How smaller companies can ensure round-the-clock IT coverage

For businesses based in a single time zone, having 24/7 IT coverage can pose a challenge, but not an impossible one to solve.

By Jen A. Miller • Dec. 20, 2024

How CIOs encourage tech adoption across generations

Boomers and Gen Z face different challenges adopting workplace tools, but collaborative training can bridge the gap, CIOs say.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Dec. 20, 2024

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Digital transformation

Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

By CIO Dive staff

Northwestern Mutual names chief digital and information officer

Dave Gordon joined the financial services firm in 2023 and most recently served as its VP and CTO.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 19, 2024

Accenture sees enterprises prioritizing large-scale transformations

“Our clients are focused on reinvention,” CEO Julie Sweet said Thursday, during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 19, 2024

MetLife picks Citi exec as global CIO

Nick Nadgauda will join the company in March to oversee application development, infrastructure, enterprise platforms and architecture teams.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 18, 2024

SaaS sprawl weighs down developers

Maintaining and updating interconnected applications shrinks the bandwidth of IT teams, according to Onymos.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 18, 2024

Infosys turns to Google Cloud to expand AI portfolio

The IT services firm unveiled a Google Cloud center of excellence with a dedicated AI lab Tuesday.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 17, 2024

Workers fear their skills will be obsolete this decade, report finds

By providing training opportunities, employers can nurture the skills needed to compete in the new market, according to the Global Labor Market Conference.

By Laurel Kalser • Dec. 17, 2024

FTC plots new course on antitrust, Big Tech under Trump nominees

Current commissioner Andrew Ferguson will become chair under the president-elect. Mark Meador, a former Senate counsel, will join the commission.

By Justin Bachman • Dec. 16, 2024

Top 10 enterprise technology appointments of 2024

Large organizations from Wells Fargo to Procter & Gamble and Northwestern Mutual picked executives capable of guiding IT strategy.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 16, 2024

More than half of leaders haven’t trained in AI, survey shows

A lack of training could negatively affect security, privacy and corporate competitiveness, General Assembly says.

By Carolyn Crist • Dec. 13, 2024

Executives see another CrowdStrike-level IT outage on the horizon

IT and business leaders admit to prioritizing security at the expense of service disruption readiness, a PagerDuty report found.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2024

IT trails other sectors in hiring rates, Indeed finds

Hiring in the technology space has struggled to rebound after pre-pandemic lows, according to Indeed data.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 11, 2024

​​6 enterprise technology predictions to watch in 2025

Executives and analysts expect businesses to reassess their AI priorities next year, grappling with vendor and workforce shifts along the way.

By Roberto Torres , Matt Ashare , Lindsey Wilkinson • Dec. 11, 2024

How CIOs can prepare for Trump’s tariffs plan

The president-elect has proposed tariffs on imported goods, stoking concerns about higher costs for electronics.

By Jen A. Miller • Dec. 10, 2024

Data distribution hurdles hinder financial sector AI

“If you don’t have the right data where you need it, then your AI strategy is broken before it starts,” Digital Realty's Dan Eline said.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 9, 2024

Ulta Beauty pushes past ERP overhaul hiccups

CEO Dave Kimbell said the company has made progress in helping teams make process adaptations in an earnings call last week.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Dec. 9, 2024

IT hiring held steady in November as employers prep for 2025

Unemployment in tech professions dipped slightly last month, according to IT trade group CompTIA.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 6, 2024

As leaders mull IT overhaul, 2 in 5 workers eye new gigs in 2025

Tech organizations will become less hierarchical next year to leverage existing skills, according to Info-Tech Research Group.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 6, 2024

For IT pros, the CrowdStrike crisis was a ‘call to arms’

The global outage triggered investments in people, processes and technologies to beef up enterprise resilience, Adaptavist research found.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 5, 2024

3 ways to beat technical debt through talent strategies

Organizations bogged down by outdated technology have a lifeline hiding in plain sight.

By Mike Baker • Dec. 4, 2024

AWS leans on AI to decarbonize data centers

The hyperscaler signed a deal with Orbital Materials and made infrastructure updates to boost data center sustainability and energy efficiency.

By Zoya Mirza • Dec. 3, 2024

Skills-based hiring is helping tech companies dig out of a talent shortage, report finds

Most IT companies have tackled skills-based hiring by gauging existing abilities, according to IT staffing firm Motion Recruitment.

By Laurel Kalser • Dec. 3, 2024

Intel CEO retires as revenue slides, AI efforts stall

The chipmaker named two top executives to serve as co-interim CEOs while the board searches for a permanent replacement.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 2, 2024

Stuck in endless cycles of deliberation on how to deal with Oracle’s new Java licensing dilemma?

Stuck in endless cycles of deliberation on how to deal with Oracle’s New Java Licensing Dilemma? Use a proven blueprint to help you navigate through the choices.

By Simon Taylor, VP of Global Channel, Azul • Dec. 2, 2024