An agenda focused on your priorities.
This year, we’ve structured the agenda around your
mission-critical priorities, categorized under six tracks.
We’ve shifted from a framework that addresses a broad
set of roles to one that focuses on the high-impact
initiatives that you and your team must pursue to align
with overall enterprise priorities.
This is a decisive moment. A digital wave is sweeping through every industry, organization and culture.
There is no room to stand on the sidelines, no safe haven
to ride out this disruption. Digital will continue to defi ne and
redefi ne business for an entire generation to come.
This moment presents a defi ning challenge for every CIO and
senior IT executive: a chance to rise up, align mission-critical
priorities — yours and those of the enterprise — and drive
business outcomes. From big data to risk management, now
is the time to operate at two speeds: pursuing agile practices
to compete at the digital speeds while focusing on rock-solid
IT reliability to support your core business.
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2015 offers you the opportunity
to discover the precise speed, agility and leadership skills you
need to harness this massive wave of technology change.
From personal development to process reinvention, Gartner
is here to help you Rise to the Challenge.
Accenture Technology Vision 2019 Ireland Findings: The Post Digital Era is Hereaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2019 surveyed over 100 Irish business and IT executives to identify five distinct trends in digital transformation that are impacting business leaders today.
An agenda focused on your priorities.
This year, we’ve structured the agenda around your
mission-critical priorities, categorized under six tracks.
We’ve shifted from a framework that addresses a broad
set of roles to one that focuses on the high-impact
initiatives that you and your team must pursue to align
with overall enterprise priorities.
This is a decisive moment. A digital wave is sweeping through every industry, organization and culture.
There is no room to stand on the sidelines, no safe haven
to ride out this disruption. Digital will continue to defi ne and
redefi ne business for an entire generation to come.
This moment presents a defi ning challenge for every CIO and
senior IT executive: a chance to rise up, align mission-critical
priorities — yours and those of the enterprise — and drive
business outcomes. From big data to risk management, now
is the time to operate at two speeds: pursuing agile practices
to compete at the digital speeds while focusing on rock-solid
IT reliability to support your core business.
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2015 offers you the opportunity
to discover the precise speed, agility and leadership skills you
need to harness this massive wave of technology change.
From personal development to process reinvention, Gartner
is here to help you Rise to the Challenge.
Accenture Technology Vision 2019 Ireland Findings: The Post Digital Era is Hereaccenture
Accenture's Technology Vision 2019 surveyed over 100 Irish business and IT executives to identify five distinct trends in digital transformation that are impacting business leaders today.
Gartner Symposium 2016 Roundup: Key Trends for Small BusinessesGetApp
If you’re a small business then the Gartner Symposium 2016 probably wouldn’t be the first place you’d look for advice on what technology you should implement or what trends you need to take note of.
While Gartner is known for its expertise in the enterprise market, on the other hand GetApp – a Gartner company – specializes in helping small businesses select the cloud-based solution that is right for their situation.
As such, we scoured Gartner’s 2016 Symposium in Barcelona to bring you the key trends and how they will be relevant for your small business.
(ENT312) Should You Build or Buy Cloud Infrastructure and Platforms? | AWS re...Amazon Web Services
The public cloud IaaS and PaaS markets are moving at a tremendous speed, and delivering innovative, differentiated services at rapidly-decreasing costs. Yet many IT organizations nevertheless believe that they would prefer to build a private cloud, or have one custom-built for them. Furthermore, the desires of IT Operations and Application Development often clash. Buyers must not only choose a solution that meets their current needs, but figure out how to meet their future needs, too. We'll discuss how to determine a strategy and source the capabilities you need.
Incorporating artificial intelligence into your business systems and processes is a journey unlike any other digital technology implementation. Here is a five-step process for navigating it successfully.
IDC Keynote: The Seven Transformations IT Solution Providers Must ConfrontIngram Micro Cloud
The Third Platform of Computing (Cloud, Analytics, Mobile, Social) is making life both interesting and uncomfortable for IT solution providers. Cloud especially is forcing VARs, SIs, MSPs, and ISVs to re-think the way they do business. Join IDC to hear the seven key transformations that tech companies must go through to succeed in the Third Platform
Close the AI Action Gap in Financial ServicesCognizant
Banks and financial institutions are making strides with artificial intelligence -- but they've been slow to scale it. Here are four steps to realize AI's full potential throughout the enterprise.
