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• The CIO’s critical balancing act in the next five years

  CIOs have to make many hard choices as their organisations navigate geopolitics, economic shifts, and the ascendance of digital giants

• Three CEO concerns that CIOs must address

  Ensure you understand and address these issues in your strategic planning over the next 12 to 18 months, advises Kristian Steenstrup of Gartner

• New Airbus CEO charts modernisation path under leaner management

  'We will utilise new digital technologies to optimise our industrial system,' says new CEO Guillaume Faury

• Culture and digital transformation: ‘For most people, it feels like they have just been dropped inside the twilight zone’

  ‘For most people, it feels like they have just been dropped inside the twilight zone,’ says NZQA CIO Lukasz Zawilski

• The CIO’s 5-year strategy: Reinvent IT top to bottom

  IDC FutureScape reveals top 10 trends that will impact IT organisations

• In pictures: 'Digital now, digital savvy' breakfast forum in Wellington

  Technology and digital leaders share ‘real-world’ stories of how organisations - already on the digital transformation path - can continue to realign IT to engage, compete and grow. The breakfast forum in Wellington featured presentations by NZQA CIO Lukasz Zawilski on ‘NZQA’s digital transformation: getting the culture right, challenging the norm'; Stats NZ chief digital officer Chris Buxton on ‘what digital first means for today’s business leaders’; and Zoho president Raj Sabhlok on ‘IT in the cloud era’. Vince Warnock, digital marketing manager at Cigna and Wayne Loke, senior manager for strategy, planning and performance at Stats NZ, joined the group for a panel discussion on steps organisations are taking to thrive in the digital era. ​The CIO and Computerworld New Zealand event, in partnership with Zoho, was also held in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne.

• How ShadowTech can lead more women into ICT

  Programme lets secondary students spend the day with female mentors who hold various technology roles.

• Machine learning is the ‘new normal’

  In the future, machine learning will be part of the business model, says Olivier Klein, head of emerging technologies at Amazon Web Services

• How Spark refused to let legacy norms hold back digital transformation

  ...and developed a playbook for success that other organisations can learn from.

• How organisations can scale in the digital era: Gartner

  Gartner analysts share insights on how organisations can scale in the digital era, but warn not everyone can make it through this change.

• There's no such thing as a 'remote' employee

  When everyone is remote at least part of the time, the whole idea of a remote worker is obsolete.

• Thriving in the cloud: Business leaders share lessons learned

  Tales from the frontline on thriving in the cloud era.

• In pictures: CIO100 event in Wellington: Frontline leadership

  The CIO100 event, which presents the results of the annual research on the top ICT using organisations in New Zealand, was held for the first time this year in Wellington. Victor Vae'au of the NZ Defence Force delivered the CIO keynote presentation. Photos by James Henderson.

• Kiwi mobility services provider aims to double business, add personnel

  If growth goes as planned, mobility solutions and services provider Mobile Mentor will look to add around 15 employees to its current work base and double the business year-on-year in the next 12 to 18 months.

• John Holley: Leadership lessons from the frontline

  Back from his stint as planning officer for the UN Mission in South Sudan, John Holley shares how the Army’s approach to strategic planning and operations can apply to the business environment.