CIOs grapple with the fallout from rush to cloud: uncontrolled costs

Executives are coming to grips with the result of decentralized decisions, and leaning on FinOps to curb usage and spend, according to KPMG’s Will DeMille.

By Matt Ashare • March 22, 2023

How Whirlpool drives digital change in an uncertain economy

Transformation efforts at the company include supply chain improvements and scaling core digital products to driving top and bottom line growth.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 21, 2023

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CIO Priorities

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

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Women may be more likely to experience toxic workplace culture, even in the C-suite

This toxic culture gender gap widened during the pandemic, according to research published in MIT Sloan Management Review.

By Carolyn Crist • March 21, 2023

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

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

Cybersecurity market confronts potential consequences of banking crisis

Bank seizures impose new challenges on vendors in every segment — and may spur consolidation.

By Matt Kapko • March 17, 2023

Understanding the effects of mass layoffs on the tech sector

Beneath recent layoffs, CIO Dive analysis shows the tech workforce recruiting cycle is normalizing after years of hiring binges.

By Roberto Torres • March 16, 2023

How hybrid work is impacting tech: Top trends every CIO should know

Unisys research sheds light on enterprise technology’s role in the evolving hybrid work landscape.

By Weston Morris, Senior Director of Global Strategy, Digital Workplace Solutions, Unisys • March 13, 2023

Tech unemployment rises in wake of workforce cuts

Companies in the tech sector shed more than 11,000 workers in February, but postings for open positions declined only slightly.

By Matt Ashare • March 10, 2023

Technical debt migrates to the cloud

CIOs are grappling with fallout from rushed deployments, flawed service configurations and overprovisioning, SoftwareOne found.

By Matt Ashare • March 9, 2023

Southwest lands on AWS as preferred cloud for modernization push

Under new CIO leadership, the airline embarks on cloud-based digital transformation that includes customer-facing tech and IT infrastructure.

By Matt Ashare • March 8, 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

The number of women in technical roles is dropping

The lack of women throughout the tech talent pipeline shows the responsibility to diversify the workforce spans beyond the recruitment stage.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • 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

For Black tech workers, it’s harder to land a job and advance in the field

There is no shortcut to an inclusive culture, Info-Tech Research Group found, but businesses can deploy strategies to foster diversity and support workers.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 2, 2023

Snowflake bucks tech-sector layoff trend, plans 1,000 new hires

The cloud-based data warehouse company added 1,900 workers last year and will continue to hire in engineering and other areas, CFO Mike Scarpelli said during the company's Q4 earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • March 2, 2023

HR leaders struggle with tech hiring goals

Companies take seven weeks on average to hire technologists, according to General Assembly data. For some roles, it takes nine weeks or longer.

By Matt Ashare • March 1, 2023

How Liberty Mutual’s CIO plans to raise her company’s digital IQ

“We are spending enormous amounts of energy in making sure that we have the skills that we need for today, but also for tomorrow,” Monica Caldas said.

By Matt Ashare • March 1, 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

CIO, CFO relationship key to optimize tech spend

Nearly half of execs expect cyber attacks on financial data to increase in 2023, but the majority of finance leaders don't have consistent communication with the CIO to mitigate this risk.

By Elizabeth Flood • Feb. 27, 2023

CIOs to grow CX investments despite economic woes

Employee experience is a focus too, Logicalis found, as CIOs look to strategies that support growth.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 23, 2023

Kyndryl, Delta renew infrastructure support, modernization deal

The five-year service agreement covers crew scheduling applications, FAA maintenance compliance software and other critical systems.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 23, 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

Nike’s chief digital information officer exits

Ratnakar Lavu arrived in 2019 from Kohl’s with a goal to “accelerate” the sportswear giant’s growth.

By Cara Salpini • Feb. 22, 2023