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• How CIOs can shift to a 'digital first' ERP mindset

  Start by shattering the legacy thinking that surrounds most enterprises' understanding of what ERP is, reports Gartner analyst Jose A. Ruggero

• ‘The best CIOs will be the CEOs of tomorrow’

  They are the CIOs using the ‘Internet of Data’ to get a 360 degree view of the business, says Basil Botoulas of Hitachi Data Systems.

• Inside the modern battleground

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

• Why marketing is the CIO’s number one tool today

  Customer experience is no longer a nice to have, it’s become an imperative, says Nicole Crump of TactixICT. So what does this mean for CIOs and their teams?

• Multi-speed IT needs multi-speed CIOs

  As the leader and advocate of the IT strategy, the CIO has to be the executive who can ensure rapid delivery without breaking the business

• Preparing for the digital economy? Think bi-modal, says Gartner

  ‘The key challenge is to reinvent applications strategies to align with the new digital reality, while supporting the innovation businesses will need to remain competitive.’
  

• Cyber-risk: Put it on the agenda before it becomes the agenda

  “Boards need to take responsibility for cybersecurity to be able to lead in a digital age,” says Simon Arcus of the Institute of Directors.

• CIO Upfront: 'With agile systems, disruption can be a good thing'

  In case you think your industry isn’t in any immediate danger of disruption, consider the huge range of potentially disruptive technologies, many of which are now gaining traction. Before you panic, there are three things your organisation can do to benefit from disruption and not fall victim to it, writes Rob Stummer of IFS.

• What do you do when 900 startups are targeting your service?

  Finance executives talk about how to remain relevant as customers have more choices with mobile money and digital payments
  

• Taking the lead amidst fast paced changes: Pointers from top NZ CIOs

  This year’s CIO100 report notes the heightened impact of speed and security across all industries.So how are New Zealand’s top CIOs leading through these multi-faceted challenges?

• Tower Insurance expands use of gamification for its smartphone app

  New features - allowing users to create leader boards and ‘Auto Trip’ capture – aim to encourage more people to compete for the title of ‘safest driver’, says Mark Savage, general manager customer proposition, Tower.

• The CIO’s bi-modal innovation agenda

  “As you go through the innovation continuum, you need to be able to operate on the right hand side, on the quick fail safe, without impacting mission critical systems on the left,” says Steve Griffin of Unisys.
  

• The challenger’s cloud platform

  When your goal is to disrupt the market, it helps to use disruptive technologies as well, the CIO of Skinny demonstrates.

• P2P currency exchange startups disrupting the finance sector

  New Forrester report says banks and international money firms should be worried - but they can ‘outsmart’ the disruptors.

• In pictures: CIO100 event in Wellington: Frontline leadership

  The CIO100 event, which presents the results of the annual research on the top ICT using organisations in New Zealand, was held for the first time this year in Wellington. Victor Vae'au of the NZ Defence Force delivered the CIO keynote presentation. Photos by James Henderson.