It's not just McDonald's — restaurant CIOs are hungry for tech

"It's hard to look cool if you've got a pager that was from the 1980s still in use," said the founder of Aaron Allen & Associates. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 11, 2019

Former Land O'Lakes CIO joins Subway amid leadership shake ups

Mike Marcie is joining Subway as it battles for relevance in a saturated fast food market and undergoes a leadership shuffle.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 9, 2019

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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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Which traits set 'digitally savvy' companies apart from competitors

"All firms want to make sure they're digitally transformed so they're not going to be disrupted," said Stephanie Woerner, research scientist at the MIT CISR. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 8, 2019

Ford is a mobility company with an AI 'core competency,' CTO says

Wrinkle detection in car seats is trivial, right? For Ford, it's an internal AI application for manufacturing and an example of what's possible with advanced technology. 

By Naomi Eide • April 5, 2019

Walgreens Boots Alliance's heavy focus on digitalization to save up to $600M

The firm brought in a new chief digital officer in January, who is expected to lead the development of WBA's digital and physical customer solutions. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 5, 2019

STEM fields won't achieve gender parity without direct intervention

Bias and selection based on similarity could keep gender equality at bay indefinitely, a new study reveals.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • April 5, 2019

The skills and people who ignite DevOps — and fuel its evolution

Organizations decide they're going to "do" DevOps. But they "can't really do DevOps and expect an outcome," said Eveline Oehrlich, independent research director at the DevOps Institute. 

By Naomi Eide • April 4, 2019

94% of CIOs, CISOs have to make protection compromises

Decision making can move from confident to rattled because of a lack of visibility into endpoints like laptops, servers, virtual machines, containers and cloud infrastructure.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 4, 2019

Women make up 24% of cybersecurity workforce — up from 11% in 2017

The gender gap in cybersecurity adds pressure to the skills gap, but some critics say it is too late to solve the gender issue. 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 3, 2019

How an SAP implementation brought a CIO out of retirement

When chemical company Old World Industries tapped Kevin Reilly's consulting expertise, it was clear to him the company was "in a spot where they hung on to old tech for a long time." 

By Samantha Schwartz • April 3, 2019

How Dick's Sporting Goods' CTO is revamping athletic e-commerce

The retailer is investing about $15 million in e-commerce fulfillment capabilities and $10 million in technology.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 2, 2019

Remote work brings benefits — but also greater security risks, survey says

HR and IT professionals must work together to create cybersecurity policies, design employee trainings and communicate their rationale to workers. 

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • April 1, 2019

For H-1B workers facing turmoil, opportunity lies abroad

After years in the H-1B program, all that Uday Verma had built — a career, friends, family, life — did not guarantee he would get to stay in the U.S. So he and his family left. 

By Naomi Eide • April 1, 2019

Female Gen Z programmers want professional growth, flexibility from job offers

Gen Z women in a HackerRank survey also were twice as likely as their older colleagues to favor working for employers with a well-known brand.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • April 1, 2019

Google gives $5M in tech training grants to orgs serving Latino students

The grants are part of Google's $25 million commitment to help African-American and Latino students develop career skills, the release said.

By Riia O'Donnell • March 29, 2019

Amazon heats up Austin, Texas tech scene with new office space, 800 jobs

The team's primary responsibilities will include Amazon Web Services, Amazon Business, devices, video game design and advertising.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 29, 2019

Johnson & Johnson CIO departs to lead State Department tech

Stuart McGuigan spent years navigating the J&J sprawl, modernizing the business to create room for future-ready technology implementations. 

By Naomi Eide • March 28, 2019

Costly transformation plans a waste of time, leaders say

Many make investments in "transformation" because they think they should, rather than to solve specific problems, research shows. 

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • March 28, 2019

IT admin has no age claim, despite 'old and antiquated' comment, 3rd Cir. says

The employer showed that the employee failed to perform routine backups, causing the permanent loss of six weeks' worth of data.

By Jennifer Carsen • March 27, 2019

IBM Watson AI GM Beth Smith talks tech's celebrity, need for transparency

"To me going forward Watson is the celebrity, really, when your customers get their business outcome from it," Smith said.

By Naomi Eide • March 27, 2019

5 states dominating tech employment

The usual suspects, California and New York, lead technology employment, but there is at least one surprise on CompTIA's list.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 26, 2019

Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings parent company names new CIO

CKE Restaurants and Inspire Brands are the latest restaurant parent companies to undergo technology leadership changes.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 26, 2019

Old work habits die hard, but they have to go, report says

Employers can no longer afford to ignore "always on" cultures or narcissistic leaders, according to a Myers-Briggs Company report.

By Riia O'Donnell • March 22, 2019

CTO departing Walmart to lead Pinterest's engineering team

Pinterest is undergoing internal changes, namely filing a confidential IPO with the SEC last month.

By Samantha Schwartz • March 22, 2019

Walmart CTO departs after laying digital groundwork

During his tenure, Jeremy King aided Walmart Labs' acquisitions, opened four more tech offices and set Walmart up as a "user of, and contributor to, the open source community."

By Samantha Schwartz • March 21, 2019