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Wendy's outsourcing IT, expects up to $15M restructuring costs
The chain anticipates up to $9 million in severance and related employee costs.
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Dive Awards
The CIO Dive Awards for 2019
From cloud contenders to technology stalwarts, these are the companies and executives shaping business transformation as digital disruption circles industry.
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AWS decries Microsoft's JEDI cloud contract award with bid protest calling out Trump
A bid protest was expected with a contract this size, particularly with the contentious language and lawsuits leading up to the decision.
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Dive Awards
Company of the Year: Google Cloud
Google Cloud's newly appointed leadership pushed it to become a general purpose platform accessible to enterprise customers, not merely an innovative, "Googly" technology stack.
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McKesson names CIO, CTO as biopharma plays catch up on tech
Digital transformation is forcing tech leaders into more privileged positions. Biopharma struggles to pair heads of technology — either CDO or CIO — with the science and research arms of executive committees.
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Dive Awards
CISO of the Year: Andy Powell, Maersk
Powell rapidly grew Maersk's cybersecurity organization, reestablishing resilience for a legacy company.
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State Street taps 'business leader, tech visionary' as new CIO
Brian Franz brings consumer and business-facing experience to the financial services company, which recently wrapped up a multi-year digital transformation process.
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Dive Awards
CIO of the Year: Barry Libenson, Experian
Under Libenson's guidance, Experian put in motion a cloud strategy centered on flexibility and the ability to operate in any cloud.
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How a Walmart candle outlines the case for a federal privacy law
Industry sits in a data privacy law purgatory, with fears of a patchwork of state laws complicating regulation, compliance and consumer satisfaction.
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OpinionTackling digital transformation proactively — before a crisis hits
Digital transformation tends to take place reactively, whether it's in response to losing a customer as new competition arises or as a way to manage issues.
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CyrusOne hit by REvil ransomware, impacting 6 managed service customers
REvil is connected to the ransomware attacks on more than 23 Texas municipalities and 400 U.S. dentist offices.
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Best Western puts customer experience at the center of AWS migration
By moving the reservations system to the cloud, Best Western hopes to improve its system availability.
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NFL, AWS to use player digital twins to model scenarios and combat injury
Digital twins are also cropping up in the back office, where companies can use the technology to map the enterprise technology stack, visualizing the network and other moving parts of the business.
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HackerOne's breach highlights security business partner risk
No malicious intent or activity was found and copies of the data were deleted after a HackerOne community member disclosed a vulnerability.
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OpinionDiversity in technology decision-making and design: Creating the future we want
AI is not designed to produce biased results. But it is developed based on data biases built into the methodology and the data, exacerbating problems it was designed to address.
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BB&T sues tech vendor Hitachi Vantara over 2018 outage
The bank estimates the outage cost about $20 million in lower deposit service charges and higher expenses. BB&T is seeking $75,000 in damages, but a jury could increase that amount.
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Goldman Sachs gives AWS the financial services nod of approval
Though Goldman Sachs works with a few cloud providers, CEO David Solomon credits AWS as the first because of its capabilities and pace of innovation.
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What isn't 'as a Service' in enterprise technology?
In enterprise, adoption of service-based tools is the norm. Lagging adoption means competitive disadvantages, decision-makers say.
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58% of companies fail to meet GDPR's data request deadlines
By comparison, 70% of companies last year didn't meet requests on time, according to Talend.
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Tech talent skips coastal hubs for Austin, Texas
With a growing reputation as a tech hub, technology adds $141.8 billion to Texas' economy annually.
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AWS books Best Western as cloud customer for automation, personalization
By the end of 2020, the hotel chain will migrate its business application stack supporting 4,700 properties to AWS.
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Tips for navigating an outage during peak season
Retailers say they're prepared for capacity, but at least one-quarter don't have a real-time recovery plan.
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From IoT to AI, tech's role grows in farming
Farms generate half a million data points per day and technology firms are stepping in to help farmers capitalize on it.
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Enterprise neglect leaves Black Friday cybersecurity responsibility to customers
Cybercriminals feed on shoppers with weak personal cyber hygiene. Have companies done enough to protect customers?
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AT&T and Microsoft give 5G an edge
The service launch means Microsoft assures the allegiance of a key player in the 5G space, as demand for edge computing is projected to rise.
