Gartner: 7 traits of highly successful digital leaders

As the physical and digital worlds become indistinguishable, the best leaders are still clear that digital is a means, not an end. 

By Mary Mesaglio, Apoorva Chhabra • Sept. 24, 2020

CIO board membership is down, but tech leaders remain influential, survey finds

Influential people who oversee technology are just "calling themselves different things" now, such as CTO or chief digital officer, said Rob Grimsey, director at Harvey Nash Group.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 23, 2020

6 types of CISO and the companies they thrive in

Jeff Pollard, VP and principal analyst at Forrester, wants CISOs to discover the type of leader they are — transformational, tactical, steady — and run with it.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 22, 2020

Estée Lauder CIO connects IT team culture and volunteering

Internal innovation sprints can foster ties between team members that don't often get a chance to work together, said Michael Smith.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 18, 2020

Data doesn't speak for itself: 4 benefits of giving security metrics context

When presenting security metrics and data to non-technical stakeholders, security leaders' messaging could get lost in translation.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 17, 2020

Few employees want to work exclusively from the office anymore, Slack survey shows

Despite the recent shift to remote work, employees and employers have demonstrated concerns about connectedness, culture and other issues.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 16, 2020

As workers leave tech hubs, companies rethink hiring

Reports signal a rising interest in relocation, a trend that may provide an advantage in a long-strained tech talent market.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 16, 2020

5 essential roles of the CIO

The CIO will emerge from the pandemic with greater clout in the C-suite, viewed as a potential change agent who can deliver talent and tools needed to operate.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 11, 2020

How to build a citizen developer program

Using citizen developers and low- and no-code tools, companies can more quickly develop applications that address specific business needs without significantly expanding their IT budget.

By Karen Renner • 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

Coronavirus tests Ohio State, Stanford CISOs as fall semester begins

CISOs lost visibility when students and staff went home. Since then, they've gained capacity to react faster to security challenges.

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

Amid remote work, CFOs expected to impart digital change

Fifty-eight percent of CFOs believe the finance chief is responsible for imparting digital change at his or her company, but half admit their organizations’ execution of change management is falling short.

By Jane Thier • Aug. 18, 2020

Tabletop exercises can exceed $50K, limited to annual testing

With fewer tabletop exercises, organizations cannot perform a variety of cyberattack scenarios and develop "muscle memory" for responses. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 17, 2020

Fall preview: Online conferences to attend in 2020

While companies are reconfiguring business technology priorities, now is the time to benchmark with peers how to execute on strategy. Here are conferences on CIO Dive's radar. 

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 14, 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

'The virtual world has not been easy': How 2 companies keep employees connected

Tech executives are honing in on employee well-being in a virtual world, but it's an ongoing process.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 13, 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

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

Tech employment recovery cools off in June, shedding 130K jobs

Despite the cooling effects of the pandemic on the U.S. economy, net IT employment is up by 203,000 since the pandemic began.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 10, 2020