CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2023

Despite the best of intentions, CIOs and their organizations often struggle to deliver business outcomes from digital transformation strategies. And while KPMG reports that 72% of CEOs have aggressive digital investment strategies, McKinsey details a harsh reality that 70% of transformations fail.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2023

Once a vanguard business strategy, digital transformation has become a perennial objective for business survival. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations. Moreover, digital transformation means doing all that work on a continuous basis.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Digital transformation has become an essential part of business success. According to TEKsystems’ 2023 State of Digital Transformation , 41% of organizations’ digital transformation (DX) initiatives have failed to achieve their desired outcomes. That’s not digital transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

From nimble start-ups to global powerhouses, businesses are hailing AI as the next frontier of digital transformation. research firm Vanson Bourne to survey 650 global IT, DevOps, and Platform Engineering decision-makers on their enterprise AI strategy. AI applications rely heavily on secure data, models, and infrastructure.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

The Chinese tech giant presented cutting-edge solutions aimed at enhancing connectivity, smart cities, and enterprise digital transformation, with a particular emphasis on how these developments will impact the Middle East. AI is reshaping industries globally, and Huawei Cloud is at the forefront of this shift.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In a recent interview with Jyoti Lalchandani, IDCs Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), we explore the key trends and technologies that will shape the future of the Middle East and the challenges organizations will face in their digital transformation journey.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Digital transformation initiatives have picked up in the retail sector in recent years as store chains compete for brand awareness and sales in a rapidly evolving market. By 2026, retailers’ global investments in digital transformation tools are expected to reach $388 billion , growing by 18% a year.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CIOs have been able to ride the AI hype cycle to bolster investment in their gen AI strategies, but the AI honeymoon may soon be over, as Gartner recently placed gen AI at the peak of inflated expectations , with the trough of disillusionment not far behind. That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

USD billion investment in digital infrastructure under the Abu Dhabi Government Digital Strategy 2025-2027. This strategy includes deploying over 200 AI-driven solutions to enhance public service delivery, boost operational efficiency, and promote environmental sustainability.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

With the AI revolution underway which has kicked the wave of digital transformation into high gear it is imperative for enterprises to have their cloud infrastructure built on firm foundations that can enable them to scale AI/ML solutions effectively and efficiently.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With supply chain issues and the impending recession, digital transformation remains a pressing strategic imperative. However, key digital transformation milestones remain out of reach for far too many teams. The survey also revealed that digital transformation initiatives are tightly aligned with VSM.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2025

As organizations work to embed AI into their operations, investment in the necessary infrastructure, platforms, and skills will be key to supporting this transformation. Data sovereignty and local cloud infrastructure are expected to remain high on the agenda, particularly within the GCC countries.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In a survey of 451 senior technology executives conducted by Gartner in mid-2024, a striking 57% of CIOs reported being tasked with leading AI strategies. Gartner’s data revealed that 90% of CIOs cite out-of-control costs as a major barrier to achieving AI success.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 24, 2022

When it comes to IT strategy, Kimberly-Clark Global CIO Manoj Kumbhat makes one thing very clear: This multinational takes a business-first approach to digital transformation. We are being smart about it,” he says of the company’s cloud strategy, which is centered in part around its direct-to-consumer business.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Many businesses use big data technology to bolster efficiency. of companies say that they use data analytics in some capacity. While only 24% call themselves data-driven, the figure is growing significantly. Big data is changing the business models of many organizations. One study from Zappia found that 97.2%

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

And executives see a high potential in streamlining the sales funnel, real-time data analysis, personalized customer experience, employee onboarding, incident resolution, fraud detection, financial compliance, and supply chain optimization. Another area is democratizing data analysis and reporting.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

MARCH 19, 2021

How to make smarter data-driven decisions at scale : [link]. The determination of winners and losers in the data analytics space is a much more dynamic proposition than it ever has been. A lot has changed in those five years, and so has the data landscape. But if they wait another three years, they will never catch up.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Zulfi Jeevanjee, EVP and CIO, believes the best way to build and align next-generation business processes and modern IT platforms is to build anew, and so he is taking a cloud-first approach to digital transformation, dumping out all legacy infrastructure along the way. To fuel its transformation, the Northbrook, Ill.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Around the same time of the release, Repsol appointed Juan José Casado Quintero as its new chief digital officer (CDO), another strategic move to digitally transform and accelerate the company’s strategy to become a data-driven company.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

After all, a low-risk annoyance in a key application can become a sizable boulder when the app requires modernization to support a digital transformation initiative. These areas are considerable issues, but what about data, security, culture, and addressing areas where past shortcuts are fast becoming todays liabilities?

