-learning-powering-the-next-gen-enterprise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 machine learning success stories: An inside look]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence and&nbsp;machine learning (ML) are gaining significant traction in the enterprise, with organizations increasingly harnessing the technologies to better anticipate customers&rsquo; preferences and to bolster business operations.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-machine-learning-success-stories-an-inside-look/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-machine-learning-success-stories-an-inside-look/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waarom cultuur essentieel is voor een succesvol securityteam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Als het gaat om security, ligt de focus vaak op technologie. Maar eigenlijk is dit slechts een deel van de overweging &ndash; de rest gaat over zakelijke kwesties, persoonlijke motivatie en de drivers van een team. Wil je een echt effectief securityprogramma voor je organisatie, stel het dan samen op basis van de cultuur en dynamiek van het bedrijf. Een sterke cultuur binnen je securityteam is namelijk een van de belangrijkste indicatoren voor het succes ervan. Nog belangrijker zelfs dan de keu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-cultuur-essentieel-is-voor-een-succesvol-securityteam/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/waarom-cultuur-essentieel-is-voor-een-succesvol-securityteam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The technology aboard the Mars rover Perseverance: An inside look]]></title><description><![CDATA[When NASA finally launched its Mars 2020 rover last week following several delays, it packed along technology bestowed with all of the good-luck symbolism in the traditional wedding rhyme &ndash; something old, something new, something borrowed, and even something blue, if you consider the launch of the powerful Atlas V rocket that propelled the rover through the various shades of the Earth&rsquo;s atmosphere into deep space.The old, in this case, is a radiation-hardened version of an IBM Power]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-technology-aboard-the-mars-rover-perseverance-an-inside-look/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-technology-aboard-the-mars-rover-perseverance-an-inside-look/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Do More with R” video tutorials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Search for R video tutorials by task, topic, or package. Most videos are shorter than 10 minutes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/do-more-with-r-video-tutorials/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/do-more-with-r-video-tutorials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GoDaddy Websites + Marketing is perfect for new brands looking to get online.]]></title><description><![CDATA[To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/godaddy-websites-marketing-is-perfect-for-new-brands-looking-to-get-online/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/godaddy-websites-marketing-is-perfect-for-new-brands-looking-to-get-online/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why AI as a service is poised to take off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember when software as a service (SaaS) was the future of computing? &nbsp;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-ai-as-a-service-is-poised-to-take-off/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-ai-as-a-service-is-poised-to-take-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 business concepts IT leaders should master]]></title><description><![CDATA[Communicating the value of technology is critical for any CIO seeking to curry favor for their digital business initiatives. So it follows that engaging fellow leaders and the board of directors in buzzword bingo will sound the death knell for even the best laid tech plans.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-business-concepts-it-leaders-should-master/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-business-concepts-it-leaders-should-master/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Uniserver: Creating a Forward-Looking Lifestyle for Holland’s Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Marc Roeleveld, Cloud Architect at Uniserver, describes the company&rsquo;s booming cloud business, it&rsquo;s clear that everything is done with a keen focus on the needs of the managed service providers (MSPs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) the company serves.&ldquo;We are 100% focused on the channel,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Our customers rely on the high-quality cloud infrastructure services we deliver from our data centers on Dutch soil to provide the local, hybrid, and private]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-uniserver-creating-a-forward-looking-lifestyle-for-hollands-businesses/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-uniserver-creating-a-forward-looking-lifestyle-for-hollands-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: CIO.com VMware Cloud Verified Partnership Series]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Marc Roeleveld, Cloud Architect at Uniserver, describes the company&rsquo;s booming cloud business, it&rsquo;s clear that everything is done with a keen focus on the needs of the managed service providers (MSPs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) the company serves.&ldquo;We are 100% focused on the channel,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Our customers rely on the high-quality cloud infrastructure services we deliver from our data centers on Dutch soil to provide the local, hybrid, and private]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ciocom-vmware-cloud-verified-partnership-series/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ciocom-vmware-cloud-verified-partnership-series/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to future-proof your IT career in the age of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Worried that artificial intelligence will eliminate tech jobs -- your job specifically? Here&rsquo;s what you should and shouldn&rsquo;t focus on in a world of AI.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-future-proof-your-it-career-in-the-age-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-future-proof-your-it-career-in-the-age-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is design thinking? An agile method for innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Design thinking definition<br />
Design thinking is an agile, iterative process for approaching design and innovation that centers on users&rsquo; desires and needs, and enables your company to pivot as the industry changes and technology evolves. Design thinking acknowledges that there isn&rsquo;t one way to solve a problem. As such, the design thinking methodology encourages questioning, experimenting, observing and innovating in an environment that embraces diverse opinions and ideas.With design t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-design-thinking-an-agile-method-for-innovation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-design-thinking-an-agile-method-for-innovation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tips for vetting the business value of emerging tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's no shortage of promising new technologies. The challenge lies in pinpointing the specific tools that have the potential to bring real value to your organization by lowering costs, improving efficiency, providing deeper insights or opening the door to new business opportunities.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-vetting-the-business-value-of-emerging-tech/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tips-for-vetting-the-business-value-of-emerging-tech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Why Humanizing Digital Customer Systems is Critical to Creating Loyal Customers]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the primary mode of customer interaction changes from human-to-human contact to interaction between humans and digital systems, there has been a corresponding rise in customer discontent driven by a feeling of dehumanization. It started with customers frustrated by inbound call routing deployments (&ldquo;Why can&rsquo;t I just talk to a human being?&rdquo;) and increased as they were forced to interact more and more with digital systems lacking in any feeling of humanity. The takeaway: Busi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-humanizing-digital-customer-systems-is-critical-to-creating-loyal-customers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-humanizing-digital-customer-systems-is-critical-to-creating-loyal-customers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Find business insights in your information]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technology. Information. Disruption. The world is moving faster than ever, creating more information than ever before but less than it ever will in the future. We operate in a world defined by Industry 4.0, and the rules have changed.Industry 3.0 was the era of the process advantage, using technology to smooth workflows, accelerate decisions and gain efficiencies. Industry 4.0 is different. We have entered an age of extremes. Extreme connectivity. Extreme volumes of data generated and transmitt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-find-business-insights-in-your-information/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-find-business-insights-in-your-information/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Bringing back trust in an era of constant threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our digital footprints grow larger every day. Generated from a multitude of places, such as social media, IoT, wearables, phones and more, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data&nbsp;are created each day. As more and more information goes digital and technology advances, cybercrime also rises with the number of reported breaches up 54% from 2018 to 2019. Understanding the location of digital information and who has access is the Information Advantage organizations need to stay secure.To read this articl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-bringing-back-trust-in-an-era-of-constant-threats/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-bringing-back-trust-in-an-era-of-constant-threats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 10 Smart Cities in ASEAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our list of the top 10 smart cities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-10-smart-cities-in-asean/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-10-smart-cities-in-asean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Navigating the Complex Supply Chain Management Landscape]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supply chain management (SCM) has become an increasingly strategic operation for many companies, often serving as a significant competitive differentiator. We spoke with Eric Wilson, General Manager of Supply Chain Solutions at GEP, about today&rsquo;s key SCM trends and opportunities.Q. How has the supply chain changed, and what challenges have arisen?A. In the past, the supply chain ecosystem was linear, more rigid, and inflexible. A modern supply chain ecosystem is decentralized, which intro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-navigating-the-complex-supply-chain-management-landscape/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-navigating-the-complex-supply-chain-management-landscape/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizing around the value stream]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finding flow<br />
Flow. That feeling you get when working on something or doing an activity when time seems to fly by, and the work is happening. Everyone wants to achieve it. We achieve productivity not because it&rsquo;s effortless, but because all our systems are working in concert with one another. But flow is not just for individuals. It&rsquo;s for teams, and organizations, and is one of the core goals in the first way of DevOps, borrowing the idea from its roots in Lean.Managing flow<br />
In any s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/organizing-around-the-value-stream/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/organizing-around-the-value-stream/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 master data management certifications that will pay off]]></title><description><![CDATA[As data and analytics become the beating heart of the enterprise, it is increasingly critical for the business to have access to consistent, high-quality data assets. Master data management (MDM) is required to ensure that the enterprise's data is consistent, accurate and controlled.Customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and compliance all have one thing in common: They rely on an integrated, single view of quality data. That's where MDM comes in.<br />
[ Get ahead with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-master-data-management-certifications-that-will-pay-off/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/9-master-data-management-certifications-that-will-pay-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 data analytics success stories: An inside look]]></title><description><![CDATA[If data is the new oil, then knowing how to refine it into actionable business insights is the key to unleashing its potential and may raise the profile of IT leaders who can harness analytics to make business more efficient or improve customer experiences.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-data-analytics-success-stories-an-inside-look/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-data-analytics-success-stories-an-inside-look/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Train to become a skilled Python coder for just $50]]></title><description><![CDATA[Python is one of the most widely used coding languages in the world. And, good news, it isn&rsquo;t very difficult to learn &mdash; especially for those experienced using other platforms. If you want an introduction to the language, but would rather avoid a traditional college education, then give The Complete 2020 Python Programming Certification Bundle a try.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/train-to-become-a-skilled-python-coder-for-just-50/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/train-to-become-a-skilled-python-coder-for-just-50/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Three Key Digital Customer Trends for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[The evolution of the digital customer is changing how business gets done. And this &ldquo;new consumer&rdquo; is impacting not only financial services, healthcare, and retail, but just about every business. As the systems and technologies that we use to support and understand the digital customer have advanced, a time of great change is at hand.<br />
