A Digital Universe of Infinite Possibilities
The digital universe, which is expected to grow to 44 zettabytes by 2020, represents an infinite opportunity for CIOs to drive agility and accelerate value for an organization. However, as a CIO, I...
View ArticleBig Data Analytics: Unlocking New Potential in the IT Service Portfolio
The changing IT landscape requires not only the provisioning of the latest tools, technologies and assets, but the embracing and leveraging the technology – especially Big Data analytics – to achieve...
View ArticleLeaving Las Vegas: Thoughts from EMC World 2014
With wheels up and the neon lights of Las Vegas behind me, I reflected on two days spent with nearly 80 global CIOs at EMC’s fourth annual CIO Summit. Whether in our panel discussions, collaborative...
View ArticleEMC IT Deploys Syncplicity: CIO Vic Bhagat Details the Enterprise Rollout
As data growth continues unabated, with users demanding performance across multiple devices, file sharing has become an indispensable part of successful collaboration and management. To support this...
View ArticleBalancing Privacy and Productivity
As if we didn’t have enough examples this year, the “Corporate Boards Race to Shore Up Cybersecurity” article in The Wall Street Journal reinforced one of our greatest challenges as CIOs and CISOs. How...
View ArticleEvolving IT as a Business Partner
I had the distinct pleasure of presenting to many local CIOs and IT professionals at Evanta’s CIO Executive Summit in Boston last Tuesday. In speaking with a variety of attendees, one common topic...
View ArticleDigitization at Top of CIO Priority Lists
Over the last three decades in this industry, I’ve seen many impressively disruptive waves of technology, but I have never witnessed as many waves hitting simultaneously as we are seeing today. While...
View ArticleIs Traditional IT Still Relevant?
Traditionally, IT organizations have provided infrastructure and basic support to the business as a monopoly. We used to think of (and deliver) projects in ERP terms with complex, multiyear...
View Article5 Lessons in Transforming to Contemporary IT
We used to deliver projects in ERP terms with complex, multi-year investments leaving the business little choice regardless of how long it would take or what it would cost. However, today’s information...
View ArticleDigitization Isn’t Just Transformational, It’s Game Changing
The game has changed. As CIOs and IT professionals, we were comfortable with controlling the environment; talking in ERP terms and timelines; and in using a liquidation/unit cost financial model to...
View Article2016 Predictions: Digitization, Robotics and Conversational Commerce
Last year, I predicted that digitization would be critical for introducing contemporary services that combat IT complexity, increase our efficiency and quickly meet shifting business priorities. At...
View ArticleContemporizing IT
I left EMC’s recent CIO Summit in Singapore thinking about Big Data and race cars. During the Summit, Michael Taylor, CIO of Lotus F1 Racing, referenced that their car has more than 150 sensors that...
View ArticleDigitization at Top of CIO Priority Lists
Over the last three decades in this industry, I’ve seen many impressively disruptive waves of technology, but I have never witnessed as many waves hitting simultaneously as we are seeing today. While...
View ArticleIs Traditional IT Still Relevant?
Traditionally, IT organizations have provided infrastructure and basic support to the business as a monopoly. We used to think of (and deliver) projects in ERP terms with complex, multiyear...
View ArticleDigitization Isn’t Just Transformational, It’s Game Changing
The game has changed. As CIOs and IT professionals, we were comfortable with controlling the environment; talking in ERP terms and timelines; and in using a liquidation/unit cost financial model to...
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