IT Leadership

What is a chief data officer? A leader who creates business value from data

A chief data officer (CDO) oversees a range of data-related functions to ensure your organization gets the most out of, arguably, its most valuable asset.

By Minda Zetlin and Thor Olavsrud

Feb 29, 202410 mins

Staff ManagementCareersIT Leadership

Articles

Efforts CIOs in higher education make to embrace and advance AI

Not only are universities teaching AI, they’re also fertile terrain to embed and promote its many innovative applications beyond the classroom.

By Pat Brans

Feb 21, 2024 8 mins

CIOEducation IndustryGenerative AI

Why Tomago Aluminium reversed course on its cloud journey

Cloud migration can provide many benefits, but that doesn’t mean it’s for everyone. Here, Dennis Moncrieff, IT superintendent at Australia's largest aluminum smelter, shares his story.

By Joanne Carew

Feb 16, 2024 6 mins

CIOCloud ManagementData Architecture

Henkel embraces gen AI as enabler and strategic disruptor

Out of necessity, the German consumer packaged goods company is putting generative AI at the core of its five-year digital transformation mission.

By Thor Olavsrud

Feb 15, 2024 6 mins

Chief Digital OfficerCIO Leadership LiveICT Partners

4 ways to ensure CEO support for your digital strategy

C-suite buy-in for digital initiatives can’t be taken for granted. But by speaking the CEO’s language and highlighting the concrete value of digitalization projects, IT execs can gain resources and support for change.

By Patrizia Licata

Feb 15, 2024 6 mins

CIOC-SuiteBudgeting

Mapping the progress of Air New Zealand’s digital rebuild

Nikhil Ravishankar, chief digital officer at Air New Zealand, sat with Cathy O'Sullivan, CIO editor in APAC, to examine the national carrier’s ambition to be the world’s leading digital airline.

By CIO staff

Feb 14, 2024 8 mins

Chief Digital OfficerTravel and Hospitality IndustryDigital Transformation

Prioritizing AI? Don't shortchange IT fundamentals

AI isn’t the only thing on the CIO’s plate, but continuing to invest in familiar IT essentials will pay off there, too.

By Mary Branscombe

Feb 14, 2024 9 mins

CIOGenerative AIMachine Learning

5 key metrics for IT success

IT departments are swimming in metrics meant to measure their effectiveness, but this compact collection of essential KPIs provides a true foundation for measuring IT success.

By John Edwards

Feb 13, 2024 8 mins

IT StrategyIT Leadership

Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

To ensure IT is a difference maker, IT leaders must first develop a keen understanding of what moves the needle for the business and then shape IT to be the catalyst.

By Mary Shacklett

Feb 13, 2024 7 mins

BudgetingBusiness IT AlignmentIT Strategy

9 traits of great IT leaders

Today’s standout IT leaders tap into a range of force-multiplying skills and attributes to ensure IT is primed for business success.

By Mary Pratt

Feb 12, 2024 11 mins

CIORelationship BuildingIT Skills

5 ways CIOs can help gen AI achieve its lightbulb moment

Despite the current level of hype and mainstream adoption, gen AI still needs to experience the trough of disillusionment before embarking on a path to peak productivity.

By Nicholas D. Evans

Feb 09, 2024 6 mins

CIOGenerative AIArtificial Intelligence

Edward Jones’ CIO Frank LaQuinta plays to win

Over his career, the financial services IT exec has built a lasting set of leadership principles for driving benefits not just to the firm, but its associates, clients, and the communities it serves.

By Dan Roberts

Feb 08, 2024 11 mins

Financial Services IndustryIT StrategyIT Leadership