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    As California data privacy law looms, draft rules revealed

    The attorney general's office can begin enforcing the California Consumer Protection Act in July, six months after its enactment.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 14, 2019
  • What Domino's digital accessibility lawsuit means for compliance

    With no federal law to hold companies accountable for digital accessibility, lawsuits — Domino's, for instance — give industry a temperature check.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 14, 2019
  • Trendline

    CIO Priorities

    CIOs are tasked with balancing their company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    SurveyMonkey's new CIO has a tech roadmap. But first, he wants the company on board

    As the first order of business, Eric Johnson focused on conveying the value and scope of the CIO role internally.

    By Oct. 11, 2019
  • After New York and San Francisco, these 9 metro areas offer the most tech talent

    CIOs can find tech talent by shifting into mid-to-small markets, iCIMS said.

    By Oct. 10, 2019
  • Who is responsible for digital accessibility?

    As Domino's faces a lawsuit, here are four roles companies can lean on to ensure compliance. 

    By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 10, 2019
  • Most blockchain applications sunk in the 'trough of disillusionment,' Gartner says

    Immaturity in the space has dwarfed interest in blockchain applications, as experiments and implementations fail to deliver.

    By Oct. 9, 2019
  • Low code 101 and the rise of drag-and-drop programming

    By equipping non-technical staffers with alternative methods to build software, low-code platforms bring business and product closer together.

    By Oct. 9, 2019
  • 5 GDPR pains that won't go away

    More than a year after it was enacted the General Data Protection Regulation is still causing headaches.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 8, 2019
  • Are retailers doomed for more outages this holiday season?

    J. Crew, Lowe's and Walmart experienced tech glitches or crashes last Black Friday. Experts weigh in on how companies can prevent a repeat this year.

    By Caroline Jansen • Oct. 7, 2019
  • Tech boost in banking spend predicted to slash 200K jobs

    Most cuts will stem from back office, branch, call center and corporate employees, according to a Wells Fargo Securities report.

    By Naomi Eide • Oct. 3, 2019
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    Novartis, Microsoft ink 5-year AI alliance

    The two companies will work together to develop applications for Microsoft's artificial intelligence capabilities throughout Novartis' drug development.

    By Ned Pagliarulo • Oct. 2, 2019
  • CIO move over. CFO to help set digital transformation agenda

    Company leadership must buy in before expecting staff to get on board, which requires the two executives to identify the technology and the value it will bring.

    By Robert Freedman • Oct. 2, 2019
  • Success in DevOps adoption can boost security, research finds

    Puppet research found companies that integrate security into the software development lifecycle are "twice as confident in their security posture."

    By Naomi Eide • Oct. 1, 2019
  • Opinion

    'Outside-in' digital age devolves the enterprise architect role

    The role must be sectioned into its three parts, eliminating the constraints it has experienced over the past decades, which have limited its strategic value to the organization. 

    By Spencer Izard • Sept. 30, 2019
  • Fidelity Investments​ translates risk scenarios for the C-suite

    One of the most important pieces of risk management is having a more strategic presentation. Take it to the people who facilitate change.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 26, 2019
  • Pickles, mayo and data privacy: Jersey Mike's rethinks mobile authentication

    While historically slow to adopt new technologies, restaurants have to rethink mobile systems in an era of heightened privacy concerns.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 25, 2019
  • If a recession lands, companies plan to ramp up cyber, innovation investments

    Rethink the decades old investment strategy "where every investment had to be significant," like ERP or CRM adoptions, said Chris Stephenson, at Grant Thornton.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 24, 2019
  • Legacy companies missing automation leader for shift in business models

    The addition of another C-suite role, or a CAO-equivalent role, is designed to take the burden of automation off the CIO or CTO.

    By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 19, 2019
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    Blockchain adoption will remain elusive for financial services industry until 2022, Gartner says

    Immature, fragmented standards will prevent blockchain from fully entering the financial services realm in the near term.

    By Sept. 16, 2019
  • 10 lessons Fannie Mae learned redesigning its security network

    The lending company experienced minor hiccups while building out micro-segmentation. 

    By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 16, 2019
  • Microsoft and Disney, to the cloud and beyond

    Part of a five-year deal, the companies will use Walt Disney’s tech hub, StudioLAB, to help create cloud-based offerings "from scene to screen." 

    By Naomi Eide • Sept. 13, 2019
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    Breach isn't pulling Capital One off its cloud course

    Executives continue to cite the "all-in" mantra after the bank saw millions of customers' data exposed this year.

    By Dan Ennis • Sept. 12, 2019
  • Technology concerns creeping onto the CEO's desk

    Technology is taking an outsized role in shaking up business operations, representing more than 10% of the national economy.

    By Naomi Eide • Sept. 12, 2019
  • Procurement was a 'pain in the neck.' Now its leaders help alleviate the pressure point

    Procurement is in a strategic role to find the best price while identifying vendors and suppliers — often with an assist from AI and ML. 

    By Sept. 12, 2019
  • McDonald's drives further into tech with AI acquisition

    The chain will also form a global technology team, McD Tech Labs, to further support its future innovations.

    By Julie Littman • Sept. 11, 2019