Small businesses lean into digital transformation in the new year

Most SMBs are already using AI, but nearly half plan to add more applications of the technology in 2025, according to a JPMorgan Chase survey. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 13, 2025

Tech talent market wraps 2024 on a high note

IT unemployment slid to 2023 levels in December as employers added 7,000 net new IT jobs, according to a CompTIA report. 

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 10, 2025

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CIO 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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Shake Shack appoints chief information and technology officer

Rite Aid alum Justin Mennen brings over two decades of experience to the restaurant chain, which is developing a loyalty program.

By Julie Littman • Jan. 10, 2025

Cyberattacks, tech disruption ranked as top threats to business growth

Two in 5 executives view data breaches and leaks as the most financially burdensome man-made threats, a Chubb study found.

By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 10, 2025

Albertsons underlines focus on tech, AI in wake of failed Kroger merger

The grocer credited its IT investments with helping improve customer experience, increase sales and enhance productivity.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 9, 2025

5 CIO trends to watch in 2025

Tech executives will spend this year working on agentic AI adoption, deploying FinOps beyond the cloud and building digital literacy.

By Roberto Torres , Matt Ashare , Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 8, 2025

AI led training demand in 2024, O’Reilly says

Interest in prompt engineering and generative AI training grew exponentially last year, according to the company.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 7, 2025

What companies need to help secure AI

Experts say MLOps will bridge the gap between development and operations, creating room for the inclusion of security and privacy practices, too.

By Sue Poremba • Jan. 7, 2025

Boeing picks IT veteran as chief information digital officer

Dana Deasy, who previously served as CIO for the U.S. Department of Defense, will lead information security, IT and data analytics for the manufacturer.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 6, 2025

How Akamai regained control of its runaway cloud bills

“What started organically had ballooned to hundreds of millions of dollars in spend,” Akamai CIO Kate Prouty said.

By Matt Ashare • Updated Jan. 7, 2025

CIOs must tackle the global tech debt crisis

Enterprises struggle to manage tech debt after years of deferring critical upgrades. AI adoption efforts are only making things worse.

By Kirat Sekhon • Updated Jan. 6, 2025

Generative AI is great for legal work — but make sure it’s monitored, judges say

Lawyers must understand how their AI tools work, supervise their teams, check results carefully and experiment, according to former magistrates.

By Justin Bachman • Jan. 3, 2025

Data, compute spending to double by next year: survey

As organizations invest in infrastructure to support AI, most approach the technology as an R&D expense, according to Hitachi Vantara.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 2, 2025

How enterprise cloud architects can drive adoption

The complexity of cloud requires at least one accountable architectural leader to guide companies through transformation.

By Ang Troy • Jan. 2, 2025

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

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