There are two ways to handle someone who has great skills but whose department or workload has changed so much they need to be moved: you can put them into the netherworld known as “special projects,” or you can make them chief operating officer. I’m only kind of joking. Even after dealing with enterprise companies […]
Tag: digital transformation
SAS offers advisory services to assist marketers and others to overcome analytics challenges
SAS Inc. is offering to help marketers and other lines of business frustrated by the results of analytics projects with a set of advisory services and a “health check” to optimize applications before they’re deployed. Although Cary, N.C.-based SAS already offers a product called SAS Model Manager to help brands streamline the way analytics tools […]
BoxWorks 2019 provides a digital transformation progress check from execs and enterprises
When your company is 97 years old and grows in part through mergers and acquisitions, you’re going to have a variety of technology products running the business — or as Bob Burkhart puts it, “We have just about one of every solution and several of many.” As the mobile and collaboration infrastructure leader at Nationwide […]
CDOs may see themselves as future CEOs, but Egon Zehnder research shows some big obstacles first
Forty two per cent of chief digital officers told Egon Zehnder they believe their next role will be CEO, despite the fact the vast majority are the first in their company to hold their current title and three-quarters don’t feel their organization is prepared for digital transformation. The global executive search firm recently released CDO Decoded: The […]
A simple way for CDOs (and others) to define true digital transformation
The other day, I was speaking with a COO who was very excited about her digital transformation program. As she talked excitedly about her company’s plans to go to the Cloud, upgrade ERP and improve cyber security, I was compelled to interject that I was confused about whether the program was meant to digitize, digitalize or transform […]
Editor’s Note: Why chief digital officers shouldn’t be so easily dismissed
As a research vice-president at Gartner Inc., Chris Howard has a lot of experience providing insight and guidance to all kinds of executive leaders, particularly CIOs. On a recent trip to Germany, however, he found himself having a conversation with a manufacturing firm where one of the key stakeholders was a chief digital officer — […]
Editor’s Note: The mission-critical dots that only a B2B CEO can connect
I got the text around 6:30 p.m., while I was still holed up in my hotel room trying to finish a story: Michael Dell had unexpectedly shown up at the party I was supposed to be attending, and if I ran I might have a chance to talk with him in person. Unfortunately, some deadlines […]
Mulesoft’s CIO in Residence has three ideas to help his peers manage their digital priorities
Steve Stone admits he’s still trying to figure out exactly what it means to be CIO in residence at Mulesoft. “I think that means you get the title but none of the benefits or pay,” he joked to an audience of his peers at CIO Peer Forum, an annual gathering of IT leaders in Toronto […]
FPX research shows 58% of B2B firms pursuing digital transformation want to improve buying processes
The majority of B2B firms pursuing some kind of digital transformation projects are trying to improve customer experiences — particularly the ability for buyers to make purchases, according to research from configure-price-quote (CPQ) software maker FPX. Based on a survey of approximately 230 B2B firms with a strong focus on the manufacturing sector, the study […]
What cloud computing means for the future of enterprise HR transformation
We’ve all seen the impact cloud has made in our everyday lives. It’s enabled us to take a photo on our phones and immediately access it on our computer, or automatically backs up our files so we don’t lose precious data. These conveniences, enabled by the cloud, have permeated the business world as well, enabling […]
Cognizant TV spot destroys the cliché of banks as digital transformation laggards
Financial services firms such as banks and insurance companies often get criticized for failing to keep pace with customers’ digital expectations — including by their own employees, as Cognizant acknowledges in its latest TV commercial. The 30-second spot takes place in a theater where team members of a major institution have gathered for a rousing […]
ServiceNow CTO identifies the workflow snags that are getting in the way of digital transformation
ServiceNow CTO Allan Leinwand knows an opportunity to eat his own dog food when he sees one. The enterprise service management firm was working with a systems integrator that was providing it racks of hardware based on products from Dell, Juniper Networks and other firms, which were drop-shipped to various data centers. At a certain […]
Rangle begins rebrand that puts creative and strategic DX capabilities in the foreground
Rangle has begun a rebrand that aims to show how an organization that began as a technical consultancy has the creative and strategic capabilities to help enterprises achieve digital transformation faster and more successfully. Based in Toronto, Rangle launched several years ago specializing in helping businesses create mobile-first web sites and other digital challenges, with […]
Street Wisdom for business: Walking your team towards a better strategy
If people like Aristotle, William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, Henry David Thoreau got some of their best ideas while walking, why wouldn’t a CEO, CMO or sales exec? While Curiosity Inc. has already been working with individuals to test out the “Street Wisdom” approach to tackling difficult questions, its official launch on Friday could also offer […]
Editor’s Note: Even fast companies finish last unless they pursue the hardest transformation of all
The words and the image were everywhere, and every time I saw them I tried not to roll my eyes. I was at a conference for HR professionals, and the main graphic across every banner and program guide showed a human hand about to join with that of — wait for it — a robot. […]
CloudCraze research forecasts growing shift towards e-commerce in B2B sales
Nearly 90 per cent of those making B2B purchases believe they’ll be offering products by 2022 that customers will mainly buy through e-commerce rather than a traditional sales rep, according to a research report from CloudCraze. In a look at how e-commerce will drive revenue growth outside of the consumer segment, Chicago-based CloudCraze, which offers […]
CIOs put research about Canada’s digital transformation challenges in context
Accelerating digital transformation in Canada will require large enterprises to change the way they work with startups, manage talent and shift internal culture, according to CIOs from several well-known organizations across the country. Earlier this week, DX Agents announced the results of a research study conducted with the CIO Association of Canada which showed major […]
A Yawning Gap Between Startups and Industry: Digital Transformation in Canada
Excerpt from the newest report on survey results pertaining to digital transformation in Canada. **** CIOs and executives in Canada are fighting digital transformation battles on two fronts: keeping up with global competition, and confronting a lack of urgency on digital transformation in their organizations. Canada has many advantages when it comes to tech (our […]
Obama’s former digital director reveals the rule that helped him create We The People
One of the first things incoming U.S. President Barack Obama did after walking into the White House was to sign the “Open Government” memorandum, promising a new era of transparency, participation and collaboration. According to Tom Cochran, this was the moment the bleak reality of working in the public sector began to manifest itself. “Not only […]
6 Ways CIOs Can Drive Digital Transformation
One of the challenges of growing a business is how to scale up without scaling out—meaning, without sacrificing efficiency. Luckily, technology has made that process easier and faster. But what many businesses are falling behind on in this process is how they handle their data. They are not sure what to do or how to […]