&ldquo;In both B2C and B2B, optimizing how digital customers interact with a brand has become a primary goal not just for marketing, but for executive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-three-key-digital-customer-trends-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-three-key-digital-customer-trends-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only AI can us from a world of fakes (a world AI is also creating)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deepfake video and audio. AI-generated texts, poetry and lyrics. Fake sites. Fake influencers. Fake news. Will life ever be real again?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/only-ai-can-us-from-a-world-of-fakes-a-world-ai-is-also-creating/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/only-ai-can-us-from-a-world-of-fakes-a-world-ai-is-also-creating/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only AI can save us from a world of fakes (a world AI is also creating)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deepfake video and audio. AI-generated texts, poetry and lyrics. Fake sites. Fake influencers. Fake news. Will life ever be real again?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/only-ai-can-save-us-from-a-world-of-fakes-a-world-ai-is-also-creating/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/only-ai-can-save-us-from-a-world-of-fakes-a-world-ai-is-also-creating/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concordance harmonizes ERP for healthy growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of March 2016, three distributors of health care products merged to form Concordance Healthcare Solutions.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/concordance-harmonizes-erp-for-healthy-growth/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/concordance-harmonizes-erp-for-healthy-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 tips to avoid automation disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2015, senior software engineer Benjamin Willenbring was excited when his employer, Autodesk, introduced automated software testing. That excitement didn't last long. The small automation team didn't communicate much with his division. And when the tests reached production, they weren't what anyone hoped for.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-to-avoid-automation-disaster/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-to-avoid-automation-disaster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: A Golden Opportunity for Cloud Services in Myanmar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Businesses in Myanmar are growing rapidly in no small part due to the cloud services offerings from Golden TMH (GTMH). With offices in Mandalay and Yangon, the company is one of the leading telecommunications companies in the nation.GTMH&rsquo;s solution portfolio is diverse, with numerous services that span the entire software stack &mdash; including cloud-based backup, disaster recovery, storage, and web hosting services, as well as software-defined infrastructure using private and hybrid clo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-golden-opportunity-for-cloud-services-in-myanmar/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-a-golden-opportunity-for-cloud-services-in-myanmar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creating a new funding model for product-based IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Chris Boyd co-authored this article]As technology departments shift from traditional project management frameworks to treating IT as a product, it is triggering a broader re-think about how technology initiatives are funded.Under the existing &ldquo;plan, build, run&rdquo; model, a business unit starts by sending project requirements to IT. The IT team then estimates the project costs, works with the business to agree on a budget, and gets to work.This setup has several flaws that hamper agili]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/creating-a-new-funding-model-for-product-based-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/creating-a-new-funding-model-for-product-based-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIO’s chief of staff: A role to bridge business and IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Few roles afford IT leaders the opportunity to double as both a strategic advisor to the CIO and as the glue to hold IT and business together. That&rsquo;s exactly the position Amanda Clarke found herself in last year when she became chief of staff for Newport News Shipbuilding CIO Bharat Amin.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-chief-of-staff-a-role-to-bridge-business-and-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-cios-chief-of-staff-a-role-to-bridge-business-and-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two things customers want from cloud vendors]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many enterprise customers like their cloud products, there are often some general rumblings of frustration with their vendors.&nbsp; Regardless of how long they have been doing business together, the size of the organization or the size of their cloud investment, cloud vendors seem to commit the same mistakes over and over that are ultimately fracturing their customer&rsquo;s trust in them and are creating vulnerabilities. &nbsp;By harming this valuable trust and creating frustrations, clo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-two-things-customers-want-from-cloud-vendors/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-two-things-customers-want-from-cloud-vendors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 most difficult IT jobs for employers to fill]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we enter a new decade, CIOs continue to shoulder greater responsibility for strategic business tasks, including those related to cybersecurity, data science and analytics and AI/machine learning. With that greater responsibility, comes operational challenges &mdash; not the least of which is recruiting and hiring talent with the skills necessary to advance those strategic initiatives.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-most-difficult-it-jobs-for-employers-to-fill/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/12-most-difficult-it-jobs-for-employers-to-fill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM puts Power Systems in SAP’s cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAP is now hosting IBM&rsquo;s latest Power Systems servers in its own data centers, as part of its HANA Enterprise Cloud managed offering. The move introduces a new hosting option for enterprises running modern ERP systems with large databases on the Power platform.That could interest a lot of CIOs: SAP has offered its software on the Power platform since 2005, and ported HANA to the Power architecture in 2015. IBM estimated last year that between 20 percent and 25 percent of HANA workloads th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ibm-puts-power-systems-in-saps-cloud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 22:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ibm-puts-power-systems-in-saps-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIO Leadership Live with Jason Nairn, CIO of Concordia University]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jason Nairn, CIO of Concordia University, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview. Watch as they discuss IT leadership in higher education, risk management and more.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-leadership-live-with-jason-nairn-cio-of-concordia-university/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/cio-leadership-live-with-jason-nairn-cio-of-concordia-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to build a collaboration environment for a changing workforce]]></title><description><![CDATA[By 2025, most workers will be millennials. These &lsquo;digital natives&rsquo; will have a major impact on how collaboration takes place &ndash; and it won&rsquo;t involve walking next door to an office to collaborate.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-a-collaboration-environment-for-a-changing-workforce/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-build-a-collaboration-environment-for-a-changing-workforce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Making Our Cities Smarter and Safer with Digital Technologies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, 55 percent of the world&rsquo;s population lives in urban areas, and that number is expected to grow to 68 percent by 2050, according to estimates from the United Nations. Projections show that continued urbanization &mdash; or the gradual shift from rural to urban areas &mdash; combined with the overall growth of the world&rsquo;s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050.[1]At the heart of this growth are megacities &mdash; or cities with more than 10 milli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-making-our-cities-smarter-and-safer-with-digital-technologies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-making-our-cities-smarter-and-safer-with-digital-technologies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 12 CIO skills every company wants]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the risk of letting you all guess how old I actually am (somewhere between 27 and 108), I will tell you that I have been advising CIOs on their careers for more than 20 years and recruiting them into their roles for 15.With all of that CIO executive search experience, along with two decades of writing for CIO.com and CIO magazine (remember print?), I must have interviewed thousands of CIOs. Along the way, I have learned to differentiate the operational CIOs from the strategic, the project ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-12-cio-skills-every-company-wants/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-12-cio-skills-every-company-wants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to harness the promise of ‘citizen developers’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The high demand for software developers has programming talent in short supply. And yet the seemingly insatiable need for new applications remains. How is an organization to cope with this gap?To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-harness-the-promise-of-citizen-developers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-harness-the-promise-of-citizen-developers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 5 IT strategies that will increase speed and agility for the enterprise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Athletes understand speed and agility training is vital for becoming the best they can be. It increases performance by strengthening muscles and improving coordination &ndash; giving them a competitive edge.The same concept holds true for IT resources. In order to compete more effectively, businesses in every industry are transforming their IT strategy and resources to be as fast and agile as possible. Successful enterprises are achieving the best results possible in their digital transformatio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-it-strategies-that-will-increase-speed-and-agility-for-the-enterprise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-it-strategies-that-will-increase-speed-and-agility-for-the-enterprise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 IT strategies that will increase speed and agility for the enterprise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Athletes understand speed and agility training is vital for becoming the best they can be. It increases performance by strengthening muscles and improving coordination &ndash; giving them a competitive edge.The same concept holds true for IT resources. In order to compete more effectively, businesses in every industry are transforming their IT strategy and resources to be as fast and agile as possible. Successful enterprises are achieving the best results possible in their digital transformatio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-it-strategies-that-will-increase-speed-and-agility-for-the-enterprise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-it-strategies-that-will-increase-speed-and-agility-for-the-enterprise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Cloud for Transformation – Cloud for Mindset Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[A prediction doing the rounds says that by 2023, half of all the enterprises in existence would have gone through some amount of digitization. This implies an investment of about US $1 trillion every year, for the next few years, towards the digital transformation of those enterprises. Half of that spending will be on Cloud.When there are so many new digital technologies in play, how does the relatively mature cloud end up completely dominating the transformation narrative? To answer that, we m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-for-transformation-cloud-for-mindset-change/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-for-transformation-cloud-for-mindset-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Preparing State, Local Authorities &amp; Education for a New Era of Public Safety]]></title><description><![CDATA[A&nbsp;recent study from Pew&nbsp;found that almost half of Americans credit technology with improving life most in the past 50 years. It makes sense. Everything from the way curriculums are taught to how we navigate city streets has changed as a result of technological advancement, improving the quality of day-to-day life. But how are these lives being protected in today&rsquo;s smart, digital world?The Dire Need for Intelligent Public SafetyState, local and education government agencies (othe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-preparing-state-local-authorities-amp-education-for-a-new-era-of-public-safety/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-preparing-state-local-authorities-amp-education-for-a-new-era-of-public-safety/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 13 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-13-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-13-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter 2020: Gender gapped]]></title><description><![CDATA[downloadCIO Digital Magazine, Winter 2020<br />
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To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/winter-2020-gender-gapped/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/winter-2020-gender-gapped/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Career ambitions: CIOs create new paths for leveling up]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a former programmer and mainframe systems admin, Kerry Stover&rsquo;s eventual rise to CIO is hardly out of the ordinary. IT execs have made that leap since the inception of the position itself.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/career-ambitions-cios-create-new-paths-for-leveling-up/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/career-ambitions-cios-create-new-paths-for-leveling-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should you tell customers they're talking to AI?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When chatbots reach the level of always passing the Turing Test, and can flawlessly pass for human with every interaction, do you disclose to users that it's AI? That's the dilemma.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/should-you-tell-customers-theyre-talking-to-ai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/should-you-tell-customers-theyre-talking-to-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reskilling IT for digital success]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tech talent shortage has CIOs scrambling to ensure that employees brush up on the latest skills and technologies that facilitate business agility. Among the domains in the highest demand: cloud computing, machine learning, data science, software engineering and cybersecurity.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/reskilling-it-for-digital-success/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/reskilling-it-for-digital-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholic Relief Services leverages machine learning to fight hunger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has a mission to provide humanitarian relief to people in the developing world. Since 2016, it has been using data collection and machine learning to help guide those efforts.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/catholic-relief-services-leverages-machine-learning-to-fight-hunger/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/catholic-relief-services-leverages-machine-learning-to-fight-hunger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Key to sustained digital transformation in 2020: People]]></title><description><![CDATA[Predictions about enterprise technology tend to be focused heavily on, well, technology. And why not? Without emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing, genuine digital transformation would remain a pipe dream for most enterprises.But digital transformation requires more than cutting-edge hardware and software (though it needs plenty of both). As analysts and organizations look forward to 2020 and beyond, the crucial role of people in digital transformation&m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-key-to-sustained-digital-transformation-in-2020-people/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-key-to-sustained-digital-transformation-in-2020-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 13 enterprise architecture tools for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprise architecture (EA) tools help organizations align business objectives with IT goals and infrastructure. These tools help manage information related to EA while helping companies plan roadmaps for digital transformation. They offer collaboration, reports, testing, simulations and more to help organizations create and implement models for better business and IT processes, development and architecture.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-enterprise-architecture-tools-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-enterprise-architecture-tools-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New H-1B application process begins March 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[For many companies, the H-1B visa program has been a valuable source for IT talent. The program, which awards 85,000 visas to foreign workers each spring based on a lottery system, has also been met with controversy, not just as a perceived means for replacing American workers but also for the administrative burden of its process, which has had a limiting effect on which companies apply.But in 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) overhauled the H-1B visa lottery process, prom]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/new-h-1b-application-process-begins-march-1/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/new-h-1b-application-process-begins-march-1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Realize the potential of your data]]></title><description><![CDATA[DXC helps companies go beyond running the business to changing the business. CTO Dan Hushon explains.&nbsp;Get THRIVE in your inbox.<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-realize-the-potential-of-your-data/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-realize-the-potential-of-your-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Uniper – Smart data powers new business models]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Using this predictability, using machines that can learn and intelligence that is maybe artificial, really help us get to the point where we can predict what&rsquo;s going to happen going forward much better &mdash; data becomes the lifeblood of any future business model.&rdquo;&ndash; Damian Bunyan, CIO, Uniper<br />
