IT Strategy

Amid layoffs, companies track down and repossess remote employees' data access, devices

HR, accounting and IT systems all intersect when workers are laid off. Physical offices made retrieval less complicated — "hand me your badge, hand me your laptop."

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • June 05, 2020

1 in 4 e-commerce stores lost company data. Some never got it back

A lackluster data strategy can mean companies miss out on data's potential to boost profits.

By Roberto Torres • June 04, 2020

What to know about the proposed CCPA rules

Lingering ambiguities could create loopholes.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • June 04, 2020

Sponsored by Flux7, an NTT DATA Company

Increasing agility and efficiency with IT Process Automation

Automation helps drive efficiency, deliver value faster, and solve IT and business workflow challenges. Here are four core areas to automate your IT processes.

Cloud adoption accelerates as companies plan for 2nd coronavirus wave

The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have a long tail, MariaDB found. While 99% of respondents report a current business impact from COVID-19, 84% expect effects to continue into next year.

By Naomi Eide • June 02, 2020

Distributed software engineering teams lean on classic tools: collaboration and agile

Building software in quick bursts with constant communication, leaders help their teams sustain their pace of work.

By Roberto Torres • May 29, 2020

Tips for managing enterprise security at home, from patches to reboots

Troubleshooting takes place at a distance. Adequately managing infrastructure requires simplicity. 

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 29, 2020

CCPA enforcement is coming. Where are the rules?

Entire industries might be facing privacy implications given the climate created by the coronavirus.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 28, 2020

Guardian Life steers tech transformation with microservices

Moving off mainframes was not the priority — legacy modernization was a byproduct of larger business transformation goals. 

By Naomi Eide • May 28, 2020

For 95% of companies, COVID-19 changed tech priorities

Organizations are pressing forward on long-term transformation goals in a matter of weeks, leaving three-quarters of IT workers concerned about the consequences of rushed projects.

By Roberto Torres • May 27, 2020

Pre-pandemic IaaS priorities: Public cloud reigns, usage to grow

Reflection on 2020 will highlight how companies treated cloud portfolios and adoption. Current indicators do not tell whether optimistic portfolio intentions will play out. 

By Naomi Eide • May 26, 2020

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The Remote Playbook: How managers can keep burnout from upending IT teams

Failure to spot stress could result in health risks and waning levels of productivity and quality as stressed-out teams buckle under pressure.

By Roberto Torres • May 26, 2020

How CIOs can support a gradual return to the office

In partnership with the C-suite, CIOs are gearing up to support office safety and critical processes through digital products.

By Roberto Torres • May 22, 2020

Gartner: Half of healthcare CIOs will use RPA by 2023

The effects of the pandemic are pressuring healthcare decision-makers to optimize costs, making RPA's promises attractive.

By Roberto Torres • May 21, 2020

Ancient routers, IoT fridges: Security experts confront the threat landscape at home

"Our perimeter has moved to a teenager on TikTok," said Jeff Greene, director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at NIST.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 21, 2020

58% of tech firms had customers cancel, postpone projects in April, CompTIA says

By August, almost two-thirds of respondents expect business "may start to get back on track," as lockdowns ease. 

By Roberto Torres • May 20, 2020

CIO case study: A virtualization pivot 4 years ago made way for rapid remote transition

The coronavirus tested Nebraska Medicine and University of Nebraska Medical Center​'s cloud- and mobile-first strategy.

By Naomi Eide • May 20, 2020

CCPA enforcement straining manual privacy request processes

"Do not sell" requests are expected to eventually outpace consumers' demand for data deletion.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 20, 2020

Report: 4 in 10 employees are using personal apps to share company data

Most respondents say they understand cyber risk, but there's room for improvement when it comes to mitigation.

By Roberto Torres • May 18, 2020

Employers often forget to source employee input as they adopt new tech

Employees are often wary of new technology, even tools purported to help them do their jobs, studies show.

By Kathryn Moody • May 18, 2020

UnitedHealth, Microsoft launch COVID-19 screening app for employers

UnitedHealth will control employees' medical data and manage opt-in and consent requirements for users, the healthcare behemoth said Friday. The app will not provide tracking or contact tracing information.

By Rebecca Pifer • May 18, 2020

Sponsored by Flux7, an NTT DATA Company

Enterprise agility in the time of COVID-19

Tips for shaping IT strategy for the Agile Enterprise.  

Coronavirus fast-forwarded tech plans, business leaders expect long-term benefit

"Many companies' futures just got accelerated. They're not different; they just got accelerated," said Tim Ryan, U.S. chair and senior partner of PwC.

By Naomi Eide • May 14, 2020

RPA projects fail because of complexity, misunderstanding

Automation will play a starring role in how businesses deal with the effects of the pandemic. But automation for automation's sake means sinking resources into failed projects.

By Roberto Torres • May 14, 2020

Sponsored by Flux7, an NTT DATA Company

Lead with innovation in uncertain times

The importance of strategy for businesses as they face disruption from COVID-19.

By Aater Suleman, Flux7 co-founder and vice president of Cloud and Application Transformation at NTT DATA Services • May 13, 2020