Brian Clendenin

Widely recognized as a powerful speaker intertwining storytelling and expertise, Clendenin writes and speaks on the topics of leadership, cloud, observability, devops, AI, security, mobility, IT strategy, and digital transformation. Invests his time interviewing engaging thought leaders. "We are at one of the most exciting moments in history when it comes to innovation in IT driving innovation in business." (Recommendation: For more insights across a variety of topics from life to leadership, Follow Brian Clendenin on LinkedIn)

Articles by Brian Clendenin

A Gartner Magic Quadrant: Know what to read and where to look

"If a vendor’s 5 best references (out of their entire customer base) state that there are stability and scalability issues, then your risk is...

Why social business initiatives fail

GUEST POST The Canadian Cloud Council's Cloud Matters Conference kicks off with a discussion of the perils of social business initiatives

Dear CIO, communicate the business value of IT

“What is the value of an exercise machine?” – Probably one of my favourite opening questions by Gartner analyst Richard Hunter, vice-president and Gartner...

Create strong client relationships: The daily mindset of great salespeople

Having been in technology sales for many years, I am often asked, by new and seasoned sales professionals alike, about how to create strong...

CIO 3.0: Drive business transformation, master change

“The explosion of digital business requires new organizational models and business processes to manage the burgeoning complexity, and to provide a fluid foundation for...

Mobility allows organizations to realize major operational efficiencies

“The best examples are those that reduce ‘paper and pen’ processes that have been in place for decades that are replaced with real-time data input capabilities,” – Troy Davidson, Cenovus Energy

Gartner ‘cool vendor’ offers simplicity for moving to the cloud

"It’s no secret that cloud content management and collaboration platforms enable unprecedented storage options as well as enabling companies to easily integrate third party...

Goldcorp vice president: ‘Simplify your IT strategy’

“Simplifying IT leads to improved performance at the operational level while at the same time reducing costs and risk” - Luis Canepari, vice president...

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