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To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-uniper-smart-data-powers-new-business-models/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-uniper-smart-data-powers-new-business-models/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT Salary Survey 2020: The results are in]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insider Pro reveals the current salaries for dozens of tech titles,details about IT workers'top concerns, the state of the tech hiring and the tech specialties raking in the biggest compensation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2020-the-results-are-in/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/it-salary-survey-2020-the-results-are-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 5 ways IT can match the pace of business]]></title><description><![CDATA[How can modern CIOs operate at the speed of business, while being flexible enough to respond quickly to market changes? Click here to discover the five bold courses of action.Get THRIVE in your inbox<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-ways-it-can-match-the-pace-of-business/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-ways-it-can-match-the-pace-of-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Train to become a skilled AWS expert for less than $50]]></title><description><![CDATA[The popularity of Amazon&rsquo;s cloud computing platform continues to grow. That means that opportunities for IT professionals in this sector are likely to be plentiful, but only those with the proper skills will be considered for jobs. So, if you're trying to climb above the competition, you'd be remiss to look over the AWS Solutions Architect Certification Bundle, currently discounted by over 90% today.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/train-to-become-a-skilled-aws-expert-for-less-than-50/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/train-to-become-a-skilled-aws-expert-for-less-than-50/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stretch assignments help future IT leaders shine]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most successful tech chiefs hand off many critical tasks to trusted lieutenants, in part to groom potential leaders to help future-proof the company. Choice Hotel CTO Brian Kirkland is a master of such delegation, assigning leaders with high potential tasks that extend beyond their regular job duties.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/stretch-assignments-help-future-it-leaders-shine/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/stretch-assignments-help-future-it-leaders-shine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing the "long game" of networking to earn a board seat]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Murray vividly recalls the first time he asked a recruiter friend about how he could get a seat on a public company board of directors. &ldquo;He laughed me right out of the lunch,&rdquo; recalls the former financial industry CIO, who most recently served as CEO of Paypro Corp. in New York.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/playing-the-long-game-of-networking-to-earn-a-board-seat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/playing-the-long-game-of-networking-to-earn-a-board-seat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: An Rx for Healthcare Providers: Edge Computing and IoT Solutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the healthcare industry, data is growing at an astounding rate. A recent Dell Technologies global survey found that healthcare and life sciences data had grown by 878 percent over the previous two years &mdash; with no slowdown in sight.[1] A significant percentage of this data is coming from the 10&ndash;15 connected devices that are often found at the typical hospital bedside.[2] At the same time, healthcare providers are also collecting a mountain of patient data being generated from conn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-an-rx-for-healthcare-providers-edge-computing-and-iot-solutions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-an-rx-for-healthcare-providers-edge-computing-and-iot-solutions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: IDC: JJ Food Service reinvents itself with a digital core]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the financial crisis hit, JJ Food Service made a bold move. Learn how they embraced the power of digital and data to streamline and optimize their operations. This article is part of the IDC series &ldquo;Your pathway to digital success,&rdquo; written to inspire business leaders to overcome common challenges along their organizations&rsquo; journeys.&nbsp;<br />
To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-idc-jj-food-service-reinvents-itself-with-a-digital-core/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-idc-jj-food-service-reinvents-itself-with-a-digital-core/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: What Workers Told Us About Collaboration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Collaboration is important to my work because&hellip;&nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;Problem solving is almost impossible without teamwork.&rdquo;&ldquo;Everyone is in sync and understands what needs to be done.&rdquo;&ldquo;Trust is built up.&rdquo;No matter where you are in the world, new research tells us the conditions needed for successful collaboration are universal. The Steelcase Active Collaboration Study 2019* spoke to more than 3,000 executives, managers and individual contributors in different s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-workers-told-us-about-collaboration/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-workers-told-us-about-collaboration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Fuel Better Ideas: Get Active]]></title><description><![CDATA[Collaborate anywhere, anytime, any way with Microsoft Surface Hub 2S and Steelcase RoamEverybody knows collaboration fuels innovation &mdash; you can&rsquo;t create good ideas without it. Leaders recognize this and are expecting teams to step up. While many people truly want to collaborate and are trying hard, they face some very real barriers (barriers that leaders don&rsquo;t face to the same degree).The 2019 Steelcase Active Collaboration Study revealed some of the biggest issues workers fac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-fuel-better-ideas-get-active/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-fuel-better-ideas-get-active/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle unleashes cloud-based data science platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oracle Wednesday staked its claim in the data science platform space with the availability of the Oracle Cloud Data Science Platform.The platform, built on the foundation of DataScience.com acquired by Oracle in 2018, is geared for teams of data scientists working collaboratively. Its capabilities include shared projects, model catalogs, team security policies, reproducibility, and auditability.<br />
[ Stay on budget with these 6 cloud cost management tips, learn the 5 fundamentals of effective clou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-unleashes-cloud-based-data-science-platform/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/oracle-unleashes-cloud-based-data-science-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telltale signs of IT dysfunction — and how to fix it]]></title><description><![CDATA[The role of IT is evolving, and digital transformation has brought with it a new set of responsibilities and assumptions that can lead to IT dysfunction. An explosion of new initiatives, the need to produce more quickly, constant interaction with the business, managing third-party cloud environments instead of traditional data centers &mdash; with so much coming at IT these days, it&rsquo;s little wonder that organizational tensions and challenges are rising.To read this article in full, please]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/telltale-signs-of-it-dysfunction-and-how-to-fix-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/telltale-signs-of-it-dysfunction-and-how-to-fix-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New CIO appointments, 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Movers &amp; Shakers is where you can keep up with new CIO appointments and gain valuable insight into the job market and CIO hiring trends. As every company becomes a technology company, CEOs and corporate boards are seeking multi-dimensional CIOs with superior skills in technology, communications, business strategy and digital innovation. The role is more challenging than ever before &mdash; but even more exciting and rewarding! If you have CIO job news to share, please email me!-------------]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/new-cio-appointments-2020/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/new-cio-appointments-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: What Fast-Paced Teams Want]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teams today don&rsquo;t just collaborate&mdash;they hyper-collaborate. They bounce from activity to activity, work moving from one person to another and back again. Inspired by design thinking and agile methods, these teams use rituals like brainstorms, pitch and shares, stand-up meetings and sprints to structure their work.The intense nature of what they do means with each new activity or work mode, they have to move&mdash;searching for the right people and the right space to get their work do]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-fast-paced-teams-want/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-fast-paced-teams-want/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Microsoft Azure-savvy &amp; supercharge your resume with this training.]]></title><description><![CDATA[People skilled in the use of cloud based platforms are in demand. If you want to transition your career path into this specialized field, then The Complete 2020 Microsoft Azure Certification Prep Bundle, discounted by over 90 percent, may be the most convenient route.This package is ideal for anyone who wants to work in the growing cloud computing sector. It includes eleven beginner-friendly courses that introduce students to the popular Microsoft Azure platform as well as advanced topics in da]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/get-microsoft-azure-savvy-amp-supercharge-your-resume-with-this-training/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/get-microsoft-azure-savvy-amp-supercharge-your-resume-with-this-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is data governance? A best practices framework for managing data assets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data governance definition<br />
Data governance is a system for defining who within an organization has authority and control over data assets and how those data assets may be used. It encompasses the people, processes, and technologies required to manage and protect data assets.The Data Governance Institute defines data governance as "a system of decision rights and accountabilities for information-related processes, executed according to agreed-upon models which describe who can take what actions]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-governance-a-best-practices-framework-for-managing-data-assets/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-is-data-governance-a-best-practices-framework-for-managing-data-assets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 hidden cloud gotchas to watch out for]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cloud revolution has been around long enough that every IT leader knows the overarching value proposition: The cloud makes it easier to share resources, it adapts quickly to shifting loads and demands, and it can save time and money by eliminating the need to buy, install and maintain racks of your own hardware.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-hidden-cloud-gotchas-to-watch-out-for/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/10-hidden-cloud-gotchas-to-watch-out-for/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 2020: The Year of Omnichannel]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the last 10 to 15 years, most organizations have viewed each marketing channel as completely distinct from any others. There was often an explicit segmentation between offline and online, and separate silos for face-to-face contact, telephone communication, and other channels. For these brands, it was frustrating that their ability to understand the customer experience was scattershot and inconsistent. Customer data couldn&rsquo;t be correlated, and therefore it was impossible to develop a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-2020-the-year-of-omnichannel/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-2020-the-year-of-omnichannel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: New Work. New Rules.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Teams? Why Now?Speed. Complexity. Disruption. These are the things companies need to deal with every day if they want to survive and grow. They have to innovate &mdash; and this requires a culture that fosters a new breed of hyper-collaborative teams.Studies confirm: People working in teams innovate faster, achieve better results and report higher job satisfaction. In fact, companies that promote collaboration in the workplace are five times more likely to be high performing and are more pr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-new-work-new-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-new-work-new-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to deploy RPA successfully]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT professionals with hands-on robotic process automation experience discuss the key factors contributing to a successful RPA deployment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-deploy-rpa-successfully/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-deploy-rpa-successfully/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security vs. innovation: IT's trickiest balancing act]]></title><description><![CDATA[At first glance, the deployment of cybersecurity measures and the pursuit of innovation might seem mutually exclusive. Strategies to enhance security are aimed at reducing risk, whereas innovation efforts require being open to taking risks.But enterprises are finding ways to launch innovative new digital business initiatives while taking steps to protect data and other IT assets. By doing so, they&rsquo;re establishing pathways to new revenue, improved customer experience, and new market opport]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-vs-innovation-its-trickiest-balancing-act/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/security-vs-innovation-its-trickiest-balancing-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eli Lilly AI automates adverse reaction reporting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Assembling information about adverse reactions to drugs vexes pharmaceutical companies, which are required to produce reports on any incidents to federal regulators. The far-flung data arrives in different languages and formats, making it hard to manage.