IT Strategy

Under Armour's digital push continues through slumped financials

The company is focused on the intersection of consumer products and backend technology, said Paul Fipps, chief experience officer at Under Armour.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 28, 2020

Disney picks Diane Jurgens as new CIO

Jurgens will join the company on Oct. 5, reporting to SVP and CFO Christine McCarthy.  

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 28, 2020

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CIO board membership is down, but tech leaders remain influential, survey finds

Influential people who oversee technology are just "calling themselves different things" now, such as CTO or chief digital officer, said Rob Grimsey, director at Harvey Nash Group.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 23, 2020

How to negotiate software costs as IT budgets are slashed

If vendors can't provide a degree of flexibility, abandon the deal, according to Paul McKay, senior analyst at Forrester.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 23, 2020

Microsoft seeks citizen developer clout as Teams platform grows

Connecting the low-code Power Platform into Microsoft's collaboration platform lets ground-level users build solutions, though app sprawl and maintenance remain a concern.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 22, 2020

Domino's promotes CTO, restructures tech unit as CIO retires

Kelly Garcia will replace EVP and CIO Kevin Vasconi, who is retiring Oct. 2, the company announced Monday.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 22, 2020

With tech budgets clipped, CIOs should prepare to cut — and cut again

The market is shifting from a pandemic recession to a traditional recession, which means more sectors could feel pain, Forrester's Andrew Bartels says.

By Jen A. Miller • Sept. 21, 2020

5 IT spend trends to watch

Emerging technology spend will give way to cloud and productivity software, according to Spiceworks Ziff Davis 2021 State of IT report.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 21, 2020

RPA revenue to hit nearly $2B next year, Gartner says

The pandemic drove interest in RPA, shifting interest outside of IT. What comes next is a sharper focus on how to reap the most value from the technology.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 21, 2020

What security needs to know before diving into SaaS contracts

If employees don't engage with security red flags, the agreement fails to address the underlying issue: an application outside of a company's risk appetite.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 18, 2020

Estée Lauder CIO connects IT team culture and volunteering

Internal innovation sprints can foster ties between team members that don't often get a chance to work together, said Michael Smith.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 18, 2020

Security pushes DevOps to breaking point

The future of DevOps is "going to break application security," said Dale Gardner, research director at Gartner.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 16, 2020

Productivity tops next year software budget priorities, survey says

The shift to remote work and a key end-of-life event from Microsoft will push up productivity software spend in the coming year.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 15, 2020

Gartner: 10 key security projects through 2021

As companies adapt to changes in March and what's anticipated for the next 12 months, Brian Reed, senior director analyst at Gartner, wants the focus on projects, not programs.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 15, 2020

How a government security framework reduces third-party risks

The DOD says its contractor network includes upwards of 300,000 companies, and conducting an audit of all of them couldn't be done. This logjam helped create the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 14, 2020

Automation will change company structure as we know it, Forrester says

Businesses won't go back to the old way of operating. As companies embed automation, it will impact how management teams are structured.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 14, 2020

5 essential roles of the CIO

The CIO will emerge from the pandemic with greater clout in the C-suite, viewed as a potential change agent who can deliver talent and tools needed to operate.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 11, 2020

Red Hat, IBM launch enterprise app hub for hybrid cloud

The marketplace approach is an attempt to reduce the friction in application selection, deployment and management in a hybrid cloud environment. 

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 10, 2020

Inside Northern Trust's $2.5B tech investment

"We see a huge amount of fairly inefficient [processes], especially when you compare it to our personal lives where we are logging into apps and moving money instantaneously," said one executive. 

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Sept. 09, 2020

CIOs hungry to partner with startups as recession shapes next 12 months

More than three-quarters of CIOs said startups are playing a role in the transition to remote work, according to a survey by VC firm Sapphire Ventures.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Sept. 08, 2020

Why IT services are recouping pandemic losses

Demand for cybersecurity and cloud work drove up demand for some IT services firms, a trend aided by the restart of industries formerly on indefinite hiatus.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 08, 2020

Digital mindset: How tech strategies can spread across an organization

Modernization hinges on updating processes beyond the tech side of the house.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 03, 2020

Leading companies more likely to train staff on work from home tech, survey finds

Early tech spend and training centered on work from home strategies paid off for businesses, but more spending is likely ahead. 

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 02, 2020

Rising demand for data-focused programming languages puts CIOs in talent bind

CIOs are challenged to fill talent gaps in a constrained labor market while cost-cutting pressures mount.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 01, 2020