Stories by Edited by Divina Paredes

Rohan Light writes about the challenges of becoming a data-driven organisation.

'We need to broaden the base of the wider analytics community,' writes Rohan Light.

In this increasingly software-dominated world, where do you begin your journey so that your business can compete and remain relevant in the future? Geoff Olliff of ViFX ponders on some steps to take.

It can’t stop every breach, but it can spare people from subjecting selfies to the same security barriers as mobile wallets, writes Dror Nadler of Cellrox.

With the rise of the chief digital officer role, is the CIO job title in need of a revamp? Darryl Wolfaardt of Mettle Consulting writes about the ongoing shift in the executive suite.

The key is to understand personality and its role in performance, writes behavioural strategist Warren Kennaugh, who has worked with exceptional athletes and corporate leaders.
The key is to understand personality and its role in performance, writes behavioural strategist Warren Kennaugh.

Chris Russell of Veeam writes about how CIOs are stepping up to the challenges of customer demand, new technologies, flat budgets and the ‘always on’ enterprise.

With cloud services, the IT team can move out of the ‘engine room’ and take on a more value-added, business related role within the organisation, rather than being a bottle-neck dealing with low-level tasks, writes Lee Thompson of NetSuite.

CIOs who can build this capability into the DNA of their organisations have the opportunity to place IT – and themselves – at the epicentre of the digital business revolution, writes Nikhil Ravishankar of Accenture NZ.

Raymond Yong of Davanti Consulting shares five lessons from successful mobile implementations.

Most sectors in New Zealand need to go through a period of business and digital transformation to help them plan and execute their move to as-a-service and cloud models, writes Matt Smith of Certus.

For Uber, the object of disruption was the taxi industry. Enter your business niche here and be worried, writes Paul Armstrong.

Everyone’s got them so why not use them to your advantage? Keren Phillips of recruitment firm Weirdly shares pointers.

IT plays a role in keeping an organisation competitive, writes Alan Stone, senior IT director for Microsoft Asia.

A heads up on the four technology trends that CIOs have to prepare for.