Organizations today are discovering new realities around the cloud and data center, IT supply chain management, the modern workplace and digital transformation. For the 2019 Insight Intelligent Technnology™ Index, we surveyed 400 IT professionals to assess how they’re optimizing technology to unlock these growth opportunities. Explore the key takeaways.
MMRS (Market Mirror Research Solutions)" - a Full Service Market Research company. We are a decade old Market Research firm & insights agency. We act as most reliable research and consulting partner for clients in a highly competitive research industry. We will be happy to assist you in India/ Asia, Middle East, Europe, LATAM and North America.
DARQ power driving value for the Communications Industry accenture
Accenture’s latest research for our Technology Vision 2019, our annual checkpoint on the technology priorities which businesses should start planning for now, offers the first trend as “DARQ power”. This research and our work with the leading CSPs across the globe mean that we firmly believe that distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR) and quantum computing will be the next set of new technologies to spark a step change in allowing the reimagination of entire industries. Read more about this trend and the research results for the Communications Industry here: www.accenture.com/telcoblockchain
Netpage is an augmented reality mobile app which provides digital functionality for printed media. The application uses image recognition technology to recognize content on Netpage-enabled printed pages, and then serves up a "digital twin" of the recognized page.
Gartner TOP 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2017Den Reymer
Gartner TOP 10 Strategic Technology Trends_2017
http://denreymer.com
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Machine Learning
Intelligent Apps
Intelligent Things
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Digital Twins
Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers
Conversational Systems
Digital Technology Platforms
Mesh App and Service Architecture
Adaptive Security Architecture
Avoiding the Bimodal Disaster - New Life for Enterprise ArchitectureJason Bloomberg
As enterprises around the world struggle with their digital transformation efforts, many are finding that innovative digital teams are moving much faster than their hidebound IT organizations. Rather than struggling to convince traditional IT to get with the digital program, executives are taking advice from IT research firm Gartner, and encouraging existing IT to continue in their desultory ways.
However, many CIOs are realizing the dangers of following Gartner’s advice. The central challenge with bimodal IT is that it encourages IT management to shift their transformation efforts away from 'slow' IT to 'fast' digital efforts.
Such bimodality is a recipe for disaster, as transformation efforts must be end-to-end. If IT governance remains buried in 'slow' IT, then 'fast' digital risks compliance breaches, security vulnerabilities and worse.
To help bimodal enterprises avoid such a fate, enterprises require professionals with an end-to-end view of the organization -- experts who understand the organizational, technological, information, and process challenges that digital transformation efforts must surmount. Who better than the Enterprise Architects to lead their organizations out of the bimodal quagmire?
Gartner Symposium 2016 Roundup: Key Trends for Small BusinessesGetApp
If you’re a small business then the Gartner Symposium 2016 probably wouldn’t be the first place you’d look for advice on what technology you should implement or what trends you need to take note of.
While Gartner is known for its expertise in the enterprise market, on the other hand GetApp – a Gartner company – specializes in helping small businesses select the cloud-based solution that is right for their situation.
As such, we scoured Gartner’s 2016 Symposium in Barcelona to bring you the key trends and how they will be relevant for your small business.
(ENT312) Should You Build or Buy Cloud Infrastructure and Platforms? | AWS re...Amazon Web Services
The public cloud IaaS and PaaS markets are moving at a tremendous speed, and delivering innovative, differentiated services at rapidly-decreasing costs. Yet many IT organizations nevertheless believe that they would prefer to build a private cloud, or have one custom-built for them. Furthermore, the desires of IT Operations and Application Development often clash. Buyers must not only choose a solution that meets their current needs, but figure out how to meet their future needs, too. We'll discuss how to determine a strategy and source the capabilities you need.
Incorporating artificial intelligence into your business systems and processes is a journey unlike any other digital technology implementation. Here is a five-step process for navigating it successfully.
