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• CIOs dissect what makes their artificial intelligence projects tick

  AI has been described as the ultimate disruptor. These three IT leaders are prepping for the shake-up with artificial intelligence projects designed to harness that potential. Continue Reading

• FAQ: How is digitization influencing SEC compliance priorities?

  As online trading and digital finance becomes the norm, updated SEC compliance regulations target these transactions in an effort to improve digital asset security. Continue Reading

• Digital transformation for insurance: Idaho firm opts for HCI

  An Idaho-based property and casualty insurance company has swapped out its VMware infrastructure and separate storage systems for hyper-converged hardware from Scale Computing. Continue Reading

• Rapid prototyping process brings technology to life

  Carnegie Mellon University's Chris Harrison and his team are developing the user interfaces of the future. He explains why a rapid prototyping process is critical to building technology that changes lives. Continue Reading

• Artificial intelligence and machine learning forge path to a better UI

  Carnegie Mellon University's Chris Harrison talks about the future of the user interface in this episode of 'Schooled in AI.' Continue Reading

• What technical challenges face voice AI technology? There are many

  Conversational AI will change enterprise communications -- eventually. In the meantime, Gartner analyst Svetlana Sicular details the areas where voice AI technology needs to grow.Continue Reading

• IT Priorities survey predicts 2018 IT strategy for tech pros

  In TechTarget's annual IT Priorities survey, information technology professionals across industries provide a glimpse of their 2018 IT strategy plans and pet projects.Continue Reading

• Machine learning algorithms: New tool for fighting cyberthreats?

  As hackers use increasingly sophisticated tech to tap into corporate data, machine learning platforms can help companies fight fire with fire by detecting cyberthreats early on.Continue Reading

• Biometric security technology readies for corporate prime time

  Companies are turning to biometric security technology to improve user authentication and experience, but its use presents unique challenges that could slow enterprise adoption.Continue Reading

• Natural-language processing technology boosts BI at Penn Medicine

  Natural-language processing technology lets Penn Medicine tap unstructured data, improving its analytics and patient care. Success required a multidisciplinary effort.Continue Reading

• Cybersecurity trend forecast: Streamlined, simplified security

  In this SearchCIO Q&A, Javvad Malik discusses why streamlining infosec processes is becoming a top cybersecurity trend and how new tech influences the infosec industry.Continue Reading

• Forrester to CIOs: Blockchain networks are not truth machines

  Who couldn't use a little clarity on blockchain? A new report from Forrester Research separates myth from the current reality of blockchain networks.Continue Reading

• New tech creates new attack vectors, cybersecurity vulnerabilities

  CISO John Germain explains how tech like AI and IoT are revolutionizing business -- and creating new cybersecurity vulnerabilities as data protection is left on the back burner.Continue Reading

• Deep learning projects: Cloud-based AI or dedicated hardware?

  Are deep learning projects part of your AI agenda this year? Here's how to evaluate the tradeoffs between using cloud-based AI infrastructure versus dedicated hardware.Continue Reading

• What do the new AI chips mean for CIOs? Homework, for starters

  New AI chips promise to put deep learning initiatives in better reach of enterprises. But they aren't applicable to all AI projects and, in some cases, are inferior to CPUs and GPUs.Continue Reading

• Tech, growing data sets complicate enterprise cybersecurity strategy

  Emerging tech has grown companies' data sets and made IT environments increasingly complex. As IT capabilities evolve, enterprise cybersecurity strategy is struggling to keep up.Continue Reading

• Software robot tech arrives: Are CIOs ready?

  RPA technology is coming of age and becoming a strategic play in the public and private sectors. The task for CIOs is to make sure deployments are enterprise-grade.Continue Reading

• In praise of recommendation engines, AI with proven ROI

  Is an infatuation with deep learning blinding CIOs to other, more accessible forms of AI, to wit: recommendation engines? So says digital transformation guru Isaac Sacolick.Continue Reading

• Architecture firm taps AEC technology to drive digital strategy

  Arcadis CIO Justin Wright's pioneering use of architecture, construction and engineering technology brings buildings to life -- and the firm's digital strategy up to speed.Continue Reading

• Not all types of artificial intelligence are created equal

  Among the many types of artificial intelligence, unsupervised machine learning will test our capacity to trust machines.Continue Reading

• Trying to wrap your brain around AI? CMU has an AI stack for that

  In this episode of 'Schooled in AI,' Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about the benefits of the AI stack.Continue Reading

• IT areas of focus in 2018 include outcome-based security services, data lakes

  Rahul Singh, managing director at IT outsourcing advisory Pace Harmon, dissects the 2018 trends in three important IT areas for CIOs.Continue Reading

• Hyper-converged infrastructure solutions hit the mainstream

  HCI technology is expanding beyond its original niches in virtual desktop infrastructure and video storage, taking an expanded role in the corporate data center.Continue Reading

• Enterprise IT infrastructure: Outsource or upgrade for CIOs?

