Several years ago, each division at Booz Allen Hamilton had its own reporting processes and systems. But executives knew the McLean, Va.-based consulting firm couldn't grow effectively if it had disparate groups doing their own reporting. They also knew they'd have to provide better information to Wall Street traders when Booz Allen went public, which it did in 2010.
The City of Richardson's mission, like that of any government, is to serve its citizens effectively and efficiently.
As companies demand soft skills from their tech team, some IT pros are turning to executive coaches for guidance.
The Museum of Modern Art's CTO, Juan Montes, talks about art, IT and making the world-class museum more participatory.
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Doctors have a communication problem: Studies have found that patients typically remember only 25% to 35% of what they're told by their doctors during office or hospital visits.
The Trust for the Americas was witnessing a problem of nearly epidemic proportions: Some 80% to 90% of the 50 million people with disabilities in Latin America were unemployed due to widespread discrimination and limited access to rehabilitation, education and training tailored to their needs. As a result, many disabled individuals were living in poverty.
Modern medicine can cure malaria in almost all cases.
Like many countries, Norway is facing a growing senior population. As a result, the country is also expecting dramatic increases in the amount of money it will need to spend in order to care for its older citizens. In fact, Norway expects the number of retirees to double by 2050, when that group will account for 40% of its population.
Millions of people around the world don't have access to basic health services, and millions more are at risk because of inefficient healthcare systems or inconsistent quality of care.
The massive March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan impacted people and businesses throughout the country, including global company Fujitsu Ltd.
The National Resource Conservation Service was faced with some staggering figures: more than 100 scientific modeling tools deployed to each and every one of its 12,500 planners, who were spread out in more than 2,000 offices.
Any study of the IT labor market is likely to find that project managers and business analysts are in demand, but what about cloud transformation officers?
In April 2010, when Wayne Shurts stepped into the role of executive vice president and CIO at SuperValu, a U.S. grocery retailer and distributor whose brands include the Albertsons and Shaw's/Star Market chains, he brought skills he had honed as an IT executive at Cadbury, as well as two decades of experience in finance, marketing and sales at Nabisco. Shurts, who has an MBA in marketing from Seton Hall University, also spent several years as head of his own consulting firm, which specialized in transformational technology strategies. He's now working to help the IT department at SuperValu better support the company's overall business.