CIOs news stories

“Government and public sector CIOs now need to sustain the momentum of digital acceleration after the initial chaos of the pandemic."

The Next Stop: Net Zero survey, initiated by Publicis Sapient, features a survey of top digital heads at energy suppliers examining whether companies are empowering their senior leaders to make the changes needed to meet targets.

Fortinet has provided the island nation of Niue with a range of cybersecurity solutions in an effort to increase network communications among residents.

Overall spending on tech in Australia is forecast to grow 6.3% to reach A$111 billion in 2022, as analysed in Gartner's latest quarterly IT spending forecast update.

Security needs to keep up with the evolving nature of today's workforce, as hybrid working continues to exacerbate cybersecurity problems for IT leaders.

“Citizens expect results, they are not interested in effort."

Findings reveal that individuals referred to as Progressive CIOs take a specific approach to enterprise finance transformation and behave differently than their peers with regard to mindset, collaboration and technology strategy.

“CIOs have an enormous opportunity to use their position as a digital business leader to support marginalised groups and meet executive commitments with action.”

“Along with other business leaders, CIOS have embraced their enhanced responsibilities and influence as an opportunity to further collaborate and succeed in today’s new digital-first reality.”

Organisations are not prepared for the future IT needs of the business and nearly all are moving to advance their transition to cloud infrastructure.

Two-thirds expect digital investment to increase further in 2021, despite flat IT budgets.

The COVID-19 crisis has put pressure on CIOs to do more with less and make difficult decisions. 

Gartner has identified five areas where artificial intelligence can improve decision making for government and healthcare CIOs during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"Survival will depend on maintaining cash flows and income while continuing to be innovative with technology."

Despite many organisations putting their IT buying on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some organisations are still reviewing their digital needs and progressing with their buying decisions.

Digital transformation has impacted almost every industry, which has led to the role of the CIO increasing in importance."

Research shows that “Fit” enterprises will win when business conditions turn.

“CEOs think it’s time for digital initiatives to show value. They have been investing in digital for many years, and now expect it to ‘grow up’ and start delivering at scale."

“Public sector leaders expect government CIOs to find ways technology can reduce costs, create efficiencies and improve outcomes for citizens and businesses."

Digital transformation, migration to the enterprise cloud and increasing customer demands have tech leaders looking to AI for the answer 

“Technology leaders are more emboldened to drive organisational change: their priorities are shifting as they take a more agile approach to IT strategy."

Tech spend outside IT department creates opportunities, but increases security and consumer trust risks, finds world’s largest tech leadership survey.

“A/NZ CIOs have the chance to step up to become more influential business leaders, but most are not seizing that opportunity to drive change.”

A new SolarWinds study has found that if the current IT workforce is to keep up with the pace of innovation, there will need to be some significant changes.