Catherine Aczel Boivie

While the CES organizers tried to re-create the Las Vegas convention's atmosphere in previous years, I do not think it worked. Here's why.

A keynote speaker at the Grace Hopper conference for women in STEM directly addressed the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual assault from women.

CIO Association of Canada Vancouver Chapter marks 20 year anniversary at Peer Forum in Vancouver    Oh how far we have come in twenty years as CIOs At...

Hint: Money is not always the answer. At two recent conferences I participated in panels addressing the issue of how to retain IT staff. It...

I recently attended an interesting conference in Spain called CIO Move, which gathered a selection of CIOs from countries such as Brazil, Tunisia, Germany,...

When I joined Pacific Blue Cross in 2003 as VP of IT, the CEO and I agreed on two foundational principles: 1. Technology has no value by itself, and 2. Technology management must switch its focus from operational to business enabler.

When I joined Pacific Blue Cross in 2003 as VP of IT, the CEO and I agreed on two foundational principles: 1. Technology has no value by itself, and 2. Technology management must switch its focus from operational to business enabler. These principles may seem self-evident, but the truth is, when there's a flurry of projects, all of them important to some aspect of the business, technology management can all too easily get swept away in putting out fires. This seemed to be what was happening at Pacific Blue Cross when I arrived.

Do you have a good idea of the value of your IT applications, both old and new? Many companies don't, and it's costing them a lot of money. That's why the time is always right to take stock of your applications portfolio.