Digital Leadership – What Is It?
The post-COVID economy is a digital-first economy. Customers and employees prefer to engage digitally and transact online. Enterprises have no option but to shore up their digital capabilities. They must invest in the latest digital technology and upgrade the software to enable seamless remote work. Implementing new technology is difficult though. The enterprise and the […]
Digital Transformation Lessons from Successful Companies
The status quo is not always an option for businesses, even if the business does not need or wish to change. Often, the ecosystem forces change upon the business. Companies that do not change when their partners and customers change soon become obsolete. Since industry 4.0 started over a decade ago, business ecosystems have constantly […]
5 IT Spending Traps to Avoid Amid the Growing Digital Transformation
Enterprises jump into the digital transformation bandwagon to cope with the relentless digitisation. But digitisation is costly. Many enterprises that commit to digital transformation without an eye on costs. They soon become stressed financially. Here are the financial traps to avoid when committing to digital transformation. Trap # 1: Being nice to everybody Digital transformation […]
The CIO’s World in 2025: What Will Change
The CIO is already a vital cog in the post-pandemic digitally-driven enterprise. By 2025, CIOs will play a more strategic role than they do today. Enterprises will rely on the CIOs to harness technology as critical competitive weapons. 1. Taking the lead in digital transformation CIOs have taken the lead in rolling out digital transformation. […]
Why CIOs and CFOs Need to Partner for Success
The CIO and the CFO are often at loggerheads in the traditional enterprise setting. The CIO keeps on demanding resources to upgrade the tech infrastructure. The CFO, with an eye on profitability and shareholder returns, counter such moves. Success in today’s digital-first economy requires CIOs and CFOs to work together. Businesses cannot avoid digital transformation […]
Combining RPA, Analytics, and AI to Accelerate Digital Transformation
Industry 4.0 demands digital transformation. Enterprises that seek to reap the benefits of the new digital-enabled world have to shed their legacy systems and embrace new digital technology. With multiple new technologies ruling the roost, successful digital transformation depends on convergence. Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are the three red-hot […]
Digital Transformation in 2022 – Six Priorities for CIOs
Digital transformation has become inevitable for enterprises in 2022. The pandemic has increased digital adoption. Companies have to ramp up their digital capabilities to ensure anywhere access and instant decision making. They also have to deliver omnichannel experiences for customers with deep personalisation. Side-by-side, they have to ramp up their analytics capabilities to gain insights […]
Strategic IT Leadership: How to be the Next-Generation CIO
Enterprise IT is always in change mode. Tech advances, shifting business models, and fickle customer sentiments make change a constant. With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating digital-first, the landscape has become more demanding. This tech blog discusses five tips on what it takes to be a successful next-gen CIO. 1. Understand the Business Until not too […]
Five Ways to make Enterprise IT Agile for Cloud-Centric Digital Transformation
Agility, or the ability to decide and act quickly, delivers efficiency and profitability to enterprises. Agile teams adapt to changing situations and different conditions better. They become nimble and respond to opportunities and or challenges faster. Here are five ways to make enterprise IT agile and prepare the enterprise for digital transformation. 1. Provision Supportive […]
Why IT Needs New Metrics to Capture Digital Transformation Effectiveness
Performance alone does not count in today’s competitive business environment. What matters is results. Poor results will soon lead to competitors drowning the business. Many traditional IT metrics focus on performance metrics such as cost and efficiency. Such metrics are transactional, depicting how well a specific process executes. They do not capture the full picture […]
Five Reasons Why Data Science Projects Fail
Data science and machine learning are the key drivers of digital transformation. But beyond the hype, deriving business value from data science projects is tough. A study by Dimensional Research reveals just 4% of companies succeed in deploying Machine Learning models to a production environment. And, even worse, the gap between enterprises gaining value from […]
Five Habits of Successful CIOs in the age of DX
Three out of every four companies consider Digital Transformation as essential for survival. There is also consensus that digital transformation goes beyond technology upgrades. It involves change management. The CIO is always in the crosshairs of the top management, to drive digital transformation. Here is how the role of the CIO is changing in the […]
