Universities delivering academic and research excellence have strong IT partnerships

Greg Wolf,  CIO at UMass Chan Medical School

Courtesy of UMass Chan Medical School

Academic excellence and student success is viewed as the number one core value that universities must uphold, this according to the latest Connected Student Report 2022. The report also highlights the importance of universities providing career guidance, flexible learning options, better technology and digital enabled IT services. 

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Additional research on the seven trends shaping digital transformation in 2023 highlights the growing importance of CIOs and IT departments in terms of delivering value at the speed of stakeholder needs. Investments in hyper automation, composable architectures that drive innovation agility, adoption of low-code/no-code tools, advocacy and development of for total experience strategies, improved data-driven decision intelligence and cybersecurity defenses are all key priorities. In addition, sustainability will continue to drive IT investments. 

I recently published the 20 IT trends that CIOs must be aware of and plan for in 2023. The trends were based on a survey of 1,000 IT senior leaders and CIOs. The two two trends involved employee and customer experiences becoming increasingly important, and success relying more on technology enabled experiences. Four out of five of CIOs agree that improved customer-facing and employee technologies are critical for their organization to compete. 

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