Digital business management
Digital business management strategy has become essential to corporate success as technology is increasingly used as competitive advantage. Read digital business management news, tips and opinion to help your company continue to adapt business IT processes to succeed in the big data era, including advice to get maximum value from your digitized information assets.
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03 Apr 2025
Low code vs. BPM: Differences and similarities
Low-code development and business process management help digitize and optimize business operations. Learn how each works and how together they enable digital transformation. Continue Reading
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18 Mar 2025
Top 10 most influential women in technology
While there are still fewer women than men in the science and technology industries today, the gap is closing. Here are some top women in tech of note. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2018
Digital transformation for insurance: Idaho firm opts for HCI
An Idaho-based property and casualty insurance company has swapped out its VMware infrastructure and separate storage systems for hyper-converged hardware from Scale Computing. Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2018
How to build end-user data literacy skills, step by step
Top-notch hospital systems are filled with smart, knowledgeable people eager to use data. But first, they must improve their data literacy, as this case study shows. Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2018
Two data scientists offer advice on breaking down siloed data
Data scientists offer insight into why the age-old problem of siloed data persists and some concrete advice to CIOs on how to break down the walls. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Mar 2018
Security best practices to guide your digital transformation journey
With more companies embarking on a digital transformation journey, enterprise data is being spread across devices, systems and even in the cloud. As a result, focusing security efforts on ... Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Feb 2018
Startup thinking: CIOs face challenges tapping entrepreneurial spirit
Startup thinking is something CIOs and their enterprises hope to incorporate, but they must consider the rigors and challenges of embracing startup culture. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2018
Digital labor transforms IT, but not without careful prep
Robotic process automation can replace humans with software bots that are always on and always right, says believer Gerson Benker, but be prepared for major organizational change. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2018
For IT chief, the goal is to deliver business value
Waste Industries' Hubert Barkley discusses the CIO role and tech projects that increase efficiency in this Q&A. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2018
At Waste Industries, digital transformation initiatives rooted in trust
Getting the business to buy the notion of business-enabling technology comes before big, flashy wins, IT chief Hubert Barkley says in this interview. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Feb 2018
How to create the best RPA architecture
Enterprises are embracing robotic process automation to automate rules-based, repetitive tasks in a cost-efficient manner. ROI depends on having the right RPA architecture. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2018
Cloud, app dev highlight IT budget management priorities for 2018
TechTarget's exclusive 2018 IT Priorities survey sheds some light on IT budget management plans for the data center, cloud projects and hybrid technologies. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Feb 2018
Digital transformation plan: RPA and BPMS tools, better together
A sound digital transformation plan gives companies the ability to change quickly. Business process management suites and robotic process automation -- used together -- do that. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2018
Hyperledger Fabric offers path to enterprise blockchain future
Blockchain arose from bitcoin, but it's looking to find a place in the enterprise. Frameworks like Hyperledger Fabric could smooth out the technology's rough side for business uses. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2018
Red Hat CIO talks open hybrid cloud, next-generation IT
Deploying his company's open hybrid cloud product, preparing for next-generation IT, building an 'inclusive meritocracy' -- Red Hat CIO Mike Kelly talks turkey with SearchCIO. Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2018
Study: CIO and CTO execs, procurement pros ID common pain points
An Insight Enterprises survey of CIO and CTO executives and procurement professionals finds agreement between IT and business operations on typical technology pain points. Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2018
Critical elements CIOs need to build an AI team
Top-notch recruiters, organizational structures that engender trust, and attention to ethics are key to ensuring your AI team succeeds. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2018
The 2018 CIO budget plan: The goal is lofty, but is the money there?
