IT spending lessons from the oft resource-constrained nonprofit world

As the fiscally-conscious edict goes, do more with less. It's where a platform approach to technology shines.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 20, 2020

Do not disturb: Setting time-off boundaries when work is just a click away

Taking meaningful time off empowers leadership to more effectively manage the team — and disrupts the culture of overworking.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 20, 2020

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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.

By CIO Dive staff

Employees suffer stress, decrease in work quality due to IT skills gap

Skills gaps in IT departments are down just a hair since 2019 but still stretch existing employees thin in an effort to compensate for missing knowledge.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 19, 2020

IT leaders, workers at odds over cloud maturity perception

There's a disconnect between how leadership envision cloud strategies playing out and the experience for line-of-business IT workers, an SPR survey shows.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 17, 2020

Data analytics, RPA top list of 2021 digital priorities, survey finds

In Gartner's most recent survey, all five of CFO's top priorities heading into 2021 are concerned with getting tech right.

By Jane Thier • Nov. 15, 2020

Why Chipotle CTO compares technologists to air traffic controllers

CTO Curt Garner says collaboration skills helped the company sustain its digital sales by layering technologies.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 13, 2020

The pandemic created a more trainable workforce

Employee comfort with remote work tools increased, and companies were able to scale training as transformation moved forward.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 11, 2020

5 principles of successful change management

Technical business transformations still rely on strong change management leadership to guide teams through the process, an Accenture executive said.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 11, 2020

Virgin Galactic IT takes flight with new CIO

In a newly-created role, Alistair Burns will lead IT as the company sets sights on commercial service.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 10, 2020

Employees struggle with work software, survey says

Employers may overestimate the support and training they offer employees on workplace tech.

By Kathryn Moody • Nov. 10, 2020

GM plans to hire 3,000 tech workers

The carmaker is in search of tech workers to help it enhance customer experience and boost software as a service offerings.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 9, 2020

MetLife hires Foot Locker's Pawan Verma as next CIO

Verma led a 4,000-person team to digital transformation success at Foot Locker during his tenure.

By Katie Malone • Nov. 4, 2020

Ford has a technology leadership vacancy after executive declines job

Vijay Sankaran was set to rejoin Ford on Nov. 16. It would have marked his second stint at Ford following seven years at TD Ameritrade.

By Naomi Eide • Updated Nov. 23, 2020

Zoom, live captions and what it all means for workplace accessibility

Otter.ai launched a live meeting caption capability on Zoom, a step welcomed by accessibility experts. A more holistic accessibility approach is needed in the workplace.

By Roberto Torres • Nov. 3, 2020

DHS ditches H-1B visa lottery for wage-based selection process

The proposal is an attempt to address criticisms that the program allows employers to hire foreign talent on the cheap. Others are calling DHS' plan "too broad and too crude."

By Ryan Golden • Updated Jan. 8, 2021

What are CEOs focused on for next year?

CEOs want to establish "quality growth that has a reasonable profit margin," said Gartner's Mark Raskino. Turns out, digital can help. 

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 2, 2020

How CIOs can foster LGBTQ inclusivity

Tech execs can help broker trust by designing storage, access and privacy solutions for self-identification data.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 30, 2020

Biden, Trump run on similar tech platforms. Differences are in the details.

In an election cycle marked by polarization, the major party presidential candidates envision emerging tech investments and industry collaboration.

By Katie Malone • Oct. 28, 2020

'Wearing too many hats': How to bridge the AI skills gap

Tech leaders must invoke their "inner Steve Jobs" to attract AI talent, said Gartner's Arun Chandrasekaran.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 27, 2020

Why is the CIO-CISO dynamic strained?

In an enterprise where every executive has competing priorities in deadlines, money and personnel, some CISOs and CIOs fight for equal shares. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 27, 2020

US Chamber, universities sue Trump administration over revised H-1B rules

Plaintiffs claim the updates to the regulation were promulgated without "the notice-and-comment rulemaking required by the Administrative Procedure Act." 

By Aman Kidwai • Oct. 26, 2020

8 tips for leading with intention from a Morgan Stanley exec

Hiring the next generation of the workforce requires the same intentional leadership companies are learning throughout the current crisis.

By Katie Malone • Oct. 22, 2020

Gartner's predictions show CIOs' expanding responsibility — and authority

Dealing with mountains of data and more automated supply chains, the CIO purview is expanding in scope and oversight.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 22, 2020

4 critical strategies for tech leaders in Gartner's CIO agenda

Companies rethink strategies amid uncertainty, with CIOs standing at the ready.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 20, 2020

10 cost-cutting tips to help businesses bounce back in 2021

IT budgets tightened during the pandemic. IT management must look closer at which cost cutting measures can help them recover from a difficult year.

By Katie Malone • Oct. 20, 2020