Conference Notebook

Digital business management

• Gartner on blockchain: Questions to ask and lots of caveats

  It's immature, misunderstood, untested in the enterprise, risk-laden -- and needs to be on the CIO agenda. Gartner's Nick Heudecker frames the blockchain questions you should be asking.  Continue Reading

• Airbnb incorporates tech to help build digital trust in data economy

  Automated bots have made it difficult to determine whether someone online is real, but Airbnb is turning to tech to help build digital trust among its customers.  Continue Reading

• How to build end-user data literacy skills, step by step

  Top-notch hospital systems are filled with smart, knowledgeable people eager to use data. But first, they must improve their data literacy, as this case study shows.  Continue Reading

• Two data scientists offer advice on breaking down siloed data

  Data scientists offer insight into why the age-old problem of siloed data persists and some concrete advice to CIOs on how to break down the walls.  Continue Reading

• 'Patient journey' propels hospital's digital transformation

  The chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital explains how digital technologies are changing the 'patient journey' for the better.  Continue Reading

• 2017 Gartner Symposium: A SearchCIO photo roundup

  In this photo roundup, we chronicle the SearchCIO team's experience at the 2017 Gartner Symposium and highlight some key sessions and themes from the event.  Continue Reading

• CTO Gerri Martin-Flickinger talks innovation at Starbucks

  Innovation at Starbucks is served up in many forms. EVP and CTO Gerri Martin-Flickinger breaks down the coffee giant's latest technology investments.  Continue Reading

• Forging your digital path: Don't discount the power of slogans

  Two award-winning CIOs talk about how they helped forge a digital path for their companies and, in the process, became partners to the business.  Continue Reading

• Clear goals, patience required for successful IT automation strategy

  More companies are investing in automation to streamline processes. But for an IT automation strategy to be successful, it's important to start with clear, well defined goals.  Continue Reading

• Digital Business Summit: How to ride the digital wave

  At the recent Digital Business Summit in Chicago, ISG Insights' Bill McNee offered pointers for organizations embracing digital initiatives and said it's OK sometimes to be second.  Continue Reading

• CIOs, your chief execs want help on digital business innovation

  Here's an important dispatch from Symposium/ITxpo: Digital business innovation is at the heart of the CEO psyche; CIOs need to help.  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

• Enterprise innovation teams struggle to show what makes them special

  Innovation leaders at the recent FutureM conference make it clear that enterprise innovation teams are still a work in progress.  Continue Reading

• The platform business model: An introduction

  Airbnb does it; Uber does it. What about your organization? Sangeet Paul Choudary lays out the fundamentals of the platform business model.  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

• 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

• Digital disruption boosts board members' acclaim for the CIO role

  Board members who subscribe to the idea that 'every business is a technology business' put a spotlight on the CIO role.  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

• Saying you're a digital disruptor doesn't make it so

  It seems every business these days wants to be a digital disruptor but not many make the cut. Here are four tips from Oracle's Christina McKeon to help you figure out if your company is on its way to digital transformation.  Continue Reading