What Can Amazon Teach CIOs About Being Successful In The Cloud?

As CIOs move into the cloud, they should take direction from Amazon

As CIOs are busy creating projects to move more and more of their IT infrastructure into the cloud, they are always looking to other firms in order to get direction on what the best way to go about doing this is. We all know that Amazon offers one of the most popular cloud products and … Read more

CIOs Need To Know How To Secure The Internet Of Things

The problem is that security is not ready for the internet of things

Guess what? The person with the CIO job has another question about the importance of information technology that they are going to have to find the answer to. This time around the question is just exactly how we can go about securing all of the so-called “smart” devices that are going to be constantly connecting … Read more

I See You – CIOs And The Problem Of Exposed Corporate Data

When we put information into the cloud, we don't want the world to see it

Wow – that cloud thing is a powerful tool for the person with the CIO job to use. Think about it, we have access to almost unlimited storage and the ability to spin up new servers anytime that we run into the need. Life sure has gotten better than it used to be. However, it … Read more

CIOs Have To Learn To Invest In IT In Order For Their Company To Succeed

Investing In IT is what it will take to make your company successful

Investing In IT is what it will take to make your company successful Image Credit: Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash As the person with the CIO job, it is your responsibility to provide your company with guidance on how they can be successful. In order to be able to provide good advice, what we need … Read more

How Can CIOs Use AI To Help The Company Get More Customers?

The key is to find ways to use automated assistants

Let’s face it: our companies are not in business just to keep the IT department up and running. Rather, it’s really the other way around. The IT department exists to help the company stay up and be successful using the importance of information technology. Of course we keep the company’s critical applications up and running … Read more

What CIOs Need To Know About Drilling For Oil

Technology is now being used to speed up oil exploration

Once upon a time the CIO job had very little to do with the company that you worked for. Instead of having to worry about what the company was up to, you could spend your time focused on building data centers, selecting servers, and installing more storage. What it was being used for really did … Read more

Are You Ready For Big Data?

CIOs need to find a way to solve the shortage of skilled security workers

All CIOs have heard about big data by now: the Tsunami of data that is washing over every company and the struggle that they have to collect it, store it, and then process it in order to create actionable information. As a CIO, when we think about big data we are faced with a number … Read more

CIOs Are Asking: Why The Cloud and Why Now?

It goes without saying that every CIO is thinking about cloud computing. We can’t pick up an industry magazine, attend a conference, or even talk with a vendor without being bombarded with cloud-related discussions talking about how it relates to the importance of information technology. However, moving your company’s IT infrastructure into the cloud is … Read more

CIOs Seek GE’s Help In Maximizing How Factory Equipment Is Used

CIOs have discovered that they have a bit of a problem on their hands. The equipment that General Electric (GE) sells, power plant electrical gear, etc. to run factories is so big and so complex that nobody really understands how to use it correctly. The GE products can be tuned to run at a peak … Read more