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  Gartner: 5 communication recommendations for CIOs during the coronavirus pandemic

  While CIOs may not have overall responsibility for their organization's crisis communications response, their IT teams are turning to them for context and additional clarity.

  Ed Gabrys • March 30, 2020

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  Everyone wants to be more secure —​ as long as it isn't an inconvenience

  Apply that logic for CIOs and IT leaders, except the stumbling block revolves around revenue, or a lack thereof. 

  Marc Mazur • March 19, 2020

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  Coronavirus is testing the newfound resilience of the knowledge economy

  The goal is to ensure economy can function and continue to flourish in times of uncertainty, where employees globally are preparing to work from home for long periods of time, Avaya's CEO writes. 

  Jim Chirico • March 16, 2020

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  An unlikely duo: CIO and CFO dynamic driving transformation success ... and failure

  Removing friction between the CIO and the CFO, building strong working relationships and avoiding counter-behaviors can unlock a reduced IT cost. A principle roadblock? Establishing trust. 

  Gary O’Brien • March 9, 2020

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  Gartner: 10 rules to reduce IT spending

  CIOs are facing increasing pressure to reach immediate IT cost savings, but in a way that has the least damage to the long-term health of the business.

  Chris Ganly • Feb. 26, 2020

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  How IT can adapt and succeed at business transformation in 2020

  A practical 'how-to' guide for CIOs from Info-Tech Research Group's David Glazer.

  ​David Glazer • Feb. 10, 2020

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  The 6 biggest myths about relational databases

  Relational databases have evolved to handle many types of data and workloads with different ways to store that data.

  Maria Colgan • Feb. 4, 2020

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  Gartner: How to fix the CTO gender gap

  IT leaders should ensure they seek diversity in gender, personality and experience when hiring anyone responsible for technology innovation.

  Samantha Searle • Dec. 16, 2019

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  IT's role in demand generation

  If you're sitting on the sidelines with demand gen, there's no excuse not to get in the game.

  Graeme Thompson • Dec. 12, 2019

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  Tackling digital transformation proactively — before a crisis hits

  Digital transformation tends to take place reactively, whether it's in response to losing a customer as new competition arises or as a way to manage issues.

  Chuck Fried • Dec. 9, 2019

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  Diversity in technology decision-making and design: Creating the future we want

  AI is not designed to produce biased results. But it is developed based on data biases built into the methodology and the data, exacerbating problems it was designed to address. 

  Charla Griffy-Brown • Dec. 5, 2019

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  The answer to cloud migration? An incremental, multicloud approach

  Every cloud migration story is different, but there is a common thread. No organization wants to interrupt mission-critical business operations.

  Jason Hall • Nov. 11, 2019

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  Tech intern: Companies can't fill half a million new jobs from typical talent pool

  One solution is providing internship opportunities to diverse high school students. What better way to ensure that you're able to meet future workforce demands than working with the next generation of the workforce? 

  Gabriel Martinez • Nov. 7, 2019

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  How to keep IT security team ahead of alert fatigue

  With e-commerce and cybercrime growing exponentially, alert fatigue has seeped into the digital realm. It's the electronic equivalent of the boy who cried wolf, and it's taking a toll.

  Samuel Bocetta • Nov. 4, 2019

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  Cybersecurity tricks and treats to protect your business

  For CISOs and security professionals, it’s always spooky season. There is nothing make-believe about their arch-enemies —​ cybercriminals — who lurk tirelessly in the shadowy background.

  Edgardo Artusi • Oct. 31, 2019

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  Prevent these 3 issues from taking time away from IT teams

  IT teams are constantly dealing with performance issues ranging from slow computers to application crashes – and often fix those problems manually. 

  Chris Hallenbeck • Oct. 28, 2019

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  3 ways to drive a customer-first engineering team

  When push comes to shove, many executives fall short in creating actionable short-term goals and broader culture standards that align with a customer-first vision.

  Hector Aguilar • Oct. 24, 2019

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  Data democracy means making smarter decisions, but we're not there yet

  Users shouldn't have to become data scientists to benefit, they should have access to it in various forms to encourage consumption.

  Dina Kholkar • Oct. 21, 2019

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  What college football season can teach CIOs about experience management

  A Notre Dame win is celebrated, but the comfort of a fan's seat, the length of the line to the bathroom and concessions and in-stadium technology impact a fan's assessment of the game.

  Lloyd Adams • Oct. 18, 2019

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  3 things CIOs should discuss with the CEO to optimize cybersecurity

  As a business partner, the CIO must provide solutions to cybersecurity concerns and become a champion for working collaboratively with the business.

  Aaron Shum • Oct. 14, 2019

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  Gartner: How to succeed as a CIO with a non-IT background

  CIOs without a technical background must close the knowledge gap in strategic areas where technology can enable business transformation.

  Daniel Sanchez Reina • Oct. 7, 2019

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  'Outside-in' digital age devolves the enterprise architect role

  The role must be sectioned into its three parts, eliminating the constraints it has experienced over the past decades, which have limited its strategic value to the organization. 

  Spencer Izard • Sept. 30, 2019

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  Why heads of IT should report to the chief people officer, not the CFO

  IT and finance no longer have the same relationship they did 10 years ago.

  Matt Harris • Sept. 23, 2019

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  Gartner: A 10-step cookbook for building a cloud strategy

  Most organizations lack a formal cloud strategy, Gartner Analyst David Smith writes. Those with a plan have a more coherent approach to cloud usage, optimizing resources and costs.

  David Smith • Aug. 26, 2019

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  Hybrid cloud provides fast lane to digital transformation

  The old IT paradigm of heavy iron has given way to a flexible cloud that can support rapid development iterations and evolving products and services.

  Karun Sorout • Aug. 12, 2019

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