CIO Barometer: A Storm Is Coming
Smartphones and tablets are making users more productive, and cloud computing is giving businesses new tools. But these tools are also creating a rising generation of tech-savvy employees who expect more from CIOs.
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Smartphones and tablets are making users more productive, and cloud computing is giving businesses new tools. But these tools are also creating a rising generation of tech-savvy employees who expect more from CIOs.
The economic crisis gripping Europe is on the minds of our clients, and it’s affecting how they do business, what technologies they pursue and where they see themselves growing in the market.
Shared services make sense for the public sector. Managers in most if not all government agencies want to complete their missions more effectively while controlling costs and reducing risk.
Faced with increasing competition and demands from consumers and agents for online and mobile services, insurers are rethinking their organizations, processes and technology.
As cloud computing pervades the IT market, moving applications to a virtual environment is becoming a familiar journey for most companies. But the degree of difficulty in transitioning to an “as a service” model can vary widely depending on what applications you want to move.
For SAP users, the process of upgrading the release or customizing their environment is often time-consuming and complex. Just setting up new environments for testing, development or upgrades can take a significant effort and can cause project delays and cost overruns. If you’re facing a tight upgrade window, it may be time to consider migrating your SAP landscape to the cloud.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is migrating 80,000 users to a Microsoft cloud, as part of a larger effort to get U.S. federal agencies to adopt the government’s ongoing “Cloud First” policy.
Royal Mail Group, a government-owned postal service in the U.K., is updating 27,000 desktop and laptop computers in a way that is cost-conscious, streamlined and automated.
Cloud computing is transforming the IT infrastructure of today’s enterprise, helping companies reduce costs, expand customer relationships and support mobile workers.
The modern, far-flung office requires instant and rich communications among workers located around the world. Cloud computing provides a way to give companies flexibility with their collaboration and email services.
Lately, it’s getting hard to put enough zeros on numbers that quantify the volume of data our wired world generates. Current research estimates that our Facebook “likes,” Instagram photos, YouTube videos and blog entries contribute to some 2.5 billion gigabytes of data generated every 24 hours.
Much of the daily torrent of newly minted information is unseen. In addition to tweets, pics and status updates, a deluge of data generated by RFID readers, sensor networks, logs and countless other auto-reporting systems fills vast data pools.
That’s Big Data.
The U.S. federal government is shutting down more than 1,000 data centers, and enterprise managers can learn valuable lessons from what’s gone right and what’s gone wrong.
Technology’s growing importance in the classroom is prompting schools to seek the same computing resources once only used by the likes of NASA.
Climate and weather patterns are in flux and the impact is being felt across many industries. A new climate data reporting tool provides insights into how these changes affect bottom lines.
Off Florida’s coast, scientists are diving into a sea of data. They’re tracking tiny Atlantic bluefin tuna larvae using climate and weather data mined from one of the world’s largest data libraries.
With new data security threats appearing all the time, it’s easy for CIOs to get rattled. But if they plan to operate securely in the digital world and seize new opportunities, they need to reach for a new goal, something we call “Cyberconfidence.”
Cyberconfidence is the ability to protect key assets and build the resiliency needed to survive a cyberattack. With priorities clearly identified and risks managed, a cyberconfident organization can move more quickly and build more trust among its customers, suppliers and employees.
Passwords remain a popular security device simply because they are easy and inexpensive to use. But thanks to new technologies, the last days of forgettable letters and numbers may be in sight.
As a strategic player in Europe’s power grid, Swissgrid needs to meet the most robust cybersecurity standards or the lights could go out in several countries.
As more employees use cell phones and other mobile devices for work-related tasks, enterprises need to address an increasing number of security issues.
Increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks are putting the energy sector on the defensive. Our cyber experts discuss how the threat environment is changing.
Achieving excellence in privacy and security is essential to the delivery of integrated, quality care in our changing healthcare environment. Yet, to many hospital executives, privacy and security can seem like continuously moving targets.
Shifting technologies, changing regulations and tighter monitoring of breaches and other incidents keep leaders vigilant. With changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules expected this year, it’s time to refocus on protecting patient information.
In the past, organizations protected assets by maintaining a centralized architecture. However, as data warehouses and repositories grow, there is increasing pressure to transition to shared architectures and cloud-based models for performance, integration and analytical purposes.
In Australia, a private, not-for-profit health service is streamlining access to multiple hospital information systems for clinicians via a single, mobile interface.
With numerous drivers and incentives aimed at improving healthcare and constraining costs, health delivery organizations have more reasons than ever to become data-driven.
Healthcare in the U.S. is undergoing a monumental transition. Here’s a look at how healthcare IT fits into the new, complex maze of regulations, and where we are headed.
Social media has revolutionized the way people interact, and it is drastically changing the way healthcare organizations communicate with customers and accomplish their business objectives.