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Your biggest barriers to digital transformation aren’t technical…they’re cultural

CIO

It’s only about where we place our time, money, and energy. Some things have changed in IP networking, but it remains the same at the core. Overcoming growing pains Most organizations are built with hub-and-spoke networks connecting their locations to centralized data centers. This is not technical change management.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO

While Silicon Valley still pays top dollar for IT pros, the war for talent has moved beyond the technology industry, with other verticals vying for talented IT workers who have the skills to enable digital transformation, process improvement, change management, and the development of apps and services.

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Florida Crystals concentrates SAP in hosting sweet spot

CIO

One of those requirements was to move out of its hosting provider data center and into a hyperscaler’s cloud. Meanwhile, through 2017 and 2018, he says, “there was a big surge in companies moving from usually on-premises data centers to AWS or Azure, and then finding a partner to run their SAP in the cloud.

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IT to thank for most of Radisson Hotel Group’s business initiatives

CIO

Also during the pandemic, we completely restructured and created every IT element the company needed: new ERP, purchasing systems, hotel management systems, and HR systems, for example. This has dramatically reduced the level of integration and change management required, while allowing us to increase agility when facing challenges.

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How energy companies can successfully embrace IIoT

Capgemini

Industrial Internet of Things technology continues to mature and energy companies are contemplating how to best take advantage. We worked with an energy company that recognized the potential of IIoT and wanted to initiate a pilot for compressors and flow meters in its mid-stream pipeline business.

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Unlocking Automation for Intelligent Operations and Business Growth

CIO

Yet modernization journeys are often bumpy; IT leaders must overcome barriers such as resistance to change, management complexity, high costs, and talent shortages. While Ampol had most workloads in the cloud, it is still highly dependent on its data center. Future-proofing.

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9 traits of great IT leaders

CIO

Early in his CIO tenure at the university, his IT department experienced a systems outage as it worked on migrating from a data center to the cloud, he says. “It Leaders spend a significant amount of energy getting to know those who they lead, too, Kaye says. I had to lean in and say, ‘Ok.’