No major improvements in minorities' upward mobility, study finds

When race and gender are factored in, women belonging to racial minorities are less likely than male peers to become executives.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 4, 2017

Request for contract work tripled in two years, study finds

More companies are forced to adapt to the needs of the IT workforce to meet the growing demands in digital migration and cybersecurity.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 3, 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.

By CIO Dive staff

With emerging technologies top of mind, CIOs must focus on talent

Though technology is at the center of Gartner's predicted business disruption, companies have to also upend cultures to ensure long-term relevance. Without talent, organizations will become irrelevant.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 3, 2017

Mishandling of new tech costs companies $6B annually, report says

The IT workforce continues to grow with the emergence of new technologies, but without the proper IT skill sets, employers lose money and proper management of digital innovations.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 2, 2017

One-third of IBM's workforce now in India

IBM's Q2 revenue dropped by about 5%, but the hiring of international workers, especially in India, helped keep costs down. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 2, 2017

Tech hiring displays ageist tendencies, dominated by millennials

In order to avoid potential discrimination, organizations need a candidate pool that pulls both deeply and broadly from many sources.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 28, 2017

CA bill banning the outsourcing of state university jobs passes the legislature

The bill was prompted by a layoff of IT workers at the University of California San Francisco campus in 2016 after the university signed a contract with an India-based IT firm.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 28, 2017

Lack of cloud expertise costs enterprises $258M annually

Many companies face a shortage of IT professionals with sufficient cloud expertise, which could be stifling innovation, creativity and productivity.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 27, 2017

Equifax CEO Richard Smith retires

The board announced CEO Richard Smith is retiring, effective Tuesday. This comes on the heels of the retirement of the company's CIO and CSO less than two weeks ago.

By Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Sept. 26, 2017

Faced with CIO turnover, what is federal IT to do?

Following the departure of five federal CIOs in August, many IT efforts are outliving the tenure of agency CIOs. While this is not uncommon, tenures ending after just a few months are not long enough to have much functional impact.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 26, 2017

FICO bolsters cybersecurity in wake of Equifax breach

The credit scoring company joins other large companies, like Google and Microsoft, in upping security measures since the breach.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 25, 2017

Tech jobs booming across the country

The Pacific, Southeast and Northeast beat out other regions in average CIO and application developer compensation.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 25, 2017

HPE to cut 5,000 jobs in favor of market expansion

The layoffs are believed to be part of CEO Meg Whitman's bottom-line approach to redesign the company's products and services.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 25, 2017

Fortune's Most Powerful Women list names 9 tech execs

The list is comprised of 51 women, including 26 CEOs who control a $1.1 trillion market cap. Fortune's editors selected the winners based on the size and importance of their organization.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 22, 2017

Technobabble: Bill Gates' regret and brains becoming internet-connected

A new IoT device is emerging. Researchers used an EEG headset to connect a human brain to the internet in real time, a breakthrough in the field of brain-machine interfaces. 

By Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Sept. 22, 2017

Infosys plans for NC tech hub move forward amid several exec departures

The facility will take on 2,000 employees over the course of four years with 500 employees expected to start in 2018.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 20, 2017

Dell EMC top hardware manager leaves role

Along with the leadership change, Dell is bringing together client solutions and infrastructure product groups under one IT leader.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 18, 2017

Facebook establishing AI team in Montreal, joining Google and Microsoft in growing tech hub

The social network is expected to have about 30 people work in Montreal, in addition to its current team of AI researchers in California, New York and France.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 15, 2017

Cybersecurity sector facing understaffed teams and a growing skills gap

There are approximately 300,000 open cybersecurity positions in the United States and the number is expected to rise to 1.8 million by 2022.

By Samantha Schwartz • Sept. 13, 2017

AI improves customer experience and creates job, study finds

Three-quarters of companies with AI implementation find it has improved customer satisfaction, decreased churn and improved customer intimacy. Four-fifths report the tech has created new jobs in their organization.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 13, 2017

Are women the CDO force to be reckoned with?

In a guest article, Anna Frazzetto, chief digital technology officer and senior VP at Harvey Nash, reflects on how the CDO role is becoming a powerful entry point into tech leadership for women.

By Anna Frazzetto • Sept. 12, 2017

JPMorgan Chase hires new CIO to run $9.5B tech budget

The company has promoted Lori Beer from within its own ranks to oversee the company's technology strategy, including a new focus on machine learning and robotics.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 11, 2017

AI taking over the enterprise, one vendor feature at a time

CIO Dive spoke with Box CEO Aaron Levie about the integration of machine learning image recognition technology into its platform and the future potential for AI.

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 8, 2017

Technobabble: The reality of tech addiction, cities vie for Amazon

Whether in the office, at home or walking down a sidewalk, people are glued to their smartphones, highlighting just how ever-present technology is in life.

By Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Sept. 8, 2017

Following Oracle layoffs, future of Sun products uncertain

As the company changes how it approaches some product lines, it is also ramping up hiring in the cloud, looking to bring on 5,000 professionals in the U.S. 

By Naomi Eide • Sept. 7, 2017