8 TED talks on Superintelligence Business Leaders Must See
[nextpage title=”Introduction” ] There’s a lot of discussion today about not so much if artificial intelligence will dramatically change the way humans work and provide economic value, but when, how quickly and to what degree AI will change our relation to work. In this post we’ve collected eight of the best TED talks we could […]
The Leadership Suite DevOps and Business Alignment Success Guide
There’s not much point to DevOps if the business isn’t directly benefiting through increased efficiency, productivity and, hopefully, profitability. This is possible only when IT and DevOps teams are delivering the technology the business actually needs to succeed and compete. As IBM director in IBM Cloud writes in his post, “Putting the ‘Biz’ in DevOps“: […]
DevOps Connect: DevSecOps Edition Complete Session Videos
[nextpage title=”Introduction” ] The third annual “DevOps Connect: DevSecOps” held at RSA Conference 2017 shows just how far DevOps has matured in recent years from IT subculture to mainstream practice. In the presentations in this slide show, you’ll see firsthand accounts where enterprises have transformed legacy methodologies to DevOps practices, building more healthy cultures and, […]
Security @ the Speed of DevOps Survey: Efforts Still Lag
Enterprises today are in a relentless race to digitize or die. If they don’t digitize business processes, services or internal workflows and their competitors do, they will be at a steep disadvantage—and perhaps soon an irrecoverable one. In more and more companies these efforts are being driven by DevOps. According to IDC, the vast majority […]
Meet the Citizen Developer
Much has been written on the rise of citizen developers, but little about who they are and why they choose to do what they do The enterprise is always thirsty for new applications. More than ever, this thirst seems unquenchable. Consider a recent market analysis from Global Market Insights, which expects the enterprise application market […]
Digital Transformation Spreads Cybersecurity Responsibilities Beyond Security Teams, Survey Finds
A report published today from Forbes Insights with BMC Software, Inc. found that new digital business initiatives and the further embracing of new technologies are challenging enterprise cybersecurity teams. The good news is that digital transformation is spreading security responsibilities beyond cybersecurity teams. The survey consisted of 308 C-level executives, VPs, and SVPs in North […]
The Big Digital Transformation Trends Through 2017
For a number of years now, the enterprise has been well underway in their digital transformation efforts, as they use data analytics, mobile, cloud services, IoT and other technologies to transform their organizations. But while some companies have embraced digital transformation, others have lagged. They’ll be playing catch-up in 2017, while their counterparts will be […]
Citizen Developer Movement Gains Steam
It’s been about a year since we covered how the rise of the consumerization of IT had extended beyond cloud services and devices to application development and the advent of the Citizen Developer from rarity to mainstream. The momentum of citizen developers in the enterprise has only increased in the past year. And the move […]
4 Essential Practices to Succeed at ChatOps
We know enterprises are embracing messaging apps and incorporating so-called “ChatOps” into their workflow. ChatOps is, potentially, a powerful way to facilitate more swift decision-making and problem-solving and to receive quick, expert guidance. “With the rise of cloud services that can be easily deployed, and increased awareness and importance given to productivity and collaboration within […]
The devopsy.kinsta.cloud Containerization and Microservices Survival Guide
Containerization and microservices seemed to have leaped out of nowhere and smack into the center of the enterprise IT scene. But neither leaped from nowhere. Both containerization and microservices have been part of the fabric of enterprise tech for some time—within Linux for containers and service-oriented architecture for microservices. Largely, thanks to containerization, both now […]
5 Leadership Keys to Enterprise Agility
Much like living creatures, organizations that can best adapt to their surroundings are the organizations that are most likely to thrive. For enterprises, that means being able to adapt swiftly to business and market conditions—and at the very least adapt more swiftly than their competitors. For years, building an agile enterprise has been the focus […]
Are Companies’ Digital Transformations Near Complete? The C-Suite Thinks So
Enterprises have been busy in their digital transformation efforts for a number of years. They’ve been using data and software in efforts to renew and attempt to rejuvenate entire lines of their business, from streamlining deeply entrenched processes to creating entirely new business models. Interestingly, while many developers and IT leaders believe their efforts are […]
Machine Learning Put to Work in the Digital Economy
IBM’s Watson already has a new retail job lined up to get a head start saving for its holiday spending this season. (Hey, even artificial intelligences appreciate buying gifts.) And Macy’s is hoping its customers appreciate its “Macy’s On Call” pilot, which combines Satisfi’s communications platform and IBM Watson cognitive technology for machine learning. Macy’s […]
On Building Self-Driving IT
More CIOs than ever are moving their data centers to the cloud. Some have decided to maintain their on-premises data centers and move cloud-first with all new deployments, while others are moving more aggressively to all-cloud and are retiring on-premises hardware and software as quickly as possible. Both types of enterprises also are working to […]
Top 10 Emerging Technologies Enterprises Should Know
The momentum behind the adoption of new technologies underway is no less than astounding. Those enterprises that not only adopt, but learn to master, emerging technologies will be the clear winners in the years ahead as they learn their customers’ needs better, rapidly develop new and successful products and services, optimize their use of business […]
User Identity in Focus as Cloud, Device Use Grows
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending SailPoint’s Navigate ’16 identity management conference. I’ve always been interested in the identity management aspect of security. Many of the first wave of identity management vendors launched around 1999, when I started covering information security as a full-time focus. These vendors dealt with all of the identity challenges […]
Q&A: CircleCI’s Kevin Bell on Continuous Delivery
There’s been a lot of talk and momentum lately when it comes to continuous delivery. And it seems every enterprise has moved part, or all, of its development efforts to continuous delivery—or is at least talking about doing so. But there are many challenges such as security, dealing with legacy systems and internal politics associated […]
The Persistence of Enterprise Tech Failure Rates
During a recent dinner conversion with a CIO friend, I was surprised to learn that his organization was having challenges delivering the applications and IT services on a timely enough manner that the business needs. The business is taking too long to approve the budget for major tech projects to start, then develop and deploy, […]
Digital Transformation Strains Traditional IT
It’s hard to believe, but it’s almost been 13 years since Nicholas G. Carr wrote his famous essay, “IT Doesn’t Matter.” In that column Carr argued that IT had become so pervasive in enterprises and so widely used that it had essentially become a commodity and was no longer useful as a tool for business […]
Developers Cite Startling Lack of Digital Leadership
Despite app backlogs, developers say their efforts are underfunded and undertrained, and lack a priority for security We’ve long written about the challenges enterprises face when developing the apps they need, digging out of app backlogs and technical debt, and the overall importance of running a productive development pipeline. And, how to keep up, enterprise’s […]
It’s Time to Couple Security, Business Leadership
With the RSA Conference next week, the biggest conference of the year when it comes to enterprise security management, now is an ideal time to look at how IT and security leaders keep security efforts aligned with business objectives. There’s a reason why attaining adequate and consistent information security is one of the most challenging […]
Are You a Transformational CIO?
George V. Hulme discusses the state of CIO Relevancy and Transformational IT with Tim Crawford Facing increased consumerization of technology, more autonomy by business units in choosing and deploying IT, citizen developers and increasingly affordable cloud software services, IT departments and the office of the CIO are under more pressure than ever before. To get […]
Minimum Viable App Doesn’t Mean Minimum Security
It’s estimated that the total market for mobile apps will hit $143 billion this year. A big portion of that budget will be enterprise mobile app development. By next year 25 percent of enterprise IT budgets will be aimed at their mobile app efforts. Yet, despite these efforts, most enterprises are still falling behind in […]