How Data Is Redefining CIO & Chief Data Officer Roles
Amid the big data, mobile, social and cloud computing waves, organizations are overhauling their job descriptions for CIOs and CTOs
Competing on Analytics: A Follow Up to Thomas H. Davenport’s Post in HBR
If you ask a CIO today about the importance of data to their enterprises, they will likely tell you about the need to “compete on analytics” and to enable faster business decisions.
Top 10 CIO/CTO Concerns
“Each of these top 10 concerns is focused on the three legs of IT management: technology, people, and infrastructure,” said M. V. Janulaitis, president of Janco Associates.
The CFO Viewpoint On Data
The CFOs that I have talked to, admit without hesitation that data is a big issue for them. These CFOs say that they worry about…
40% of IT Spending is Outside CIO Control
The good news for CIOs — they still control about 60 percent of the average IT budget in a corporation.
The bad news — they think they control 80 percent, according to a survey of member-based advisory firm CEB, which surveyed 165 organizations representing more than £29 billion in IT spending in Europe and the US.
Preparing for Disasters of the Legal Kind
As businesses begin to realize the benefits of cloud computing and business data mobility, they may be overlooking one of the most important issues any enterprise can face: information management in the event of litigation. While the IT department probably has a disaster recovery plan for handling various computer system failures, is there also a…
C-Suite Limericks: Benefits from Business Analytics
I am certain that I have broken the rules of meters in my limerick poem below. My excuse is that I am not a poet!
Semantic layer technology reduces value of BI investments
New generation BI tools like 1KEY BI do not need semantic layer. The semantic layer is a business translation layer that sits between the database and the end user which was the traditional way of generating reports with old aged BI software tools.
What CIOs Want From CFOs
You can listen to your CIO, or you can ignore her. After all, how important — really — is IT to your business?