Conference Notebook

Enterprise application development DevOps and software agility

• Why digital customer experience is now part of a CIO's job

  Delivering a high-quality digital customer experience is becoming a key responsibility for IT leaders, say leading technology executives. AI and error budgets will come in handy.  Continue Reading

• How to achieve digital transformation -- with CIO as linchpin

  Companies achieve digital transformation along two dimensions -- through operational efficiency and offering a great customer experience. Getting there can be an uphill battle.  Continue Reading

• Power of AI, limitations of AI in focus at Global AI conference

  What's the difference between human and artificial intelligence? At the Global AI conference in Boston, opening day featured tech experts parsing the power of AI and the limitations of AI.  Continue Reading

• How to know if, when and how to pursue blockchain projects

  Forrester Research analyst Martha Bennett gives CIOs a cogent framework for thinking about distributed ledger technology and potential blockchain projects for the enterprise.  Continue Reading

• Building a data science pipeline: Benefits, cautions

  A data science development pipeline is critical for digital business. But the sequence of the pipeline must be monitored closely to ensure the output reflects the business goal.  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

• 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

• Gartner issues four-part prescription for data and analytics leaders

  Fake facts, discrimination, complexity and illiteracy are four challenges CIOs and data experts must overcome to reap the value of data analytics. Also, forget about bimodal IT.  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

• 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

• Look for cognitive systems in IT services marketplace

  The systems that will form the backbone of future business applications will be available in the cloud, says consultant Judith Hurwitz.  Continue Reading

• Think different: Cognitive computing systems will bring data-led change

  Today's programming models are things of the past, says consultant Judith Hurwitz. Cognitive computing systems use data to devise applications that reflect the world as we see it.  Continue Reading

• Failing fast: A lesson in semantics

  Two digital officers weigh in on why the term "failing fast" doesn't work for their organizations.  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

• 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

• Microsoft, VMware, Cisco experts vet the cloud for CIOs

  What factors do CIOs weigh when choosing between public and private cloud? Is PaaS the future? Is it time to bring back that cloud deployment? Cloud experts offer insight to CIOs.  Continue Reading