According to Gartner, the CIO must be the culture change agent to enhance digital dexterity as a competency that applies to individuals, teams and the organisation as a whole. Helen Poitevin, research vice president at Gartner revealed at the Gartner IT...
September 17, 2019 •
Events, Features, Top Stories •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on Gartner IT Symposium Xpo 2019-The next 50 years starts right here today
The Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2019 kicked off on Monday, 16 September at the CTICC. This year, the conference delved deeper into the role of the CIO, the origin of the digital society and unpacked the term TechQuilibrium. Brian Burke, Research VP for...
February 12, 2019 •
Artificial Intelligence •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Artificial Intelligence: A CIO’s guide to AI’s promises and risks
Machine learning and AI are becoming necessary in today’s complicated IT environment, causing CIOs to figure out how to use them so IT pros and business both benefit. A chatbot that answers consumers’ questions and directs them to the appropriate...
February 11, 2019 •
General •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Culture can be an accelerator of digital transformation – Gartner
In an era of continuous change, a proactive and adaptive culture is a critical asset and CIOs will play a key role in establishing the right mindsets and practices. Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2021, CIOs will be as responsible for culture change as...
January 24, 2019 •
Features •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Government CIOs to invest in cybersecurity and data analytics in 2019
Cloud solutions, cybersecurity and analytics are the top technologies targeted for new and additional spending by public sector CIOs in 2018, while data center infrastructure is the most commonly targeted for cost savings, according to a survey from...
January 21, 2019 •
Internet of Things •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Gartner says 37 percent of organisations have implemented AI
The number of organisations implementing artificial intelligence (AI) grew 270 per cent in the past four years and tripled in the past year, according to the Gartner, Inc. 2019 CIO Survey. Results showed that organisations across all industries use AI in a...
January 21, 2019 •
Digital Transformation •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Digital vanguard organisations at the forefront of true digital transformation
Are there deliberate actions, behaviours, shortcuts, and avoidable detours that could accelerate and amplify an organisation’s path to an evolved tomorrow? Responses to Deloitte’s 2018 third, and final CIO legacy report ‘Manifesting...
November 23, 2018 •
Features •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Digital era brings a new breed of CIO
Chief Information Officers (CIOs), as we once knew them, are no longer. As technology has evolved and become more accessible and entrenched at all levels of business, so has the role of the CIO. While the “I” in CIO has depicted a focus on information...
November 8, 2018 •
Top Stories •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on Building future-proof CIO capacity crucial for SA progress
The role of the CIO is evolving fast, and CIO upskilling and new ICT skills pipelines must be a focus if SA is to stay abreast of global development, say leading SA CIOs. Speaking ahead of the annual Institute of Information Technology Professionals SA...
October 11, 2018 •
Features •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Local IT market sees rise of ‘simplicity as a service
Who would want to be a CIO or CTO in 2018? They’re being bombarded by an avalanche of new technologies and business approaches that are demanding their attention. Mobility. Artificial Intelligence. Internet of Things. Digital Transformation. Disruption....
September 19, 2018 •
General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on CIOs in Africa play a central role in defining new business models
Digital business is maturing and forcing organisations to change their business models and look to IT to help. Half of the CIOs in Africa said their organisation has changed or is in the process of changing their business models, and the CIO will have a...
July 19, 2018 •
General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on The CIO’s Guide to Blockchain
More than $4 trillion in goods are shipped globally each year. The 80% carried via ocean shipping creates a lot of paperwork. The required trade documentation to process and administer all the goods is estimated to reach one-fifth of the actual physical...
CIOs will need to look beyond just technology if they hope to turn their tech management departments into the digital transformation office. In 2018, CEOs will be putting pressure on their CIOs to deliver on platform-based business models and new partnership...
November 13, 2017 •
General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on CIOs must help their organisations unlock imagination and agility
We’re often told by business consultants and by CEOs themselves that the biggest challenges on business leaders’ plates are external factors such as tightening of regulation, shortages of key skills, the breakneck speed of technology’s evolution and...
September 11, 2017 •
General, Top Stories •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on CIO guide to AI’s promises and pitfalls
Amidst all the hype we’re hearing from the media and technology providers about “intelligent systems”, CIOs are still unsure of how they can apply artificial intelligence (AI) for long-term success. It’s important for CIOs to understand the steps...
July 2, 2017 •
General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on CIO-as-a-Service, a new era in IT organisational management
In a market dominated by increasing interest in just about ‘everything-as-a-service’, the role of the CIO has attracted the spotlight and the relevance of CIO-as-a-Service has come to the fore in South Africa, says Chris Daffy, Chief Commercial Officer of...
