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Forrester: 'Blockchain' is out, 'distributed ledger technology' is in
Shifting language can help businesses be realistic about DLT capabilities, but failure to reconcile hype with reality could cause backlash for the technology.
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Tyson Foods' emerging tech team creates a hatchery for innovation
"Tyson might be an incumbent company," said Chad Wahlquist, director of emerging technology, but "that means there's just a breadth of opportunity for digital transformation."
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Gap chooses Microsoft's cloud, as retailers avoid AWS
The retailer wants to use Azure for e-commerce operations, inventory and workforce systems.
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6 tech analysts to follow on Twitter in 2018
Analysts help cut through the business technology hype and boil down the realities.
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Midterms add legislators hawkish on tech
Congress has been grappling with the powers of big tech and the impact of cybersecurity incidents more than ever over the last year.
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Robots and software are improving warehouse ROI
Faced with low unemployment, companies are increasingly investing in automation.
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When it comes to digital strategy, companies can either eat or be eaten
"I'm the first chief digital officer of PwC," Joe Atkinson said. "I may also be the last because if I accomplish what's on my agenda, then we won't have a set of projects to digitize the firm. It will simply be the way we do business."
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Companies struggle to scale automation, but still welcome disruptive tech
There will always be resistance to disruptive technologies; the companies that don't take the initial first steps to prepare for them will be pushed aside.
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Why 'hustle porn' can disrupt company productivity for the wrong reasons
Companies look to Silicon Valley to model how they run tech operations, but ignore the underlying fundamental flaw: the creation of toxic culture.
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3 key factors drive women from tech. What's the fix?
For starters, employers can improve salary transparency.
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IT professionals looking for work can name their price
Companies of all sizes plan to increase their cybersecurity talent, but smaller organizations also want more skills for DevOps, hardware and infrastructure.
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3 cities in 'late-stage' talks to win Amazon HQ2
Reports suggest the winning location could end up in Dallas, New York or Arlington County, Virginia — but Amazon remains tight-lipped.
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Walmart and Microsoft expand partnership to unite engineers, hasten speed
Engineers from both companies will work "side by side" to migrate Walmart’s business apps to Azure.
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Reports: Amazon to split HQ2 between NYC, Northern Virginia
The split reportedly comes with Amazon wanting to make it easier to recruit talent in the technology sector.
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What businesses can learn from election security vulnerabilities
It's inevitable that voting machines will be hacked, according to Absolute's Josh Mayfield. The real question is how widespread it will be and whether a catastrophe can be avoided.
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Johnson & Johnson completes cloud migration with a boost from early adoption and its CIO
Top-down investment paved the way for J&J to prioritize technology transformation, placing it ahead of the adoption curve for then-emerging technologies like hybrid cloud.
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Total Reboot: A game for power-hungry technologists
Think you've got what it takes to lead an IT team? Play our interactive game and find out. And here’s a hint: Choose wisely.
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Look out millennials: Gen Z is coming for the highest-paying tech jobs
Gen Zers have an attraction to tech careers with strong job security, as well as fair and inclusive workplaces.
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Lowe's fills vacant CIO role with retail tech veteran
Seemantini Godbole fills the CIO role after the home improvement company quietly announced its vacancy in its Q2 FY18 earnings call.
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Our 2018 CIOs to watch: 1 year later
The CIOs have been on the job for around a year, and some of their companies are finding it easier than others to embrace technology.
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Gartner's CIO agenda: Unleash digital efforts at scale and measure ROI
The first glimmer of digital technology came in 2014. Now, many businesses have moved from "digital dabbling" to "digital at scale," but laggards persist.
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Intel says it met 'full representation' in its diversity goals, but what does that mean?
The company's announcement points to a wider industry struggle: Most talent pipelines are not structured to encourage the growth of minorities in tech.
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IDC: CIOs who don't empower IT teams to disrupt, scale and innovate 'will fail'
In the next two years, compensation will reflect that with 80% of IT executives' earnings based on IT's contribution to business growth and performance.
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What digital change means for cybersecurity: Rip up the playbook and take risks
Playbooks are good learning tools, but if attackers aren't following the rules, why should anyone else?
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5 stories that highlight 2018 trends in tech salaries
From AI to cybersecurity, technologists will always find a handsome salary.
Leadership & Careers