Mobile apps that deliver hefty ROI

Computerworld This Week October 19, 2015 INSIDER Mobile apps that deliver hefty ROI These organizations are putting their mobile apps to the test, driving real ROI with lower costs and new revenue. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Mike Elgan: Why your gadgets sound so good 2. Ideas are better than ideology 3. Veteran CIO values personal connections 4. INSIDER IDG Contributor Network: The 5 critical pillars of innovation management capability 5. Video: The secret to first-rate mobile apps for customers? Iterate, iterate, iterate 6. Sachin Kamdar: Why do websites take so long to load? 7. Robert C. Covington: The dreaded risk assessment 8. INSIDER Thornton May: Analytics and the state of knowing 9. The cloud changes IT culture, demands new tech skills 10. Deep dive review: The iPhone 6S Plus delivers the goods 11. Hands on: Getting to know the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P 12. Evan Schuman: FBI EMV gaffe is the latest setback for payments security 13. Alex Burinskiy: Is Skype the final frontier? 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READ MORE Veteran CIO values personal connections After transitioning from a long tenure at GE to the CIO position at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Martha Poulter's first move was to go on a 'listening tour' to get feedback from users and learn the business. READ MORE INSIDER IDG Contributor Network: The 5 critical pillars of innovation management capability Every three to five years the map of the world in terms of innovation is redrawn as organizations change strategic direction, bring in new leaders and/or respond to market threats and opportunities. Here are five critical pillars of innovation management capability that need to be a part of any large-scale initiative. READ MORE Video: The secret to first-rate mobile apps for customers? Iterate, iterate, iterate How four organizations tapped into fast-moving advances in mobile technology to crank up the functionality of their existing customer offerings. READ MORE Sachin Kamdar: Why do websites take so long to load? IDG Contributor Network: A Web page might be slow to load because it is graphics-heavy or bogged down with animation, auto-loading videos, or other bells and whistles. Ads can also slow down load time considerably. Or it might be a hidden issue causing delays: the JavaScript code might be outdated, unnecessarily bulky, or even gaming the analytics. READ MORE Resource compliments of: House ads Accepting Nominations: Computerworld Digital Edge 25 Awards CIO magazine, The CIO Executive Council and Computerworld will honor The Digital Edge 25 award winners at the 2016 AGENDA Conference, March 21-23, 2016 in Florida. All finalists and winners will receive a free pass to attend the full conference program. Submit your entry for this prestigious award and showcase your innovation. Robert C. Covington: The dreaded risk assessment IDG Contributor Network: A risk assessment -- the process of identifying, ranking and deciding how to mitigate organizational risks -- is now a requirement in many major regulations. Having to perform such an assessment can strike fear in even the most confident manager. It can, however, be done with minimal angst, and can be of major benefit to organizations of... READ MORE INSIDER Thornton May: Analytics and the state of knowing Abetted by technology, our capacity to know is far outstripping what we actually know. (Insider; registration required) READ MORE The cloud changes IT culture, demands new tech skills At The Weather Company, all 400 IT staffers had a job or skills change because of cloud computing -- every single one of them. READ MORE Deep dive review: The iPhone 6S Plus delivers the goods The iPhone 6S may look like last year's, but it offers top-notch performance, better cameras and the arrival of 3D Touch -- all excellent reasons to upgrade. READ MORE Hands on: Getting to know the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Google's new Nexus phones are here -- and they make quite the first impression. READ MORE Evan Schuman: FBI EMV gaffe is the latest setback for payments security IDG Contributor Network: It's bad enough when the FBI announces to the world that you're not secure enough. It's even worse when it then reluctantly takes it back — that second bout of publicity will be even bigger than the first, after all. Such is the current plight for EMV. READ MORE Alex Burinskiy: Is Skype the final frontier? The Skype Translator software made available earlier this year is looking more and more like the universal translator on Star Trek starships. Welcome to the future. READ MORE White Paper: Open Text Transactional Data: Are You Ready for Customer Demands? An IDG Research survey reveals that customers want access to their transactional data from any device, any time. Letting customers access and interact with their transactional data from any device is complex. Here are some insights for IT leaders who are ready to create a strategy. Learn More Peruse our library of free digital magazines! Choose from a collection of smartly designed digital magazines, which include our most popular departments -- News Analysis, Features, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. These digital magazines also feature Computerworld signature packages, including our IT Careers 2015 Special Report, with the latest on hot skills and hiring trends, and our Forecast 2015 report, with unique insights into the IT budgets, project priorities and staffing strategies of top IT leaders. 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