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/eli-lilly-ai-automates-adverse-reaction-reporting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/eli-lilly-ai-automates-adverse-reaction-reporting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is technology killing globalization?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What you need to know -- and do -- about the tech-driven deglobalization trend and how it&rsquo;s effecting change. Your career depends on understanding how nationalism and regulations impact business.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/is-technology-killing-globalization/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/is-technology-killing-globalization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is your patience holding you back at work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are patience and ambition two sides of a coin? Is there gender bias at play when we decide to go for it, or wait patiently? Undoubtedly like many of you, I grew up hearing proverbs such as, &ldquo;children should be seen but not heard,&rdquo; and &ldquo;patience is a virtue.&rdquo; They were intended to create &ldquo;adult space,&rdquo; yet these adages date back to the 14th century and were used to keep both children and women in their place.We passed from an agricultural economy through the i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/is-your-patience-holding-you-back-at-work/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/is-your-patience-holding-you-back-at-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top IT spending priorities for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[The CIO role has become a transformational one. Forty-six percent of IT leaders say their work is primarily focused on transforming the business, according to our 2020 State of the CIO survey.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-it-spending-priorities-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-it-spending-priorities-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: AI’s Healthcare Promise Will Serve Patients — and More]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scanning today&rsquo;s headlines about Artificial Intelligence reveals an atmosphere of optimism tempered by caution. Artificial intelligence presents a huge opportunity for everyone in the value chain: health providers and organizations, vendors, regulatory agencies, and, perhaps most importantly, patients. It&rsquo;s driving stats like these: Sixty-two percent of respondents in a 2019 survey by OptumIQ report&nbsp;&ldquo;having implemented an AI strategy&mdash;an increase of nearly 88% from 2]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ais-healthcare-promise-will-serve-patients-and-more/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-ais-healthcare-promise-will-serve-patients-and-more/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bayer uses digital twins to reshape business strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the past several years, Bayer Crop Science has been working to embed decision science into every facet of its business, from logistics to genetic sequencing. The strategy, driven by machine learning and artificial intelligence, now includes digital twins, or "virtual factories," that model each of the nine corn seed manufacturing sites that Bayer operates in North America."These corn manufacturing sites are taking a lot of seed as it is harvested from the field," says Naveen Singla, the Dat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/bayer-uses-digital-twins-to-reshape-business-strategy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/bayer-uses-digital-twins-to-reshape-business-strategy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Transforming Manufacturing with Edge and IoT Solutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[To compete effectively, manufacturers need real-time insights into their operations from data that is generated across the production environment. This is one of the keys to reducing downtime, improving product quality, increasing factory output and meeting other business-driven goals.To achieve these goals, smart manufacturers are transforming their operations with innovative Edge solutions that automate data collection and move processing and analytics closer to where the data is born. These]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-transforming-manufacturing-with-edge-and-iot-solutions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-transforming-manufacturing-with-edge-and-iot-solutions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The Kari’s Law Deadline is Almost Here. Is Your Organization Ready?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kari&rsquo;s Law and Ray Baum&rsquo;s Act require all multi-line phone systems in the U.S. (like those found in office buildings) to enable direct dial to 9-1-1, direct routing to a 9-1-1 center, and on-site notification of a 9-1-1 call that includes a detailed &ldquo;dispatchable location&rdquo; to decrease response time. Signed in 2018, the laws start going into effect on Feb. 16, 2020.The bill has transformed emergency communications by mandating that public safety be built into every aspect]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-karis-law-deadline-is-almost-here-is-your-organization-ready/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-karis-law-deadline-is-almost-here-is-your-organization-ready/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enterprise security in 2020: How to keep attackers out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Securing the enterprise is no easy task. With a huge workforce to train, hundreds or even thousands of devices to manage and protect, and forever evolving security threats &ndash; the job never stands still.CSOs and CISOs rely on their strong network of information to keep their organization as secure as possible. IDG TECH(Talk) led a Twitter discussion, plus a live-streamed video, with security experts and tech industry watchers to talk about the state of enterprise security in 2020 and how to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/enterprise-security-in-2020-how-to-keep-attackers-out/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/enterprise-security-in-2020-how-to-keep-attackers-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 dark secrets of organizational change management]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizational change management (OCM) has gained visibility, slowly but surely, among those responsible for making change happen, which is to say, just about every manager in just about every business.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-dark-secrets-of-organizational-change-management/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/8-dark-secrets-of-organizational-change-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 lessons from the Hertz vs. Accenture IT disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Project successes tend to result in a lot of the same conclusions that every team identifies (e.g., we had a great team in place, or we had good leadership supporting it). Disasters, on the other hand can offer some of the best learning opportunities.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-lessons-from-the-hertz-vs-accenture-it-disaster/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/4-lessons-from-the-hertz-vs-accenture-it-disaster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP promises to support S/4HANA through 2040]]></title><description><![CDATA[SAP is taking a carrot-and-stick approach to moving customers from its legacy ERP software, Business Suite 7, to its newer S/4HANA platform.The carrot is a bold promise to support S/4HANA at least through 2040, meaning that businesses switching today will get over two decades&rsquo; use out of the new platform.<br />
[ Comparison shopping? See "The best ERP systems:10 enterprise resource planning systems compared," with evaluations and user reviews. | Learn why companies are increasingly moving to cl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-promises-to-support-s4hana-through-2040/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/sap-promises-to-support-s4hana-through-2040/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: What’s the winning strategy to move enterprise apps to the cloud?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In response to climate changes, tropical trees in the Andes are moving higher between 8-12 feet vertically in a year to cooler grounds to support their existence. That&rsquo;s nature adapting for survival.A 2016 McGill University study found city birds are smarter than their country counterparts. A city bird learns to eat crumbs off a restaurant plate bringing to us lessons on exploiting new resources.Taking a cue from nature, businesses must learn to adapt, be more agile and rethink on their s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-whats-the-winning-strategy-to-move-enterprise-apps-to-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-whats-the-winning-strategy-to-move-enterprise-apps-to-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Multicloud and the Enterprise Network: The Next Chapter in Transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Multicloud is the new IT reality. But multicloud IT places unique strains on the enterprise network. Complexity increases, security is more complex, and data in transit changes. Connecting legacy systems and on-premises data centers to cloud resources brings risks and costs. IT leaders need a new, agile network infrastructure to support these new IT realities&mdash;and a re-invented approach to security to protect corporate assets.Join IDG&rsquo;s Barbara Call and Ian Rutherford, Vice President]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-multicloud-and-the-enterprise-network-the-next-chapter-in-transformation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-multicloud-and-the-enterprise-network-the-next-chapter-in-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verizon boosts customer service with NLP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keeping customers happy is key to running a successful business, but with more than 100,000 inbound customer request comments per month, Verizon's Business Service Assurance group was struggling to keep up. Each request had to be read and individually acted on until Global Technology Solutions (GTS), Verizon's IT group, leveraged natural language processing (NLP) and deep learning to automate the process.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/verizon-boosts-customer-service-with-nlp/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/verizon-boosts-customer-service-with-nlp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 cloud cost management tips]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many enterprises that once looked to the cloud as a way to curb data center expenditures are now beginning to wonder why they're not saving as much money as they expected.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-cloud-cost-management-tips/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-cloud-cost-management-tips/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Analytics, AI, and Cloud Power Modern Inventory Management]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every stage and function across a global supply chain is critical, given that a failure of any link in the chain can disrupt the overall process. That said, inventory management is arguably among the most consequential of supply chain functions. That&rsquo;s because it serves as the fulcrum for the entire end-to-end process, balancing the inbound flow of materials and products with outbound shipments to distributors or retailers, or direct to customers.Ideally, of course, the entire supply chai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-analytics-ai-and-cloud-power-modern-inventory-management/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-analytics-ai-and-cloud-power-modern-inventory-management/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Enabling ‘Servitization’ for OEMs through Connected Products]]></title><description><![CDATA[Industry 4.0 has presented extensive possibilities for product and service companies to innovate upon and disrupt their own business models. Forrester reports that 73% of manufacturers believe they are not putting data to effective use. Another 82% are affected by unplanned asset failures, according to research by ServiceMax, a field and asset services firm.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-enabling-servitization-for-oems-through-connected-products/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-enabling-servitization-for-oems-through-connected-products/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Container adoption is real. It’s time to jump on board.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Containers are here to stay. The question is when will they become more widely used than virtual machines?Containers are software&nbsp;designed to package an application and its dependencies (libraries, binaries, and configuration files) together so it can run quickly and reliably when a developer moves the application from one computing environment to another. They also provide smaller, more agile app deployments that enable teams to release code faster. Since most enterprises are taking steps]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-container-adoption-is-real-its-time-to-jump-on-board/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-container-adoption-is-real-its-time-to-jump-on-board/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Evolving Your Network &ndash; The Financial &amp; Operational Realities]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s typical enterprise networking model, 80% of annual spend is associated with IT infrastructure operations. At the same time, IT budgets are being squeezed, and many CIOs find themselves unable to fund new differentiated services that the business demands. There are some cost savings associated with renegotiating suppliers&rsquo; rates, but this may not yield all the expected benefits. The reality is as cloud service demand grows, circuit and operational costs increase.Join IDG&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-evolving-your-network-ndash-the-financial-amp-operational-realities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-evolving-your-network-ndash-the-financial-amp-operational-realities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 12 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-12-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-12-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM blockchain automates contract labor processes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Processing payments for thousands of contractors is an onerous task large enterprises grapple with as they hire outsiders for technical and business services. IBM licked this challenge using blockchain software to curb the costs and time it takes to process invoices generated by contingent labor workers.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ibm-blockchain-automates-contract-labor-processes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ibm-blockchain-automates-contract-labor-processes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 hiring trends that are changing how IT talent is found]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tight market for IT talent is leading to a shift in how tech pros are discovered, hired and then engaged once on board. While some of the advances are technology-driven, others emphasize the culture your organization cultivates to attract and retain top talent.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hiring-trends-that-are-changing-how-it-talent-is-found/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-hiring-trends-that-are-changing-how-it-talent-is-found/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Building a New Network for Multicloud Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[This podcast has explored why enterprises need to upgrade their legacy networks (Episode 1) and the financial and operational challenges they face in doing so (Episode 2). Today&rsquo;s episode will address Cisco&rsquo;s solution for self-funding that transformation, called Cisco Performance IT.Join IDG&rsquo;s Barbara Call and Ian Rutherford, Vice President of IT Transformation at Cisco, as they answer the question, &ldquo;How can enterprises transform their network for multicloud?&rdquo;<br />