  Intent-based networking and other emerging technologies offer new approaches to enterprise IT, but some CIOs are seeking innovation in cloud computing.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing economics: Juggling availability, performance and cost

  Companies must answer complicated questions about cloud computing economics as emerging platforms offer attractive IT capabilities that come with unexpected costs.Continue Reading

• How GE digital transformation won over the sales force

  A major part of the GE digital transformation is getting its 25,000 salespeople on board as it rethinks its vast commercial sales function.Continue Reading

• Get a grip on evaluating cloud management platforms

  Software for managing multicloud computing environments can help companies tame the tumult. An industry expert gives tips on how to assess products.Continue Reading

• Highs and lows of the digital innovation process

  The digital innovation process has made organizations more agile, but the shift could present its own set of IT challenges for modern companies. Genpact's Gianni Giacomelli explains why.Continue Reading

• Run a hackathon event that pays off -- and draws women

  IBM Watson Health's chief scientist explains how a hackathon event can pay dividends for a company, provided it's run right. Plus, advice on how to get more women to hackathons.Continue Reading

• The future of workplace structure: Cross-functional teams, AI impact

  The digital workplace, including the CIO shop, is moving toward cross-functional collaboration, greater openness to outside contributors and the uptake of artificial intelligence.Continue Reading

• Data asset curation: The guidelines to determine information usability

  Keeping track of existing data assets is increasingly difficult, but detailed curation of this vital company information can help streamline evolving digital governance processes.Continue Reading

• CIO strives to tie cloud metrics to business value

  As CIOs gain experience in cloud computing, the cloud metrics they use are changing. Read how one CIO makes business value a priority in deciding which cloud services make sense.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

• 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

• The power of positive four-letter words to unlock employee potential

  Four-letter words like can't and don't crush an employee's potential and quash creativity. Have the courage to use positive four-letter words and watch what happens.Continue Reading

• Product line management is fundamental to the new IT operating model

  Digital transformation requires CIOs to rethink the way IT operates. At the center of the new IT operating model is product line management, explains CEB's Matt McWha.Continue Reading

• The commanding presence of quiet leaders

  The MIT CFO Summit explores the inverse of the stereotypical extroverted leader and the effect that quiet leaders can have in an organization.Continue Reading

• The impact of mobile technology on business operations

  The impact of mobile technology on business is becoming more evident as mobile computing moves to take over the enterprise.Continue Reading

• Key IT metrics: A CIO guide

  As technology and the business evolve, so do IT metrics. In this Essential Guide, learn how to navigate KPIs, IT investment and cloud cost optimization techniques.Continue Reading

• Become a change agent: Stop procrastinating

  Don't be like the white-haired bride and groom who put off the big event until they could afford it. Now is the time for action, says organizational agility expert Joseph Flahiff.Continue Reading

• Robotic process automation technology gets to work

  Robotic process automation technology can eliminate or speed up routine digital tasks now performed by humans. Finding RPA sweet spots and the right tools is the CIO challenge.Continue Reading

• The difference between pipe and platform business models

  Sangeet Paul Choudary, founder and CEO at advisory and research firm, Platformation Labs, explains the difference between platform business models and traditional pipe models.Continue Reading

• Aligning IT and compliance procedures increasingly a business priority

  Companies' regulatory management and tech teams often still operate independently, but businesses are starting to recognize the benefits of IT and compliance procedure alignment.Continue Reading

• Delegator vs. micromanager: What kind of boss are you?

  Being a delegator is one of the hardest jobs for a leader. Joseph Flahiff explains.Continue Reading

• Instagram roundup: Disruptive business models, digital investments

  2016 Fusion CEO-CIO Symposium caught on Instagram: Follow along as senior news writer Nicole Laskowski chronicles sessions on disruptive business models and digital investments.Continue Reading

• Data lake governance: A big data do or die

  Data lake governance may not be a sexy undertaking, but it's become a critical component in modern data architecture, according to experts.Continue Reading

• The four facets of an Agile PMO

  The Agile project management office (PMO) leverages the centralized portfolio management team to deliver on projects and products faster, said Michael Nir, president and founder of Sapir Consulting ...Continue Reading

• Assessing the cost of private cloud

  The high cost of private cloud requires a ton of due diligence on the part of CIOs and business partners.Continue Reading

• Building an online game platform: Startup caters to developers

  The online game platform startup STOVE aims to solve the catch-22 of platform businesses by offering business assistance to its content producers, in addition to user analytics.Continue Reading

