The Gartner Emergence Cycle is an “early signal” research aimed to provide product leaders a view of early-stage technology innovations, many of which are still in research and development. This complimentary webinar reviews a number of AI-enabled early stage technology and trend profiles. We look at the technology’s or trend’s impact potential, estimate its potential growth, and propose recommended actions for product...

New business models, new channels, new customers, new tools … same old metrics. Most finance teams have not updated their metrics in years, but a new era of business demands a new set of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics. This complimentary webinar will show finance leaders how to use drivers maps to modernize your KPI set for the digital age. Discussion Topics: Gain insight into the new digital business environment Understa...

You get to design your personal brand, but those around you get to define it. Do your peers and stakeholders see you as a value builder and a strategic ally, or something far less strategic? Without an intentional plan and approach, you may never know and can only guess. Digital transformation gives CIOs a unique opportunity to assert themselves as a business strategist and value creator. Yet, CIOs must first establish a personal brand that th...

The success or failure of raising capital largely depends on getting buy-in from stakeholders and board members. Stakeholders sometimes fail to support the fundraising because of conflicting scenarios involving motivation, desires, dilution or plan. Tech CEOs who engage stakeholders early in the fundraising process will establish an approach that optimizes shareholder value and gets stakeholder support. This complimentary webinar will help tec...

User experience, a critical component for customers, matters more than ever. Yet, many software providers continue to prioritize investments in features that appeal to buying teams over experiences that appeal to users, focusing on where they perceive the power. Trends like SaaS, product-led growth and the democratization of IT distribute power broadly and drive continuous software evaluation and decision cycles. Vendors that miss this shift i...

As CEOs, CFOs and Boards of Directors accelerate and focus investment on digital initiatives, CIOs charged with executing these initiatives find it difficult to secure the funding they need. It is hence imperative for CIOs to look beyond traditional funding models to match investment with opportunity and achieve their longer-term capabilities. This complimentary webinar looks at the funding models CIOs can utilize to drive digital acceleration...

Digital transformation gives CIOs a unique opportunity to assert greater influence over business strategies and create new value. Exploiting this opportunity demands a new approach to building relationships and cooperating with your business stakeholders. Rather than reacting to business needs, strategic partners share a vision for how to move forward to achieve shared goals. In this first of a special three-part webinar series, Gartner expert...

Enterprises face increasing pressure from internal and external stakeholders to pursue sustainable business practices, and global CIOs can take a lead role in addressing this demand. Digital sustainability uses information and technology (I&T) to enable ESG transparency, automation, accuracy and traceability. Sustainable technology is a framework to improve ESG. CIOs should lead digital sustainability (IT), amplify sustainable technology (...

Data and analytics is a strategic business function that fuels digital acceleration. Yet, most organizations do not have a systematic way to assess, articulate and optimize data-and-analytics value. Chief data officers (CDOs), CIOs and data and analytics leaders across the organization can use the Gartner Data & Analytics Value Management Framework to identify, prioritize and select D&A portfolios that optimize business impact and alig...

Governments face increasing pressure from internal and external stakeholders to both encourage and follow sustainable business practices, and CIOs can take a lead role in addressing this demand. Constituents and employees alike seek to minimize any potential negative impact on the environment. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are a way to measure sustainable business progress. Sustainable technology is a framework to impr...