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A successful CIO needs to be a business strategist first and – with their team – be able to ideate and drive forward the delivery of new business models.

Industry change and digital disruption are transforming the nature of competitive advantage. What role can CIOs play?

How and when should CIOs deploy proof-of-concepts (POCs)?

In 2013, Judith Hurwitz and other market experts proclaimed the beginning of the Big Data Era. They perceived that “big data enables organizations to store, manage, and manipulate vast amounts of data at the right speed and at the right time to gain the right insights.” They were candid that Big Data doesn’t represent a single technology and instead, was a heterogeneous set of data management technologies with their roots in several previous technology transformations. The question now is...

Building and developing IT teams is one of the most important parts of a CIO's job. In this article, practitioners share their advice.

Walgreens Vaccine Sign-Up Page Falters Amid Heavy Volume Bloomberg 2/9/2021 © Bloomberg A Walgreens store in Louisville, Kentucky. (Bloomberg) -- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine signup page couldn’t be accessed by some users Tuesday as people rushed to secure an appointment. Popular Searches Clicking the link to search for a shot turned up an “updates in progress” message. The page then appeared to work until a user clicked on “sign in” and received an error me...

PHOTO: Ian Schneider Innovation doesn’t just happen. As Rita McGrath argues in "Seeing Around Corners," innovation requires a corporate commitment at all levels to create a portfolio of wins, as well as cadres of highly skilled practitioners. Given this, how do we develop adaptive corporations that successfully manage for today as well as for the future? How can organizations set in place the people, processes and technology needed to succeed today, and at the very same time build for fu...