To r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-building-a-new-network-for-multicloud-era/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2020 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-building-a-new-network-for-multicloud-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Partner Software Integrations Are Bridges That Help Businesses Move Faster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine a world without bridges. Any body of water or valley would become an obstacle for passage, slowing travel and communication. Fortunately, that&rsquo;s not the case; millions of bridges all over the world allow people to move from one side to the other quickly and easily.In the world of software development, partner integrations provide the same sort of benefit &ndash; a bridge between an enterprise&rsquo;s infrastructure to developers and independent software vendors (ISVs). The design]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-partner-software-integrations-are-bridges-that-help-businesses-move-faster/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 04:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-partner-software-integrations-are-bridges-that-help-businesses-move-faster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Data Privacy Governance for Multinational Organizations: A Challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[With an increased global digital footprint, meeting regulatory requirements and customer expectations for data privacy has become the new normal in today&rsquo;s world. On one hand, for the purpose of giving more control to citizens over their own data, countries across the globe are either making their data protection regulations more stringent or creating new regulations. On the other hand, organizations have also realized the importance of ensuring privacy of customers&rsquo; data &ndash; &n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-data-privacy-governance-for-multinational-organizations-a-challenge/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 02:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-data-privacy-governance-for-multinational-organizations-a-challenge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Capitalizing Business-Centric Service Platforms on Cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adopters of digital technologies have often wanted their IT to change in tune with changing business ideas. Cloud computing has enabled a new way of flexibility in consuming resources, and the native modularity of cloud inherently builds in the quintessential ingredient for market success: innovation.Many enterprise applications that transition to cloud infrastructure employ a multi-tiered design wherein multiple layers of services combine to form the overall application unit. This layered desi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-capitalizing-business-centric-service-platforms-on-cloud/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-capitalizing-business-centric-service-platforms-on-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2020 State of the CIO: IT leaders mean business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Expansive revenue-generation responsibilities are helping IT leaders gain recognition for their leadership role.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/2020-state-of-the-cio-it-leaders-mean-business/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/2020-state-of-the-cio-it-leaders-mean-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: TCS “Bringing Life To Things” – An IoT Business Framework to Unlock Exponential Value]]></title><description><![CDATA[With over 5 billion devices1 connected, IoT is on the agenda of organizations across almost all industry segments. Many companies have already started their own IoT adoption journey, and upon digging deeper it is revealed that most firms are focusing on point solutions that are restricted to proof of technology or incremental improvements only.This tentative and siloed approach of many organizations has resulted in missing out on exponential benefits from IoT initiatives. With the above challen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-tcs-bringing-life-to-things-an-iot-business-framework-to-unlock-exponential-value/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-tcs-bringing-life-to-things-an-iot-business-framework-to-unlock-exponential-value/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arcadia makes supporting clean energy easier]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nowadays, it&rsquo;s easier than ever to power your home with clean energy, and yet, many Americans don&rsquo;t know how to make the switch. Luckily, you don&rsquo;t have to install expensive solar panels or switch utility companies to support a cleaner, sustainable future. If you&rsquo;re interested in supporting clean energy and saving money on your power bill, consider Arcadia.Arcadia is a platform that makes it easy for homeowners and renters to choose clean, renewable energy sources such a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/arcadia-makes-supporting-clean-energy-easier/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/arcadia-makes-supporting-clean-energy-easier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 tips for becoming a better mentor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Becoming a mentor is a great way of paying forward your own hard-earned experience and knowledge, as well as any valuable advice and insights you yourself have been given along the way. Moreover, mentoring a promising professional can have a significant impact on their career prospects and pay. According to IDC&rsquo;s Women in Technology Survey, workers who have a professional mentor make 10 percent to 17 percent more than those who don&rsquo;t.To read this article in full, please click here(In]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-for-becoming-a-better-mentor/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-tips-for-becoming-a-better-mentor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Moving from Demand Planning to Automated Demand-Sensing]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a recent post on the importance of inventory management, we noted how new technologies are changing how demand forecasting is done. Long-standing demand-planning methods are gradually giving way to automated &ldquo;demand-sensing&rdquo; solutions that blend use of real-time data on market events that influence demand patterns and big data analytics with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques.Broadly speaking, the traditional demand-planning process extracts historical s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-moving-from-demand-planning-to-automated-demand-sensing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-moving-from-demand-planning-to-automated-demand-sensing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Accelerating Cloud Benefits with TCS Cloud Counsel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizations looking to reimagine business models and optimize operations realize significant benefits in migrating to cloud. Cloud is inherently more agile, flexible, scalable, and provides a plethora of building blocks for accelerating digital transformation.However, heterogeneous IT landscapes, security and compliance considerations, complex organizational structures, and business priorities make migrating to cloud a significant challenge. Enterprises expect a comprehensive analysis of thei]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-accelerating-cloud-benefits-with-tcs-cloud-counsel/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-accelerating-cloud-benefits-with-tcs-cloud-counsel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Leveraging Cloud Technology to Adhere to Smart Metering Rollouts]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2018, TCS commissioned IDC Energy Insights to examine how European utilities are preparing for the future by embracing leading technologies. This exclusive joint research on the topic of &ldquo;Grounding Utilities' Dream for New Revenue Streams&rdquo; was carried out among 120 European utility executives with their take on the &ldquo;Energy Value Ecosystem&rdquo; as a major force. Some of the key focus areas of the research were:<br />
European utilities' realistic expectations of new revenues in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-leveraging-cloud-technology-to-adhere-to-smart-metering-rollouts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-leveraging-cloud-technology-to-adhere-to-smart-metering-rollouts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: TCS’ AWS EDL Transforming End-User Customer Experience Through Data-driven Intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the digital economy, an organization may gain sustainable competitive advantage only if the business and technology decisions are forward-looking, accurate, and rapidly acted upon. Data and analytics play an important role in driving decisions and delivering enterprise value.As per IDC, worldwide big data and business analytics solutions revenue is expected to reach $274.3 billion by 2022. Additionally, IDC&rsquo;s estimation of 175ZB of data worldwide by 2025, in comparison to 33ZB in 2018,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-tcs-aws-edl-transforming-end-user-customer-experience-through-data-driven-intelligence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-tcs-aws-edl-transforming-end-user-customer-experience-through-data-driven-intelligence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Two Paths Converge in the Cloud: Realizing Value from Legacy Migrations and Native Cloud Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[For enterprises built before or outside of the digital ecosystem, the pull of cloud computing can feel more like a shove. It needn&rsquo;t seem that way.The impact of the cloud<br />
According to the TCS 2020 CIO Study, cloud computing has had the biggest impact of any technology on business. Three-quarters of CIOs said cloud&rsquo;s impact had been &ldquo;high&rdquo; or even &ldquo;extreme&rdquo; in the past decade. And more than two-thirds (68%) continue to characterize cloud&rsquo;s expected impac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-two-paths-converge-in-the-cloud-realizing-value-from-legacy-migrations-and-native-cloud-development/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-two-paths-converge-in-the-cloud-realizing-value-from-legacy-migrations-and-native-cloud-development/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Avoiding Clear Pitfalls During Enterprise Modernization]]></title><description><![CDATA[Businesses globally have accepted &ldquo;Default is Digital&rdquo; for some time and have been actively planning and undertaking digital transformations in order to make their applications and businesses more agile and responsive to market and customer-driven demands. Most often these transformations are focused not on simple transactional applications, but rather decades-old business-critical applications, which have been built incrementally over the years based on business demands and often e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avoiding-clear-pitfalls-during-enterprise-modernization/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-avoiding-clear-pitfalls-during-enterprise-modernization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Could Serverless Architecture Be the Key to Cleaning Up the Enterprise Document Mess?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Document storage may be among the first reasons a company might consider the benefits of cloud computing in its enterprise transformation. But a comprehensive system to manage those documents is among the last &ndash; or even wholly overlooked &ndash; parts of many companies&rsquo; migration to the cloud. Now, however, thanks to the cloud computing model known as Serverless, it may be the right time to address the sprawl of documents across an enterprise, inside of which may be locked the insig]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-could-serverless-architecture-be-the-key-to-cleaning-up-the-enterprise-document-mess/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-could-serverless-architecture-be-the-key-to-cleaning-up-the-enterprise-document-mess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Why You Need a Cloud Data Council]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cloud is becoming the de facto choice for hosting data and analytics, with Forrester Research reporting that almost half of all organizations are complementing their in-house platforms with cloud services. Gartner Inc. predicts the worldwide public cloud services market will grow 17% this year to $266.4 billion, declaring that cloud adoption has become &ldquo;mainstream.&rdquo;These cloud technologies generate unique and differentiated insights into everything from market trends to the heal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-you-need-a-cloud-data-council/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-why-you-need-a-cloud-data-council/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 14 ITSM tools for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[As technology proliferates throughout today&rsquo;s digital organizations, IT service management has become a critical facet for serving the business, and the tools aimed at supporting your organization&rsquo;s ITSM efforts are evolving to support those needs.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-14-itsm-tools-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-14-itsm-tools-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predictive analytics help PPG customers prevent corrosion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rundown and corroded industrial assets can have a detrimental effect on the bottom line. But for most companies that rely on smooth flowing pipes and watertight tanks, such as in the oil and gas, rail, and mining sectors, knowing when industrial assets will become a liability is a challenge.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/predictive-analytics-help-ppg-customers-prevent-corrosion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/predictive-analytics-help-ppg-customers-prevent-corrosion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Smart Cities Drive Progress with Analytics at the Edge]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent years, I&rsquo;ve written often about smart cities and the benefits they are gaining fromEdge and IoT solutions. These have all been great stories to tell. They spanned the United States, from a look at a proposed e-parking solution for San Francisco to an IoT lab in New Bedford, Massachusetts that is focused on helping smart communities strengthen their economies and become physically healthier.Today, I&rsquo;m once again diving into the use of Edge computing solutions in digital cit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-smart-cities-drive-progress-with-analytics-at-the-edge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-smart-cities-drive-progress-with-analytics-at-the-edge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women IT leaders bring fresh perspectives to corporate boards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attention corporate boards: If you&rsquo;re in the market for a new board member, Jaynee Beach wants to talk to you. Beach, director of IT application development at Woodforest National Bank, in The Woodlands, Texas, is ready and hopeful she will be able to obtain her first board position in the not-too-distant future.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/women-it-leaders-bring-fresh-perspectives-to-corporate-boards/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/women-it-leaders-bring-fresh-perspectives-to-corporate-boards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: When AI/ML ROI Is Trapped in the System, Address “Flow”]]></title><description><![CDATA[I read an interesting market statistic recently from VentureBeats AI that stated &ldquo;87% of data science projects never make it into production&rdquo;. This was later validated by Gartner who added that &ldquo;80% of AI projects will remain alchemy [projects], run by wizards&rdquo;.