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New ways the CIO role is changing offers key insights into changes impacting business itself

Corporate HR groups have long planned — and developed retention strategies — for Generation Z. But what about Business Development teams?

A business strategy built on digital transformation is embraced by many enterprise CIOs, and an entire $1.7 trillion industry has sprung up around the the effort. 

In our current era of food delivery robots and self-driving cars, a different take on robotics and automation is earning the attention of CIOs: robotics process automation (RPA).

A comprehensive data strategy drives corporate efficiency and helps teams make market and customer-driven decisions to reduce expense and generate new revenue streams. What does a successful data strategy look like for 2020?

Logos represent the physical and emotional face of the company. Yet too often, business leaders don’t pay enough attention — or simply don’t have enough understanding — of how logos are perceived by the public and other stakeholders.

Every business struggles with legacy software. As business needs change, these legacy platforms often fail to keep pace. Then, as the systems age, developers trade short-term fixes to keep the lights on. Over time, this cost-cutting takes a toll on the platform’s effectiveness. That’s technical debt.

As companies continue to experience a fundamental shift in the way technology affects business, the spotlight remains on CIOs to guide their organizations toward the right objectives.

The channels that business leaders use to communicate have never been greater: emails, speeches, pitches, video, social media, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, even traditional PR. Because of their multiple formats, becoming good at business communication can seem much more difficult than it needs to be.

For 2020 business data security, CIOs will feel increasing pressures as cybercriminals threaten not only data, but also the very infrastructures that they rely upon.