5 Key 2018 Tech Predictions for the C-Suite

January 5, 2018 by Scot Finnie 1 Comments

The most important digital trends for C-level business leaders to consider in 2018 relate to digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance and cybersecurity. Read on for insights and predictions about why these topics will matter so much to C-suites in 2018. Prediction 1: Digital Transformation—All Aboard! […]

AI Delivering on the Business Analytics Promise

January 2, 2018 by Scot Finnie 1 Comments

There’s a revolution underway in data analytics that could create a competitive advantage for companies that jump on it. C-suites, take note: AI-powered business analytics is finally delivering future-facing data points that CEOs need to guide their businesses to the sweet spot. The artificial intelligence (AI) technologies machine learning and deep learning are being used […]

Strap in, CIOs: Analysts Predict Wild Ride for 2018-2020

December 7, 2017 by Scot Finnie 0 Comments

Digital transformation is the underlying theme of many of the 2018 and beyond IT predictions made recently by analyst firms Forrester, Gartner and IDC. Technologies such as cloud, AI, data analytics, big data, blockchain, IoT, conversational interfaces, DevOps and cybersecurity will also force CIOs to perform a juggling act. The rapid evolution of these technologies […]

Machine Learning Is Working for CIOs, Vendor Survey Finds

October 17, 2017 by Scot Finnie 1 Comments

AI’s time has finally come, if a new survey commissioned by ServiceNow is to be believed. Its results showed that nearly 90 percent of CIOs are at least dabbling with machine learning, with 53 percent calling it an area of strategic focus for their companies. What’s more, almost 70 percent of the CIOs surveyed say […]

Study: CIOs Want a Chief Data Officer

September 14, 2017 by Scot Finnie 3 Comments

Quick, what does CDO stand for? Before you say chief digital officer, think again. A new study points to the chief data officer as the more important of the two titles, finding 82 percent of CIOs believe there is a compelling case to hire a CDO in most organizations. The survey, commissioned by Experian Data […]

Survey: CIOs Driving Digital Transformation

August 31, 2017 by Scot Finnie 3 Comments

A survey from IT World Canada (ITWC) apparently shows that CIOs are preferred by their companies to shepherd the digital transformation process in part because of their knowledge of legacy systems. The fifth annual CanadianCIO Census concludes that CIOs are “able to bridge in-place technologies required to run the business, while increasingly guiding their companies […]

Synopsys: IoT, ICS More Vulnerable to Security Exploits

August 21, 2017 by Scot Finnie 1 Comments

A new report shows that internet of things (IoT) implementations and industrial control systems (ICS) are more vulnerable than most to potential zero-day exploits of the open-source protocols, common file formats and APIs they rely on. The report, prepared by vulnerability test firm, Synopsys Inc., is based on 4.8 billion fuzz tests conducted on the […]