What are CIOs thinking about in the early days of 2019? Often, the way to peer into the future is to take a look at what the past has to tell you. And so the best guide to 2019 may be to examine the most popular blogs of 2018 on SearchCIO, which are highlighted in the article, “2018's top blogs highlight goals, obstacles to modern CIO strategies.” There’s not room here to cover every one of posts, so I’ll just cover those that are most likely to point the way to 2019.
The SearchCIO article lists the eight most-read blogs for 2018, and digital transformation tops the list, because it was the topic of three of the eight most popular blog posts.
In the post “Enterprise digital transformation: How CIOs can drive business growth,” SearchCIO interviews Stephen Hamrick, vice president of product management at SAP Jam. Hamrick details the way in which digital transformation is helping to elevate the CIO’s role in enterprises, and describes how important it is for CIOs to make sure their technology strategy aligns with the company’s business goals. He says, “More than ever before, CIOs really need to be focused on their processes around aligning with business needs and identifying opportunities where IT systems enhancements can make a significant contribution to a company’s digital transformation needs. That does mean that CIOs really have to understand how their company operates, what the key indicators for success are and how can they use technology.”
Further reading on the intersection of IT and Business:
The post, “Advancing tech, analytics techniques give rise to the 'digital CFO'” covers how digital transformations are creating a new member of the C-suite: the digital CFO. A good deal of the post covers how digital CFOs need to tap into machine learning, automation and advanced data analytics.
The final post about digital transformation, “Digital transformation for banks: One institution's website remake,” covers how Federal Bank Ltd. revamped its website, leading to a 500 percent increase in daily site visits.
The second most popular topic, machine learning and AI, was mentioned in two posts, “Gartner: Machine learning platforms are in demand, market is in flux,” and “AI in the enterprise: A framework for success.” Both posts stress the importance of machine learning and AI to the future of enterprises. The topic was also mentioned in many of the other most popular blog posts as well, even if it wasn’t the main point of them.
.Further reading on new AI trends in business:
The upshot of all this? Expect digital and transformation and machine learning and AI to be top of mind for CIOs in the coming year.
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