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

Explore the Trendline➔

Hybrid cloud

IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.

By CIO Dive staff

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

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

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

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

Whiteboards supported teams to perfection ... until they couldn't

Rethinking the whiteboard is a lesson in organizational psychology. When and why they're needed comes down to how effective organizations are at collaboration and ideation. 

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 19, 2020

In Gartner's 2020 Hype Cycle, explainable AI leaps ahead

The annual report shows AI is "dominating and becoming pervasive in all the technology that we're using," said Gartner Research VP Brian Burke.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 18, 2020

Will the pandemic spell the end of the printer?

Printer sale projections fell as employees stayed home, leveraging digital processes to get work done. But in some industries, the office printer continues to be in demand.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 17, 2020

Cigna taps former Hilton exec as global CIO

Effective Sept. 14, Noelle Eder will report to David Cordani, president and CEO at Cigna.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 14, 2020

Even post-pandemic, digital transformation will become more bullish

The pandemic is a pressure test for companies to sustain customer loyalty. Technology is the only way to ensure sustainability. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 14, 2020

Pandemic pushed execs to cut waste, merge tech playbooks

As they peer over the horizon, CIOs weathering the pandemic are looking to cut  waste and focus on technologies with the fastest ROI. 

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 13, 2020

3 technologies FedEx's CIO geeks out on

"The hardest thing that we've done is try to marshal forward into the modern, dominant design of technology," said FedEx Corp. CIO Rob Carter, speaking on the Inspired Execution podcast. 

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 13, 2020

Stores went dark, online orders tripled. How Joann used tech to cope

The retailer de-stressed its technology, and employees, as online traffic tripled typical holiday volumes. 

By Jen A. Miller • Aug. 12, 2020

Pandemic expanded CIO role, but the influence could fade

CIOs will have to expand their scope of action beyond operational upgrades to deliver deeper, business-oriented IT strategies.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 11, 2020

'Living at work': CIO leadership tested under crisis

The next wave of modernization will balance technology modernization and employees' appetite for change, testing CIOs and other executive leaders on how to build sustainable operating models that don't alienate workers.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 11, 2020