IT Strategy: Page 17


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    Slack CEO to depart after first year at the helm

    Lidiane Jones will step down from the top role at the collaboration software company to lead online dating app Bumble on Jan. 2. 

    By Nov. 6, 2023
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    Global cybersecurity workforce grows, but still confronts shortfall of 4M people

    Despite growing to 5.5 million global professionals, an ISC2 study shows the industry still needs millions of qualified workers to fend off rising digital threats.

    By David Jones • Nov. 6, 2023
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    Trendline

    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
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    Tech labor market rebounded in October

    Employers across the industry added nearly half a million jobs, according to a CompTIA review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

    By Nov. 3, 2023
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    Want AI buy-in at work? Champion transparency, research finds

    More top-down AI transparency could foster trust among employees, leading to improved job satisfaction.

    By Caroline Colvin • Nov. 3, 2023
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    PayPal promotes Archie Deskus to EVP, CTO

    The move expands the executive's oversight to include platform engineering teams, the company said Thursday.

    By Nov. 2, 2023
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    Walgreens appoints new CIO as leadership transition continues

    Neal Sample, first appointed in an advisor capacity in October, will report to CEO Tim Wentworth as EVP and CIO.

    By Nov. 1, 2023
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    Inside Kyndryl’s sprint to decouple IT from IBM

    Ahead of a Nov. 3 deadline, CIO Michael Bradshaw detailed the company’s push to rebuild IT, moving 1,800 applications to an all-cloud infrastructure in two years.

    By Oct. 31, 2023
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    Healthcare CIOs name AI, ML top priorities of 2023, survey finds

    Hospitals turned to AI to ease resource strain, but managing the new tools adds “a heavy operational burden” for IT teams.

    By Emily Olsen • Oct. 30, 2023
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    3 things workers expect from their CIOs

    IT leaders must push to improve how employees across departments interact and leverage tools in their day-to-day.

    By Oct. 27, 2023
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    AWS looks to Bedrock AI for sustained cloud dominance

    The largest hyperscaler retained its command of one-third of the global cloud market as a yearlong enterprise cost optimization push showed signs of easing.

    By Oct. 27, 2023
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    Ocean Spray picks new tech leader as CTO departs

    The cranberry co-op hired former Subway executive Neil Hampshire as its new chief information and digital officer.

    By Oct. 27, 2023
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    Boards lack AI expertise as adoption plans advance

    The onus is on CIOs to convey the business value of the technology and tie projects to future growth potential, according to Heidrick & Struggles.

    By Oct. 26, 2023
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    IBM leans on hybrid approach — in generative AI, too

    The company is leveraging hyperscaler partnerships and deploying its own models to bring the technology to clients, CEO Arvind Krishna said.

    By Oct. 26, 2023
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    LastPass working through ‘systemic’ security overhaul

    The company is retooling its security infrastructure in the wake of a major cyberattack that impacted customer trust last year.

    By Matt Kapko • Oct. 26, 2023
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    Training could ease ‘AI skill threat’ for software developers, report says

    Nearly half of developers fear their competencies will become obsolete thanks to AI-assisted coding platforms, according to Pluralsight data.

    By Kathryn Moody • Oct. 25, 2023
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    Spotify dives into enterprise IT, launches open-source marketplace

    The digital streaming company partnered with Red Hat to expand the reach of its Backstage engineering solution.

    By Oct. 24, 2023
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    What Forrester expects CIOs will encounter in 2024

    CEOs will emphasize the need for growth through technology next year, according to the analyst firm.

    By Oct. 24, 2023
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    MassMutual more than halfway done with multicloud journey

    While migration is the end goal, modernization is the means, regardless of where an application lives, Head of Product and Platform Technology Sherriff Balogun said.

    By Oct. 24, 2023
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    How CIOs can declutter customer experiences

    IT leaders instinctively add new features to improve end-user experiences, but there’s power in taking away capabilities, too, Gartner’s Michael Chiu said.

    By Oct. 23, 2023
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    Opinion

    Why companies must prepare for future AI regulation

    As governments worldwide mount legal structures around the technology, transparency is key to organizations.

    By Adnan Masood • Oct. 23, 2023
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    How 3 IT leaders attract and retain diverse tech talent

    Fannie Mae, Burberry and Oregon State Treasury leaders shared how they broadened talent pipelines and prioritized fostering a sense of belonging.

    By Oct. 23, 2023
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    4 forces shaking up service management

    Learn how I&O leaders are leaving legacy tools and archaic mindsets in the past to provide exceptional service at scale, fast.

    By Edwin Wong, Head of Product, IT Solutions, Atlassian • Oct. 23, 2023
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    CISA’s top 10 misconfigurations reveal ‘systemic weaknesses’

    Poor credential management, lackluster patching and other common security mistakes continue to harm large enterprises.

    By Matt Kapko • Oct. 20, 2023
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    4 CIO culture hacks to improve hybrid work

    In the push to bring workers back to the office, tech leaders have a role to play in improving efficiencies and supporting culture.

    By Oct. 20, 2023
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    Data stacks haven’t caught up with generative AI enthusiasm

    Few enterprises have reached the production stage, chief data officers said in an AWS survey.

    By Oct. 19, 2023