Managing Technology

What if companies used information systems more broadly — not just to measure profits but also to account for the needs of people and the environment?

Companies seeking to use analytics for predictive decision making commonly make these four errors.

A social business tool is helping U.S. government agencies crowdsource collaboration.

The impulse to collect and store all data on the off chance it might be useful is counterproductive.

The 2014 research report by MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte finds that measurement sophistication is finally taking hold in social business.

Kaiser Permanente is crafting health care’s future with help from its Innovation and Advanced Technology group.

Digital technologies are helping companies finesse trade-offs between complexity’s costs and benefits.

New tech can create new hazards for users — and for companies. Here’s how to limit the risk.

The CIO Council makes the case that greater collaboration among top executives is required if companies are to reap technology’s benefits.

Audi wants customers to “trade up” cars as as easily they upgrade software.

The way health care is billed in the U.S. system is part of the reason costs are so high. WellPoint is looking to analytics to play a strategic role in changing that.

A recent book by Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim advises companies on how to capture the power of big data.

The implications of a chief analytics officer for strategy and for long-term planning.

Will your next big IT project be on time and deliver what was promised? Maybe — but maybe not.

Knowledge networks are helping members of organizations of all sizes collaborate productively.

Renault’s Chief Digital Officer builds a Digital Factory of an unusual sort.

Digital advances create opportunities for companies to redefine nine key areas of their operations.

DBS Bank is remaking itself from a transaction company to an information company using emerging technologies.

Managers have an increasing appetite for analytics, according to a 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review / SAS survey.

Three recent books offer expert perspectives on the increasing power and importance of analytics.