Years of overindulgence in easy-to-acquire SaaS applications may have finally caught up with the enterprise. The SaaS sprawl of today’s […]
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Keeping Tabs on IT Delivery
The era of corporate quantification has finally come of age. OKRs and KPIs are now the operational oxygen we breathe. […]
5 Processes CIOs Should Immediately Automate
The anatomy of automation Automation comes in many forms. From reengineering poor processes to adopting state of the art tooling […]
Managing IT Budget Cuts
The spookiest of seasons The Halloween season is once again upon us. As haunted houses and horror films strike fear […]
3 CIO Pathways to Business Partnership
Decoding IT business partnership Ask any CIO or IT leader how they aim to be perceived by the business, and […]
Curing the Pain of Annual Planning
A time to laugh, a time to cry For many, autumn signals a time of relaxation. As the year enters […]
The True Cost of Customization
Our tendency to customize As an IT and engineering consultant, I spend the majority of my time aligning technology with […]
Don’t Fear the Cloud Lift and Shift
The stigma of cloud lift-and-shift The “lift and shift” is one of many approaches for migrating workloads to a cloud […]
When to Decentralize IT Teams
The team decentralization dilemma Today, practically every business unit has a significant technology footprint. From HR to finance, a mountain […]
5 Essential CIO Metrics
Running an IT department is like running a business. CIOs need key performance indicators and a process for measuring them. Here […]