Digital transformation and underlying technologies -- cloud, AI, DevOps -- dominate CIO strategies this year, but it's unclear whether CIO budgets are up to the task. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2018
CIOs need an AI infrastructure, but it won't come easy
From picking vendors to upskilling staff, folding an AI infrastructure into enterprise architectures isn't simple. Experts at the recent ReWork Deep Learning Summit zero in on the issues. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2018
Architecture firm taps AEC technology to drive digital strategy
Arcadis CIO Justin Wright's pioneering use of architecture, construction and engineering technology brings buildings to life -- and the firm's digital strategy up to speed. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2018
Accenture: Intelligent operations goal requires data backbone
The concept of intelligent operations can help organizations overcome digital disruption, but they need a data backbone and back office improvements to make that happen. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2018
'Patient journey' propels hospital's digital transformation
The chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital explains how digital technologies are changing the 'patient journey' for the better. Continue Reading
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17 Jan 2018
Wayfair's chief architect talks AI-driven innovation, impactful IT
Wayfair sells home furnishings, but under the covers, it's a tech juggernaut. Chief Architect Ben Clark explains how AI-driven innovation propels the business. Continue Reading
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14 Jan 2018
CES 2018 for CIOs: Rise of the AI voice assistant class
What happens in Vegas doesn't stay there -- not at CES 2018, where AI voice assistants and sentient objects were ubiquitous and the crossover to workforces was obvious. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2018
CIO: Adaptability essential to modernize IT structure
Darin Morrow discusses how he achieves one of his primary goals as Cricket Wireless CIO: Ensuring the company's IT structure defines and continuously improves business processes. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Jan 2018
Dun & Bradstreet's chief data scientist: Don't ignore these eight AI topics
Anthony Scriffignano's list of AI topics to watch in 2018 highlights the benefits and complications the widespread application of artificial intelligence technology will have on the enterprise in the coming year. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jan 2018
Top IT guidance for CIOs in 2017 underscores urgency of digitization
Digital transformation and the need for speed, scale and clear communication were the big topics explored in our top 10 CIO advice columns of 2017. Continue Reading
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29 Sep 2017
How GE digital transformation won over the sales force
A major part of the GE digital transformation is getting its 25,000 salespeople on board as it rethinks its vast commercial sales function. Continue Reading
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31 Jul 2017
Highs and lows of the digital innovation process
The digital innovation process has made organizations more agile, but the shift could present its own set of IT challenges for modern companies. Genpact's Gianni Giacomelli explains why. Continue Reading
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27 Jul 2017
Book excerpt: The five phases of decision architecture methodology
In this book excerpt, authors Andrew Wells and Kathy Chiang detail the decision architecture methodology, describe its five phases and explain how the strategy drives data monetization. Continue Reading
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16 Jun 2017
The future of workplace structure: Cross-functional teams, AI impact
The digital workplace, including the CIO shop, is moving toward cross-functional collaboration, greater openness to outside contributors and the uptake of artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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Definition
26 May 2017
Instagram
Instagram is a free, online photo-sharing application and social network platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2012. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 May 2017
A cloud implementation methodology for legacy apps
Maximizing the benefits of cloud while minimizing risk requires a fine-tuned migration strategy. Here, Scott Lowe lays out a cloud implementation methodology for legacy apps. Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Mar 2017
The new products development process and IT innovation
Most people don't know what their company's business objectives are. But for IT to contribute to a successful new products development process, your team needs to know. Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Feb 2017
Data transparency is the lifeblood of new information economy
Many companies have invested in the analytics infrastructure that helps turn data into a business asset. Now what? Gartner's Debra Logan offers insight. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Jan 2017
Social movements offer CIOs a model for sustaining innovation
How to sustain innovation is a challenge for startups and large companies alike. Studying the ties that bind social and political movements could help. Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2016
Instagram roundup: Disruptive business models, digital investments
2016 Fusion CEO-CIO Symposium caught on Instagram: Follow along as senior news writer Nicole Laskowski chronicles sessions on disruptive business models and digital investments. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Jan 2016
Internet of Things: Food safety apps set to emerge
Food safety could emerge as a key application for the Internet of Things in the coming months, providing real-time visibility in the vast food supply chain. Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2015
The platform business model: An introduction
Airbnb does it; Uber does it. What about your organization? Sangeet Paul Choudary lays out the fundamentals of the platform business model. Continue Reading
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10 Jul 2015
McCormick spices up food market with digital platform business
Former McCormick CIO Jerry Wolfe talks about his role as CEO of the spice company's new tech spinoff and why a digital platform is so essential to reaching today's foodies. Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Mar 2015
The digital effect on the BPM lifecycle
Digitization has fundamentally changed how businesses operate, but is the same true for business process management? Here's why the BPM lifecycle remains the same. Continue Reading
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Guide
24 Jul 2014
CIO Innovator profiles: Industry groundbreakers, great IT leaders
SearchCIO's award-winning CIO Innovator profile series features IT executives who are applying information technology to enable, grow and transform business. Continue Reading
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27 Nov 2013
Many enterprises missing out on value of internal social technologies, collaboration
Even as enterprises become increasingly comfortable with the sometimes-dicey world of external social media, most fail to see the value of embracing enterprise social media technologies. Continue Reading
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Definition
11 Oct 2012
Generation Facebook (Generation F)
Generation Facebook (Generation F) is a term used to define millennials who have grown up using social media as their primary networking tool. Continue Reading
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06 Sep 2012
Consumerization of technology guide for CIOs
In this guide to the consumerization of technology in the enterprise, learn how CIOs are using emerging platforms to maintain competitive advantage. Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2012
CIO's green technology solutions cut money, time, carbon footprint
Green technology solutions are a vital part of Janet Claggett's CIO role. Continue Reading
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13 Jul 2012
Scary-good tech innovation
This week's roundup of bits from around the Web includes some amazing tech innovation, social collaboration tips and a rather forgettable anniversary. Continue Reading
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26 Jun 2012
Is Yammer a solution to a CIO problem or a trap?
