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New federal cybersecurity rules moving too slow, senators say
Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Tom Carper, D-Del., sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget this week voicing their frustrations that the lack of a new policy is preventing federal agencies from better protecting their networks.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
House passes Email Privacy Act, 419-0
Though the legislation was unanimously passed in the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
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TrendlineCIO 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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Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg join others in pushing Congress to improve K-12 tech education
More than 1,400 supporters have signed a petition pushing for funds to improve computer science education.
By Justine Brown • April 27, 2016 -
Report: Google to launch in-house incubator to help retain employees
Though the company has not confirmed the project, Area 120 would allow approved employees to work on side projects full time.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
To address skill set demand, OpenStack Foundation to offer certification program
Huge growth in the popularity of the open source IaaS platform prompted OpenStack to initiate a formal training program.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
NASA's defenses weakened from revolving door of security leadership, inspector general says
Over the past year and a half, NASA has had three "acting" senior security officers in the CIO's department.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
Tech firms dominate list of highest paying companies in America
Twenty of the 25 U.S. companies identified as the “highest paying” in 2016 are tech companies.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
EmblemHealth employees stage protest after company moves to outsource IT work
The company issued layoff notices to 250 IT and operations employees Tuesday as part of an overall effort to modernize its platform.
By Naomi Eide • April 20, 2016 -
Apple, FBI again fight over encryption at Congressional hearing
Congress is examining the issue again in light of recent draft encryption legislation.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Bidders few and far between as initial Yahoo deadline passes
According to reports, Verizon, private equity firm TPG and digital advertising business YP Holdings have all submitted bids.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Why a federal jury ordered Tata Consultancy to pay Epic Systems $940M
The case highlights challenges in controlling permissions when companies use third-party contractors.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Federal agencies still struggle to close cybersecurity skills gap
The Office of Personnel Management said experts and chief human capital officers will collaborate to develop a government-wide strategy for improvement.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Intel to cut 12,000 jobs by mid-2017
After cutting 11% of its 107,000-employee workforce, by mid-2017 Intel expects to save the company $1.4 billion per year.
By Naomi Eide • April 19, 2016 -
Report: EmblemHealth employees organizing to stop company from outsourcing IT
The company is facing financial challenges, and Cognizant employees have reportedly recently been seen on-site meeting with EmblemHealth executives.
By Justine Brown • April 19, 2016 -
Intel reportedly planning 'significant' layoffs
According to The Oregonian, layoffs could begin as soon as Tuesday following the release of the company's first quarter results.
By Justine Brown • April 18, 2016 -
GoDaddy's cloud, tech leader to leave for Google
The news comes as GoDaddy is increasingly looking to the cloud to expand business, offering "pay as you go" services for smaller businesses interested in moving to the cloud.
By Justine Brown • April 18, 2016 -
Obama appoints tech execs, former NSA director to new cybersecurity panel
Executives from Uber, Microsoft and MasterCard are among those named to new panel.
By Justine Brown • April 15, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why there is a cybersecurity gender gap—and how to close it
In interviews with CIO Dive, two female cybersecurity leaders shared their thoughts on why there aren’t more women in the field and how CIOs can help change the situation.
By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016 -
(Corrected/hoax) Meet the man who deleted his entire company
A web hosting provider reportedly ran a "rm -rf /" command and essentially instructed a computer to ignore standard warnings and delete everything it was commanded to.
By Naomi Eide • April 14, 2016 -
Facebook hires Google exec to create DARPA-style innovation
Facebook wants to build new technologies that can advance its core mission and "connect everyone on earth."
By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016 -
Deep Dive
When to hire a consultant—and what to watch out for when you do
Consulting companies can help businesses in a number of ways, including quickly implementing new technologies. But, there are caveats, too.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
Microsoft backs EU-US Privacy Shield
It is the first major U.S. tech company to agree to sign up for the new transatlantic commercial data pact.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
Requests for H-1B visas exceeds annual supply in first five days
U.S. immigration services will use a lottery to award the visas because of the demand for foreign skilled workers.
By Justine Brown • April 10, 2016 -
Re/code: Bid documents show Yahoo's financial 'free fall'
Yahoo is estimating that its revenue will drop around 15% in 2016 and its earnings will drop more than 20%.
By Justine Brown • April 7, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Rise of the 'self-taught' developer disrupting recruiting, education
Fewer developers are choosing a traditional education path, causing companies to rethink both how and who they hire.
By Justine Brown • April 5, 2016
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