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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.
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How the nastiest ransomware and flaws get their names
Which one of these was not the name of an attack/flaw: Heartbleed, Masacre3, Venom, Petya, Frogwarts? Read to find out.
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Blockchain engineers join AI specialists as top paid software developers
As a short talent supply meets the high market demand, the average blockchain engineer salary falls between $150,000 and $175,000 per year.
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CIOs and CISOs no longer solely own cybersecurity responsibility
"Very few people own consequence right now," said William Evanina, director at the Office of the National Intelligence, but "we should all own consequence."
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Red Hat acquisition is hybrid, open source power play for IBM, but it must tread carefully
Is a Red Hat acquisition enough to make IBM one of the "cool kids" of open source and the "Switzerland" of cloud?
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7 'scary' and disruptive technologies to watch out for
Companies that don't prepare "will be pushed aside," said Daryl Plummer, distinguished VP analyst and fellow at Gartner.
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DevOps frees projects from the purgatory of 'potentially shippable,' Gartner analyst says
End users know what they want, but it's usually not what's delivered. "How many software projects look like great flight, wrong airport?"
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Migration lessons learned: Even Amazon can face mishaps with new tools
The biggest mistake companies make when contemplating a database migration is concluding all databases are generic.
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IBM's $34B Red Hat acquisition takes over hybrid cloud market
Big Blue will remain committed to Red Hat's open source model, helping scale its technology to global enterprises.
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As federal policy lags, state legislative pipeline is more important for CIOs
California is a good place to look to gauge where state policy is headed.
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5 Gartner predictions IT decision makers need to know
From blockchain privacy scares to AI "wizardry," the future of technology promises uncertainty — and potential.
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OpinionDo we really need another acronym? The case for 'ERPaaS'
The theory is big hardware and software vendors are able to leverage economies of scale that organizations just can't match.
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Highest-paying IT certifications and why they matter
Companies turn away from "four-year-degree-itis" to widen the talent pool.
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With GitHub buy, Microsoft accesses — and matures — software development community
Looking to scale and move further into the enterprise, GitHub had the choice to go public and scale through acquisitions or search for buyers.
UPDATED: Oct. 26, 2018 at 10:01 a.m.
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Cloud infrastructure services up on the year, down on the quarter
Quarterly cloud infrastructure revenue surpassed $17 billion, including IaaS, PaaS and hosted private cloud services, according to Synergy Research Group.
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Apple's Cook pushes for US privacy law, with GDPR model in mind
As scrutiny around handling of user data grows, a more comprehensive, countrywide law would potentially give Apple an edge over competitors.
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95% of companies report cybersecurity culture disconnect
Moving away from a checkbox mindset and toward a collaborative view can help establish a culture of shared reasonability for security.
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Target hits the bullseye with agile tech and operations
The retailer has had to rise to the demand of the 21st century — a blend of "digital, home and store."
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AI talent pipeline clogged by education programs slow or unable to change
Should schools revamp existing programs for topics like AI, or are new research areas required?
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