The hard work of multicloud management; plus, four components of a digital transformation strategy

IT Strategy Digest Content from TechTarget's global network for CIOs and IT Leaders |July 5, 2017 FEATURE Multicloud environments are everywhere, but managing them is just beginning Jason Sparapani, Features Writer Organizations have steeped themselves in all sorts of cloud services -- whether public or private infrastructure or cloud software. Now comes the hard part. (SearchCIO.com) Advertisement NEWS   Run a hackathon event that pays off -- and draws women IBM Watson Health's chief scientist Shahram Ebadollahi explains how a hackathon event can pay dividends for a company, provided it's run right. (SearchCIO.com)   Howard Dresner aims to separate BI myth from reality BI is not dead, says Howard Dresner -- but machine learning? It's definitely overhyped. He explains why and talks about his upcoming Real BI Conference in this SearchCIO podcast. (SearchCIO.com)   Digital transformation strategy: Four questions for the C-level MIT Sloan's Jeanne Ross, speaking to an audience of CIOs, cited vision, action and architecture among the key components of a digital transformation initiative. (SearchCIO.com)   Cognitive tech's low-hanging fruit yields best results In this SearchCIO video, MIT's Tom Davenport encourages CIOs to take an incremental approach when rolling out cognitive or artificial intelligence technologies. (SearchCIO.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Topcoder investing in AI, capitalizing on cloud In this SearchCIO video, Topcoder CEO Mike Morris discusses how the company is investing in AI. Plus, he talks platform as a service and innovation strategy. (SearchCIO.com)   CIO extols importance of incubation team in company innovation In this SearchCIO video interview, Matt Griffiths, vice president and CIO at Stanley Black & Decker Industrial, discusses the need for an incubation team to help drive innovation. (SearchCIO.com)   Cloud challenges: Planning, process and people Industry experts discuss a range of cloud computing challenges bedeviling IT execs today -- including unrealistic expectations and out-of-sync work culture. (SearchCIO.com)   To defend against today's threat environment, look to human immune system At the recent Cybertech Fairfax conference, Michael Chertoff, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, offered pointers on how to secure organizations. (SearchCIO.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from IT Strategy Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget CIO and IT Management Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.