IT Strategy: Page 2
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With remote work, business productivity falls on IT departments
IT is stepping in to support a digital rebuild of workplace culture. Through it all, employees want simplicity.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 15, 2020 -
3 strategies that sped up Freddie Mac's software delivery
Equipping bigger swaths of the company with tech tools helps Freddie Mac deliver faster, said EVP and CIO Frank Nazzaro.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 14, 2020 -
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Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.
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Slack plans workflow, conversation integration
With companies rethinking their physical headquarters, Slack aims to act as connective tissue between the automated and the conversational.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 11, 2020 -
3 essential UPS data analytics applications
The next chapter of UPS' data analytics strategy focuses on managing data as an asset to improve operations.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 10, 2020 -
How Bank of America builds guardrails around AI
Independent testing helps Bank of America guarantee AI tools are deployed safely, said executive Catherine Bessant.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 09, 2020 -
Dive Awards
CIO of the Year: Seemantini Godbole, Lowe's
A foreboding cloud migration. A swift launch of curbside pickup. A move to in-house software production. In Lowe's response to the pandemic, tech proved essential.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 09, 2020 -
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Dive Awards
CTO of the Year: Curt Garner, Chipotle
Customization isn't as easy in a pandemic. Leading tech at the fast casual chain, Garner helped sustain the technology that enabled operations.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 09, 2020 -
Dive Awards
The CIO Dive Awards for 2020
In the face of a pandemic and economic downturn, technology became more important. To stay connected and to meet shifting demand, industries turned toward IT and its leaders.
By CIO Dive Team • Dec. 09, 2020 -
After recovery trend, tech sector hiring dips again
The demand for digital skills hasn't slowed, but financial uncertainty is giving enterprise leaders pause on tech hires.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 08, 2020 -
Line of business workers, IT department at odds over digital project speed
As digital pressure grows, business and tech worlds are inching closer together, with the CIO as a navigator who can reach into both realms.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 07, 2020 -
Sponsored by Quick Base
Follow the leader: Navigating digital transformation success in 2020
Quick Base partnered with HBRAS to research the impact COVID-19 has had on digital transformation.
By Deb Gildersleeve, CIO of Quick Base • Dec. 07, 2020 -
With HR supporting remote employees, IT steps up to fill technical gaps
A holistic approach to supporting remote work requires all business units to collaborate in support of the employee — but especially IT and HR.
By Katie Malone • Dec. 04, 2020 -
Salesforce sought a way out of the CRM niche. Slack delivered.
Salesforce seeks to expand its reach throughout the organization as it contends with competition from Microsoft's bundled approach.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 02, 2020 -
5 analyst predictions on the CIO role in 2021
CIOs will see their influence spread throughout the organization, helping shape company culture and workflows while minding business metrics.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 01, 2020 -
What the $27.7B Salesforce, Slack deal means for the enterprise
The move is set to bring about wide-ranging implications for enterprise software, tying together disparate parts of the organizations through SaaS in the process.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 01, 2020 -
Rosier, but not glowing, IT budget predictions for 2021
Tech spend is less likely to face severe cuts in 2021 than previous forecasts suggested. But it's not out of the woods yet.
By Jen A. Miller • Nov. 30, 2020 -
Lowe's CIO: Don't try to solve the wrong problem
The retailer's tech leader describes how she responds to multiple and simultaneous organizational demands.
By Roberto Torres • Nov. 24, 2020 -
VMware edges into blockchain. Will enterprises bite?
Customers on the fence about selecting a blockchain vendor — or deploying the technology altogether — will look to operating use cases as a bellwether.
By Roberto Torres • Nov. 20, 2020 -
IT spending lessons from the oft resource-constrained nonprofit world
As the fiscally-conscious edict goes, do more with less. It's where a platform approach to technology shines.
By Naomi Eide • Nov. 20, 2020 -
Technologists grapple with privacy, bias as AI inches closer to customers
Industry must contend with the ethical challenges of building AI as the technology expands in physical and digital customer touchpoints.
By Roberto Torres • Nov. 19, 2020 -
'Do the hard things first': What Capital One prioritized in its cloud migration
The bank spent eight years shifting workloads to the cloud, shuttering its final data center this year.
By Roberto Torres • Nov. 18, 2020 -
For Wells Fargo, tech, security and innovation drives risk management
Companies must look closely at technology as an operational risk, but neglecting innovation opens more windows for bad actors to enter, a Wells Fargo exec said.
By Katie Malone • Nov. 18, 2020 -
Why Chipotle CTO compares technologists to air traffic controllers
CTO Curt Garner says collaboration skills helped the company sustain its digital sales by layering technologies.
By Roberto Torres • Nov. 13, 2020 -
CIOs plow forward on innovation despite pandemic disruptions
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted priorities, but IT professionals continue pushing innovation in 2021 strategic plans.
By Katie Malone • Nov. 13, 2020 -
5 principles of successful change management
Technical business transformations still rely on strong change management leadership to guide teams through the process, an Accenture executive said.
By Katie Malone • Nov. 11, 2020