CIO Innovators
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Goldman CIO touts new consumer lending business as 'fintech startup'
Goldman Sachs CIO Martin Chavez talks up APIs, cloud services and open source as key to meeting digital disruption head on. Continue Reading
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A CTO's IT spending strategy for a fast-growing platform startup
CTO Brian Morgan at platform startup Catalant lets the business be his lodestar for shaping IT investments. Open source software and AWS help too. Continue Reading
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CIO sells scalability of cloud to transform Ohio housing authority
Craig Patterson was hired by the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority to find ways to improve services with IT. First, he had to sell the agency on the scalability of cloud. Continue Reading
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How I learned to love Agile ERP and why you should too
CTO Niel Nickolaisen's road to Agile ERP began with an 'insane' ERP experience and a vow. Continue Reading
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Cloud computing in healthcare: Creative Solutions goes end to end
Shawn Wiora, CIO at Creative Solutions in Healthcare, pursued an end-to-end cloud strategy, which resulted in improved security, better performance and IT cultural transformation. Continue Reading
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DevOps model, a profile in CIO leadership, change management
Take it from IT leaders who have been there: Adopting a DevOps model will require strong leadership, exceptional people skills, a high tolerance for failure and financial savvy. Continue Reading
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Hotel API strategy brings UK chain closer to digital guest -- and customer data
A U.K. hotel chain realized it had to get closer to customers who booked their stays through online travel sites. The answer was to cut out the middleman and adopt an API strategy. Continue Reading
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A CIO ratchets up a lifelong mission to think like a customer
Over his long career as a tech leader, Bill Oates has tried to put himself in the customer's shoes. Now at Perkins School for the Blind, 'customer-centric' takes on new meaning. Continue Reading
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From tech supplier to IT service provider, a CIO makes the 'big switch'
To address gaps between business expectations and IT delivery, CIO Gary Watkins came up with a model to make his IT team the company's IT service provider of choice. Continue Reading
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NYT CIO uses niche apps to crack the digital media code
Marc Frons, who recently announced he will be leaving his post as CIO of The New York Times, believes a culture of experimentation is the fastest road to digital glory. Continue Reading
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Whirlpool CIO: The future of IoT demands a new IT paradigm
Whirlpool CIO Mike Heim is using cutting-edge tech to reinvent the lowly laundromat, but first he had to reinvent how his IT team worked. Welcome to the future of IoT. Continue Reading
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CIOs make the tough call on legacy systems
After decades of building up their IT infrastructures, companies are faced with deciding which legacy systems to keep and which to cut. CIOs can attest there are no easy formulas. Continue Reading
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Cop-turned-CIO uses open data to improve Chicagoland
While serving under Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the city's former CIO launched an app that integrated data from multiple sources to improve situational awareness. Now, he's taking that project to the next level. Continue Reading
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IT and finance bond at TD Bank pays dividends
TD Bank's CIO of corporate technology demonstrates the power behind a strong IT-finance alliance. Continue Reading
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CIO innovator on creative destruction: Getting out of the comfort zone
Creative destruction is one way to define innovation, but sometimes getting out of your comfort zone is the best way to realize innovation, according to Bryan Smith, CIO at Volvo Construction Equipment North America. Continue Reading
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Balancing IT innovation and risk in race to get off legacy IT systems
Under pressure to get off legacy IT systems, Christophe DeLandes, CIO at KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp., bet on modularity and an IT team grateful to be working on something new. Continue Reading