Ericka Chickowski, Author at Digirupt.io

Capgemini Bolsters Digital Transformation Services with $4.1B Acquisition

Ericka ChickowskiJune 24, 2019June 24, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiJune 24, 2019June 24, 201902464

Consulting giant Capgemini seeks to solidify its position as a digital transformation change agent with the $4.1 billion acquisition of engineering and research and development

Workforce Enablement

CFOs Need Finance Transformation to Solve Bigger Problems Than Inefficiency

Ericka ChickowskiJune 24, 2019June 24, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiJune 24, 2019June 24, 201905820

With the finance function today mired in so much manual work, it should come as no surprise that CFOs are focused on making incremental improvements

Delivering Digital

The Rise of Business-Managed IT

Ericka ChickowskiJune 19, 2019June 18, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiJune 19, 2019June 18, 2019010948

Decisions about technology spend are gravitating closer to the business leaders who depend on digital capabilities to drive revenue. And new research out in the

Delivering Digital

Are Chief Digital Officers the Next Crop of CEO Candidates?

Ericka ChickowskiJune 11, 2019June 13, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiJune 11, 2019June 13, 201907628

Today’s digital leaders could well be tomorrow’s CEOs if a new survey out today is any indication. Recruitment firm Egon Zehnder released a new survey

Workforce Enablement

Salesforce Picks Up Tableau in a $15.7B Digital Transformation Play

Ericka ChickowskiJune 10, 2019June 10, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiJune 10, 2019June 10, 201904113

The powers that be with Salesforce are making good on long-running rumors of its interest in data analytics firm Tableau with the announcement today that

Workforce Enablement

DHL Expanding Use of Google Glass for Augmented Reality-Enhanced Warehouse Logistics

Ericka ChickowskiMay 28, 2019May 28, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 28, 2019May 28, 201907811

After several years of pilots and phased rollouts of smart glasses and wearable computing, shipping and supply chain logistics firm DHL Group plans to expand

Daily Disruption

Tyson Foods CTO’s 3 Rules for Enterprise Innovation

Ericka ChickowskiMay 24, 2019May 28, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 24, 2019May 28, 201903716

Since the arrival of Scott Spradley as CTO at Tyson Foods two years ago from his previous post as CIO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, he’s

Infrastructure and Operations

A Glimpse Into Cloud-First Deployment Growth

Ericka ChickowskiMay 23, 2019May 22, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 23, 2019May 22, 2019011853

Long gone are the days where public cloud infrastructure was primarily for application development or test environments. Enterprises today are increasingly turning to the cloud

Daily Disruption

How One Former CFO Prioritizes Digital Investments as a CDO

Ericka ChickowskiMay 22, 2019May 23, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 22, 2019May 23, 201902156

Schneider Electric Chief Digital Officer Herve Coureil has run through the executive trenches in many different capacities. Prior to his appointment as CDO of the

Delivering Digital

Are CISOs Crippling Digital Transformation?

Ericka ChickowskiMay 22, 2019May 21, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 22, 2019May 21, 2019021897

A new report out today shows that traditionally focused CISOs and cybersecurity leaders are significantly more likely to stymie digital transformation efforts vital to the

Daily Disruption

Investing in Innovation Yields Companies Double the Financial Performance

Ericka ChickowskiMay 21, 2019May 21, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 21, 2019May 21, 201901869

A new report out by a Wall Street data guru found that long-term investments in research and development (R&D) yields companies outsized gains—frequently doubling the

Daily Disruption

Time to Rebrand CMO as CXO?

Ericka ChickowskiMay 20, 2019May 21, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 20, 2019May 21, 201902193

The most recent PwC Global Consumer Insights Survey shows that customer experience beats everything when customers choose which companies to do business with. Approximately 65%

Daily Disruption

BP Reaping Billions of Dollars in Digital Transformation ROI

Ericka ChickowskiMay 17, 2019May 21, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 17, 2019May 21, 201903009

Energy giant BP has made huge investments in digital innovation in the last few years, and according to reports out of last week’s Offshore Technology

Daily Disruption

Mastercard API Platform Will Help Glue Together Fintech Ecosystem

Ericka ChickowskiMay 16, 2019May 21, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 16, 2019May 21, 201901783

Mastercard wants to tap into the greater ecosystem of fintech innovators, and it hopes to accelerate that collaboration with a new API-based digital platform. Dubbed

Product Innovation

Digital Transformation Fueling Unquenchable Demand for Software Development

Ericka ChickowskiMay 16, 2019May 16, 2019

by Ericka ChickowskiMay 16, 2019May 16, 201903692

The growth in Agile and DevOps software delivery models has helped enterprises make appreciable gains in software delivery speeds over the last year, according to