The CIO Dive Awards for 2019

From cloud contenders to technology stalwarts, these are the companies and executives shaping business transformation as digital disruption circles industry. 

Dec. 9, 2019

Company of the Year: Google Cloud

Google Cloud's newly appointed leadership pushed it to become a general purpose platform accessible to enterprise customers, not merely an innovative, "Googly" technology stack.

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 9, 2019

Target bets on homegrown inventory system, distribution automation

With shelves stocked and replenished more efficiently, employees are free to take on more important tasks. Reducing manual hours is a Target specialty.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 21, 2019

Microsoft to extend California data privacy law across state lines

Before the EU's GDPR went into effect in May 2018, Microsoft also pledged its commitment to apply the regulations to customers beyond the EU.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 12, 2019

BMW hires new CIO amid mobility tech push

Long-time BMW executive Alexander Buresch will take over the role on Jan. 1, succeeding Klaus Straub.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 1, 2019

How CIOs can alleviate CEO tech concerns, one investment at a time

While CEOs are watching for an impending recession, it's the CIO's responsibility to protect tech investments to endure economic rough patches. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 28, 2019

Senators press AWS on cloud security, call for FTC investigation

The Senators want to know whether Amazon Web Services' "failure to secure" servers used by Capital One "violated federal law."

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 25, 2019

Perplexing IT questions, answered: Why does the office printer break so much?

IT teams can fix just about anything, but don't ask them to fix the printer.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 18, 2019

Amazon kisses last Oracle database goodbye, completes years-long migration

With the exception of some third-party applications "tightly-bound" to the vendor, Amazon is free from Oracle.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 15, 2019

Slack hits 12M daily active users, on the heels of Microsoft Teams

The collaboration platform also announced its users rack up an average of 5 billion actions weekly, including messaging, searching, uploading and commenting on files.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 11, 2019

Ivanka Trump, Google CEO announce 250K tech training opportunities

The White House announcement coincides with Google's expansion of its community college program, pledging to add another 100 U.S. schools by the end of 2020.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 4, 2019

Amazon primes the candidate pipeline with career day blitz

While the event brought people in from an array of specialties, it was not a job fair; Amazon was not hiring on the spot.

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 20, 2019

Oracle, Microsoft play nice on the collaboration front

Integrating Oracle Digital Assistant and Microsoft Teams will help customers handle workloads that move across Microsoft 365 and Oracle Cloud.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 18, 2019

Amazon, Walmart among CEOs calling for a federal privacy law

The members of the Business Roundtable issued a framework designed to avoid overlapping standards by calling on comprehensive rules that apply across industries.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 11, 2019

Tech giants and 2-year colleges are teaming up to teach in-demand skills

Amazon, Facebook and Google are among the companies helping institutions craft curriculum, but some worry such programs can be limiting.

By Kelly Field • Sept. 9, 2019

Slack takes $8M revenue hit for customer credits after failing to meet uptime commitment

The company offers credits back to customers if it fails to meet its 99.99% uptime commitment. 

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 5, 2019

VMware's Kubernetes Academy pushes the company's container orchestration play

The company is betting on an "any cloud, any device" strategy, serving as a technology-agnostic layer between large-scale cloud service providers. 

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 29, 2019

Why IBM's CIO values IT product design over 'expensive transformation projects'

"When did it become okay to live like the 'Jetsons' at home and the 'Flintstones' at work?" asked IBM CIO Fletcher Previn. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 27, 2019

Onus for cloud security falls on customers, but AWS could do more, CISO says

Only customers have a true sense of "what they intended with resources under their control," AWS CISO Stephen Schmidt said, in response to the Senate inquiry of AWS' role in Capital One's data breach. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 20, 2019

How Zoom became one of this year's biggest tech IPOs

CFO Kelly Steckelberg discusses how she organized operations to support sales and product development, leading to a successful public debut.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 16, 2019

Cloudflare's IPO bets on specialization in market dominated by full-stack giants

The network delivery service provider sits in a saturated market, up against on-premise network vendors and cloud service providers.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 16, 2019

Broadcom banks on software-defined future with Symantec buy

Broadcom will weave Symantec's enterprise business into its expansive portfolio, as it makes the transition from a hardware- to a software-focused provider.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 13, 2019

S&P: List 4 tariffs could cause major tech firms to raise prices or shift production

Cisco, Dell, HP and Seagate are particularly at risk, as funds directed to moving global supply chains lead to less money available to invest in R&D.

By Morgan Forde • Aug. 9, 2019

Broadcom to buy Symantec's enterprise business for $10.7B

Symantec is coming off a year of leadership changes and a lagging enterprise division as businesses rethink cybersecurity solutions providers. 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 8, 2019

Microsoft, Informatica take on cloud analytics migrations

Enterprise analytics is going through a "renaissance" as companies work to manage and analyze collected data to determine patterns, said Microsoft's John "JG" Chirapurath.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 6, 2019