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Enhanced analytics driven by AI can identify patterns and trends, allowing enterprises to better predict future business needs. Investing in task orchestration and management technologies aligns with broader digital transformation strategies necessary for maintaining competitive advantage.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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IT Insurance Consulting Risk 122

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2024

“Digital is a powerful business lever,” says Alessandra Luksch, director of the Digital Transformation Academy Observatory at Politecnico di Milano, which has been mapping trends in ICT spending by Italian organizations since 2016. “In AMA employs about 7,600, serves a catchment area of nearly 2.5 million tons of waste annually.

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Smart Data Collective

JUNE 27, 2022

Data-driven businesses are far more successful than companies that don’t utilize data to their advantage. Unfortunately, they often find that managing their data effectively can be a challenge. Companies that rely on big data need a reliable IT department. Build A Clear Strategy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Enter Gen AI, a transformative force reshaping digital experience analytics (DXA). Gen AI allows organizations to unlock deeper insights and act on them with unprecedented speed by automating the collection and analysis of user data. As Gen AI continues to evolve, its role in digital experience analytics will only grow.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Many digital transformations focus on platforms to support the business, but thats different from running a platform business. To be a platform business, you need a network, demand, supply, data, and a customer experience that differentiates. This is crucial in a value-driven development model.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As someone deeply involved in shaping data strategy, governance and analytics for organizations, Im constantly working on everything from defining data vision to building high-performing data teams. My work centers around enabling businesses to leverage data for better decision-making and driving impactful change.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 6, 2021

In at least one way, it was not different, and that was in the continued development of innovations that are inspired by data. This steady march of data-driven innovation has been a consistent characteristic of each year for at least the past decade.

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Machine Learning Data-driven Deep Learning IoT 279

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2023

Digital transformation must be a core organizational competency. The impact of generative AIs, including ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), will be a significant transformation driver heading into 2024. That’s my key advice to CIOs and IT leaders.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2025

Data is the foundation of innovation, agility and competitive advantage in todays digital economy. As technology and business leaders, your strategic initiatives, from AI-powered decision-making to predictive insights and personalized experiences, are all fueled by data. Data quality is no longer a back-office concern.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 5, 2023

Fletcher Building is an $NZ8 billion organization made up of more than 30 companies that range from manufacturing, mining aggregates, road making, and more, and when it was time to digitally transform and better enable a data-driven and platforms-based business, Locandro’s forward-thinking philosophy was integral in the company’s efforts to succeed.

Digital Transformation 105

Digital Transformation Manufacturing IoT Data-driven 105

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

IT 105

IT Insurance Consulting Risk 105

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2022

Configurability in cloud-first strategies is key as organizations don’t have to worry about hardware control, allowing for more focus on getting new services up and running faster,” he says. Carving out a digital transformation edge. Consider the last two-plus years of business disruptions caused by the global pandemic.

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Strategy Enterprise Digital Transformation Data Processing 138

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The demand for ESG initiatives has become an integral part of a company’s strategy for long-term success, offering a promising future for those who embrace them. This could involve adopting cloud computing, optimizing data center energy use, or implementing AI-powered energy management tools.

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AWS Big Data

MARCH 13, 2025

At AWS re:Invent 2024, we announced the next generation of Amazon SageMaker , the center for all your data, analytics, and AI. It enables teams to securely find, prepare, and collaborate on data assets and build analytics and AI applications through a single experience, accelerating the path from data to value.

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Jen Stirrup

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Why do organizations get stuck with their data? Often, this problem can be due to the organization concentrating solely on technology and data. However, organizations can be supported by a synergistic approach by integrating systems thinking with the data strategy and technical perspective.

Data Science 145

Data Science Digital Transformation Data-driven Measurement 145

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

Additionally, 46% said they are “not fully equipped to face disruption” especially when it comes to data security and technology innovation. Nearly two thirds of IT leaders (63%) say that a “lack of skills has delayed digital transformation initiatives, most by an average of three to 10 months,” according to IDC.

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