IDC Keynote: The Seven Transformations IT Solution Providers Must ConfrontIngram Micro Cloud
The Third Platform of Computing (Cloud, Analytics, Mobile, Social) is making life both interesting and uncomfortable for IT solution providers. Cloud especially is forcing VARs, SIs, MSPs, and ISVs to re-think the way they do business. Join IDC to hear the seven key transformations that tech companies must go through to succeed in the Third Platform
Close the AI Action Gap in Financial ServicesCognizant
Banks and financial institutions are making strides with artificial intelligence -- but they've been slow to scale it. Here are four steps to realize AI's full potential throughout the enterprise.
Organizations today are discovering new realities around the cloud and data center, IT supply chain management, the modern workplace and digital transformation. For the 2019 Insight Intelligent Technnology™ Index, we surveyed 400 IT professionals to assess how they’re optimizing technology to unlock these growth opportunities. Explore the key takeaways.
MMRS (Market Mirror Research Solutions)" - a Full Service Market Research company. We are a decade old Market Research firm & insights agency. We act as most reliable research and consulting partner for clients in a highly competitive research industry. We will be happy to assist you in India/ Asia, Middle East, Europe, LATAM and North America.
DARQ power driving value for the Communications Industry accenture
Accenture’s latest research for our Technology Vision 2019, our annual checkpoint on the technology priorities which businesses should start planning for now, offers the first trend as “DARQ power”. This research and our work with the leading CSPs across the globe mean that we firmly believe that distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence (AI), extended reality (XR) and quantum computing will be the next set of new technologies to spark a step change in allowing the reimagination of entire industries. Read more about this trend and the research results for the Communications Industry here: www.accenture.com/telcoblockchain
Netpage is an augmented reality mobile app which provides digital functionality for printed media. The application uses image recognition technology to recognize content on Netpage-enabled printed pages, and then serves up a "digital twin" of the recognized page.
Gartner TOP 10 Strategic Technology Trends 2017Den Reymer
Gartner TOP 10 Strategic Technology Trends_2017
http://denreymer.com
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Machine Learning
Intelligent Apps
Intelligent Things
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Digital Twins
Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers
Conversational Systems
Digital Technology Platforms
Mesh App and Service Architecture
Adaptive Security Architecture
Avoiding the Bimodal Disaster - New Life for Enterprise ArchitectureJason Bloomberg
As enterprises around the world struggle with their digital transformation efforts, many are finding that innovative digital teams are moving much faster than their hidebound IT organizations. Rather than struggling to convince traditional IT to get with the digital program, executives are taking advice from IT research firm Gartner, and encouraging existing IT to continue in their desultory ways.
However, many CIOs are realizing the dangers of following Gartner’s advice. The central challenge with bimodal IT is that it encourages IT management to shift their transformation efforts away from 'slow' IT to 'fast' digital efforts.
Such bimodality is a recipe for disaster, as transformation efforts must be end-to-end. If IT governance remains buried in 'slow' IT, then 'fast' digital risks compliance breaches, security vulnerabilities and worse.
To help bimodal enterprises avoid such a fate, enterprises require professionals with an end-to-end view of the organization -- experts who understand the organizational, technological, information, and process challenges that digital transformation efforts must surmount. Who better than the Enterprise Architects to lead their organizations out of the bimodal quagmire?
Nesta palestra, apresentada durante o Agile Brazil 2016 em Curitiba eu e Raphael Molesim apresentamos e facilitamos a promotoria e defesa de acusões contra a TI Bimodal do Gartner.
#AgileBR #DeVoltaAsOrigens
Data Integration Alternatives: When to use Data Virtualization, ETL, and ESBDenodo
Data integration is paramount, in this presentation you will find three different paradigms: using client-side tools, creating traditional data warehouses and the data virtualization solution - the logical data warehouse, comparing each other and positioning data virtualization as an integral part of any future-proof IT infrastructure.
This presentation is part of the Fast Data Strategy Conference, and you can watch the video here goo.gl/1q94Ka.
App Platforms and Bimodal Strategies Can Help CIOs Fuel Digital InnovationAppian
The technology demands of the modern enterprise are so great that IT departments can have a difficult time keeping up which makes digital innovation in technology and business processes critical.
