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  Gartner: How CIOs can make a business case for AI

  Businesses will have to find the particular scenario, problem statement or use case that employs AI as part of the solution.

  Moutusi Sau • Jan. 27, 2021

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  Avoiding cloud sprawl: 5 considerations for managing a multicloud environment

  Organizations need to closely manage multicloud environments so they operate toward a shared mission. Here are five ways to make a multicloud environment more effective.

  John Pisano, Jimmy Pham • Nov. 13, 2020

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  Ripe for digital disruption: Which industries are most at risk and why

  With threats from the pandemic, the wide implementation of AI, regulation and shifts in demographics, some companies are more at risk for disruption than ever before. 

  Shriram Natarajan • Nov. 10, 2020

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  5 keys to managing remote technology teams

  Qualtrics CTO John Thimsen writes about lessons learned running an engineering organization in a pandemic, a far cry from the side-by-side work that was previously the norm. 

  John Thimsen • Oct. 9, 2020

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  Why should anyone trust AI?

  Artificial intelligence holds great potential for economic recovery if business leaders use it responsibly, Mastercard's Ed McLaughlin writes. 

  Ed McLaughlin • Oct. 2, 2020

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  Gartner: 7 traits of highly successful digital leaders

  As the physical and digital worlds become indistinguishable, the best leaders are still clear that digital is a means, not an end. 

  Mary Mesaglio, Apoorva Chhabra • Sept. 24, 2020

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  How to build a citizen developer program

  Using citizen developers and low- and no-code tools, companies can more quickly develop applications that address specific business needs without significantly expanding their IT budget.

  Karen Renner • Sept. 1, 2020

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  A remote workforce, urban exodus and opportunities emerging from the pandemic

  Pepperdine's Charla Griffy-Brown writes about opportunities for community building and employee arrangements with the potential for addressing problems the pandemic unveiled in stark reality.

  Charla Griffy-Brown • Aug. 3, 2020

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  Investing in too many cybersecurity tools could hurt defenses

  While programs, software and tools are essential to any cybersecurity defense plan, these must work in tandem with security educated employees. 

  Samuel Bocetta • July 30, 2020

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  How engineering leaders can enable high-performing, connected remote teams

  Hector Aguilar, president of technology at Okta, offers insights about how he is keeping his team connected, engaged and empowered while working remotely. 

  Hector Aguilar • July 27, 2020

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  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.

  Maureen Lonergan • July 13, 2020

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  A Microsoft bug detection breakthrough has its drawbacks: undetected flaws

  Although an accuracy level of 99% sounds great, given the scale that Microsoft is working on this still leaves a huge number of bugs misidentified — 3,000 a month, in fact. 

  Samuel Bocetta • June 29, 2020

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  4 roles responsible for data management and security

  Companies must make and execute plans for how long data will be kept and when to delete data, particularly those most susceptible to security threats.

  Myke Lyons • June 18, 2020

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  CFO collaboration with CIO is crucial amid COVID-19

  The CFO is adept at measuring costs, managing the balance sheet and navigating murky waters. But determining capabilities and staying ahead of tech trends requires partnership with the CIO.

  Tony Tricarichi • May 15, 2020

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  Gartner: Threats and opportunities facing cloud service providers during COVID-19

  Tech leaders need a thorough understanding of the threats, opportunities and forthcoming events that will occur as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

  Sid Nag • May 4, 2020

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  Why CIOs should make DevSecOps a priority during the COVID-19 crisis

  Companies around the world are increasing capacity and taking the opportunity to look again at their DevOps processes and build in security from the ground up.

  Samuel Bocetta • April 21, 2020

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  2 decades of cloud: Where it's been and where it's heading

  As digital transformation accelerates, more applications are becoming cloud native, which presents a unique set of challenges that IT leaders need to address in the next phase of cloud adoption.

  Oussama El-Hilali • April 14, 2020

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  Why Linux containers are a CIO's best friend

  Linux containers are, by their nature, agile. This is key to effectively maneuvering through and rising above any challenges — or opportunities — that come a business's way.

  Brian Gracely • April 7, 2020

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  Gartner: 5 communication recommendations for CIOs during the coronavirus pandemic

  While CIOs may not have overall responsibility for their organization's crisis communications response, their IT teams are turning to them for context and additional clarity.

  Ed Gabrys • March 30, 2020

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  Everyone wants to be more secure —​ as long as it isn't an inconvenience

  Apply that logic for CIOs and IT leaders, except the stumbling block revolves around revenue, or a lack thereof. 

  Marc Mazur • March 19, 2020

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  Coronavirus is testing the newfound resilience of the knowledge economy

  The goal is to ensure economy can function and continue to flourish in times of uncertainty, where employees globally are preparing to work from home for long periods of time, Avaya's CEO writes. 

  Jim Chirico • March 16, 2020

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  An unlikely duo: CIO and CFO dynamic driving transformation success ... and failure

  Removing friction between the CIO and the CFO, building strong working relationships and avoiding counter-behaviors can unlock a reduced IT cost. A principle roadblock? Establishing trust. 

  Gary O’Brien • March 9, 2020

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  Gartner: 10 rules to reduce IT spending

  CIOs are facing increasing pressure to reach immediate IT cost savings, but in a way that has the least damage to the long-term health of the business.

  Chris Ganly • Feb. 26, 2020

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  How IT can adapt and succeed at business transformation in 2020

  A practical 'how-to' guide for CIOs from Info-Tech Research Group's David Glazer.

  ​David Glazer • Feb. 10, 2020

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  The 6 biggest myths about relational databases

  Relational databases have evolved to handle many types of data and workloads with different ways to store that data.

  Maria Colgan • Feb. 4, 2020

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