Has Microsoft just solved a huge CIO problem with its acquisition of Yammer, or laid a trap for IT in a bring-your-own-device era? Continue Reading
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Quiz
21 Jun 2012
Millennials 101: Test yourself with our generational diversity quiz
As the Millennial generation enters the workforce, CIOs are balancing a lot of generational diversity. Test your knowledge about managing Millennials. Continue Reading
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18 May 2012
Really big deals: Facebook IPO and SEC guidance on cybersecurity
Read about this week's biggest tech news, including Facebook's long-awaited IPO and the SEC's guidance on cybersecurity. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2012
Business transformation and the human touch
Business transformation, and how the CIO can bring this to bear through adaptability and a bit of a human touch. Continue Reading
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09 Mar 2012
The love-hate nature of unified communications
A unified communications strategy where workers are empowered to make decisions comes up against management's need to control. Continue Reading
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23 Jan 2012
The CIO and the extended enterprise
The CIO role is stretching further into the outer limits of the "extended enterprise." Continue Reading
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19 Jan 2012
CIOs: Should your next IT hire be a consumer advocate?
How IT shops are changing and whom CIOs need to hire are big topics in the age of cloud and mobility. Should consumer advocates be on the list? Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Sep 2011
Is enterprise social networking really social?
The goal of enterprise social networking is to break down corporate silos. But can enterprise-wide networking really be social? Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Sep 2011
The business sets the rules for IT consumerization
Although IT often gets criticized for having a command-and-control approach, it's not necessarily the rule-setter in this age of IT consumerization. Continue Reading
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News
21 May 2010
Idea management software: The future is now
It might sound like a sci-fi movie, but CIOs are now using ideation management software to tap into the minds of employees scattered across the enterprise. Continue Reading
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30 Apr 2010
A generation of social media addicts
Today's youth are social media addicts, exhibiting drug-withdrawal-like symptoms when they're deprived of Facebook and Twitter. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2010
IT exec gets muzzled on use of social media, security
The use of social media for legitimate business purposes is a hot-button issue for companies and a balancing act for IT execs. Continue Reading
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16 Apr 2010
Don't be a horror story! Why social media policies matter to the CIO
Social media policies are crucial in the age of Facebook and Twitter, where security and compliance risks abound. How can the CIO avoid social media notoriety? Continue Reading
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20 Nov 2009
Customer feedback management: Is anybody listening?
Who is responsible for customer feedback management, and how do you centralize and distribute this information? Continue Reading
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30 Oct 2009
Eureka -- Using Twitter to end information overload
An end to information overload may be in sight. Learn to make social media work for you. Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2009
Gen X, not Gen Y, leads adoption of social technologies in workplace
CIOs should look to Generation X, not Generation Y, to be the early adopters of new and social technologies within their organization. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2007
Hosting company's consolidation cuts off thousands from Internet
NaviSite Inc.'s efforts to move servers from its recent acquisition, Baltimore-based Alabanza Corp., to its headquarters in Andover, Mass., hit a snag. The result? Thousands of individuals and small businesses have been cut off from the Internet for almost a week. Continue Reading
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08 Aug 2007
Second Life a security risk for businesses, Gartner cautions
Companies risk damage to their brand and reputation, as well as potentially serious security breaches by engaging in activities in unmoderated virtual worlds such as Second Life, according to Gartner Inc. Continue Reading
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23 May 2007
IBM targets threats against Web 2.0 systems
IBM on Tuesday introduced a security offering designed to detect and prevent cyberattacks directed at instant messaging services, Internet voice networks and other Web 2.0 platforms. Continue Reading
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03 Jan 2007
Net neutrality push expected to resume in Congress
The nation's soon-to-be largest telephone company may have caved to certain Net neutrality commitments for the sake of a merger blessing, but a renewed push for more sweeping rules could return to Capitol Hill as soon as this month. Continue Reading
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28 Dec 2006
Google preps Blogger for the enterprise
The Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant took Blogger out of beta last week, introducing features that are intended to appeal to business users. One such feature is added privacy settings, giving users the ability to restrict access to their blog postings. Continue Reading
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03 Oct 2006
IBM warms to social networking
IBM is building social networking tools into its collaboration software in an effort to bring the concepts of Web 2.0 and online communities inside corporations. Continue Reading
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28 Apr 2005
Cronkite blogging? That's the way it is
Arianna Huffington has invited 250 of her celebrity friends -- including Walter Cronkite and Nora Ephron -- to an interactive blog party. If you didn't get an invitation, don't fret. Neither did Matt Drudge. Continue Reading