Read the full blog to learn how a digital transformation platform can help you keep up with the demand for digital innovation: http://ap.pn/2jazcze
Digital Transformation goes beyond your device and cloud strategy. These are mechanisms with which we deliver our digital assets but do not the actual transformation itself.
This discussion focuses on the essentials to actually transform an enterprise when culture and environments will be barriers to speed of success.
Using learnings from the book, Switch, by Chip & Dan Heath, we see how addressing three separate facets of change are truly necessary for genuine Digital Transformation.
This is a basic discussion for all audiences: business, technical, strategic, and tactical. The slide notes (may need to download to see these) contain details in depth.
Speed, agility and reduced time to market are becoming increasingly important for Technology organizations. As more business moves online, existing business models and industries are disrupted and new ones are enabled. Technology organizations are facing the challenge of how to transition to agile ways of working. Transform the existing team? Build a separate digital team? Or do both?
For more information, contact vicki.shillington@northhighland.com or kim.clarke@northhighland.com.
DevOps: A Culture Transformation, More than TechnologyCA Technologies
DevOps is not a new technology or a product. It's an approach or culture of SW development that seeks stability and performance at the same time that it speeds software deliveries to the business. We will discuss this cultural shift where development teams have to accept the feedback of operations teams and the operations team should be ready to accept frequent updates to the SW that it's running.
To learn more about DevOps solutions from CA Technologies, please visit: http://bit.ly/1wbjjqX
The An Introduction to Operational Excellence v9.0 presentation is free-of-charge and includes:
1. MS PowerPoint Presentation including 41 slides covering an Introduction to the 4 Building Blocks of Operational Excellence - Strategy Deployment & Hoshin Planning, Performance Management & Balanced Scorecards, Process Excellence & Lean Six Sigma, and High Performance Work Teams.
CIO Insights from the Global C-suite StudyCasey Lucas
Moving from the back office to the front lines - CIO insights from the Global C-suite Study
CIOs tell us that their place in the organizational pyramid has changed in the past five years. Many of them command more respect and possess more authority than before and they are working more closely with their C-suite colleagues.
The difficult art of quantifying return on digital investmentsBen Gilchriest
Measuring digital investments is proving to be a challenging task. Many companies have tried to create models that demonstrate the value of digital technologies, such as social media, applying traditional metrics to these. However, it's proving to be difficult to find a credible method.
So how do we make the difficult decision on where to invest in digital; especially when we are under so much pressure to do so much more? Whilst we need some sort of mechanism in place to make informed choices, traditional approaches to ROI are falling short. This paper describes these challenges in more detail (you are not alone, even amongst the world's leading digital companies, the 'Digirati', only 56% create a business case). It also describes three approaches you can take to define a digital business case, and provides perspectives on how to best approach digital investment decisions.
Séptima Encuesta Mundial del Coeficiente Digital de las empresasPwC España
La Séptima Encuesta Mundial sobre el Coeficiente Digital en las empresas se ha realizado a partir de entrevistas a casi 2.000 directivos y líderes de IT de empresas de diez sectores en 51 países (entre las que se encuentran 70 compañías españolas). El informe mide el grado de digitalización de las compañías entendido por cómo estas afrontan, valoran e integran las tecnologías digitales en su organización -lo que hemos denominado el coeficiente digital- a partir de diez comportamientos digitales clave.
2015-16 Global Chief Procurement Officer Survey - CPOCapgemini
Capgemini Consulting’s sixth Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) Survey examines Procurement Trends, Compliance Management, Advanced Analytics in Procurement, and the Total Supplier Experience. Since our last CPO Survey, much has changed. During the darkest economic hours, Procurement was called upon in many troubled organizations to stem costs in new and creative ways. For many Procurement executives, there was no longer the need to sell the value of its standard services (cutting costs). Instead, Procurement was being called upon as a partner to drive cost out across the organization, thus elevating Procurement executives into a highly visible role in the organization.
What actions can leaders take to confirm their digital investments deliver and sustain value? The practices and performance of global companies, drawn from the experience of nearly 2,000 business and technology executives.
Manufacturers were hard hit by COVID-19, but our research reveals the next best steps to take, based on the investments digital leaders in the industry have made and plan to make.
