Tech vendor risk raises vetting stakes in wake of SVB crisis

Deposits are safe, but tech startups may no longer have access to venture debt and the lines of credit that helped fuel innovation.

By Matt Ashare • March 27, 2023

Shopify expects productivity boost from meeting ban

Engineering, product and user experience teams should complete around 25% more projects by the end of 2023 compared to last year under the new policy.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 24, 2023

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Communication and collaboration software

To compete in their industries, businesses rely on a growing set of digital tools that bring workers together, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts. But the balance is delicate. 

By CIO Dive staff

How CIO Monica Caldas keeps Liberty Mutual tech on track

“My conversation with my CEO has really centered around achieving what I call equilibrium between defensive and offensive priorities,” Caldas said during a CIO Dive Live event Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • March 20, 2023

What’s happening in the technology hiring market

Despite layoffs, technology leaders’ hiring plans across industries indicate strong competition for recruiting tech talent.

By Ryan Sutton, Executive Director of technology talent solutions at Robert Half • March 20, 2023

Former Tyson Foods CTO lands at Lennar

Scott Spradley will join the homebuilding company as its CTO starting April 3.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 17, 2023

SVB turmoil could mean long-term uncertainty for enterprise IT

The demise of Silicon Valley Bank created a void in tech startup funding and raises questions about the health of the vendor ecosystem.

By Matt Ashare • March 13, 2023

USAA adds 2 tech SVPs to enterprise CIO team

An external hire and an internal promotion rounds out the insurer’s roster of technology leadership. 

By Matt Ashare • March 8, 2023

3 accessibility concepts CIOs need to know

Three core concepts to help IT leaders navigate accessibility and build more inclusive futures.

By Phil Strain, Head of Accessibility at Miro • March 6, 2023

Southwest was changing CIOs when the IT crisis hit

Could more C-suite tech clout have prevented the domestic carrier’s December debacle?

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 27, 2023

Marriott names head of IT with background in sales, revenue

The hospitality giant promoted Drew Pinto to EVP and chief revenue and technology officer, as part of a broader leadership reorganization.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 27, 2023

Colgate-Palmolive turns to automation for a process upgrade

IT teams optimized workflows with deployments of more than 70 bots throughout business functions, including HR, marketing, finance and sales.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 27, 2023

Tyson revamps tech leadership with new CIO and CTO

When former CTO Scott Spradley left the company in January, Tyson said its IT team would assume his responsibilities.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 24, 2023

AWS, Hugging Face partnership promises faster and cheaper generative AI deployment

The pair is the latest to enter the AI arena following Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership and Google’s Anthropic investment.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 22, 2023

Discover doubles down on open source, launches tech website

The financial services company joined the Linux Foundation and Fintech Open Source Foundation as part of a broader investment into its developer ecosphere.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 22, 2023

Walmart consolidates IT workforce, plans to shutter 3 tech hubs

The retail giant will close offices in Texas, California and Oregon but hopes to relocate staff impacted by the changes.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 14, 2023

GitLab, GitHub cut staff as big tech layoffs hit niche providers

The rival software development platforms are the latest in a wave of tech industry workforce reductions.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 9, 2023

Microsoft’s OpenAI-powered Bing hits the AI scene

More powerful than ChatGPT, Microsoft unveiled a new and improved search engine Tuesday, incorporating OpenAI technology.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 7, 2023

What to know about Google’s AI strategy

OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT spurred an AI race, prompting incumbents like Google to share plans for public tool releases. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Feb. 6, 2023

Global disruption prompts more innovation, not less

Rather than responding defensively to economic precarity, companies lean on cloud, data and AI to push forward, according to Accenture research.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 2, 2023

ServiceNow leans on customer quality, not volume, as market shifts

The SaaS company reported a 98% renewal rate and inked more than 120 deals valued greater than $1 million last quarter. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 31, 2023

Southwest Airlines tech ‘generally worked as designed,’ CEO says

A perfect storm of bad weather and mass cancellations “just overwhelmed the technology and the processes,” Bob Jordan said.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 27, 2023

Microsoft leans on cloud revenue, even as Azure growth stalls

The tech giant reported quarterly gains in its cloud business, but tempered expectations as enterprise spending shifts from migration to optimization.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 25, 2023

Live Nation’s IT capabilities scrutinized as company blames bots

Senators questioned whether there was a fundamental flaw in the company's technology stack in a high-profile congressional hearing.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 25, 2023

Southwest Airlines commits $1B to IT upgrades

The airline has taken immediate action to enhance its crew engagement technology, CEO Bob Jordan said.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 20, 2023

What Google layoffs say about the state of tech hiring

Layoff plans at Google add to a slew of tech sector announcements that mark the end of a hiring era.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 20, 2023