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. 9, 2020

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. 9, 2020

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Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

By CIO Dive staff

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. 8, 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. 7, 2020

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. 7, 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. 4, 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. 2, 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. 1, 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 • Updated July 22, 2021

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

Stanley Black & Decker CIO: TBM determined pandemic pivots and guides future recovery

Technology business management can provide data-driven insights into IT spend to help leadership pivot to changes in business needs.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 10, 2020

Ripe for digital disruption: Which industries are most at risk and why

With threats from the pandemic, the wide implementation of AI, regulation and shifts in demographics, some companies are more at risk for disruption than ever before. 

By Shriram Natarajan • Nov. 10, 2020

Vendor negotiations cut IT spend without slashing company initiatives

"There's always negotiation leverage available to you, even with a very deeply-embedded vendor where maybe there's even no competitive swap out option," a Forrester analyst said.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 9, 2020

Forrester: Leading with emerging tech boosts businesses' bottom line

Transformation philosophies caution CIOs against leading with technology, but companies embracing emerging tech first are seeing greater benefits than their counterparts.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 5, 2020

How CIOs can foster LGBTQ inclusivity

Tech execs can help broker trust by designing storage, access and privacy solutions for self-identification data.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 30, 2020

4 IT spending traps to avoid

With IT spend under scrutiny, don't fall for these budget missteps impacting businesses' bottom lines.

By Jen A. Miller • Oct. 30, 2020