How Social and the Cloud Impact Your Governance StrategyChristian Buckley
As organizations look to expand their SharePoint on premises footprint using social, mobile, or cloud based platforms and services, some governance considerations. Presented originally at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach 2013 (#SPSVB)
Digital transformation is fundamentally changing people’s lives and the
ways companies do business. Around the world, we’re working to develop
solutions that give time back, make us safer and healthier, and bring
significant environmental benefits. People around the world are working
hard to create a future where we’re never delayed during air travel due to
mechanical issues. Where smart buildings have ambient intelligence that
allows meeting rooms to adjust to your preferences. They’re envisioning a
world where automobile accidents are almost nonexistent, and your car
becomes a living room or office on wheels. And a world where medical
treatment is personalized based on your DNA, dramatically improving your
health and quality of life. This is what Microsoft calls the digital difference.
We asked Harvard Business Review Analytic Services to help us look at the pace of innovation
and how prepared business leaders are for this change. We also wanted to know what projects
mattered most and what industries were most receptive to and ready for change.
We were surprised by the strategy gap and encouraged by the optimism. Business leaders know
their industries are ripe for transformation, and in most cases are eager to bring the benefits of
technology to their businesses.
At Microsoft, we aim to partner with business leaders to find the digital difference they can make.
Partnering with companies of all sizes, we recognize that one big idea isn’t enough anymore.
Decades ago an innovative shoe design, a beautiful device, or smartly designed software could
lead a company to achieve market dominance for a long time. But now micro revolutions occur
every 12-18 months, so companies must be in a continual state of transformation.
We are moving into a time when rapid innovation and speed to market are more critical than ever.
This makes the partnership between humans and machines critical—when we combine people’s
ideas and creativity with advanced technology, we get digital leadership.
A business leader interviewed for the study said we need to transform “the engine of the
company.” To do this, leaders need to bring in tech and cultural changes that empower their
employees, engage customers in new ways, optimize operations, and transform products.
Rebuilding an organization around these areas creates a fully digital company that can change
ahead of its customers and competition.
Gartner Symposium 2014 - Executive Summary Report Paul Woudstra
The world’s most important gathering of CIOs and senior IT executives, Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, had unprecedented demand this year and was one of most talked about and exciting conferences in its history. This conference is committed to guiding attendees on a
journey toward achieving success in the digital world.
This Executive Summary Report focuses on event highlights and t he three major crosscutting
themes that helped shape the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014 CIO Program agenda. Together, they offered attendees a clear path to digital empowerment and new ideas to help them lead and grow within their organizations.
Jobs are being disrupted more and more. What is the future for jobs? How do we prepare and move into this brave new world. Should we be pessimistic or optimistic?
CIO's implanting digital transformation strategies are facing increasing challenges on how to migrate security integrated hybrid technologies. Find out here the future of Future Networks today
AI driven automation will create wealth and expand economies. Find out the views of the Executive Office of the US President in this AI Government led initiative.
Why is this new wave of Artificial Intelligence different today? What kind of applications can AI be used for? If you are interested in AI, then you need to read this report.
Deloitte's report and point of view on IBM's Watson. IBM Watson, AI, Cognitive Computing are rapidly evolving technologies that can support and enhance enterprise solutions. Learn about IBM Watson the Why? and the How?
Great Bigdata eBook giving a perspective of Bigdata Analytics Predictions for 2016. Learn about the milestones, landmarks and futures of this fast growing arena.
The Inclusive Digital Revolution. Equitable growth and wealth creation for all. A new way of thinking often starts a new way for economies, societies and individuals to prosper. A must read for all.
Weiner said he has been impressed with Nadella "since he took over as CEO" in February 2014. "You see what he's been doing with the company, the way in which Microsoft has become increasingly open and agile, innovative, purpose-driven — to do that at a company like Microsoft is amazing."
The Connected world evolves and more elements of our analogue world and being connected to our digital world. WE all need to understand this mega-trend and the drivers for IoT in 2017 and beyond
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💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
How world-class product teams are winning in the AI era by CEO and Founder, P...