&nbsp;I appreciate that as an industry we are still very early in our maturity with respect to &nbsp;data science/AI/ML lifecycle management, that AI/ML engineering practices are nascent, and that the tooling ecos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-when-aiml-roi-is-trapped-in-the-system-address-flow/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-when-aiml-roi-is-trapped-in-the-system-address-flow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Overcoming Technology and Funding Challenges to NG911 Adoption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Operators at 9-1-1 centers nationwide answer about 240 million calls a year, according to the National Emergency Number Association. How those calls are handled in an emergency can mean the difference between life and death. Every second counts, which means the ability of a 9-1-1 system to provide emergency responders with timely, accurate information is critical.Technology undergirds emergency systems, helping both 9-1-1 operators and first responders to quickly capture and transmit accurate d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-overcoming-technology-and-funding-challenges-to-ng911-adoption/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-overcoming-technology-and-funding-challenges-to-ng911-adoption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Cloud-based SCM services provide cross supply-chain connectivity and visibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the past two decades, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems became the big dog in many corporate data centers. By providing integrated suites encompassing everything from financial operations to sales and marketing to manufacturing&mdash;with all the elements sharing a common database and a consistent user interface&mdash;ERP suites managed to displace many best-of-breed point solutions.Despite the ERP suites&rsquo; many benefits, however, not every component provides the top-level]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-based-scm-services-provide-cross-supply-chain-connectivity-and-visibility/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-cloud-based-scm-services-provide-cross-supply-chain-connectivity-and-visibility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next casualty of cyberwar could be your business]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you prepare for truly unknown cyberattacks or threats to physical security?It&rsquo;s a question that we all have to ask in the aftermath of the missile strikes exchanged with Iran. As many are (rightly) concerned with the possibility of a traditional war starting in the Middle East, it is likely that retaliation will happen over cyberspace, putting all our networks and infrastructure at risk.What&rsquo;s most worrisome about these initial strikes is the lack of transparency. Most member]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-next-casualty-of-cyberwar-could-be-your-business/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-next-casualty-of-cyberwar-could-be-your-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDG Contributor Network: The next casualty of cyberwar could be your business]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you prepare for truly unknown cyberattacks or threats to physical security?It&rsquo;s a question that we all have to ask in the aftermath of the missile strikes exchanged with Iran. As many are (rightly) concerned with the possibility of a traditional war starting in the Middle East, it is likely that retaliation will happen over cyberspace, putting all our networks and infrastructure at risk.What&rsquo;s most worrisome about these initial strikes is the lack of transparency. Most member]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-the-next-casualty-of-cyberwar-could-be-your-business/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-the-next-casualty-of-cyberwar-could-be-your-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to assess soft skills before you hire]]></title><description><![CDATA[It used to be that hiring IT staff was merely hard. Finding (and landing) that complex array of technical skills remains a tall ask. But as technology becomes further entwined with the business and IT has become more customer-centric, IT positions demand not only technical know-how but also emotional intelligence, creativity, persuasiveness, adaptability, a communicative and collaborative approach, even humility.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-assess-soft-skills-before-you-hire/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-assess-soft-skills-before-you-hire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch InBev brews data-driven transformation to lure talent]]></title><description><![CDATA[CIOs at large enterprises are quick to blame Silicon Valley stalwarts and startups for why they struggle to lure top tech talent. But that narrative doesn't sit well with Tassilo Festetics, vice president of global solutions for $132 billion brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), who believes it's incumbent on IT leaders to change the narrative.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/anheuser-busch-inbev-brews-data-driven-transformation-to-lure-talent/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/anheuser-busch-inbev-brews-data-driven-transformation-to-lure-talent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Automate firmware updates, saving time, money, and your sanity!]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to research conducted by software automation company Puppet, most IT administrators spend over 50% of their time on repetitive, manual maintenance tasks. This can affect productivity, increase human error, and decrease the time IT can focus on projects that grow the business. Automation is key to faster IT deployments, allowing administrators to spend less time on manual tasks such as firmware updates and focus more time on IT innovation.For example, many IT administrators manually up]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-automate-firmware-updates-saving-time-money-and-your-sanity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-automate-firmware-updates-saving-time-money-and-your-sanity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDG Contributor Network: Engineering the hiring of engineers]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve either been a team lead or a manager for much of my career. But every time I go through the hiring process, I always secretly hope the industry has gotten better at it since the last time. It&rsquo;s usually like Charlie Brown, Lucy and the football: I&rsquo;d see lots of positive signs &ndash; like people discussing whiteboard coding &ndash; and was left flat on my back in pain after each encounter. I don&rsquo;t believe this is intentional.In my experience, it goes something like t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-engineering-the-hiring-of-engineers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-engineering-the-hiring-of-engineers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engineering the hiring of engineers]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve either been a team lead or a manager for much of my career. But every time I go through the hiring process, I always secretly hope the industry has gotten better at it since the last time. It&rsquo;s usually like Charlie Brown, Lucy and the football: I&rsquo;d see lots of positive signs &ndash; like people discussing whiteboard coding &ndash; and was left flat on my back in pain after each encounter. I don&rsquo;t believe this is intentional.In my experience, it goes something like t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/engineering-the-hiring-of-engineers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/engineering-the-hiring-of-engineers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why seek a board seat?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprise CIOs today have a double-edged opportunity at the boardroom table. One side of that opportunity is the classic role CIOs currently play as senior executives on the CEO&rsquo;s team. The other side is more aspirational &mdash; but increasingly attainable &mdash; as one of the corporate directors on the board itself.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-seek-a-board-seat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/why-seek-a-board-seat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 IT restructuring mistakes to avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[How IT operates is changing constantly and rapidly. As more tech departments lead digital transformation initiatives, finding the right, new way for IT work to get done is a core, though often overlooked issue.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-restructuring-mistakes-to-avoid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-it-restructuring-mistakes-to-avoid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How IT can improve the employee experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[PCs that take eight minutes to boot and make people late for conference calls. Expense reporting systems based on spreadsheets so tedious and convoluted that employees put off doing their expenses for months at a time. Internet connectivity so slow that it&rsquo;s quicker for staff to look something up on their phone. Passwords that have to be reset every 90 days, losing hours of productivity every time.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-it-can-improve-the-employee-experience/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-it-can-improve-the-employee-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For BMC, internal IT is its own best customer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before BMC rolls out software to its customers, it rigorously tests it on the front lines &mdash; in its own IT department. That approach to hammering out the kinks in its software through in-house use is part of a company strategy that CIO Scott Crowder calls &ldquo;customer zero.&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/for-bmc-internal-it-is-its-own-best-customer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/for-bmc-internal-it-is-its-own-best-customer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Migrating to the Cloud in 2020?  Key Reasons It Pays to be Choosy About Your Cloud Provider]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New Year is a perfect time for IT departments to reflect on the past, consider the present, and plan for a better future. For many, that means gaining the benefits of the cloud and the transformative capabilities of software-defined data centers in 2020. &nbsp;They won&rsquo;t be alone. Cloud adoption continues to accelerate as organizations look to the cloud for performance gains and ways to eliminate the headaches and costs associated with traditional, hardware-based data centers that can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-migrating-to-the-cloud-in-2020-key-reasons-it-pays-to-be-choosy-about-your-cloud-provider/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-migrating-to-the-cloud-in-2020-key-reasons-it-pays-to-be-choosy-about-your-cloud-provider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Rewriting the Rules of Retail with Digital Technologies]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the retail industry, these are exciting times. With the massive amounts of data generated in the course of day-to-day operations, retailers can now gain intimate insights into their customers, products and operations. With these data-driven insights, retailers can provide richer customer experiences, optimize business processes and unlock new monetization opportunities.This is an opportunity that is there for all retailers who have the systems, strategies and analytics tools in process or i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-rewriting-the-rules-of-retail-with-digital-technologies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-rewriting-the-rules-of-retail-with-digital-technologies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: The changing face of energy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Worldwide demand for energy is growing faster than ever, leading to rapid changes in the energy industry and in the wider world beyond.&nbsp;Deloitte predicts companies in the oil and gas sector in 2020 will be &ldquo;walking the tightrope,&rdquo; and need to keep vigilant for both risks and opportunities. PwC says the sector faces a &ldquo;big change&hellip; [that] may mean changing a corporate mindset and culture and possibly acquiring new skills altogether.&rdquo;While energy companies must]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-changing-face-of-energy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-the-changing-face-of-energy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How ethical &amp; sustainability supply chain governance can help maintain the planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today&rsquo;s supply chains are not only an effective means of ensuring business continuity, but they have also become a bastion for ethical practices. It is no longer enough to know what direct suppliers are doing. Companies need to understand the ethical and sustainability working practices of each and every supplier connected to their supply chain. If companies cannot monitor the ethical or responsible sourcing practices of their suppliers, it will be difficult to manage the suppliers&rsquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-ethical-amp-sustainability-supply-chain-governance-can-help-maintain-the-planet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-ethical-amp-sustainability-supply-chain-governance-can-help-maintain-the-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women in tech statistics: The hard truths of an uphill battle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diversity is critical in tech, as it enables companies to create better and safer products that take everyone into consideration, not just one section of society. A report from McKinsey found that diverse companies perform better, hire better talent, have more engaged employees and retain workers better than companies that do not focus on diversity and inclusion. Despite this, women remain widely underrepresented in IT roles.Statistics from the following seven facets of IT work, ranging from hi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/women-in-tech-statistics-the-hard-truths-of-an-uphill-battle/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/women-in-tech-statistics-the-hard-truths-of-an-uphill-battle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stretch assignment: A CIO's path to burnishing business cred]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT leaders get many opportunities to test their mettle, but perhaps no way is more challenging than the stretch assignment: that ambitious project that forces IT leaders to expand beyond their comfort zone and prove their leadership skills.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-stretch-assignment-a-cios-path-to-burnishing-business-cred/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-stretch-assignment-a-cios-path-to-burnishing-business-cred/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Transforming the face of patient care]]></title><description><![CDATA[The healthcare industry has a heavy responsibility. Patient outcomes depend on accurate and complete information from lab records to patient history and throughout the varied healthcare supply chain. And, as patient&rsquo;s interest in staying informed and understanding both their own and their loved one&rsquo;s genetic profiles grows, they are transforming into healthcare consumers. Long labeled a technology laggard, in recent years these changes have aided in helping the healthcare sector rec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-transforming-the-face-of-patient-care/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-transforming-the-face-of-patient-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Catching Up with the USS Enterprise in a World of AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 1960s, the Star Trek television series brought the vision of artificial intelligence into the living rooms of millions of people. AI was everywhere in the show, in the form of machines that had all the intelligence of humans &mdash; and a lot more.Take, for example, the universal translator on the USS Enterprise. It could translate alien languages into English or any other language instantaneously. That, of course, was all science fiction back in the days when Lyndon B. Johnson was the U]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-catching-up-with-the-uss-enterprise-in-a-world-of-ai/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-catching-up-with-the-uss-enterprise-in-a-world-of-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDG Contributor Network: AI, automation emerge as critical tools for cybersecurity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence and automation adoption rates are rising, and investment plans are high on enterprise radars. AI is in pilots or use at 41% of companies, with another 42% actively researching it, according to the 2019 IDG Digital Business Study.Cybersecurity has emerged as an ideal use case for these technologies. Digital business has opened a score of new risks and vulnerabilities that, combined with a security skills gap, is weighing down security teams. As a result, more organization]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-ai-automation-emerge-as-critical-tools-for-cybersecurity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-ai-automation-emerge-as-critical-tools-for-cybersecurity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI, automation emerge as critical tools for cybersecurity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence and automation adoption rates are rising, and investment plans are high on enterprise radars. AI is in pilots or use at 41% of companies, with another 42% actively researching it, according to the 2019 IDG Digital Business Study.Cybersecurity has emerged as an ideal use case for these technologies. Digital business has opened a score of new risks and vulnerabilities that, combined with a security skills gap, is weighing down security teams. As a result, more organization]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-automation-emerge-as-critical-tools-for-cybersecurity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/ai-automation-emerge-as-critical-tools-for-cybersecurity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avnet IT sheds operations legacy to support business transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Avnet moved from just distributing hardware to providing IoT services, the IT organization had to transform as well.