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Walgreens Boots Alliance names CTO as company reckons with pandemic quarterly fallout

About 45% of year-over-year decline in gross profit is attributable to the pandemic and a decrease in prescription fills, according to the company.

2nd coronavirus wave, realities of remote work top executive concerns in Q2 2020

In Q2, executives worried about the financial implications of the pandemic, key context that reshaped their thinking on digital transformation and hiring remotely.

Are businesses covered if their service provider is hit by ransomware?

The fallout of supply chain-style ransomware attacks are twofold — data encryption and data exfiltration — cyber insurance has to reckon with both. 

Zoom's hardware push makes it an at-home fixture

As companies are adjusting their IT spend in real time, all cloud-based communication platforms-turned-hardware solutions have to prove their value during a recession.

Shifts in customer, employee behavior driving automation budget growth

As users demand efficiency from businesses, a quarter of executives plan to boost automation budgets by at least 10%, according to a study.

How to hang on to AI's advantage

As AI advances its mainstream enterprise presence, leaders must look into cloud-based AI and modernized data structure to retain competitiveness.

Why anti-phishing exercises could 'alienate' employees in crisis

Between maintaining business continuity and preserving employee well-being, CISOs had to decide if a pandemic was an appropriate time to test employee cybersecurity awareness.

Whiteboard tests eliminate qualified applicants, research suggests

Technical interviews are more fit to assess a candidate's performance anxiety levels rather than their coding chops, new research from North Carolina State University and Microsoft finds.

HSBC names AWS a cloud provider amid broad cost cuts

The financial services company is investing in technology as it rationalizes its portfolio, including plans to cut 35,000 jobs. Last year, the company outlined plans to invest up to $17 billion in a five-year period. 

26% of transformation budgets grew 'dramatically' as pandemic speeds up digital

Pushed forward by disruption, business leaders cast aside the traditional hurdles that stifled innovation, according to a study from Twilio.

Employers should use the pandemic to 'hit reset' on traditional schedules, Adecco says

Workers are interested in hybrid telework models and "results-driven" scheduling, the study shows.

Liberty Mutual centralizes technology, leans on serverless for engineering excellence

With lofty cloud adoption plans, organizations have to rethink how they administer technology and promote an environment of engineering excellence. 

CCPA critics warn innovation could lose under the law. What's at stake?

Proponents say proper preparation allows compliance and growth to coexist.

Gartner expects IT spending to drop 7.3%, cloud outlook rosy

Through market uncertainty, infrastructure as a service shines, with Gartner projecting the segment will grow 13.4%, reaching $50.4 billion this year and $64.3 billion in 2021.

CIOs lead digital transformation, but CEOs control the money

As the pandemic skews spending priorities, the CEO is more likely to determine what budget is allocated to digital transformation.

Opinion

Why it's important to build cloud fluency in the enterprise

No matter what industry or type of business, cloud adoption requires that fundamental changes are discussed, considered and supported across the entire organization, both within IT and non-IT organizations.

The new data priorities of 2020

Early adopters thrived, as technology let operations pivot quickly to the digital realm.

Everyone is struggling with cloud security

WIth rising complexity, 96% of organizations are concerned about their cloud security, a Sophos report found. Misconfigurations are at the heart of the trouble.

Which face coverings are best for preventing workplace coronavirus spread?

While any mask will help mitigate the transmission of COVID-19, new research points out the types that maximize safety.

Microsoft Teams fights meeting fatigue, seats employees in virtual conference room

Together Mode uses AI segmentation to place meeting participants in a single location, such as a conference room, classroom or cafe.

The new cloud priorities of 2020

While a cloud-based future was already part of the technology trajectory, cloud emerged as a key differentiator as the outlook for the year soured. 

Slack vs. Teams: What will stick after COVID-19?

CIOs didn't have time to perform bake-offs between productivity tools. As a result, departments will cease adopting different solutions based on preference. 

The new software priorities of 2020

A reckoning on how to quickly provide value to customers placed software budgets under scrutiny.

'If the public knew:' Ripple20 shows medical device software cyber weakness

Last month’s discovery that Baxter and B. Braun infusion pumps face risk of remote attacks by hackers comes as a medtech effort to track third-party components in devices gains momentum.

The new cybersecurity priorities of 2020

The secure perimeter of offices disappeared. Companies had to scale or buy more technologies for a remote workforce.