CIO Agenda Insights 2016
1. 1 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
Gartner Executive Programs
Building the
Digital Platform:
Insights From the
2016 Gartner CIO
Agenda Report
2. 2 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
About the Gartner CIO Agenda Report
Each year Gartner conducts the world’s largest CIO survey to track how
senior IT leaders around the globe are balancing their strategic business,
technical and management priorities. We then generate the annual
Gartner CIO Agenda Report, which presents survey findings and case
studies, plus expert analysis and insight — enabling CIOs to compare
priorities and actions with global peers, and glimpse what the future
may hold.
This year’s survey includes the views of 2,944 CIOs across 84 countries,
representing approximately $11 trillion in revenue/public-sector budgets
and $250 billion in IT spending.
Here are some key insights from the 2016 report.
3. 1 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
IT in 2016: Harnessing the power of platforms,
as digital deepens
As digitalization moves from an innovative trend to a core competency,
enterprises need to understand and exploit platform effects throughout
all aspects of their businesses. Not doing so will threaten their ability to:
deliver; attract and retain talent; and have their products/services
perceived as value-adding by customers.
The 2016 CIO Agenda Survey data shows that digitalization is intensifying. In the
next five years, CIOs expect digital revenues to grow from 16% to 37%. Similarly,
public-sector CIOs predict a rise from 42% to 77% in digital processes.
The deepening of digital means that lines are becoming increasingly blurred, and
boundaries semiporous — both inside and outside the enterprise — as multiple
networks of stakeholders bring value to each other by exploiting and exploring
platform dynamics.
Digital leadership is a team sport, with CEOs expecting their CIOs to be “first among
equals.” To succeed, CIOs must rethink and retool their approach to all the layers of their
business’s platform, not just the technical one.
4. 2 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
Unlike a traditional fixed system, with a clear inside and outside (suppliers providing
inputs, and internal people/assets/capabilities creating products/services and delivering
them to customers), a platform provides the business with a foundation where
resources can come together — sometimes quickly and temporarily, sometimes in
a relatively fixed way — to create value. Some resources may be inside, permanently
owned by the company; some will be shared; and some can come from outside.
The value comes largely from connecting the resources, and the network effects
between them.
A platform view of a business emphasizes the
value of connections
A systems view of business
Suppliers
Structures
Processes
Assets
People
Products
Company
Customers
Resources and capabilities
Semiporous company boundaries
Dynamic connections to create value
Ecosystem (cloud, crowd, customers,
partners, universities, regulators, etc.)
A platform view of business
5. 3 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
To succeed in this environment, CIOs will need
innovative approaches
CIOs have long recognized the power of platform approaches to information and
technology architecture. What’s different now is that new digital opportunities
and evolving threats, including new commercial and ethical challenges, reveal that
platform dynamics need to penetrate, and are penetrating, all aspects of the business.
With nearly 40% of CIOs reporting that they are the leaders of digital transformation
in their enterprise, and 34% the innovation leaders, CIOs are clearly being given the
opportunity to lead a digital transformation that exploits platform effects specifically in:
Leadership
platform
Talent
platform
Delivery
platform
Technical
platform
Focus of the 2016 CIO survey and report
Business/value
platform
Semiporous boundaries
Managing delivery
Managing talent
Executing effective leadership
6. 4 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
Building out bimodal platforms for delivery of better
digital performance
The survey found that the need to innovate is driving penetration of the bimodal
construct — having two modes of IT, and ultimately of the entire business. Bimodal
captures the platform characteristic of continuously building and refactoring capabilities
for the future, and seems to have captured the global business mood, with leading
companies increasingly separating the more exploratory parts of their businesses from
those that exploit the well-established business (e.g., Google’s Alphabet).
Nearly 40% of CIOs are on the bimodal journey, with the majority of the remainder
planning to follow in the next three years. The evidence shows that building a mature
bimodal platform results in significantly better digital performance.
Furthermore, the data suggests that one of the worst things a CIO can do is to delay
bimodal. Those who are planning to move toward bimodal, but have not taken steps
yet, were at the bottom in terms of digital performance.
