Coulda, woulda, shoulda — maybe your partner business plans didn’t pan out in 2013. Well, the year is over, but it’s not too late to think about and plan for 2014. To help you do that, SearchITChannel rounded up input from industry experts on information technology trends that will […]
Elevating technology on the boardroom agenda
Businesses are becoming increasingly digital and it’s not just a matter of process automation or resource-planning systems. Technology trends such as big data, cloud computing, mobility, and social media are giving rise to new marketing and operational capabilities. Indeed, technology has become too embedded in the fabric of the […]
Information is power
Jonathan Bacon Marketing and technology teams need to work together to optimise business success in a digital world but only one in 10 marketing and IT executives believe they have got it right. Those that have successfully collaborated tell how they forge strong links. Above: The Guardian is one […]
Cisco CEO: Internet Of Things Will Reshape IT
Internet-connected devices will drive a new IT infrastructure that must support an “application economy,” predicts Cisco CEO John Chambers, speaking at Interop. 5 Big Wishes For Big Data Deployments John Chambers thinks IT departments can get their CEOs excited about the Internet of Things in the same way CEOs […]
Cogitation on innovation
Stuart Lauchlan | On December 2, 2013 What’s the big word du jour? It is of course innovation. No industry conference will pass without due deference being paid to that holiest of grails, IT enabled innovation. If you play buzzword bingo at any major event, your card will be […]
The New CIO Mandate | ASAE Tech Conference 2013 Keynote By Dion Hincchliffe
How can CIOs and the C-Suite reshape service delivery and get out ahead of the rapid pace of technology change? … How can CIOs and the C-Suite reshape service delivery and get out ahead of the rapid pace of technology change? I explored the issues and strategies of grappling […]
Who Should “Own” Integration?
Friday Nov 22nd 2013 by Loraine Lawson Should IT own integration work? Or should it empower citizen developers to deal with today’s never-ending data integration needs? Slide Show Drivers and Challenges of Enterprise Integration Revealed If anything should belong to IT, you would think it would be something as […]
Renaissance CIO
Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2014
Gartner just concluded its Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2013 in Orlando, gathering tens of thousands of IT executives. Among the most anticipated aspects of the gathering are the ruminations from the Gartner pontificators regarding IT trends. Among several trends shared were the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2014. Here is a […]
The Most Talented IT Executives are Advancing Beyond CIO
I recently completed a series in this column referring to the CIO-plus. In it, I interviewed a number of chief information officers who had been asked to take on additional responsibilities, due to the great work done as CIOs and the appreciation that that good work translates well into […]