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• Open source, adaptable infrastructure key to Etsy platform business model

  How does Etsy keep its platform business model in tune? Deploying up to 60 code changes a day is par for the course. Continue Reading

• Cloud inventory management for CIOs: Build guardrails, not roadblocks

  Cloud inventory management saves money, reduces security risk and helps the enterprise compete. But first, CIOs must build relationships with business decision makers. Continue Reading

• McCormick spices up food market with digital platform business

  Former McCormick CIO Jerry Wolfe talks about his role as CEO of the spice company's new tech spinoff and why a digital platform is so essential to reaching today's foodies. Continue Reading

• Edge network key to IoT data collection and transmission

  IoT might be the next big thing, but the next big hurdle for CIOs will be figuring out ways to architect for it. Continue Reading

• Mobile payment systems boost data security, consumer trust trumps infosec fears

  Infosec professionals worry that mobile payment systems will increase the risk of data breaches, but experts argue their fears are overblown. Continue Reading

• Systems of engagement are ground zero for digital transformation

  "Crossing the Chasm" author Geoffrey Moore has developed a framework on how to talk digital investments with the business: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Uber's new data privacy policy suggests privacy is dead

  Uber's new data privacy policy strains privacy even more. What does it say about today's privacy expectations? Also in Searchlight: Facebook's faceless facial recognition; Google's "undo send" feature.Continue Reading

• Cognitive robotic process automation poised to disrupt knowledge worker market

  KPMG’s Cliff Justice lays out a vision for the future with the work of 110M to 140M knowledge workers handled by cognitive robotics technology.Continue Reading

• The digital CIO's dilemma: Balancing efficiency gains and innovation

  How does a digital disruptor balance operational efficiency with innovation? In this SearchCIO video excerpt, Peter Nichol, head of IT at Access Health CT, talks about the digital CIO's dilemma.Continue Reading

• Digital unleashes new competitive threats, forcing CIOs to take charge

  CIOs from State Street and DHL Express discuss how the competitive landscape has changed and how strategic partnerships are enabling innovation.Continue Reading

• C-level relationships, engagement key to CIO success

  CIOs spend 40% of their time engaged with the CEO, CMO, COO and other non-IT peers, according to MIT research. C-level execs explain why that time is so important.Continue Reading

• The fate of the enterprise data center

  The growth of cloud computing has slowed down the growth of the traditional enterprise data center. According to research by Cisco, the industry will experience whopping growth in cloud data center traffic of 5.4 zettabytes between 2013 and 2018. ...Continue Reading

• IoT hype, hope give rise to new C-level position, chief IoT officer

  Ask a group of IT experts if IoT is going to change the world, and there's no debate. The question is, who's going to run the transformation?Continue Reading

• Apple's Tim Cook stands up for consumer privacy

  This week, Tim Cook delivered strong words on consumer privacy and how other digital companies do business. Also in Searchlight: Caitlyn Jenner beats Obama's Twitter record; Yahoo will live-stream an ESPN game.Continue Reading

• Demand shaping vs. demand management: Making IT count in the digital era

  MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: CIOs from Staples and Charles Schwab explain why CIOs should forget about managing IT demand and think instead about demand shaping.Continue Reading