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IT Leadership & the Strategic CIO

News and insights on IT innovation, digital transformation, technology budgets, IT careers / salaries / hiring, and the role of IT execs. This section covers what CIOs and other IT leaders need to be successful in their roles in today’s changing business and technology environment. Coverage includes insights into the changing job markets, how technology enables the future of work, and the right steps for technology professionals to take to ensure a successful career.

Tech Company Layoffs: The COVID Tech Bubble Bursts

As COVID drove everyone online, tech companies hired like crazy. Call it the COVID Tech Bubble. Now we are hitting the COVID tech bust as tech giants shed jobs by the thousands.

January 18, 2023

As COVID drove everyone online, tech companies hired like crazy. Call it the COVID Tech Bubble. Now we are hitting the COVID tech bust as tech giants shed jobs by the thousands.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor

January 18, 2023

CIOs Shift Out of Reactionary Mode

CIOs must be in alignment with the CEO, CFO, and other department leaders to ensure a common goal and develop a strategy where IT helps enable attainment of those enterprise aims.

January 18, 2023

CIOs must be in alignment with the CEO, CFO, and other department leaders to ensure a common goal and develop a strategy where IT helps enable attainment of those enterprise aims.

by Nathan Eddy, Freelance Writer

January 18, 2023

Use a Skills-Based Strategy to Address the Tech Talent Crunch

Tech leaders will be better prepared for the continual disruption of changing customer, market, work, and role requirements by implementing these five best practices.

January 18, 2023

Tech leaders will be better prepared for the continual disruption of changing customer, market, work, and role requirements by implementing these five best practices.

by Fiona Mark, Principal Analyst, Forrester

January 18, 2023

Walmart Global Tech: Focus on Recruiting Cyber, Tech Talent

Walmart's cybersecurity program has evolved a lot over the last two decades. Right now, recruiting talent is at the top of the list of priorities.

January 17, 2023

Walmart's cybersecurity program has evolved a lot over the last two decades. Right now, recruiting talent is at the top of the list of priorities.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor

January 17, 2023

IT Budgets: Can You Tell a Good Story?

2023 is shaping up to be a less robust spending year for IT budgets. In this environment, IT leaders will have to work harder to sell projects.

January 17, 2023

2023 is shaping up to be a less robust spending year for IT budgets. In this environment, IT leaders will have to work harder to sell projects.

by Mary E. Shacklett, President of Transworld Data

January 17, 2023

5 Ways a CIO Can Assess the IT Landscape in a New Role

Once settled into a new workspace and role, IT leaders can begin to assess how their new department works (and doesn't) in five key areas.

January 16, 2023

Once settled into a new workspace and role, IT leaders can begin to assess how their new department works (and doesn't) in five key areas.

by Rush Weston, VP, Allata

January 16, 2023

The In-Office Meeting Room Gets an Upgrade

As distributed workforces grow and hybrid office arrangements evolve, in-office meeting spaces must keep pace with technological advancements and shifting patterns in how they're used.

January 16, 2023

As distributed workforces grow and hybrid office arrangements evolve, in-office meeting spaces must keep pace with technological advancements and shifting patterns in how they're used.

by Nathan Eddy, Freelance Writer

January 16, 2023

Network Monitoring Is Evolving: 4 Predictions on What’s Next

Network monitoring will be more reliable and efficient than ever before due to open-source contributions along with developments in automation, security, and real-time monitoring.

January 16, 2023

Network monitoring will be more reliable and efficient than ever before due to open-source contributions along with developments in automation, security, and real-time monitoring.

by Network Computing, Contributor

January 16, 2023

Moving to the Cloud? Invest in Your People With These Steps

Companies focused on digital transformation can side-step the cloud skills shortage by looking within their company to develop existing staff.

January 13, 2023

Companies focused on digital transformation can side-step the cloud skills shortage by looking within their company to develop existing staff.

by Maureen Lonergan, VP, AWS Training and Certification

January 13, 2023

The Best Ways to Avoid Vendor Lock-In

Being a captive customer has its bad points and its very bad points. Learn how not to become a high-tech hostage.

January 11, 2023

Being a captive customer has its bad points and its very bad points. Learn how not to become a high-tech hostage.

by John Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author

January 11, 2023

Today’s Blueprint for CIO success: A Shift in Mindset

Chief information officers can help lead organizations through today’s complex macro environment, if they broaden their purview to areas that deliver business outcomes faster.

January 11, 2023

Chief information officers can help lead organizations through today’s complex macro environment, if they broaden their purview to areas that deliver business outcomes faster.

by Chris Bedi, Chief Digital Information Officer, ServiceNow

January 11, 2023

How AI Can Boost Employee Autonomy, Competence

Deployment of AI technologies can be used to automate business processes and give more time back to employees who are keep parts of a transformation.

January 10, 2023

Deployment of AI technologies can be used to automate business processes and give more time back to employees who are keep parts of a transformation.

by Nathan Eddy, Freelance Writer

January 10, 2023

CIO Lessons Learned from Southwest Airlines’ Winter Plight

Severe weather and outdated software systems led to an estimated $825M loss at airline, exposing operational risks that can arise if technology is not updated.

January 10, 2023

Severe weather and outdated software systems led to an estimated $825M loss at airline, exposing operational risks that can arise if technology is not updated.

by Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer

January 10, 2023

Why Technology and Employee Privacy Clash

Logging, tracking, tracing, and recording have given companies enormous security advances, but is there a price to be paid in employee privacy?

January 10, 2023

Logging, tracking, tracing, and recording have given companies enormous security advances, but is there a price to be paid in employee privacy?

by Mary E. Shacklett, President of Transworld Data

January 10, 2023

Grocery Giant Kroger's Data Side Hustle

Inside Kroger there's a data science insights organization called 84.51° that leverages the huge data assets of the grocery giant, providing help to consumer packaged goods companies during these volatile times.

January 09, 2023

Inside Kroger there's a data science insights organization called 84.51° that leverages the huge data assets of the grocery giant, providing help to consumer packaged goods companies during these volatile times.

by Jessica Davis, Senior Editor

January 09, 2023