• Pixar president on why building a 'fail fast' culture is hard

  The duality of failure, IBM's bet on cognitive computing, and the difference between a data officer and an analytics officer: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• A CIO's guide to enterprise cloud migration

  Considering an enterprise cloud migration? This Essential Guide delves into the process and lays out best practices for getting the job done.Continue Reading

• Larry Wall's programmer virtues and 'vices'

  IT pros who are lazy, impatient and hubristic are just what CIOs need. Gartner analyst Danny Brian explains why in this SearchCIO tip.Continue Reading

• Profiles in digital leadership at Forbes, CBS, US Bank

  Forbes, CBS and US Bank use social media marketing, mobile devices, Agile project development -- and strong IT-marketing partnerships -- to drive digital projects.Continue Reading

• The digital effect on the BPM lifecycle

  Digitization has fundamentally changed how businesses operate, but is the same true for business process management? Here's why the BPM lifecycle remains the same.Continue Reading

• Staff shortage impacted by security and compliance skills demand

  The data threat landscape has forced companies to rethink hiring processes before a staff shortage negatively impacts security and compliance.Continue Reading

• Gartner: DevOps is good; DevSecOps is better

  Make way for DevSecOps. According to Gartner analyst David Cearley, CIOs need to add security professionals to their DevOps teams.Continue Reading

• Loss of focus chief reason for startup failure

  Too much passion, too little passion, too many cooks -- there are many factors that can lead to loss of focus and, ultimately, to startup failure.Continue Reading

• Chief innovation officers need friends in high places

  Hyatt, Merck and Nestlé Purina execs explain their business processes for innovation and detail why backing from on high is important.Continue Reading

• Four pillars of PayPal's 'big bang' Agile transformation

  PayPal's technology VP Kirsten Wolberg gives SearchCIO the facts, figures and philosophy behind a 'big bang' move to Agile that changed the way 510 cross-functional teams work. Included in the budget: $2 million to change out the furniture.Continue Reading

• The benefits and drawbacks of regulatory compliance automation

  Increasingly complicated compliance mandates have led some businesses to implement automated processes to save resources. Participants in July's #GRCChat said compliance automation can assist data management, but also warned of unintended ...Continue Reading

• IT leaders explain how to assign a value to your data assets

  In the latest CIO Decisions, CIOs and IT experts share their thoughts on infonomics -- placing a value on data assets -- and other of-the-moment IT concerns.Continue Reading

• The big data market rises and must converge -- just not yet

  The diverging big data market, Google's new 'search,' Spark versus MapReduce: The Data Mill reports from the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.Continue Reading

• It's time to mothball traditional ITSM approaches

  Traditional IT services management tactics belong in museums, not in forward-looking IT departments. IT strategist Harvey Koeppel explains why.Continue Reading

• Mobility trend: For this IT leader, connected car is both zest and threat

  The connected car is just one example of a mobility trend that is reshaping business as usual.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing risk management, governance and compliance

  Cloud computing risk management, governance and compliance processes are evolving as organizations increasingly turn to cloud services for storage, infrastructure and software needs, rather than running their own. But in moving to the cloud, ...Continue Reading

• Seven not-so-obvious roles your analytics pro will have to play

  What skills do CIOs need to develop or bring in-house to take on big data and advanced analytics? Here are some not-so-obvious candidates.Continue Reading

• Prescriptive Analytics: The Next Frontier

  Is an optimized future within our grasp? With prescriptive analytics, it just might be. Learn more in this month's issue of CIO Decisions e-zine.Continue Reading

• CIO careers: A guide to getting ahead

  In this CIO Essential Guide, learn how CIOs in high-level careers in IT are driving their enterprises -- and profession -- forward.Continue Reading

• CIO guide: Protect information like a pro

  Providing adequate protection for corporate data is a top-of-mind concern across IT. In this guide, learn how to protect your information assets.Continue Reading

• The new BPM program: A focus on data-driven business outcomes

  With an emphasis on data-driven business results, the new BPM program is giving CIOs the tools to help grow the business.Continue Reading

• HoneyBaked Ham IT and marketing veeps find secret sauce in big data

  At The Original HoneyBaked Ham Co. of Georgia, there's no such thing as data for data's sake.Continue Reading

• Many enterprises missing out on value of internal social technologies, collaboration

  Even as enterprises become increasingly comfortable with the sometimes-dicey world of external social media, most fail to see the value of embracing enterprise social media technologies.Continue Reading

• Leadership tips in a challenging environment from three health IT CIOs

  At the 45th annual SIMposium, health IT CIOs talked about how technology is changing just about every aspect of health care, except one: the importance of leadership.Continue Reading

• Strategic business intelligence for a mobile future

  Gathering, analyzing and providing easy access to data is central to strategic business intelligence programs. Learn more in this CIO Essential Guide.Continue Reading

• Ten big data case studies in a nutshell

  What are companies such as Macy's, Tesco, American Express and Wal-Mart Stores doing with big data? The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Creative destruction and the cloud: Why it's a good thing

  The creative destruction brought on by the cloud is an imperative and unavoidable part of your IT and business strategy.Continue Reading

• Why is Microsoft licensing so complicated?

