Nearly 60% of tech workers suffer from burnout, new poll says

Most employers know the costs of burnout, but getting it under control is another story.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • June 4, 2018

Will visa restrictions on Chinese STEM students hurt US tech competitiveness?

Foreign talent, especially from China, has filled roles and research positions in a country where STEM talent demand outpaces supply.

By Alex Hickey • June 1, 2018

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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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EEOC investigating Intel layoffs for age discrimination

The agency's Seattle office is looking into whether the 10,000 global job cuts the company made violated the ADEA, The Wall Street Journal reported.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • June 1, 2018

5 experts discuss how they got into cybersecurity

Though security education is becoming more formalized in university settings, many experts find themselves in cybersecurity by chance.

By Naomi Eide • May 31, 2018

How many CIOs become CEOs? More, with successful digital transformations

CIOs can rewrite their job descriptions and help the business evolve, focusing on external, rather than internal customers. 

By Naomi Eide • May 30, 2018

Disconnect persists between tech recruiters, hiring managers

At the same time, the two groups seemed to agree on one important point: skills-based hiring is here to stay.

By Riia O'Donnell • May 29, 2018

Dell EMC to pay $2.9M to settle gender, race pay discrimination charges

High-profile companies — especially those in the tech sector — continue to make headlines when it comes to pay equity.

By Lisa Burden • May 25, 2018

Tension between agile, bimodal development as organizations work to become digital at scale

The minute organizations are given the "excuse" bimodal is acceptable, three-fourths of them are going to move slow. 

By Naomi Eide • May 25, 2018

With fears of full-scale cyberwar, questions of attribution arise

Script kiddies and credential stuffers aside, the increase in nation-state activity and cyberespionage threats have begun to plague organizations across sectors. 

By Naomi Eide • May 22, 2018

Leadership and longevity, the keys to GDPR compliance

Through the many paths to compliance, a few clear lessons and trends are emerging.

By Alex Hickey • May 18, 2018

Ford promotes 31-year company veteran to CIO

Jeff Lemmer will handle the restructuring of global IT, AI applications and other POCs, such as high performance computing, quantum computing and IoT.

By Alex Hickey • May 17, 2018

CIOs using their platform to innovate the supply chain

But in most industries, transformation is still focused on technology, not strategic implementation.

By Edwin Lopez • May 17, 2018

How IBM is using Latin flowers to help companies comply with GDPR

The engine converts names, birthdays, addresses and other types of personally identifiable information into a series of random identifiers.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 16, 2018

Trump issues executive order to bump up standing of federal CIOs

Will this order help accommodate an agency's shift to the digital age ... or at least an age without floppy disks?

By Samantha Schwartz • May 16, 2018

Let onboarding tech do the heavy lifting, but don't 'over-automate' the process

As tech promises to improve efficiency, HR can't lose sight of the need for personalization.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • May 15, 2018

H-1B restrictions no deterrent to foreign college grads

The OPT program fundamentally lays the groundwork for a graduate to apply for an H-1B visa once the employment allotment has expired.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 14, 2018

Talend CIO: IT leaders need to buy for the future, not just for today

Eric Johnson and Talend are doubling down on hybrid cloud, multicloud, containerization and serverless computing to usher customers into the future. 

By Alex Hickey • May 11, 2018

6 cybersecurity experts share twitch-inducing pet peeves

Annoyances and pet peeves can fester at work and make for tense lunchroom conversations. But as professionals, overreaction isn't recommended. 

By Naomi Eide • May 10, 2018

10 emerging tech cities — and how they're reshaping worker distribution

Comparably's 10 emerging tech hubs — which include Dallas, Washington, Denver and Chicago — are underrated but becoming competitors in their own right in the tech scene. 

By Samantha Schwartz • May 10, 2018

Lack of training on new customer tech frustrates fast food workers, report finds

The technology intended to help fast food workers do their jobs may be leading to turnover.

By Samantha Schwartz , Riia O'Donnell • May 9, 2018

Facebook has a new head of blockchain — wait, what?

Blockchain mania has set in at Facebook; the social network is establishing a dedicated group to experiment with the ledger technology. 

By Naomi Eide • May 9, 2018

Microsoft's 2018 priorities: Privacy, ethical AI and cybersecurity

GDPR is an important first step to privacy, and Microsoft has allocated hundreds of engineers to building a compliance infrastructure before the deadline.

By Alex Hickey • May 8, 2018

Stack Overflow CEO: Build tools for nonprofessional developers

Software development needs better access to tools for all experience levels and more inclusivity on its online platforms, according to Joel Spolsky.

By Alex Hickey • May 7, 2018

AWS, Python, Java top list of in-demand cloud skills

The top 10 skills demonstrate high demand for engineers familiar with the top IaaS providers and automation, containerization and cloud management.

By Alex Hickey • May 3, 2018

Generation agnostic: Millennials and baby boomers fall short in cybersecurity

Cloud-based sharing methods and limited credential access are easy ways to limit an employee's chances of compromising an organization's security.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 3, 2018