5 surefire tech costumes to win Halloween

From spooky to iconic, here are five costumes to throw together in a pinch. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 27, 2017

How the cybersecurity industry can close the growing skills gap

Adding women to the tech workforce could lessen the gap in cybersecurity talent, but this requires bottom-up changes to how young women perceive and enter tech.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 26, 2017

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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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H-1B visas now harder to renew as Trump admin continues immigration crackdown

The move comes amid other changes to immigration that may affect the tech workforce.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 25, 2017

AI salaries burning a hole in companies' wallets

A small talent pool coupled with competition from the auto industry is driving AI salaries into the six-figure range, and companies without the resources of Google or Microsoft may miss out.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 25, 2017

Inside the federal law that promotes CIO authority

FITARA was enacted in 2014 and declared the rightful authority of federal CIOs as prominent decision makers of agency IT strategy. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 25, 2017

The shifting state of federal CIOs

While examining the state of federal IT leadership, CIO Dive created a scorecard. We soon realized the data would be valuable to our audience. Take a minute to look at the people behind technology for key agencies. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 25, 2017

Federal IT needs to adapt to demands of younger tech talent

As an alternative for hiring emerging tech talent, private sector companies should partner with federal agencies and lend IT candidates, according to Rep. Will Hurd, R-TX.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 25, 2017

Crawl, walk, run: How global companies can shift to the cloud

By using a crawl, walk, run approach, companies can ease the digital transformation process and make sure all participants are on board with changes and challenges.

By Akhilesh Tiwari • Oct. 24, 2017

Amazon's time has come: What you need to know about the HQ2 bids

The company has said HQ2 will be a "full equal" to its existing Seattle headquarters, with plans to invest more than $5 billion in construction and create 50,000 new high-paying jobs.

By Mary Tyler March • Oct. 23, 2017

Reuters: Silicon Valley takes on Congress to protect Dreamers

The Coalition for the American Dream, a collection of companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Intel and IBM, is reportedly asking for bipartisan legislation to provide Dreamers a path to permanent residency.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 23, 2017

Add ageism to the diversity woes in tech

There are sectors of IT which require an older workforce with knowledge that is unfamiliar to the younger generations, but overall millennials claim the lion's share of tech jobs.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 23, 2017

White House gears up for next stage of government IT modernization efforts

Both industry and agencies need to employ a risk-based focus on cyber, connecting every dollar allocated by the budget to reducing risk, said Margie Graves, acting federal CIO. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 20, 2017

Facebook CSO: Social network has not 'caught up' with its security responsibilities

With 2 billion monthly active users, the social media company carries the burden of protecting troves of personal consumer data.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 20, 2017

Inside Starbuck's push to brew technology reinvention

Surely it takes a unified tech stack for a worldwide enterprise with more than 26,000 stores? Think again. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 19, 2017

Cisco enlists AI and ML to fight growing skills gap

Technology is outpacing the knowledge of those in the field and companies like Cisco are looking for ways to close the growing gap. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 18, 2017

'A race to the moon': How cyber professionals can communicate with leadership

Communicating cybersecurity concepts to those unfamiliar with the field can prove frustrating to cyber experts.   

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 18, 2017

Apple's Wozniak opens institute to close STEM skills gap

"Woz U" aims to be a global higher ed institute for future tech workers and the businesses who need them.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Oct. 17, 2017

H-1B by the numbers: 3 data points illustrating the last decade of the visa program

While the program could face changes, understanding how it has contributed to the American workforce over the last decade is important. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 17, 2017

Microsoft's employees work in treehouses, igniting childhood envy

The company hopes its technology-enabled outdoor workspaces will "restore the mind from mental fatigue," adding to the list of creative and unconventional employee spaces Silicon Valley is so well known for.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 16, 2017

Start your engines: Former GE exec joins Nissan as CIO

Anthony Thomas joins a growing list of former GE tech execs who now head technology at different companies in an array of sectors. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 16, 2017

Amazon's HQ2 city could already be home to one of its R&D hubs

One-quarter of the company's employees work in research and development hubs around the U.S., shedding light on where it might expand its footprint.

By Kim Slowey • Oct. 13, 2017

What's next for the C-suite? A Chief AI Officer

Hype about AI is extending into the C-suite. The advanced technology has a long ways to go before it reaches maturity, but IT decision makers are already getting ready.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 13, 2017

AWS, Microsoft work together for open AI ecosystem

The two companies don't often appear in the same sentence unless its about competition and the cloud, but the pair turned heads Thursday with the announcement of a deep learning partnership.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 13, 2017

Computer scientists among 2017 MacArthur 'Genius Grant' winners

Two computer scientists earned a lifetime of bragging rights after winning the MacArthur "Genius Grant."

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 12, 2017

Expectation, meet reality: The 4 biggest takeaways from Gartner Symposium 2017

While no predictions are resolute, the research firm has made one thing clear to IT decisions makers: Modernize technology approaches or face irrelevance.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 11, 2017