Slack CEO to depart after first year at the helm

Lidiane Jones will step down from the top role at the collaboration software company to lead online dating app Bumble on Jan. 2. 

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 6, 2023

Global cybersecurity workforce grows, but still confronts shortfall of 4M people

Despite growing to 5.5 million global professionals, an ISC2 study shows the industry still needs millions of qualified workers to fend off rising digital threats.

By David Jones • Nov. 6, 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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Tech labor market rebounded in October

Employers across the industry added nearly half a million jobs, according to a CompTIA review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 3, 2023

PayPal promotes Archie Deskus to EVP, CTO

The move expands the executive's oversight to include platform engineering teams, the company said Thursday.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 2, 2023

Walgreens appoints new CIO as leadership transition continues

Neal Sample, first appointed in an advisor capacity in October, will report to CEO Tim Wentworth as EVP and CIO.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 1, 2023

Inside Kyndryl’s sprint to decouple IT from IBM

Ahead of a Nov. 3 deadline, CIO Michael Bradshaw detailed the company’s push to rebuild IT, moving 1,800 applications to an all-cloud infrastructure in two years.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 31, 2023

3 things workers expect from their CIOs

IT leaders must push to improve how employees across departments interact and leverage tools in their day-to-day.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 27, 2023

Ocean Spray picks new tech leader as CTO departs

The cranberry co-op hired former Subway executive Neil Hampshire as its new chief information and digital officer.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 27, 2023

MassMutual more than halfway done with multicloud journey

While migration is the end goal, modernization is the means, regardless of where an application lives, Head of Product and Platform Technology Sherriff Balogun said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 24, 2023

How 3 IT leaders attract and retain diverse tech talent

Fannie Mae, Burberry and Oregon State Treasury leaders shared how they broadened talent pipelines and prioritized fostering a sense of belonging.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 23, 2023

4 CIO culture hacks to improve hybrid work

In the push to bring workers back to the office, tech leaders have a role to play in improving efficiencies and supporting culture.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 20, 2023

Bank of America to spend $3.8B on innovation next year

North American banks hold a global edge in AI investments, according to industry research firm Evident.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 19, 2023

It’s time for CIOs to think about prompt engineering

When companies purchase user-facing AI solutions, "do not think of it as just buying a piece of software but as hiring a teammate,” Gartner’s Don Scheibenreif said.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 18, 2023

3 Gartner predictions that showcase the future of enterprise AI

CIOs can expect generative AI to supercharge legacy modernization and even influence geopolitics over the next few years.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 17, 2023

Citi pumps another $3B into tech modernization

“At the end of the work, we will have a simpler firm that can operate faster, better serve our clients and unlock value for our shareholders,” CEO Jane Fraser said Friday.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 16, 2023

CIOs prioritize data upgrades as AI adoption intensifies

Most organizations favor a hybrid AI strategy, building on open-source models while also leveraging off-the-shelf tools, according to an MIT Technology Review report.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 16, 2023

Ocean Spray targets core processes in digital transformation effort

Called xELERATE, the project seeks to enable technology across the business, according to Chief Digital and Technology Officer Jamie Head.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 13, 2023

How the VA closed a 66% pay gap between public and private IT jobs

The agency moved to raise pay using a “people first, mission always” approach, according to Veterans Affairs Office CIO and CPO Nathan Tierney.

By Ryan Golden • Oct. 13, 2023

Businesses using generative AI task CIOs with governance

One in 5 organizations adopting AI say no one is held accountable for the technology yet, according to Info-Tech Research Group data.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 11, 2023

IT job market cooled in September as unemployment rose, job postings fell

Signs of waning tech hiring clash against national labor market indicators, according to a CompTIA review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 6, 2023

14 power skills to succeed as a CIO

Effective CIOs master goal setting, prioritization and time scheduling to achieve outcomes that matter, according to Gartner’s Christie Struckman.

By Christie Struckman • Oct. 5, 2023

Walgreens CIO Hsiao Wang out amidst C-suite shakeup

The company has brought in seasoned exec Neal Sample to make "near-term" technology decisions, according to an email sent to employees.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 2, 2023

Lingering layoff anxiety shakes employee confidence: Glassdoor

Less than half of workers in the information sector shared a positive outlook of their employer as concerns persist.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 2, 2023

Hybrid work shifts CIOs’ role to include the employee experience (EX)

A Forrester study found 60% of CIOs are investing in EX to improve productivity and performance of distributed workforces.

Oct. 2, 2023

After a long AWS migration, Choice Hotels will close its last data center

The company leveraged a one-cloud strategy to bring Radisson Hotels Americas' systems into the tech stack in less than a year, CIO Brian Kirkland said.

By Matt Ashare • Sept. 29, 2023