As we explore in this Executive Update, various standards organizations are working to establish common frameworks, platforms, and protocols intended to ensure widespread interoperability and connectivity among IoT products targeted at various domains, such as smart homes, connected cars, smart grid/energy, industrial systems, smart cities, and healthcare.
As the cloud market has grown up, CIOs are now in a position to rely on a modern, robust ecosystem of cloud computing vendors to deliver efficiencies and cost savings at scale. To do this, however, the role of the CIO demands an understanding of how to build and subsequently manage that supply chain when deciding to procure infrastructure as a service. This article discusses how the CIO, ahead of launching an RFP, should prepare for the challenge of coordinating multiple, competing IaaS service offerings to establish the type of mature supply chain more commonly found in established utilities markets.
Kimberley Young Milani explores the intersection of leadership, business, purpose, and sustainability in the contemporary world. She emphasizes the need for leaders to embody both competence and character. The article also looks at the intersection of character and organizational purpose, warning that without character, an organization’s purpose might become a hollow slogan or facade.
In the first Executive Update of this two-part series, we discussed the challenges with existing size measures used to estimate the effort required to implement an enterp
Delivering software to specification and free of major defects has, I dare say, been a dicey endeavor for nearly as long as there has been software to deliver.
In Part I of this two-part Executive Update series, I presented a variety of issues that arise in large organizations that attempt to deploy agile software development methods across a broad ra
The Industrial Internet matters. It changes software, it changes systems, it changes the way the world is wired, it changes business models, and it changes the workforce. And one day soon, it will save lives.
In this Executive Update, we put a spotlight on the energy industry and offer a view of the challenges energy retailers face. We also examine various strategic moves companies should consider to reinvent themselves and stay relevant.
Ben Porter uses several case studies to show how organizations have made progress in amplifying the value of analytics by demonstrating three actions: recognizing how value is created, focusing on delivering that value, and understanding the changes that must be adopted to ensure long-term value. He describes the four fundamental requirements for successful analytics projects (sponsor, tools, team, and project/problem) and closes with the critical assertion that value creation from analytics requires teamwork between IT, business, and analytics professionals.