The new business technology priorities of 2020

Cost control is no longer a nice to have, it's a must. 

By Naomi Eide • July 6, 2020

Even Pentagon IT leaders want more telework post-pandemic

The Pentagon has been slow to adopt the cloud and famously reliant on floppy disks. Shifting to remote work upended traditional IT security practices.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 2, 2020

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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.

By CIO Dive staff

70% of businesses push past pandemic, maintain digital transformation spend

For tech companies enabling digital processes, it's boom times. For travel and entertainment industries, survival is the short-term focus.

By Roberto Torres • July 1, 2020

6 stories that defined 2020 so far

To showcase how quickly the news cycle moved, and how CIO priorities changed, CIO Dive rounded up the top stories of each month of 2020. Take a look. 

By Samantha Schwartz • July 1, 2020

Inside Ally Financial's technology strategy

The company needs to operate at a speed it hasn't before, Ally's technology head Sathish Muthukrishnan, told CIO Dive. It requires small technology iterations, modifying or enhancing products in closed loops.

By Naomi Eide • June 30, 2020

AWS dips into no-code. Can it reach critical mass?

The company hopes the new product will give mid-management users an avenue to build apps quickly. But the solution lacks heft and must overcome usability hurdles as it enters a maturing space, analysts say.

By Roberto Torres • June 29, 2020

GDPR watchdogs bulk up budgets, but COVID-19 slows investigations

Though fines have not lived up to expectation, the regulation is curtailing unfavorable data behaviors.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 26, 2020

IHOP, Applebee's parent taps acting CIO into permanent role

Justin Skelton comes to the role with the upper hand of having previous tenure at Dine Brands, and serving as the CIO in an acting capacity. 

By Roberto Torres • June 26, 2020

First came communication platform adoption. Now it's time for strategy

Between technology vision and employee demand, CIOs are confronted with a new challenge: preserving employee well-being. 

By Samantha Schwartz • June 26, 2020

Going remote, employee productivity hampered by password lockouts, app access

Working through the global crisis highlighted gaps in IT, allowing companies to become more aware of the challenges they face amid disruption.

By Roberto Torres • June 25, 2020

Slack Connect opens channel-based communication to outside companies

The function is "designed to replace email," as it extends the platform's primary internal use cases outside of a business.

By Samantha Schwartz • June 24, 2020

C-suite leading AI projects as companies accelerate strategies

Though IT spend is expected to contract this year, executives aren't letting off the gas on their AI strategy.

By Roberto Torres • June 24, 2020

CIOs entered 2020 with tech goals in mind. COVID-19 upended their plans

Tasked with reshaping tech strategies for the coming year, CIOs align with business goals as they identify which initiatives to keep — and what investments to scrap.

By Roberto Torres • June 24, 2020

Double shift: Stericycle taps CFO to handle CIO duties

As CIO David Stahl departs the medical waste company this week, CFO Janet Zelenka will take the technology reins, becoming CFO and CIO effective June 28.

By Jane Thier • June 23, 2020

3 healthcare CISOs tackled telehealth at hyper speed — they wish they were faster

Telehealth is a years-long pursuit for healthcare organizations. But like other digital transformation efforts, COVID-19 accelerated it. 

By Samantha Schwartz • June 23, 2020

Gartner: Three-quarters of enterprises will 'operationalize' AI by 2024

COVID-19 drove the need for accurate, speedy insights into the inner workings of all businesses.

By Roberto Torres • June 22, 2020

Gartner shrinks infosec spending forecast for 2020, cloud security gets COVID-19 boost

Certain areas of cybersecurity are "supported" by stay-at-home orders, including VPNs and firewalls, endpoint protection platforms, cloud security and secure web gateways. 

By Samantha Schwartz • June 19, 2020

Low code helped put out COVID-19 fires. How can leaders sustain momentum?

The technology helped ease remote onboarding at biotech companies and supported an onslaught of public assistance requests. But long-term governance challenges linger.

By Roberto Torres • June 18, 2020

4 roles responsible for data management and security

Companies must make and execute plans for how long data will be kept and when to delete data, particularly those most susceptible to security threats.

By Myke Lyons • June 18, 2020

Shift to remote work caught 72% of businesses technologically unprepared

The early days of the pandemic challenged IT leaders, who are now prioritizing investments in cloud, remote IT and collaboration platforms.

By Roberto Torres • June 17, 2020

Growth driving technology spend as appetite for digital transformation increases

The pressure on technology executives is to show how modernization efforts can pay short- and long-term dividends.

By Naomi Eide • June 16, 2020

AI job post growth slowed in the pandemic, LinkedIn says

When normalized against trends in overall job postings, AI and ML jobs still grew 8.3% year-over-year, indicating the setback may be temporary.

By Roberto Torres • June 16, 2020

AI, 5G top CompTIA's list of emerging technologies for 2020

AI can help retool processes in a reimagined business context, contributing to its rise in this year's rundown.

By Roberto Torres • June 12, 2020

How American Express uses technology to support 65K workers, in office or remote

Infrastructure teams can augment the end-to-end experience with data and analytics to anticipate and quickly navigate hiccups.

By Naomi Eide • June 12, 2020

3 technology cost management tips

Hope emerges but a recession requires eagle-eye audits and justification of technology use.

By Naomi Eide • June 10, 2020