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Legacy companies missing automation leader for shift in business models
The addition of another C-suite role, or a CAO-equivalent role, is designed to take the burden of automation off the CIO or CTO.
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Amazon Web Services continues cloud curriculum expansion
The news of a K-12 and higher ed partnership in the San Francisco Bay Area comes as more colleges are developing curriculum with the tech giant.
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To keep up with blockchain, colleges look across disciplines
As fintech expands, institutions are adding classes in cryptocurrency and digital ledgers to equip students with practical skills.
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Yum Brands taps Walmart CIO for global digital, tech strategy
Clay Johnson is Walmart's second major technology head to depart in 2019 CTO Jeremy King left for Pinterest in March. Both are credited with laying the foundation for Walmart's digital transformation.
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Oracle, Microsoft play nice on the collaboration front
Integrating Oracle Digital Assistant and Microsoft Teams will help customers handle workloads that move across Microsoft 365 and Oracle Cloud.
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Email drains 5 hours of worker's time every day, Adobe finds
Workers spend more than three hours a day on work email, and another two hours on personal email.
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Skepticism slows cloud and SaaS adoption
CISOs perceive on-premise solutions as the safer option. Relinquishing control to SaaS vendors amplifies a sense of paranoia.
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Target tackles identity and access management with zero trust
When designing an identity ecosystem, companies need to define access by a "need to know" classification reinforced by zero trust, said Jing Zhang-Lee, principal security architect and engineer at Target.
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At half of businesses, public cloud data use expected to rise next year
Industry has yet to realize the promise of cloud computing, according to a survey from Harvard Business Review and Cloudera.
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Blockchain adoption will remain elusive for financial services industry until 2022, Gartner says
Immature, fragmented standards will prevent blockchain from fully entering the financial services realm in the near term.
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10 lessons Fannie Mae learned redesigning its security network
The lending company experienced minor hiccups while building out micro-segmentation.
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What tech execs need to know about the ERP market
Selecting the right ERP for a business is a task that takes time, resources and a gut check for a company about "what makes them unique."
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Microsoft and Disney, to the cloud and beyond
Part of a five-year deal, the companies will use Walt Disney’s tech hub, StudioLAB, to help create cloud-based offerings "from scene to screen."
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Internet treated casually, but it's 'live-fire combat,' experts say
Nation state actors attract the attention and get the blame, but cyberattacks are more likely executed by run-of-the-mill cybercriminals.
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Goldman Sachs brings on co-CIO, CTO
The executives are joining a firm heavily investing in technology. This year, the bank plans to devote nearly half of its $4 billion engineering budget on tech investments.
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Procurement was a 'pain in the neck.' Now its leaders help alleviate the pressure point
Procurement is in a strategic role to find the best price while identifying vendors and suppliers — often with an assist from AI and ML.
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Breach isn't pulling Capital One off its cloud course
Executives continue to cite the "all-in" mantra after the bank saw millions of customers' data exposed this year.
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Technology concerns creeping onto the CEO's desk
Technology is taking an outsized role in shaking up business operations, representing more than 10% of the national economy.
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McDonald's drives further into tech with AI acquisition
The chain will also form a global technology team, McD Tech Labs, to further support its future innovations.
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Amazon, Walmart among CEOs calling for a federal privacy law
The members of the Business Roundtable issued a framework designed to avoid overlapping standards by calling on comprehensive rules that apply across industries.
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Universe shifts, millennials now ask Gen Z for tech help
Gen Z exudes technology confidence in the workplace — even to a fault.
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It's early days, but AI will define industry 'winners and losers,' KPMG says
Companies expect to increase AI investments related to talent and technology 50-100% in the next three years.
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First remote cyberattack on US grid found, regulator says
A March cyberattack resulted in a denial of service condition at a "low-impact" control center and multiple remote generation sites, according to newly released analysis.
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Deep DiveTech giants and 2-year colleges are teaming up to teach in-demand skills
Amazon, Facebook and Google are among the companies helping institutions craft curriculum, but some worry such programs can be limiting.
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Texas officials 'unaware' of any ransom payments after widespread attack
More than half of the 23 organizations impacted are "back to operations as usual" after the August attack, according to the Texas Department of Information Resources.
UPDATED: Sept. 9, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.
