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IT security pros spending hours per week helping colleagues fix computers
Security professionals helping coworkers fix computers could be costing companies more than $80,000 per year, according to a new survey from Firemon.
By Justine Brown • May 30, 2017 -
Gig economy seeing explosive growth as employers look for a flexible workforce
There are now more gig workers than employees in the entire information sector and IT services combined.
By Justine Brown • May 30, 2017 -
Explore the Trendline➔
SunnyVMD via Getty ImagesTrendlineCIO 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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Opinion
Some tasks are best left to the experts: Be wary of the rise of citizen developers
The rise of "citizen developers" is a development made possible by more user-friend computing, but limiting their role in the enterprise is a wise choice.
By Mike Garofalo • May 30, 2017 -
Airbnb takes its own route to teaching data science skills
When online training courses proved too general, Airbnb developed its own program.
By Justine Brown • May 26, 2017 -
Bucking industry metrics, AWS is finding cloud talent in older workers
While the median age of developers in the tech industry is 27, the median age of an AWS engineer is between 40 and 45 years old, a Redmonk analyst reports.
By Justine Brown • May 26, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: Who's the tech industry's most likable CEO?
Also, AlphaGo defeats humanity once again and the USB as we know it is headed for extinction.
By Naomi Eide • May 26, 2017 -
For CIOs, there are pros and cons to IoT's growing campus presence
While connected technology is bringing new benefits for students and campus leaders, privacy and security remain a concern.
By Roger Riddell , Naomi Eide • May 25, 2017 -
Women CIOs outpaced their male counterparts for pay raises in 2016
It's good news for women in tech, even though the study also showed just 9% of IT leadership positions worldwide are held by women.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • May 25, 2017 -
Study: CIOs happier than ever, but still don't stay long
Almost 60% of respondents in the Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO survey said their life span at a company is five years or less.
By Justine Brown • May 24, 2017 -
Java creator James Gosling to join AWS
Bringing Gosling on board has the potential to help AWS attract more programmers.
By Justine Brown • May 24, 2017 -
Alphabet, Amazon ride innovation to claim LinkedIn's top 2 places to work in 2017
Apple, once considered to be at the top of innovation, was only seventh on the list.
By Justine Brown • May 22, 2017 -
Under pressure: IT pros feel the stressful weight of growing tech demands
IT workers may be well-paid and have lots of job opportunities, but the life of an IT pro isn’t always easy.
By Justine Brown • May 22, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: 5 notable voices from Interop ITX 2017
What's happening in the world of enterprise technology? At Interop ITX in Las Vegas, experts mused on where technology is headed and the personnel required to get there.
By Naomi Eide • May 19, 2017 -
Cisco to cut another 1,000 jobs as it struggles to regain footing
The company said it expects revenues to fall up to 6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter.
By Justine Brown • May 18, 2017 -
IT acts as consultant while finance, sales executives evaluate and purchase tech
There is no denying the value and experience CIOs and technology teams bring to the process, but the results also show the shift to tech as a "strategic asset."
By Justine Brown • May 17, 2017 -
The biggest misconception about open source? It's free
What helps drive open source adoption is not so much the associated costs, but rather the ability to customize and tailor solutions to a company’s environment.
By Naomi Eide • May 16, 2017 -
Using questions, Stack Overflow highlights programming priorities
The trends tool could help companies determine which technologies are on the rise and which are on the way out.
By Justine Brown • May 15, 2017 -
Bloomberg: IBM's Rometty first woman to break into top 10 highest-paid CEOs
In 2016, IBM's Ginni Rometty, had a pay package worth $96.8 million, according to Bloomberg. So why did the company say her package was worth $32.7 million?
By Deborah Barrington • May 12, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: Are bots waging net neutrality war in the comment section?
Prior to the FCC issuing net neutrality regulations in 2015 it received 4 million comments. However, what's different about this comment period is a flood of the responses are identical.
By Naomi Eide • May 12, 2017 -
Trump releases sweeping order on cybersecurity prioritizing IT modernization
The executive order on cybersecurity tackles much of what critics have long called for: A coordinated defense and the upgrade of back-end systems.
By Naomi Eide • May 11, 2017 -
NVIDIA says it will train 100K AI developers this year
The company wants to fill demand for developers who know how to apply AI in commercial applications by training 10 times as many people as it did in 2016.
By Justine Brown • May 10, 2017 -
Amazon CEO: Greatest potential of AI may lie beneath the surface
Though Alexa's capabilities are promising, Amazon's true computing expertise often remains hidden. For Jeff Bezos, AI has the potential to revolutionize underlying technology.
By Justine Brown • May 8, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: Facebook pays interns $8K per month
Interns on the highest-paid list aren't fetching coffee. With an ultra-competitive tech environment, unhappy talent could easily move onto the next, potentially higher-paying role.
By Naomi Eide • May 5, 2017 -
Rackspace CEO resigns 6 months after company went private
Taylor Rhodes will become CEO at a "smaller private company," but declined to provide further details.
By Justine Brown • May 4, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Advising 'Mr. Robot': How a technical approach allows fiction to meet reality
For Ryan Kazanciyan, chief security architect at Tanium and technical advisor to "Mr. Robot," the challenge of the show is crafting cyberattacks that are technical enough to please industry insiders without alienating non-technical fans.
By Naomi Eide • May 4, 2017