Gulf Air shunned the expensive solutions of the big vendors jumping on the Big Data bandwagon, and became the first Middle East organisation to implement the technology by embracing open-source software with an in-house team.
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Only 1% of global CIOs have deployed blockchain technology: study
Only one percent of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organisations, according to Gartner's 2018 CIO Survey. The study also found that only eight percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation with blockchain.0 2832
CIOs in privileged position to become the CEO
BT Global Services CEO Luis Alvarez said that CIOs are in a privileged position to become chief executives because of the opportunity that comes from “understanding the technology and understanding the business processes”.
CIOs outline chief concerns of cloud computing
Over three-quarters of CIOs (79 percent) are concerned about “hidden costs” associated with cloud computing.
Building for the future
CNME racked up the air miles last month following its inaugural data centre roadshow, Data Centre Build, which saw it …
In-memory of disk storage
CIOs’ ears perked up a couple of months ago when Gartner declared that in-memory computing (IMC) is racing towards mainstream adoption, and that CIOs must reskill their teams if they want to fully exploit it.
Not what the doctor ordered
Though he derives his inspiration from his family with 11 doctors so far, medicine wasn’t on Thameem Rizvon’s prescription. The …
Most CIOs admit their firms don’t value them
Less than a third of businesses think IT contributes to strategic business objectives, admit CIOs.
Prism doesn’t have CIOs in a panic, yet
By Chris Kanaracus IDG News Service (Boston Bureau) Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency’s Prism surveillance program have much of …
5 BYOD pitfalls and how you can avoid them
By Tom Kaneshige CIO (US) Are you blacklisting rogue or time-wasting apps? Are you tracking voice, data and roaming usage? …
Forrester CEO George Colony touts CIO-CMO collaboration
Forrester founder and CEO George Colony has touted the shift from IT to business technology and urged CIOs to get …