&nbsp; How do you move from an on-prem focused team with an SAP-heavy infrastructure to a business-focused team with a microservices architecture?&nbsp; Max Chan, who became CIO after six years with the company, says that mission statements, rotational programs, and low-code applications are the right start.Martha Heller: How are digital technologies impacting Avnet&rsquo;s b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/avnet-it-sheds-operations-legacy-to-support-business-transformation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/avnet-it-sheds-operations-legacy-to-support-business-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 hot infrastructure and operations trends — and 4 going cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[The IT world is one of flux. New tools and strategies arise continually to challenge the status quo. Sometimes a clear winner leaves vanquished approaches to the dustbin of computing history. Other times, change is more like a pendulum that swings one way before swinging back.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-hot-infrastructure-and-operations-trends-and-4-going-cold/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/5-hot-infrastructure-and-operations-trends-and-4-going-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 5 things to look for in a vendor before purchasing Microsoft Azure Stack Hub]]></title><description><![CDATA[Businesses are continually looking for new and innovative solutions to create their ideal datacenter. With constant competition in the marketplace, organizations need to keep up with the latest technology if they&rsquo;re going to be successful. When looking closely at different vendors for new technology, businesses need to be critical and look for the right provider to meet their needs.One of the latest, popular technologies is Microsoft Azure Stack Hub. Since taking the market by storm, comp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-things-to-look-for-in-a-vendor-before-purchasing-microsoft-azure-stack-hub/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-5-things-to-look-for-in-a-vendor-before-purchasing-microsoft-azure-stack-hub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Best Practices For Upgrading Legacy ERP Systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Home grown&rdquo; or legacy tax platforms are simply not equipped to deal with today&rsquo;s technology needs. Making significant changes to this massive installed base sometimes can feel like turning around an oil tanker.Increasingly, IT leaders are recommending upgrades to these platforms &mdash; which can run the gamut from an on-premise upgrade to an ambitious move to a cloud or hybrid cloud deployment.&nbsp;The question is, what does that mean for your tax technology infrastructure?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-best-practices-for-upgrading-legacy-erp-systems/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-best-practices-for-upgrading-legacy-erp-systems/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How To Optimize 3 Major Tax Processes with Technology: Tax Compliance, Planning and Audit Defense]]></title><description><![CDATA[Approximately 18 months ago, , the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in the landmark case South Dakota vs.&nbsp;Wayfair. The effects of that case are still rippling through businesses around the country, changing the way they handle compliance forcing many to adjust their tax compliance and planning strategies.For many IT departments, this has meant new tools and technologies to help them smooth the way in this new tax landscape.The gist of Wayfair is this: states can impose the obligat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-optimize-3-major-tax-processes-with-technology-tax-compliance-planning-and-audit-defense/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-to-optimize-3-major-tax-processes-with-technology-tax-compliance-planning-and-audit-defense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Automating The Tax Process: How Tax &amp; IT Come Together For Success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tax collecting and reporting has always been complex, and with new legislation comes new layers of complication. This is only going to accelerate as businesses and the government alike try to keep up with technological advancements. Tax departments are leaning on IT more than ever to make recommendations and help to implement tax automation solutions.In this episode of Tax Technology Today, Chris Livingston, Cloud Business Leader with Vertex Inc., explains how the landmark court decision in Sou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-automating-the-tax-process-how-tax-amp-it-come-together-for-success/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-automating-the-tax-process-how-tax-amp-it-come-together-for-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Reaping the Benefits of (Public) Cloud … but at What Co$t?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that right, I did spell cost with a $ sign. Those of you who have wholeheartedly migrated your most precious workloads and data into the cloud should be paying acute attention to cost. I&rsquo;ll explain why. But first, let&rsquo;s take a step back to examine two compelling arguments for using public clouds.<br />
Convenience &ndash; From the get-go, public clouds have been presented as the most convenient option. First, you don&rsquo;t need a full complement of IT staff to set up a new]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-reaping-the-benefits-of-public-cloud-but-at-what-cot/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-reaping-the-benefits-of-public-cloud-but-at-what-cot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Saving Lives with Groundbreaking NG911 Technology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without a moment&rsquo;s warning, you find yourself facing an emergency.&nbsp; Somehow, you manage to maintain your composure and dial 9-1-1. Silence. You try again, this time pressing the numbers more firmly to ensure the call goes through.&nbsp; You dial two more times, nothing happens. Emergency becomes a tragedy.Think this narrative is a scene from a horror movie?&nbsp; It wasn&rsquo;t. It happened on Dec. 1, 2013, when&nbsp;Kari Hunt was attacked and stabbed to death&nbsp;in her hotel room]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-saving-lives-with-groundbreaking-ng911-technology/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-saving-lives-with-groundbreaking-ng911-technology/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Barings, IT culture change pays dividends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Culture is the hardest thing to change in a global enterprise, especially when it isn&rsquo;t unified. Barings CIO Andrew Lennon tackled this task when he agreed to band together five disparate IT organizations with a goal to create higher value through self-service capabilities.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/at-barings-it-culture-change-pays-dividends/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/at-barings-it-culture-change-pays-dividends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 common IT mistakes that can spark future success]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coaches train athletes to develop a short memory for mistakes so that they can move on to the next play and succeed. Similarly, business leaders are frequently advised to fail fast, and move on. In both cases, the idea is to refocus and start again, all while under ongoing, tremendous pressure &mdash; yet still produce results at a high level.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-common-it-mistakes-that-can-spark-future-success/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-common-it-mistakes-that-can-spark-future-success/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Streamlining Data Analytics Projects with a Validated Design for Domino]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organizations of all sizes are working to put data analytics and artificial intelligence solutions to work to capitalize on data from connected devices, corporate systems, social media and more. To get there, they need to navigate the complexities of data science projects.While the challenge is clear, the path forward can be both complex and difficult. A data science project lifecycle includes data acquisition, preparation and validation, model development, model validation, productization and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-streamlining-data-analytics-projects-with-a-validated-design-for-domino/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-streamlining-data-analytics-projects-with-a-validated-design-for-domino/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Resume Library: 11 downloadable templates for IT pros]]></title><description><![CDATA[A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Prohas assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional resume writers. (Watch this space for new templates.)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-11-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/tech-resume-library-11-downloadable-templates-for-it-pros/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: What is a software-defined data center, and why is it important?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does it mean to&nbsp;software-define&nbsp;something or to move into the age of automation? These phrases may sound strange at first, but if you look around, companies all over the world are doing these things every day.Take pizza, for example. You might not think you can&nbsp;software-define&nbsp;pizza, but it has already happened, and you probably didn&rsquo;t even realize it. A major pizza chain has distilled the pizza-ordering experience down from calling the store, to ordering pizza on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-is-a-software-defined-data-center-and-why-is-it-important/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-is-a-software-defined-data-center-and-why-is-it-important/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How composability meets the needs of today’s evolving data center]]></title><description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s digital world, change is constant &ndash; driven by the need to do things better than the competition. This typically means achieving much more with less, as fast and inexpensively as possible.Over the past several years, enterprises sought to achieve these goals by moving workloads to the public cloud. This move provided compute and data agility, allowing the enterprise to flex resources instantly in response to changing business needs.While the cloud consumption model continu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-composability-meets-the-needs-of-todays-evolving-data-center/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-composability-meets-the-needs-of-todays-evolving-data-center/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Solve data center network congestion with software-defined automation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many people seem to have a love/hate relationship with the rerouting feature on Google Maps. My personal view? I love it! On a recent multi-state road trip, it saved me almost two hours by rerouting me around two different cities, successfully avoiding rush-hour traffic. Heavy traffic congestion during rush hour is frustrating, so I&rsquo;m all for any technology that helps minimize it.Networks in today&rsquo;s modern data centers are increasingly prone to this same kind of congestion. Your net]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-solve-data-center-network-congestion-with-software-defined-automation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-solve-data-center-network-congestion-with-software-defined-automation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: What you need to know about choosing the right cloud experience]]></title><description><![CDATA["The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."-- John D. Rockefeller Jr.To be successful, businesses must continually improve &ndash; they must become more efficient, respond quickly to market changes, and provide superior customer service. Organizations strive to achieve these objectives, as everyone understands their importance. The trick is to do them better than your competition. To cite the Rockefeller quote &ndash; you must do the common things uncommonly well.Succeed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-you-need-to-know-about-choosing-the-right-cloud-experience/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-what-you-need-to-know-about-choosing-the-right-cloud-experience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Today’s healthcare requires innovation powered by a data center designed for tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life expectancy all over the world is increasing, fueled by innovations in science, treatments, and technology. That&rsquo;s a good thing, yet an increased lifespan brings some urgent challenges.One of the top concerns for healthcare professionals is how to provide effective medical care for a diverse and ever-expanding population. As people live longer, their health needs often multiply, putting a strain on an already overburdened healthcare system.How will the healthcare industry solve this g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-todays-healthcare-requires-innovation-powered-by-a-data-center-designed-for-tomorrow/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-todays-healthcare-requires-innovation-powered-by-a-data-center-designed-for-tomorrow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to avoid collaboration burnout]]></title><description><![CDATA[While collaboration tools are pervasive in the enterprise, practices for smartly managing the flow of information created by and in them is not. As a result, these tools often lead to overload and burnout.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-avoid-collaboration-burnout/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-to-avoid-collaboration-burnout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 13 data engineer and data architect certifications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake big data initiatives can be even harder.Successfully deploying big data initiatives requires more than data scientists and data analysts. It requires data architects who design the "blueprint" for your enterprise data management framework, and it requires data engineers who can build that framework and the data p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-data-engineer-and-data-architect-certifications/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/top-13-data-engineer-and-data-architect-certifications/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not dead yet: Windows Server 2008 users have options]]></title><description><![CDATA[Windows Server 2008 has reached end of life, which typically means upgrading to a newer version. But CIOs have options beyond updating to a more recent iteration of Windows server, including staying put or migrating to the cloud.If you still have workloads running on Windows Server 2008, you&rsquo;re not alone. As recently as July 2019, Microsoft executives at the company&rsquo;s Inspire partner conference estimated that up to 60 percent of Windows servers were still running Windows Server or S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/not-dead-yet-windows-server-2008-users-have-options/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/not-dead-yet-windows-server-2008-users-have-options/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google offers IBM AS/400 apps new home in its cloud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enterprises looking for a way to modernize legacy AS/400 workloads now have a new option: Move them onto Google Cloud Platform.Google won&rsquo;t host your old AS/400 for you, but it is renting time on IBM Power Systems servers, the AS/400&rsquo;s architectural successors. Its announcement follows a similar one from Microsoft in September.<br />
