IDC Reveals Worldwide CIO Agenda 2018 Predictions

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By 2019, 60% of CIOs will complete infrastructure and application re-platforming using cloud, mobile, and DevOps, clearing the deck for accelerated enterprise digital transformatio

As digitally-fueled disruptors continue to roil and reshape businesses and industries, the clear mandate for every enterprise is to reimagine and reconstruct itself to compete in the increasingly digital economy that’s platform powered and ecosystem enabled. To help CIOs and senior IT executives through this period of multiplied innovation, International Data Corporation (IDC) today published IDC FutureScape: Worldwide CIO Agenda 2018 Predictions (Doc #US41789117). These predictions lay out IDC’s vision for the ten most important shifts that will happen in IT organizations over the next 36 months and will guide senior IT executives in the formation of their three-year strategic IT plan.

The Changing Role of IT Leadership: Part 4

Originally published on the IDC Community blog

In the Part 3 of this blog, we focused on the essential area of effectively allocating different skillsets of the IT organization to further your innovation initiatives. Of course, another key focus is how the IT organization operates.

As more organizations work through digital transformation, they are finding that many existing development practices and processes do not necessarily work in this new phase of computing. This is leading many executives to embrace the idea of Agile development and all the trapping that go with that, including the transformation of their workspaces and the interactions of team members. However, the shift to Agile is not without issues: many organizations are finding that legacy systems, long-time employees, and tried and true processes are often at odds with the new ways of Agile.

IDC’s CIO Sentiment Survey results show that 48% of organizations are still focusing on Waterfall approaches when it comes to legacy application development, with Agile only being used for innovation projects.

The Changing Role of IT Leadership: Part 3

Originally published on the IDC Community blog

After identifying the more strategic role the CIO must take on to face digital disruption of the IT organization in Part 2 of this series, there is the question of utilizing the right talent resources to effectively continue the digital transformation journey.

The DX transition requires specialized talent that isn’t always readily available or accessible within the existing workforce, or within the allocation of the existing workforce. For this reason, it is urgent for CIOs to look at their overall priorities and determine how to best allocate their existing workforce, supplement their workforce with outside vendors, and cultivate changes in their culture that will entice a diminishing workforce.