IT Strategy: Page 2

Shift to remote work caught 72% of businesses technologically unprepared

The early days of the pandemic challenged IT leaders, who are now prioritizing investments in cloud, remote IT and collaboration platforms.

By Roberto Torres • June 17, 2020

Growth driving technology spend as appetite for digital transformation increases

The pressure on technology executives is to show how modernization efforts can pay short- and long-term dividends.

By Naomi Eide • June 16, 2020

AI job post growth slowed in the pandemic, LinkedIn says

When normalized against trends in overall job postings, AI and ML jobs still grew 8.3% year-over-year, indicating the setback may be temporary.

By Roberto Torres • June 16, 2020

How American Express uses technology to support 65K workers, in office or remote

Infrastructure teams can augment the end-to-end experience with data and analytics to anticipate and quickly navigate hiccups.

By Naomi Eide • June 12, 2020

AI, 5G top CompTIA's list of emerging technologies for 2020

AI can help retool processes in a reimagined business context, contributing to its rise in this year's rundown.

By Roberto Torres • June 12, 2020

Pandemic increased automation appetite, but adoption hurdles await

For its next act, automation technology needs to prove it can help businesses quickly and sustainably adapt to sudden market changes.

By Roberto Torres • June 10, 2020

3 technology cost management tips

Hope emerges but a recession requires eagle-eye audits and justification of technology use.

By Naomi Eide • June 10, 2020

Deep Dive

How productivity monitoring tools impact compliance and culture

Despite the popularity of remote work, some employers aren't sold on the idea, worried that employees will slack off. Enter: productivity monitoring.

By Pamela DeLoatch • June 09, 2020

In remote onboarding push, companies automate IT and launch chatbots

Remotely onboarding staff means companies welcome new staffers with savvy chatbots and powerful equipment as they navigate complexity.

By Roberto Torres • June 08, 2020

Developers are working at 4 a.m. — what could go wrong?

Off-hour development could result in misconfigurations, especially if developers are trying to balance watching their children and constant instant messaging alerts.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • June 08, 2020

IT hiring rose in May, but tech sector bled 34K jobs

The unemployment rates for tech occupations showed signs of improvement in May, dropping to 3.7% from 4.3% in April, according to CompTIA data. 

By Roberto Torres • June 08, 2020

Amid layoffs, companies track down and repossess remote employees' data access, devices

HR, accounting and IT systems all intersect when workers are laid off. Physical offices made retrieval less complicated — "hand me your badge, hand me your laptop."

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • June 05, 2020

1 in 4 e-commerce stores lost company data. Some never got it back

A lackluster data strategy can mean companies miss out on data's potential to boost profits.

By Roberto Torres • June 04, 2020

What to know about the proposed CCPA rules

Lingering ambiguities could create loopholes.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • UPDATED: July 1, 2020 at 9:37 a.m.

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Increasing agility and efficiency with IT Process Automation

Automation helps drive efficiency, deliver value faster, and solve IT and business workflow challenges. Here are four core areas to automate your IT processes.

Cloud adoption accelerates as companies plan for 2nd coronavirus wave

The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have a long tail, MariaDB found. While 99% of respondents report a current business impact from COVID-19, 84% expect effects to continue into next year.

By Naomi Eide • June 02, 2020

Distributed software engineering teams lean on classic tools: collaboration and agile

Building software in quick bursts with constant communication, leaders help their teams sustain their pace of work.

By Roberto Torres • May 29, 2020

Tips for managing enterprise security at home, from patches to reboots

Troubleshooting takes place at a distance. Adequately managing infrastructure requires simplicity. 

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 29, 2020

CCPA enforcement is coming. Where are the rules?

Entire industries might be facing privacy implications given the climate created by the coronavirus.

By Samantha Ann Schwartz • May 28, 2020

Guardian Life steers tech transformation with microservices

Moving off mainframes was not the priority — legacy modernization was a byproduct of larger business transformation goals. 

By Naomi Eide • May 28, 2020

For 95% of companies, COVID-19 changed tech priorities

Organizations are pressing forward on long-term transformation goals in a matter of weeks, leaving three-quarters of IT workers concerned about the consequences of rushed projects.

By Roberto Torres • May 27, 2020

Pre-pandemic IaaS priorities: Public cloud reigns, usage to grow

Reflection on 2020 will highlight how companies treated cloud portfolios and adoption. Current indicators do not tell whether optimistic portfolio intentions will play out. 

By Naomi Eide • May 26, 2020

Column

The Remote Playbook: How managers can keep burnout from upending IT teams

Failure to spot stress could result in health risks and waning levels of productivity and quality as stressed-out teams buckle under pressure.

By Roberto Torres • May 26, 2020

How CIOs can support a gradual return to the office

In partnership with the C-suite, CIOs are gearing up to support office safety and critical processes through digital products.

By Roberto Torres • May 22, 2020

Gartner: Half of healthcare CIOs will use RPA by 2023

The effects of the pandemic are pressuring healthcare decision-makers to optimize costs, making RPA's promises attractive.

By Roberto Torres • May 21, 2020