Opinion

Opinion

• Data literacy in high demand; academia responds

  Data literacy is at the heart of new computing programs at two of the country's premier private research universities. The Data Mill reports.  Continue Reading

• Machine learning systems are a 'land rush' of opportunity for CIOs

  Intelligent automation is more disruptive than predicted, and it's opening up a world of possibilities for CIOs. The Data Mill reports from the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.  Continue Reading

• Don't let impostor syndrome hold you back

  Lots of accomplished people feel like frauds -- and that can get in the way of success. An IT pro shares his experience and the tools to move on.  Continue Reading

• CIO roles: A CIO becomes a cloud enthusiast and outgrows his mentors

  Want to get a sense of how much CIO roles and responsibilities have changed? Try explaining your cloud strategy to your IT mentors.  Continue Reading

• As long as the workforce is human, IT security education will fall short

  Enough with training employees to be good security stewards, Niel Nickolaisen says. To err is human. He's putting his faith in behavior-based security and a few ironclad rules.  Continue Reading

• Continuous improvement team: How to upskill for business transformation

  The continuous improvement team, if successful, could work itself out of a job. But the team can stay critical to a company by taking on higher-stakes transformational work.  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation framework: Bridging legacy apps to new tech

  One facet of a digital transformation framework involves finding a way to expose data and functionality in legacy apps to a new environment. BPM expert Dan Morris knows how.  Continue Reading

• The IT value stream and the quest for 'fast flow'

  Business velocity has changed the approach to service delivery and the IT value stream. Achieving 'fast flow' through optimization of IT processes can enable better, faster IT.  Continue Reading

• As tech evolves, industry seeks to make money with IoT

  The internet of things is revolutionizing modern business models, but companies are quickly learning it will require a huge IT investment to make money with IoT.  Continue Reading

• Machine learning, artificial intelligence like 'Moneyball' on steroids

  Rewatching 'Moneyball,' Niel Nickolaisen is reminded how much analytics have changed since the 2002 classic about data-driven baseball.  Continue Reading

• The new products development process and IT innovation

  Most people don't know what their company's business objectives are. But for IT to contribute to a successful new products development process, your team needs to know.  Continue Reading

• Roboticists: Universal basic income demands attention

  MIT Tech Conference: Technologists and academics debate the merits of universal basic income in the face of automation.  Continue Reading

• OpenStack: Questions remain for the open source cloud platform

  OpenStack turns 7 this year, but is it ready for prime time? Enterprise use has shown the open source cloud platform shines in some instances -- and falls short in others.  Continue Reading

• Looking to get hyperpersonal with customers? Better get AI

  Alfred Essa from McGraw-Hill and Mike Gualtieri from Forrester on serving the customer of one at Spark Summit East.  Continue Reading

• Data transparency is the lifeblood of new information economy

  Many companies have invested in the analytics infrastructure that helps turn data into a business asset. Now what? Gartner's Debra Logan offers insight.  Continue Reading