Marriott's cybersecurity nightmare: A lesson in M&A risks

When an acquisition takes place, security continuity isn't always part of the contract. Now, the cost of Starwood is more than Marriott initially bargained for. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 3, 2018

5 predictions for enterprise service management IT in 2019

In order to stay competitive, companies must make educated guesses about how to budget for services, tools, and technologies over the next 1-5 years.

By Ryan Pellet • Dec. 3, 2018

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IT Upgrades

CIOs must help their businesses address maintenance needs while keeping an eye on innovation.

By CIO Dive staff

Chapter and verse of Houghton Mifflin's radical IT modernization

As an incoming CIO, Trish Torizzo found herself ​"staring at an IT operating model that was not in line with how the company is structured.​"

By Mitch Betts • Nov. 29, 2018

Walmart stands to lose $20K every second it's down. How do other retailers fare?

In high-stakes e-commerce, seconds of downtime cost retailers thousands of dollars and threaten the potential loss of customers.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 29, 2018

Upending the tech status quo at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Talk about low tech. Even the clocks were wrong when Jody Harper took over as senior director of technology and infrastructure.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 26, 2018

Black Friday traffic brings down J. Crew, Ulta sites, among other retailers

Preparing for a site failure is just as important as the sale itself.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 26, 2018

ROI felt as companies implement customer-facing AI

AI is boosting revenue for many companies, driven by streamlined operations and prioritizing machine vs. human case resolution, a MIT Technology Review survey found.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 26, 2018

A lesson in chaos engineering as Black Friday, Cyber Monday loom

An hours-long outage could push a business into the red on the largest retail weekend of the year.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 21, 2018

5 issues most likely to cause holiday e-commerce outages

Sluggish third-party components, overburdened APIs and ill-equipped servers are leading issues threatening website performance, according to Catchpoint.

By Dan O'Shea • Nov. 16, 2018

With technology foundation solidified, Johnson & Johnson's attention turns to what's next

Though advanced in its technical capabilities, J&J has weighed the merits of build vs. buy, particularly when it comes technologies like AI.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 16, 2018

'70-30': Balancing innovation and digital moonshots at UTC

To embrace agility, speed and an appetite for risk, United Technologies Corp. had to turn its "process oriented, safety first" mentality on its ear.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 13, 2018

How Target reclaimed more than 40K hours of productivity

The retailer began cutting contractors in favor of building internal software engineering talent. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 12, 2018

6 tech analysts to follow on Twitter in 2018

Analysts help cut through the business technology hype and boil down the realities.

By Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Nov. 8, 2018

Tyson Foods' emerging tech team creates a hatchery for innovation

"Tyson might be an incumbent company," said Chad Wahlquist, director of emerging technology, but "that means there's just a breadth of opportunity for digital transformation."

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 8, 2018

When it comes to digital strategy, companies can either eat or be eaten

"I'm the first chief digital officer of PwC," Joe Atkinson said. "I may also be the last because if I accomplish what's on my agenda, then we won't have a set of projects to digitize the firm. It will simply be the way we do business."

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 7, 2018

Why 'hustle porn' can disrupt company productivity for the wrong reasons

Companies look to Silicon Valley to model how they run tech operations, but ignore the underlying fundamental flaw: the creation of toxic culture.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 7, 2018

Companies struggle to scale automation, but still welcome disruptive tech

There will always be resistance to disruptive technologies; the companies that don't take the initial first steps to prepare for them will be pushed aside.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 6, 2018

Johnson & Johnson completes cloud migration with a boost from early adoption and its CIO

Top-down investment paved the way for J&J to prioritize technology transformation, placing it ahead of the adoption curve for then-emerging technologies like hybrid cloud.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 5, 2018

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.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 2, 2018

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.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 1, 2018

Are you smarter than a CIO?

Total Reboot tests the strategic acumen of IT decision-makers. See if you're up to the challenge in this interactive game.

By CIO Dive Game Team • Nov. 1, 2018

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?

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 1, 2018

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?"

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 31, 2018

5 Gartner predictions IT decision makers need to know

From blockchain privacy scares to AI "wizardry," the future of technology promises uncertainty — and potential. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 29, 2018

Highest-paying IT certifications and why they matter

Companies turn away from "four-year-degree-itis" to widen the talent pool.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 26, 2018