Walmart Labs builds out its candidate pipeline with 'returnships'

The retailer is looking to those who took time for caregiving to help expand its tech talent pool.

By Ryan Golden • June 26, 2019

Pay gap for black tech workers widens

A broad review of organizational policies may help spot discriminatory pay practices.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett , Samantha Schwartz • June 24, 2019

Explore the Trendline➔

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

Make way for the AI natives

Just as industry is adapting to the millennial world of cloud apps and remote collaboration, an even younger generation is coming of age, Adobe Document Cloud's director of data and engineering writes.

By David Parmenter • June 24, 2019

Most IT workers would relocate for a lower cost of living

The high cost of living in tech hubs like Silicon Valley reportedly strains workers, who value job security highly when choosing where to work, CompTIA said. 

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • June 21, 2019

'Life is too short to hate your job': Lessons from tech's culture crisis

Shadow workforces, diversity deficiencies and harassment allegations aren't helping tech's talent woes.

By Morgan Fecto • June 19, 2019

'Fear, uncertainty and doubt' in the security labor market

The struggle to hire security professionals is influenced by narrow job descriptions and lack of role standardization.

By Naomi Eide • June 18, 2019

A CIO's guide to a successful digital transformation

Businesses are approaching a pivotal moment where big-box, legacy IT solutions are no longer the answer for today’s enterprise challenges. What's a CIO to do?

By Ryan Douglas • June 17, 2019

IT budgets rise as spend shifts toward business-managed IT, report finds

There is a downside: If organizations don't involve IT in business-led technology decision making, they could be more at risk for cyberthreats, according to a Harvey Nash/KPMG survey.

By Naomi Eide • June 13, 2019

Amazon expands cloud curriculum with bachelor's degree

George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College join a growing number of institutions to offer curriculum in partnership with the e-commerce company.

By Hallie Busta • June 12, 2019

How can procurement managers get their workforce on board with emerging tech?

Many aspects of the procurement function are ripe for digitization, but emerging technologies will only succeed if employees trust the results.

By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • June 12, 2019

Bad news — skills have a short shelf life in the workforce of the future

There is hope, however, because industry supports employee growth and development, says Jayne Groll, CEO of the DevOps Institute. 

By Naomi Eide • June 11, 2019

Atlassian's CIO looks for 'stronger together' mentality in acquisition integrations

Acquisitions "not only accommodate the needs of business but actually help transform what's possible for the company," said CIO Archana Rao. 

By Samantha Schwartz • June 11, 2019

Nike taps new digital chief

Ratnakar Lavu's arrival comes as Nike is increasingly leveraging tech for products and stores.

By Daphne Howland • June 7, 2019

At 1-800-Flowers Inc., IT strategy and vendor sharing decided by council

CIO Arnold Leap views individual brands as a portfolio of customers. "They have a slightly different view of the world."

By Samantha Schwartz • June 5, 2019

Does Apple's forthcoming Austin outpost signal a Silicon Valley tech exodus?

As costs rise in traditional industry hubs, organizations may continue to push out to locales that will give them more hiring options with lower overhead. 

By Samantha Schwartz , Riia O'Donnell , Morgan Fecto • June 3, 2019

How 3 CIOs gather — and use — data

Organizations are challenged to quickly amass data and put it to work, delivering insights for business and creating new revenue streams.

By Naomi Eide • June 3, 2019

Where data privacy is law

Nevada's extension to an existing law for data collection security is set to go into effect on Oct. 1 but has a narrower scope than the CCPA. 

By Taylor McKnight, Samantha Schwartz • May 30, 2019

Focused on 'governance and controls,' Wells Fargo taps new CISO

Change marks 2019 for Wells Fargo; in addition to new technology leaders, an external search is underway for a CEO.

By Naomi Eide • May 29, 2019

To outsource or not? How to know if it's right for business

An airline and a sporting goods CTO take opposing stances on third party work.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 29, 2019

Walmart names Amazon, Microsoft veteran CTO

Suresh Kumar's former roles at Amazon include director of software and VP of worldwide retail systems and services, and led Amazon's retail supply chain and management systems. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 28, 2019

Collaboration software filling gap between frontline reality, corporate expectations

Less than one-quarter of employees said their ideas contribute to decisions made by their bosses, according to a Workplace by Facebook survey. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 28, 2019

Salesforce pledges to upskill half a million US workers, for free

Training through the company's Trailhead platform will give workers Salesforce administrator, developer and marketing manager training. 

By Riia O'Donnell • May 24, 2019

How Dick's Sporting Goods' CTO untangles spaghetti silos

There are a lot of systems in the hands of frontline associates that shouldn't be; they were "inflicted on them by someone in headquarters," said Paul Gaffney. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 24, 2019

Merger lessons learned: Changing people is the 'hardest part,' Eversource Energy CIO says

Mergers can hit technology teams especially hard, as they are responsible for eliminating duplicate systems and creating one, centralized process.

By Naomi Eide • May 24, 2019

The not-yet United States of data privacy, 1 year after GDPR

Fewer than 20 states have a data privacy bill in the works, with many taking their last breaths in committee, dying before making it to the governors' desks. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 22, 2019