Critical new role for CIOs: Cloud inventory management

There may be no way to stop employees from launching cloud apps, but CIOs can employ good practices to help ensure the enterprise is protected.

By Justine Brown • July 20, 2015

Cloud failures provide valuable lessons for CIOs

Most failures can be attributed to one of three fairly simple and preventable issues.

By Justine Brown • July 17, 2015

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Hybrid cloud

IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.

By CIO Dive staff

IT leaders seek outsourcing middle ground

In an effort to regain control, some businesses are moving away from multisourcing.

By Justine Brown • July 17, 2015

Do companies need a CIO and a CDO?

With CIOs often overwhelmed, some businesses are hiring chief digital officers to focus on transformation.

By Justine Brown • July 17, 2015

How CIOs can balance strategic business, IT priorities with regulatory compliance

Regulators have also struggled to juggle citizen safety concerns with fair market interests.

By Justine Brown • July 16, 2015

IBM, National Instruments to focus on IoT standardization

The two companies plan to develop a test bed where companies can evaluate Internet of Things data performance and compatibility.

By Justine Brown • July 16, 2015

Bi-modal IT popularity growing among businesses

Some experts claim splitting up IT functions can give companies a competitive edge.

By Justine Brown • July 16, 2015

Report: BYOD could be headed for extinction

As businesses catch up with consumer technology offerings, workers may have less reason to bypass IT.  

By Justine Brown • July 16, 2015

Inattention to IT security proves a poor career move for executives

Putting IT security at the top of the to-do list can help CIOs ensure job security.

By Justine Brown • July 16, 2015

New Workday VC fund to focus on helping businesses make sense of data

As data volume grows, companies need help turning it into information that can improve their competitiveness.

By Justine Brown • July 15, 2015

As controversy flares, what's next for IT outsourcing?

Experts say a slowdown in offshore IT outsourcing is already underway due to a changing business environment.

By Justine Brown • July 14, 2015

Chromebooks gaining popularity among SMBs

A variety of business-friendly features has some CIOs taking notice.

By Justine Brown • July 14, 2015

Study: Digital transformation top priority for majority of IT leaders

Most companies say cost reduction is still the biggest driver of IT transformation efforts.

By Justine Brown • July 14, 2015

Report: More than 200 cybersecurity incidents occur every day

Centri noted that as companies change the way they work with data, the way they think about protecting it must also change.

By Justine Brown • July 13, 2015

Almost half of state CIOs spend 80% of budget maintaining existing systems

A new report found state CIOs often struggle with making the most effective IT investments.

By Justine Brown • July 13, 2015

IT talent demand puts focus on recruiting, retention

Businesses may need to consider fresh strategies to attract and retain staff.

By Justine Brown • July 10, 2015

Desire to bridge IT, business creating new role

IT communications specialists are becoming more common as organizations seek to improve dialog.

By Justine Brown • July 10, 2015

New app simplifies DHS FOIA requests

DHS is the first federal agency to launch a FOIA app. Will others soon follow suit?

By Justine Brown • July 9, 2015

Is the old-school CIO becoming obsolete?

The role is evolving on a number of fronts, and that evolution is pushing the job into areas away from technology.

By Justine Brown • July 8, 2015

CIOs get creative as large numbers of government IT workers prepare to retire

Government agencies often struggle to match private-sector salaries, office environments and schedule flexibility.

By Justine Brown • July 8, 2015

CIOs have a role to play in helping attract millennials

A new survey finds many companies are missing the boat by failing to employ technologies that attract the group.

By Justine Brown • July 7, 2015

Study finds most internal mobile apps abandoned after first use

CIOs can take certain steps to help ensure better mobile app adoption among workforce.

By Justine Brown • July 6, 2015

HP officially files to split into two companies

The company hopes the split will enable each entity to better compete in a tough market.

By Justine Brown • July 6, 2015

Gartner report urges CIOs to adopt agile development model

The method has the capability to transform IT-business relationships, the research firm says.

By Justine Brown • July 6, 2015

California challenges use of foreign labor to replace IT workers

New measures represent some of the most significant legislative actions against offshore outsourcing in the U.S.

By Justine Brown • July 2, 2015