Conference Notebook

Cloud computing for business

• Google's John Solomon redefines the cloud worker for CIOs at MITCIO

  Who is a cloud worker? According to Google's John Solomon, CIOs are shortchanging their companies by not enabling virtually every worker today to use the cloud to do their jobs.  Continue Reading

• Gartner Symposium 2018: 6 emerging trends in security

  At Gartner Symposium 2018, analyst Peter Firstbrook highlighted the emerging trends in security that cybersecurity pros -- and their employers -- need to prep for in the next year.  Continue Reading

• Gartner Symposium 2018: Enterprise cloud strategy mistakes to avoid

  At the recent Gartner Symposium 2018, cloud guru Daryl Plummer highlighted the need for developing a strong cloud strategy -- and the mistakes to avoid when drafting one.  Continue Reading

• Transforming IT infrastructure and operations to drive digital business

  In an environment where speed disrupts everything, organizations must transform their I&O. Gartner's Gregory Murray explained how at the Gartner Catalyst conference.  Continue Reading

• Approaches for embedding human ethics in AI systems

  Instilling ethics in AI systems is a low priority for CIOs aiming to harness the power of machine intelligence. That's a mistake, warned Darin Stewart at the Gartner Catalyst event.  Continue Reading

• Gartner Catalyst 2018: A future without data centers?

  Cloud computing advancements have led some organizations to consider eliminating their data centers. Here are strategies to determine which applications are cloud-ready.  Continue Reading

• Building an intelligent enterprise: Four experts offer hard-won advice

  At the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, four IT executives shared lessons they've learned from building an intelligent enterprise and paid homage to the tech that helped them do it.  Continue Reading

• Build a culture of innovation on PaaS platforms

  Tech execs from Deutsche Bank and Experian at the Red Hat Summit in San Francisco shared their thoughts on reaping the benefits of PaaS platforms by addressing the risks head-on.  Continue Reading

• IT pros name users, GDPR as biggest cloud computing security threats

  The cloud is growing faster than companies can prepare for cloud computing security threats, a quartet of tech leaders say at a Boston forum. But managing risk is within reach.  Continue Reading

• Cloud Foundry deployments boost customer experience, communication

  IT pros from Comcast, American Airlines and Zipcar sound off on benefits of the software development platform at April's Cloud Foundry Summit in Boston.  Continue Reading

• IBM's cloud strategy homes in on developers

  To boost its profile in IaaS, IBM's cloud strategy has shifted focus from CIOs to developers. Whether the multipronged appeal to developers will pan out remains an open question.  Continue Reading

• Many contours, many questions in developing a cloud strategy

  IT professionals at the Gartner Catalyst conference seek to flesh out the technical and management details that make up their organizations' cloud plans.  Continue Reading

• Tech jobs for all, robots and fighting fake news at IBM InterConnect 2017

  Alongside pitches for state-of-the-art technologies at the tech company's Las Vegas show was a call for young women in technology and distinguishing the funny from the phony.  Continue Reading

• Multicloud management is all about the integration

  Do several cloud applications, platform as a service and a data center make a company multicloud? Not necessarily, says consultant Judith Hurwitz.  Continue Reading

• New Balance steps back from the cloud buzz

  An IT exec at a recent tech leader conference says cloud isn't always best for his company's ever-growing volumes of data -- stirring a different sort of cloud buzz.  Continue Reading

• Latest Gartner ranking: Who's winning the cloud wars

  AWS, Azure and Google score big in the latest Gartner ranking. But don't just go by good grades when choosing an IaaS cloud platform.  Continue Reading

• Pros, newbies seek new answers to cloud questions at Cloud Expo

  Consultants and job seekers joined practitioners at the Cloud Expo conference with cloud questions on topics ranging from container storage to the internet of things.  Continue Reading

• BPO/ITO: AI applications in outsourcing limited now, but coming on fast

  In advance of the World BPO/ITO Forum on June 13 and 14 in New York, conference speaker R. Lee Coulter talks about the state of AI applications in IT and business process outsourcing.  Continue Reading

• The on-demand economy and the future of work: Buckle up

  When companies get serious about understanding what it costs to get work done employment will change dramatically. Who's ready for the on-demand economy?  Continue Reading

• Sen. Warner: Gig economy chance to 'reimagine whole social contract'

  Fueled by technology and global in scope, the gig economy is underway. Making it work will require a new social contract.  Continue Reading

• The road to hybrid cloud architecture is paved with mistakes

  IT projects of any kind can be calamitous -- and organizations mixing public and private cloud services with traditional IT have had a lot go wrong, said experts at the Hybrid Cloud Summit.  Continue Reading

• Cloud, mobile apps remain major tech issues for Gartner Catalyst-goers

  IT professionals gathered at Gartner Catalyst to bone up on bleeding-edge technology and apply what they learned to tech issues at home.  Continue Reading

• Gartner Catalyst: Three personas of a successful 21st-century business

  Cloud, mobile and predictive technologies are required but aren't sufficient to compete today. Gartner Catalyst keynoter Paul DeBeasi says most organizations will need a personality makeover.  Continue Reading

• Five 'platform dichotomies': Challenges of a platform strategy

  A successful platform strategy can make or break a company in today's digital era, said Accenture's CTO at the MIT Platform Strategy Summit. He listed the five big challenges companies face as they shift to a platform business model.  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

• Former GM CIO says BPO/ITO mega-deals wrong for current IT climate

  This year's World BPO/ITO Forum will focus on how the cloud is shaking up IT outsourcing. Conference chairman Jim Noble talks to SearchCIO about why mega-deals are a losing proposition for CIOs.  Continue Reading

• IoT will force CIOs to enter the realm of operational technology

  IoT is mature enough for enterprise adoption, said a panel of experts at the 2015 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, but successful deployments require CIOs to engage with operational technology.  Continue Reading