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Digital business transformation and innovation

• Adobe, Uber on the challenges of digital transformation

  Digital transformation initiatives may be all the rage in the enterprise, but they also pose significant challenges to CIOs and others who have to manage the transition. Continue Reading

• Achieving business value from cognitive collaboration

  CIOs can take advantage of AI to improve employee and customer collaboration with cognitive capabilities that are now available from vendors such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook. Continue Reading

• 3 ways to use quantum technology features in your enterprise

  While quantum computers aren't available just yet, there are other properties to consider, such as quantum sensors and quantum copies, that are being utilized around the world today. Continue Reading

• Why digital customer experience is now part of a CIO's job

  Delivering a high-quality digital customer experience is becoming a key responsibility for IT leaders, say leading technology executives. AI and error budgets will come in handy. Continue Reading

• Squads, pods, cells? Making sense of Agile teams

  Workers are now organized in new types of groups as a result of the movement known as Agile at scale. However, to succeed, the changes have to be more than in name only. Continue Reading

• The changing role of the CIO

  The shift to a digital economy is dramatically changing the role of the CIO, from trusted IT operator to business strategist.Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: Communication structures of an organization

  The following is an excerpt from 'Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow,' by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, as well as a Q&A with the authors.Continue Reading

• CIOs talk public sector innovation at Pluralsight conference

  If you think city and state governments are reluctant to adopt new technology and the innovations that brings with it, there are forward-looking CIOs who want to set you straight.Continue Reading

• 4 steps to a blockchain implementation

  If you're not experimenting with blockchain, you're behind the curve. Our step-by-step guide on implementing blockchain dissects the challenges, best practices and payoffs.Continue Reading

• Efficiency vs. effectiveness in business: Which comes first?

  Operational efficiency gains do not equate to operational effectiveness. Expert Dan Morris explains efficiency vs. effectiveness in business process automation.Continue Reading

• AI for decision-making shows promise, but worker trust an issue

  Companies like Walmart are using AI for decision-making in business processes, but the discipline is new and workers are wary. Experts offer ways to build trust.Continue Reading

• 5G enables AR and VR for the enterprise: CIO primer

  Lag time and the inability to accommodate multiple users have limited AR and VR for enterprise use. 5G will change that, spurring new ways of working and of serving customers.Continue Reading

• Transformational leadership style inspires 'moonshot goals'

  Entrepreneur extraordinaire Keith Krach talks about the network effect, turning competitors into partners and paying it forward in this third and final part of our Q&A.Continue Reading

• How to build a startup: 7 tips from Keith Krach

  Entrepreneur Keith Krach recounts how he started Ariba, sharing a treasure trove of tips in part two of this three-part Q&A.Continue Reading

• IoT, machine learning, MookieBot triple threat for Red Sox IT in 2019

  Red Sox IT chief Brian Shield talks about the next leg of the franchise's digital transformation: using IoT and machine learning to serve fans and sharpen at-bats.Continue Reading