2020 was the equivalent of a wedding with a top-shelf open bar. As businesses scrambled to adjust to remote work, digital transformation accelerated at breakneck speed. New software categories emerged overnight. Tech stacks ballooned with all sorts of SaaS apps solving ALL the problems — often with little oversight or long-term integration planning, and yes frequently a lot of duplicated functionality ... But now the music's faded. The lights are on. Everyone from the CIO to the CFO is checking the bill. Welcome to the Great SaaS Hangover ...

Eugene Khvostov, Chief Product Officer at Apptio, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

It never ceases to amaze me when I examine the curricula of specialist courses that there are either no prerequisites, or very minor ones. I feel that that the analogy above makes the case for having general IT knowledge, even for someone who wishes to specialize in an area of IT, such as Cybersecurity or Cloud computing ...

On average, only 48% of digital initiatives enterprise-wide meet or exceed their business outcome targets according to Gartner's annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives ...

The increased importance of technology often means CIOs have an expanded mandate. They need to work to meet the role's operational responsibilities while also creating advantage by driving business outcomes. Tech leaders surveyed selected the following as their organization's top priorities for this year ...