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Articles by Janaki Akella
Putting digital process innovation at the center of organizational change
When a merger is announced, the IT organization has a unique opportunity to help the company reimagine its technology landscape and clarify its digitization strategy. When it comes to mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures, IT professionals are necessarily focused on the immediate tasks of streamlining unwieldy IT systems; given the complexity and sheer size of the integration task, they must be selective about what projects and changes they can tackle within the first 100 days.
How CIOs can lead their company’s information business
In data-driven companies, CIOs—and new chief data officers—should think big and help accelerate bold changes throughout the enterprise. Companies across industries are placing major bets on big data, expecting it could dramatically improve business processes and overall performance. As they move ahead, one issue that looms large is finding senior-leadership capacity to manage the huge program of organizational change that data analytics demands.
Mobility disruption: A CIO perspective
Embracing mobility will affect all areas of the enterprise IT organization. We have identified four key steps to developing and implementing a holistic mobility strategy. 1. Define your mobile policy The first step in enabling mobility is to create a clear set of policies that will guide the IT strategy and employee expectations. Central to the strategy is the decision on how to treat personal devices.
IT architecture: Cutting costs and complexity
A joint effort by IT and business leaders can help companies not only to save money but also to prepare for the return of growth. Amid the economic downturn, companies are searching for every opportunity to cut costs. IT represents an important part of total spending—5 percent or more in some industries—and its direct contribution to revenues and profits is often difficult to assess. As an unsurprising result, many CEOs and CFOs are eager to squeeze their CIOs’ budgets.
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