Talking about innovation is easy. The real challenge is managing and supporting innovation in a modern corporate environment.
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Last week I was chatting with Tim Stanley, SVP of Cloud Strategy and CXO Advisors at Salesforce.com. Since Salesforce.com is probably one of the most innovative companies in the world, the conversation naturally turned to innovation. Before joining Salesforce.com, Tim was CIO and SVP of Innovation, Gaming, Technology at Harrah’s Entertainment, another highly [...]
My research into the state of cloud evolution has uncovered a wide range of opinions and perspectives. There is a general sense of agreement, however, that the cloud computing is far from mature. It is emerging technology, and its future is unclear. The fact that we can’t foretell the future of the cloud [...]
I studied numerous surveys, reports and white papers over the course of writing my book. One really stood out from the pack, and I want to share its findings with you. Published in June 2011 by Avanade, its title is “Global Survey: Has Cloud Computing Matured?” and the content is based on a [...]
Bert Odinet is the Global CIO at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold. A Fortune 500 company, Freeport has operations in the North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Freeport is the world’s largest publicly traded producer of copper and molybdenum. And it’s the single largest taxpayer in Indonesia, where it owns the world’s [...]
The cloud raises many significant technology questions. But for the modern transformational CIO, here is one question that trumps them all: Would you prefer spending your time leading the IT organization and helping the company grow, or tending an unruly tangle of legacy systems? [...] While we were collecting data for our new book, “On Top of the Cloud,” we asked several of our sources to list the due diligence questions every CIO should ask before moving an IT service into the cloud. The responses we received from Trae Chancellor were truly exceptional, and I wanted to share them with [...]
When Clifton (Clif) Triplett confronts a complex IT challenge, he often reflects on his 10-year career as a U.S. Army officer. “Saying ‘no’ was not an option,” says Clif. “We were expected to build systems that could survive being blown up or infiltrated.” [...] |
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