3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00
At least 5 features
Crowdsourcing
Different metrics
Work with startups/SMBs
Formal innovation management
Different funding
Have bimodal business now
Agile methodologies
Adaptive sourcing
Bimodal subcultures
Multidisciplinary teams
Mode 2 outside IT
Have bimodal IT now
Will never have bimodal IT
Will have bimodal IT in 3 years
Note: Figure summarizes answers to the question, How effective is your business at factoring
digital considerations into strategy and planning? for CIOs who answered positively to each
bimodal characteristic (1 = very ineffective, 7 = very effective).
Managing delivery
7. 5 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
When it comes to using bimodal disciplines, the survey suggests that many
enterprises are focused on what’s easy rather than what’s most effective.
For example, crowdsourcing was cited as the most effective independent
discipline, but it ranks low on percentage of use.
Though it’s not unreasonable to start with the easier things, in order to gain buy-in
and experience, the key message is not to get stuck there.
Start bimodal with the easy things, but reach for
higher levels
Crowdsourcing
Different metrics
Different fundingFormal
innovation
mgmt
Work with
startups/SMBs
Bimodal subcultures
Adaptive
sourcing
Agile
methodologies
Multidisciplinary
teams
Mode 2 outside IT
0%
*1 = significantly underperforming, 7 = significantly outperforming.
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
5.00
4.75
4.50
4.25
Percentage of CIOs using
Averagedigitalperformance*
Managing delivery
8. 6 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
Talent has now been recognized globally as the single biggest issue standing in the way
of CIOs achieving their objectives.
The biggest talent gaps are around information — big data, analytics, and information
management — followed by business knowledge/acumen. Worryingly, many of these
gaps are the same ones CIOs cited four years ago.
Talent management practices are not keeping up with the ever-increasing and changing
needs of the digital world. CIOs must think about talent as a platform and innovate with
it, leading to a greater focus on strategies such as:
• Recruiting/rotating staff from outside IT
• Working more closely with universities on internships, co-designed courses, etc.
• Crowdsourcing
• Considering customers, citizens, vendors and partners as extensions (and digital
accelerators) of the talent platform
Still the biggest barrier to CIO success: Talent issues
Barrier to success as CIO
Skills/resources
Funding/budgets
Culture/structure of organization
IT-business alignment
Technology challenges (legacy, security, etc.)
Capacity/willingness to change
Management sponsorship/understanding/relationships
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Percentage of CIOs
22%
15%
12%
11%
9%
8%
8%
Note: Percentages represent the number of CIOs identifying an item as their main barrier.
Managing talent
9. 7 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
As we’ve noted, significant numbers of CIOs are already their enterprise’s digital
leaders or innovation leaders (39% and 34%, respectively). Plus, compared to two
years ago, the majority feel that their power and influence are increasing, and more
believe they are trusted allies and partners of the CEO.
But though most CEOs see their CIO as having the lion’s share of digital leadership
responsibility, they see them sharing it more broadly across the C-level. For CIOs, this
means adapting their leadership style to exploit platform effects, and building a network
of digital leadership inside and outside the enterprise.
CIOs are excited by this opportunity but concerned about cutting through
organizational policies, processes and politics, as well as the sheer volume and
pace of change. But if they don’t free up time (through delegation and prioritization)
and use it to influence and increase enterprise digital savvy, as well as develop
themselves, they will fall under the digital bus.
Stepping up to lead digital transformation
and innovation
2016
23%
19%
Trusted ally
2014
Partnering
50%
45%
Transactional
25%
33%
At risk
1% 3%
Nature of current CIO-CEO relationship
Executing effective leadership
10. 8 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
Digital business is a reality now, pointing the
way to competitive advantage
While the meaning of digital revenues and processes is open to interpretation,
it’s clear that digital business is a reality now and expected to be a very significant
aspect of achieving competitive advantage and differentiation using information
and technology.
Though not every company and government agency is becoming a platform
business in terms of industry dynamics, new digital opportunities and threats mean
that all enterprises need to understand and exploit platform effects throughout their
businesses to remain viable.
For CIOs, “platformizing” their approach to delivery, talent and leadership presents
an enormous opportunity to orchestrate these layers of the business, create value
for their enterprise and become a key digital leader.
11. 9 Insights From the 2016 Gartner CIO Agenda Report
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