With tech budgets clipped, CIOs should prepare to cut — and cut again

The market is shifting from a pandemic recession to a traditional recession, which means more sectors could feel pain, Forrester's Andrew Bartels says.

By Jen A. Miller • Sept. 21, 2020

RPA revenue to hit nearly $2B next year, Gartner says

The pandemic drove interest in RPA, shifting interest outside of IT. What comes next is a sharper focus on how to reap the most value from the technology.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 21, 2020

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CIO Priorities

CIOs are tasked with balancing their company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.

By CIO Dive staff

What security needs to know before diving into SaaS contracts

If employees don't engage with security red flags, the agreement fails to address the underlying issue: an application outside of a company's risk appetite.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 18, 2020

Estée Lauder CIO connects IT team culture and volunteering

Internal innovation sprints can foster ties between team members that don't often get a chance to work together, said Michael Smith.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 18, 2020

Security pushes DevOps to breaking point

The future of DevOps is "going to break application security," said Dale Gardner, research director at Gartner.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 16, 2020

Productivity tops next year software budget priorities, survey says

The shift to remote work and a key end-of-life event from Microsoft will push up productivity software spend in the coming year.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 15, 2020

Gartner: 10 key security projects through 2021

As companies adapt to changes in March and what's anticipated for the next 12 months, Brian Reed, senior director analyst at Gartner, wants the focus on projects, not programs.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 15, 2020

How a government security framework reduces third-party risks

The DOD says its contractor network includes upwards of 300,000 companies, and conducting an audit of all of them couldn't be done. This logjam helped create the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 14, 2020

Automation will change company structure as we know it, Forrester says

Businesses won't go back to the old way of operating. As companies embed automation, it will impact how management teams are structured.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 14, 2020

5 essential roles of the CIO

The CIO will emerge from the pandemic with greater clout in the C-suite, viewed as a potential change agent who can deliver talent and tools needed to operate.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 11, 2020

Red Hat, IBM launch enterprise app hub for hybrid cloud

The marketplace approach is an attempt to reduce the friction in application selection, deployment and management in a hybrid cloud environment. 

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 10, 2020

Inside Northern Trust's $2.5B tech investment

"We see a huge amount of fairly inefficient [processes], especially when you compare it to our personal lives where we are logging into apps and moving money instantaneously," said one executive. 

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Sept. 9, 2020

CIOs hungry to partner with startups as recession shapes next 12 months

More than three-quarters of CIOs said startups are playing a role in the transition to remote work, according to a survey by VC firm Sapphire Ventures.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 8, 2020

Why IT services are recouping pandemic losses

Demand for cybersecurity and cloud work drove up demand for some IT services firms, a trend aided by the restart of industries formerly on indefinite hiatus.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 8, 2020

Digital mindset: How tech strategies can spread across an organization

Modernization hinges on updating processes beyond the tech side of the house.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 3, 2020

Leading companies more likely to train staff on work from home tech, survey finds

Early tech spend and training centered on work from home strategies paid off for businesses, but more spending is likely ahead. 

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 2, 2020

Rising demand for data-focused programming languages puts CIOs in talent bind

CIOs are challenged to fill talent gaps in a constrained labor market while cost-cutting pressures mount.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 1, 2020

Dark data threatens to drown companies as emerging tech adoption increases

Two-thirds of IT and business managers say half their organization's data is "unquantified and untapped," according to a Splunk survey. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 1, 2020

Distributed model for dev work to outlast pandemic, survey says

Company processes that could be translated to the digital realm quickly pivoted with help from IT teams. Now, business leaders are making remote work sustainable.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 31, 2020

Financial services CIOs focus spend on APIs, cloud, microservices, survey finds

Gartner found more than half of business leaders identify technology infrastructure as a "weakness," compared to 20% of IT leaders.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 28, 2020

The trust issues with efficiency-tracking software

Tracking software can create mistrust among employees when focused on granular tasks. But measuring outcomes is essential to optimize how businesses are run.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 27, 2020

Transformational leaders bet on communication to engage stakeholders

Divorcing process and people is a clear recipe for disaster; software rollouts will fail without guidance and commitment from leadership. 

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 26, 2020

What to do in the event of key vendor outages

Redundancy can help sustain operations during a key tool's outage, with a backup option acting as insurance. But costs can determine how much coverage is needed.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 25, 2020

Home at the office: How will remote work measure up long term?

Here is a collection of stories that showcase how companies are replicating office efficiencies and innovations at home.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 21, 2020

Study: 4 in 10 women keynote speakers cite sexual harassment at tech events

The pivot to virtual events amid the coronavirus pandemic could help level the playing field.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 20, 2020