Preparedness, checklists, leadership buy-in: How to build a rapid IT response

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  Glitchy internet hurts 1 in 5 workers: report

  The purview of IT teams extends into employees' homes, which requires solving for a host of tech issues on a case-by-case basis. 

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  How IT leaders can support a productive hybrid workplace

  Hybrid work can generate employee happiness and efficiency—but only with the right technology.

  IT Strategy

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  1 in 4 security teams report to CIOs, but would benefit from CISO leadership: survey

  Companies get more buy-in for risk assessments and alignment with business goals when cybersecurity reporting centers on the CISO, ISACA found.

  Security

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  Opinion

  3 ways CIOs can support gender inclusivity in technology

  Not only is diversity and inclusion vital to the health and well-being of employees, diverse teams also bring better ideas.

  Leadership

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  Tech executives, employees disconnected on inclusivity wins

  A majority of executives believe their organization provides equitable opportunities. Less than a quarter of tech workers from underrepresented groups agree.

  IT Strategy

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  How to sidestep overspend as hybrid work tests IT

  Organizations will need a progressive approach to outfitting hybrid work tools, a task made easier by the scalability of the cloud.

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  The Water Cooler: 7 executives decide how to pilot projects

  With time, resources and money at stake, technology teams approach pilots strategically to maximize wins.

  IT Strategy

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  What the $27.7B Salesforce, Slack deal means for the enterprise

  The move is set to bring about wide-ranging implications for enterprise software, tying together disparate parts of the organizations through SaaS in the process.

  UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 12:39 p.m.

  IT Strategy

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  Engineers need cybersecurity training, too

  Companies will undergo a shift in cyber culture, eventually combining the data engineers and network security professionals use to search for vulnerabilities.

  Security

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  Communication vendors compete to tackle context switching

  The launch of Zoom Apps demonstrates an attempt to integrate third-party apps within the meetings platform.

  IT Strategy

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  In modernization, security is a barrier and an incentive

  Performance issues, training users on new systems and bandwidth costs represent hurdles to cloud transformation, according to an IBM survey.

  Cloud

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  IT defenses fail to prevent ransomware attacks: report

  While 54% of organizations conduct anti-phishing training, 24% of ransomware attacks used phishing as the point of entry, a Cloudian survey found.

  Security

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  Hybrid cloud delivers 3% revenue growth for IBM

  The provider is betting on its hybrid expertise for differentiation — an area where its acquisition of Red Hat is already bearing fruit.

  Cloud

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  Zoom acquires Five9 in $14.7B customer service tech play

  Following a boom year in adoption and finances, Zoom's largest acquisition to date gives the company an additional tool in its enterprise strategy.

  IT Strategy

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  Deep Dive

  How to navigate the IT tension of hybrid work

  When Northwestern Mutual employees returned to the office, the technology demand centered on reacclimation and reactivation. The long-term challenge is far more fundamental: solving for hybrid parity. 

  IT Strategy

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  How to prepare for a successful CIO transition

  With IT regularly shaping business priorities, organizations rely on technology leadership to stay consistent. Businesses can ensure continuity by preparing for the eventuality of CIO departure.

  Leadership

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  Most US employers with flexible work plans choose hybrid work, Mercer says

  As employers move forward in implementing flexible work options, they may need to experiment on the fly.

  IT Strategy

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  Want to quickly recover from ransomware? Plan ahead

  Security teams need to understand how the business will work when an attacker limits access to its systems.

  Security

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  Tech M&A is skyrocketing, fueling vendor consolidation fears

  The value of tech M&A deals has grown, compensating for a decline in deal volume, according to a report from PwC.

  IT Strategy

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  What tech executives expect from investments in data and analytics

  With $11 million on average to spend on data-driven initiatives, companies want to rely on AI and ML to enhance internal and external processes.

  Big Data

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  Software engineers suffer from technical debt, too

  Technical debt erodes the productivity of a software development team, calling on engineers to repair the quick fixes of the past.

  IT Strategy

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  Opinion

  CIO leadership takes on an even greater strategic role as digitalization accelerates

  Technology leaders are better positioned than ever to drive strategic alignment across their organizations. Here's how to get started.

  IT Strategy

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  Kaseya: What's known (and unknown) about the ransomware attack

  The historic ransomware attack against the remote-monitoring provider leaves a number of outstanding questions. 

  Security

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  The Water Cooler: How 4 executives are approaching hybrid work

  Long-term hybrid work puts pressure on enterprise technology tools. Executives shared their strategies for enabling work no matter the medium.

  IT Strategy

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  As cloud costs climb, is repatriation the answer?

  Cloud is becoming the norm, but enterprises shouldn't assume that it's the best solution long term, even if they've already made the shift.

  Cloud

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  At Chase, IT focuses on the end user

  Technology's business value elevated CIOs to strategic partners, pushing them to take a more customer-centric view of tech implementation.

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