  Live from the 2013 Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discusses why Microsoft licensing is so complicated.Continue Reading

• The future of mobility: A BYOD guide for CIOs

  In this Essential Guide, learn how CIOs are planning for the future of mobility, aligning consumer devices with bring your own technology trends.Continue Reading

• The history of cloud computing and what's coming next: A CIO guide

  In this enterprise guide, learn about the history of cloud computing and how to successfully implement cloud technologies in your organization.Continue Reading

• Netflix uses the OODA loop to stay ahead of the competition

  OODA loops, the death of the IT department and personal privacy. The Data Mill brings news from the Gartner Catalyst conference.Continue Reading

• The 2013 IT Leadership Awards: Our finalists

  The 2013 SearchCIO IT Leadership Awards honor the effective leadership styles of leading CIOs and IT executives. Here, we introduce our finalists.Continue Reading

• The 2013 IT Leadership Awards: Meet our CIO finalists

  The 2013 SearchCIO IT Leadership Awards honor the top CIOs and IT executives in the enterprise space. Here, meet our finalists.Continue Reading

• 2013 SearchCIO-Midmarket IT Leadership Awards finalists

  The 2013 IT Leadership Awards honor the leadership and management skills of CIOs and IT execs in the midmarket space. Here, we reveal our finalists.Continue Reading

• DR Ascends to the Cloud

  Advances in cloud computing are taking backup strategies skyward and easing common business continuity concerns. Learn more in the latest issue of CIO Decisions ezine.Continue Reading

• Creating competitive advantage through data analytics

  In this week's roundup, as the title suggests, read three different ways of creating competitive advantage. Plus, why CIOs need to start questioning the green-ness of cloud.Continue Reading

• A guide to IT sustainability practices for CIOs

  In this guide to IT sustainability practices for CIOs, learn how to make your company greener through technology innovation.Continue Reading

• Olympic-size woes and the dark side of tech innovation

  This week's roundup finds former tech stars who won't be up on a podium anytime soon, the dark (Hat) side of innovation and heroic leadership lessons.Continue Reading

• CIO's green technology solutions cut money, time, carbon footprint

  Green technology solutions are a vital part of Janet Claggett's CIO role.Continue Reading

• Scary-good tech innovation

  This week's roundup of bits from around the Web includes some amazing tech innovation, social collaboration tips and a rather forgettable anniversary.Continue Reading

• Why you don't want to Excel at virtualization capacity management

  As more of your data center becomes virtualized, succeeding at capacity management increasingly depends on using the right tools.Continue Reading

• Girls who code may become women in computer science

  Girls Who Code seeks to give teenage girls the skills to pursue degrees in technology and join the sparse ranks of women in computer science.Continue Reading

• Is Yammer a solution to a CIO problem or a trap?

  Has Microsoft just solved a huge CIO problem with its acquisition of Yammer, or laid a trap for IT in a bring-your-own-device era?Continue Reading

• Buddying up to HR to solve your tech hiring headache

  CIOs looking for allies in the IT revolution will want human resources on their side in facing the challenge of tech hiring.Continue Reading

• What the Queen of Soul can teach about social CRM

  In this week's roundup of interesting items from around the Web, we present a musical key to social CRM, Google's search for love and more.Continue Reading

• Relocated, remote workers may be worth financial risk

  Fearing the financial risk, many companies are missing out on IT talent by not considering hiring remote workers or paying for relocation.Continue Reading

• Access is necessary but not sufficient for mobile IT

  It's easy to forget how breathtakingly quickly mobile IT made its way to the enterprise. Educating, not just providing access, will be key for CIOs.Continue Reading

• Enterprise mobile apps and business software guide

  Are enterprise mobile apps taking your business software to the next level? Establish a strategy for enterprise mobile apps with this guide.Continue Reading

• CIO skills in most demand: The ability to 'helicopter'

  Does your CIO skills repertoire include the ability to "helicopter"? Then do I have a job for you!Continue Reading

• Social media tips and other helpful lists

  In this week's roundup, we have a list made up primarily of lists -- how meta! Included are social media tips and a general how-to on being a good CIO.Continue Reading

• Filling soft skills gap may be easier than you think

  Some of our readers responded to a recent story about the perceived soft skills gap in IT suggesting the talent leaders are seeking could be all around them.Continue Reading