Stories by Clint Boulton

With the help of cloud software, Merck Animal Health’s Dave Williams is striving for self-service supply chain analytics.

The trucking company is using analytics software to detect potential maintenance issues that could ground its trucks, says CIO Terry Kline. The new IT strategy comes as the company struggles to stem financial losses.

The Bakery chain is piloting iPads, Apple Pay and cloud software in several stores, as part of a digital refresh to bolster the Focus Brands property's fortunes. The systems will funnel data into a data warehouse, ostensibly to generate consumer insights. But the company president says questions loom.

The CISO of Rockwell Automation thinks a cybersecurity co-operative, comprised of top information security engineers from several companies, could serve as a salve to the talent shortage and also offer and an improvement over managed security service providers.

CIOs must revamp IT systems, processes and staff roles, thanks to the rise of automation facilitated by artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things and analytics.

IBM acquired the Weather Company for its capability to analyze and gain insights from a vast array of sensors situated on planes, trains, automobiles and other machines. CIO Bryson Koehler discusses some of the other opportunities the companies might have.

Micron CIO Trevor Schulze, in the midst of an IT department revamp, is harnessing analytics to augment anything from manufacturing operations to product development and engineering.

Jabil CISO John Graham is using cloud security software to protect his customers’ most sensitive intellectual property.

Deutsche Bank, like most banks, is grappling with legacy technology decisions as it tries to evolve to support today’s modern computing requirements for mobile and omnichannel banking.

To make drilling more efficient during a commodities industry downturn, Laredo Petroleum is turning to cloud applications from a Silicon Valley startup to correlate production and operational costs.

CIOs are scrambling to purchase cyber-insurance, but the need may be outpacing a market that continues to evolve in the face of significant cyberattacks.

CIOs are battling a lack of cohesive digital strategies as they drive change in their IT departments. But that shouldn’t stop them from investing in comprehensive business technology portfolios. Forrester explains how.

As Cisco strives to digitize its business, CIO Guillermo Diaz and the rest of the senior management team are aligning IT to achieve business outcomes.

Aaron Levie explains why he is not a big fan of the shadow IT movement his collaboration tech startup helped kick start years ago.

Facing a talent crunch, CIOs are using anything from social media and video conferencing to good old-fashioned networking to scout college recruits, programmers and senior managers.