Kohl's names retail-tested executive as CTO

Paul Gaffney is joining the retailer later this month following stints at Dick’s Sporting Goods and The Home Depot. 

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 9, 2019

Walgreens Boots Alliance nabs CIO from Kraft Heinz

Francesco Tinto is taking over technology leadership at WBA during a time of focus on digital transformation and advancing the company’s technology capabilities.

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 6, 2019

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

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Technologists show up at the negotiating table knowing they're in demand

To make sure offer letters get signed, employers have a couple of strategies: proactive salary assessments and faster, more granular salary assessments.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 5, 2019

Lofty digital transformation goals driven by CIO, not the C-suite, study finds

IT is caught between maintaining the Wi-Fi and driving innovation. That is a vast territory to own.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 4, 2019

Customer engagement key metric for SaaS companies, CFO says

SaaS companies rely on recurring revenue for growth. That's only achievable when customers are satisfied.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 30, 2019

Indeed: Washington, Boston top list of highest-paying metro areas

The Bay Area, Seattle and Austin have lower tech salaries when adjusted for cost of living.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 28, 2019

Why IBM's CIO values IT product design over 'expensive transformation projects'

"When did it become okay to live like the 'Jetsons' at home and the 'Flintstones' at work?" asked IBM CIO Fletcher Previn. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 27, 2019

MetLife names head of global technology, expects new tech to disrupt business models

Bill Pappas served as CIO and head of global operations for Bank of America.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 23, 2019

Show me the money (and benefits), job-seeking technologists say

Pay and benefits drive technologists' decisions when it comes to job-hunting, data from Indeed shows. But for the right set of perks, candidates are willing to compromise.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 22, 2019

Women-focused STEM programs face Title IX challenges

One study says women-focused STEM programs violate provisions of Title IX. The National Women's Law Center strongly disagrees with the group's claim.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 21, 2019

Chief data officers of the future sharpen focus on revenue, products

Today, chief data officers play the offense, tying work to revenue and products as they arm companies with data-driven insights.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 20, 2019

For knowledge workers, communication hurdles add to morale decline

Disconnected from their company's vision, unaligned workers are more likely to report a hierarchical structure and rigid routine, Slack's State of Work report found.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 16, 2019

A great talent drought awaits tech as valued skills shift

Could a debilitating shortage of talent await the tech industry? There are signs a drought is already here.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 16, 2019

CIOs lean on cloud as C-suite dependence on technology execution grows

The growing reliance on technology speaks to urgency: McKinsey's research found CEOs are prioritizing revenue growth and improved agility over reducing business costs.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 12, 2019

Federal 'hack back' bill back on table, but critics wary of blind spots

The latest iteration of the bipartisan bill challenges private entities' response to cyberattacks. Critics argue it lacks guidelines of when or why a company should hack back.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 12, 2019

HackerRank: UC Berkeley a top school for developers, ahead of industry powerhouses

The study's results were derived from "real-world skills," the ones most desired by hiring employers, which left schools like MIT out of the top spots. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 8, 2019

Western Digital's roadmap to merging 3 distinct technology stacks

The company began the daunting task of technology rationalization planning around 2015 and broke the effort into chunks. First up: collaboration and communication. 

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 8, 2019

Programming, security among top training topics for tech workers

The half-life of skills "is drastically reducing," Skillsoft said, which is why employee development has especially taken off in the tech space.

By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 7, 2019

Monster: 67% of candidates did not negotiate their salaries

Only 15% of candidates provided salary ranges that their employers then negotiated within, Monster said. 

By Riia O'Donnell • Aug. 5, 2019

New SurveyMonkey CIO tasked with boosting IT scale, efficiency

Eric Johnson's addition, which comes 10 months after SurveyMonkey's IPO, will focus on the company's security, data infrastructure and BI strategies.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 1, 2019

Report: Employers look to Midwest, South for tech talent

Low unemployment rates helped spur growth in "lesser known and under-developed" markets like Tucson, Arizona and Des Moines, Iowa.

By Cailin Crowe • July 24, 2019

DevOps: The good, bad and ugly

Approaching its 10-year anniversary, the movement is undergoing a renovation as some communities work to infuse security, making way for DevSecOps.

By Naomi Eide • July 24, 2019

Digital strategy evolving as IT takes on 'evangelist' role

Almost two-thirds of leaders want their IT organization to adopt better "influencing skills" in order to "deliver change," according to an Apptio report. 

By Samantha Schwartz • July 18, 2019

In an undersupplied talent market, companies must become remote-friendly

Four in 10 developers say remote work policies are key when considering a new job opportunity, in a recent study of 4,500 developers from DigitalOcean.

By Roberto Torres • July 18, 2019

Target brings in Facebook vet to lead tech ops

Hari Govind will oversee cloud computing, network connectivity and operations for technology throughout the retailer's business. 

By Ben Unglesbee • July 16, 2019