[ Stay on budget with these 6 cloud cost management tips, learn the 5 fundamentals of effective cloud management and beware hidden cloud migration gotchas. |]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/google-offers-ibm-as400-apps-new-home-in-its-cloud/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/google-offers-ibm-as400-apps-new-home-in-its-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 traits of successful enterprise architects]]></title><description><![CDATA[With digital transformation challenging businesses worldwide, a growing number of companies are placing their future into the hands of an enterprise architect, someone who can take disruption and turn it into a competitive advantage. With a CIO's guidance, the enterprise architect can develop a systems architecture and technology evolution plan that will support and advance the enterprise's business strategy for years to come.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-traits-of-successful-enterprise-architects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-traits-of-successful-enterprise-architects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDG Contributor Network: CIOs discuss their top priorities for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s the start of a new year, a new decade even. Pivotal moments in time like these call for new resolutions; an analysis of what&rsquo;s brought us to where we are and the envisioning of where we&rsquo;d like to go and how we plan to get there.In that spirit, we kicked off this new year with an #IDGTECHTalk Twitter Chat on CIOs top priorities for 2020.What unfolded was a deep dive into improving operations as a whole - beyond technology itself &ndash; through things like better training,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-cios-discuss-their-top-priorities-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-cios-discuss-their-top-priorities-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Executive presence: The key to unlocking your leadership potential]]></title><description><![CDATA[What qualities make a good executive? Poise, thoughtfulness, decisiveness, empathy and rapport, to name a few. But there&rsquo;s a certain something that sets top-notch executives apart that can be hard to define &mdash; that intangible quality that inspires people to follow their lead: their executive presence, or EP.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/executive-presence-the-key-to-unlocking-your-leadership-potential/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/executive-presence-the-key-to-unlocking-your-leadership-potential/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Driving Discovery and Innovation with Community Clusters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since its founding in 1869 as a college dedicated to teaching agriculture and &ldquo;the mechanic arts,&rdquo; Purdue University has served as a catalyst for scientific research that advances the public good. Today, Purdue remains true to its roots by supporting research programs that drive advances in fields ranging from engineering and artificial intelligence to sustainability and health.To enable these world-class research programs, Purdue and its faculty researchers invest in leading-edge h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-driving-discovery-and-innovation-with-community-clusters/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-driving-discovery-and-innovation-with-community-clusters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What good leaders do: 3 key practices you can adopt today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I made a passing comment on LinkedIn that I had &ldquo;finally figured out what it means to be a leader, not just a manager.&rdquo; Afterwards, people followed up asking, &ldquo;How do you become a leader and what made you realize this and adjust?&rdquo;To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-good-leaders-do-3-key-practices-you-can-adopt-today/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/what-good-leaders-do-3-key-practices-you-can-adopt-today/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 tech buzzwords to cancel in 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than any other industry, technology suffers from misplaced industry jargon. CIOs are battered by consultants hawking cure-all strategies and vendors pitching Swiss Army-knife solutions in a box.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tech-buzzwords-to-cancel-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/7-tech-buzzwords-to-cancel-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Sharpening Your Edge in a World Filled with IoT Devices]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rise of connected devices, edge computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) has created an ever-growing flood of data that streams continuously into corporate and cloud data centers. To gain value from all of this data captured by sensors and IoT devices, organizations must put analytics tools to work.Here is where a big question becomes even bigger. The process of transmitting data to distant data centers for analysis comes with challenges, from network latency and bandwidth limitations to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sharpening-your-edge-in-a-world-filled-with-iot-devices/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-sharpening-your-edge-in-a-world-filled-with-iot-devices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Lear makes self-service IT delivery work]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do you get when your business community takes development into their own hands?&nbsp; For Bonnie Smith, CIO at Lear Corporation, the answer is not &ldquo;shadow IT.&rdquo; With technologies like robotic process automation (RPA) getting easier to deploy and maintain, Smith and her team are building a new self-service model that lets a business community of 160,000 people design their own productivity tools. Smith, who has been CIO of the $21 billion global automotive parts manufacturer sinc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-lear-makes-self-service-it-delivery-work/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/how-lear-makes-self-service-it-delivery-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 IT roles prime for reskilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[It should not be surprising, given the furious pace of change in the technology field, that some IT roles are undergoing something of a metamorphosis so that they can adapt to shifting requirements.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-it-roles-prime-for-reskilling/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-it-roles-prime-for-reskilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get this essential cloud security certification training bundle for only $49]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most businesses operate via the cloud. That means now is an ideal time to consider a career keeping them secure. But that doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean that you&rsquo;d have to go back to school for professional training. Instead, you can easily learn from home &mdash; and prep to earn valuable credentials that&rsquo;ll help you land a job &mdash; with The Essential Cloud Security Certification Bundle, now just $49.To read this article in full, please click here]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/get-this-essential-cloud-security-certification-training-bundle-for-only-49/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/get-this-essential-cloud-security-certification-training-bundle-for-only-49/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: 3 Ways CIOs Can Drive Company-Wide Culture Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital technologies are fundamentally changing the way we live and work. As leaders at the center of the digital initiatives driving this change, today&rsquo;s CIOs are uniquely positioned to have a positive and lasting impact on company culture.Organizations are striving to keep pace with changing innovations and evolving customer expectations. As product and service offerings change with the times, company cultures must adapt as well. In the past, many companies valued cultures of stability]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-3-ways-cios-can-drive-company-wide-culture-change/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-3-ways-cios-can-drive-company-wide-culture-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: Intelligent Public Safety in Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m here at the Guardian Center. This full-scale training facility, located in Perry, GA, is where Public Safety goes to test new technologies and their operational impact on real-world scenarios.I watch from my secure vantage point in the Joint Operations Center (JOC), watching as police and SWAT officers reset their positions. In this simulated city, the smoke is clearing from the previous exercise run, actors playing the role of citizens are returning to &nbsp;their positions at a simu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-intelligent-public-safety-in-action/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-intelligent-public-safety-in-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The top 9 big data and data analytics certifications for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder &mdash; a challenge reflected in the rising demand for big data and analytics skills and certifications.&nbsp;If you're looking to get an edge on a data analytics career, certification is a great option. Certifications measure your knowledge and skills against industry- and ven]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-9-big-data-and-data-analytics-certifications-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-top-9-big-data-and-data-analytics-certifications-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 IT resolutions for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even in the high-touch field of healthcare, where human interactions remain core to the delivery of most services, IT exec Bill Fandrich feels the pressure to bring technology-fueled transformations to bear.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-it-resolutions-for-2020/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/20-it-resolutions-for-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How the new cloud-native Adobe Experience Manager will accelerate performance and experience delivery]]></title><description><![CDATA[As consumers continue to demand more personalized interactions, brands have struggled with larger volumes of content that need to be delivered faster across increasingly sophisticated customer journeys. Content consumption is rising at record speed: Millennials now spend 8.5 hours every day consuming digital content while Gen Z ramps that figure up to 10.6 hours per day .1 With online holiday spend in the United States surpassing $140B and 14% growth YoY2, content demands are simply going to in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-the-new-cloud-native-adobe-experience-manager-will-accelerate-performance-and-experience-delivery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-the-new-cloud-native-adobe-experience-manager-will-accelerate-performance-and-experience-delivery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BrandPost: How Rapid Integration Will Secure Rapid Results – the Vision of Adobe Experience Cloud as a Cloud Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[As consumers continue to demand more personalized interactions, brands have struggled with larger volumes of content that need to be delivered faster across increasingly sophisticated customer journeys. Content consumption is rising at record speed: Millennials now spend 8.5 hours every day consuming digital content while Gen Z ramps that figure up to 10.6 hours per day .1 With online holiday spend in the United States surpassing $140B and 14% growth YoY2, content demands are simply going to in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-rapid-integration-will-secure-rapid-results-the-vision-of-adobe-experience-cloud-as-a-cloud-service/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/brandpost-how-rapid-integration-will-secure-rapid-results-the-vision-of-adobe-experience-cloud-as-a-cloud-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Career roadmap: Enterprise architect]]></title><description><![CDATA[The enterprise architect role has emerged as one of the most pivotal in IT, especially for companies in the midst of a digital transformation. Here&rsquo;s a look at what it takes to become an enterprise architect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/career-roadmap-enterprise-architect/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/career-roadmap-enterprise-architect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The state of digital transformation in 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[The past year has seen many businesses question exactly how transformational digital transformation really is. The answer, as with all IT initiatives, depends on the scope of the ambition, the skill of the leadership, and the ultimate degree of business impact.Yet we&rsquo;ve seen a pattern emerge: Those with transformational aspirations discover that boil-the-ocean schemes seldom meet their objectives, while carefully planned and targeted initiatives often have broader benefit than even the or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-state-of-digital-transformation-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/the-state-of-digital-transformation-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDG Contributor Network: Workplace 2020: 4 defining factors of the future of work]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first few years of every new decade are more like the preceding decade than what eventually becomes its defining element. For example, the 1980s were characterized by the &ldquo;greed is good&rdquo; mantra from the movie Wall Street, but until about 1982, much of the world&rsquo;s economy was in recession. What we now know as the go-go '80s started showing glimmers in 1983 and didn&rsquo;t hit full stride until approximately 1985.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story)]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-workplace-2020-4-defining-factors-of-the-future-of-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/idg-contributor-network-workplace-2020-4-defining-factors-of-the-future-of-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 digital transformation success stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[More companies are building digital capabilities that deliver business efficiency or top-line revenue growth in 2020. But the progress of&nbsp;Big Bang digital transformations&nbsp;vary &mdash; as does executives&rsquo; understanding of what that entails.Sixty-six percent of CIOs said they are transforming their businesses, but based on those respondents&rsquo; descriptions of their digital initiatives the number is closer to 10 percent, according to a research note Gartner published in 2018.To]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-digital-transformation-success-stories/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/6-digital-transformation-success-stories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Drop dead weight, think analogue’: The modern CIO’s New Year resolutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before CIOs can take on anything new for the coming year, it is helpful to clear out mental and physical space to make room, advises Gartner.As the analyst firm points out in its 2020 CIO Resolutions report, however, this can be a challenge for today&rsquo;s technology and digital leaders.Despite increasing IT budgets, many IT departments are underfunded as requests for IT outstrip budgets, note Gartner analysts and authors of the report Mark Raskino, Mary Mesaglio, and Tina Nunno.&nbsp;To read]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/drop-dead-weight-think-analogue-the-modern-cios-new-year-resolutions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/itexecutive/drop-dead-weight-think-analogue-the-modern-cios-new-year-resolutions/</guid></item></channel></rss>