IT employment soared in 2019, but industry braces for a slowdown

Tech added 2.3 million jobs last year, but the pandemic is poised to reshape the state of IT employment.

By Roberto Torres • April 22, 2020

Why CIOs should make DevSecOps a priority during the COVID-19 crisis

Companies around the world are increasing capacity and taking the opportunity to look again at their DevOps processes and build in security from the ground up.

By Samuel Bocetta • April 21, 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.

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3 recession scenarios and their impact on tech spend

With budgets frozen, long-term projects and spending will take a hit, which impacts vendor stability. 

By Naomi Eide • April 17, 2020

COBOL job searches spike as states grapple with legacy systems

With state unemployment systems under unprecedented pressure, a 60-year-old programming language is — once again — having a moment.

By Roberto Torres • April 17, 2020

Zero trust isn't a temporary band-aid for remote security

The coronavirus outbreak and the work-from-home model obliterated a secure perimeter. With business data everywhere, zero trust is what's left.

By Samantha Schwartz • April 16, 2020

6 charts to understand the coronavirus impact on IT

COVID-19 is changing tech executives' assumptions about the future, their ability to access talent and supplies and spending priorities in key verticals.

By Roberto Torres • April 15, 2020

COVID-19 'first real test' of digitization for office of CFO

The complete utilization of every available service or software is an integral first step to stave off pandemic-like business interruptions, said Sanjay Srivastava, chief digital officer at Genpact.

By Jane Thier • April 15, 2020

PwC: Recession drum beats but 'digital journey' continues

Estimates of a quick return to normal are dissipating and companies are reducing or deferring investments. What does it all mean for IT?

By Naomi Eide • April 14, 2020

IBM pitches in to ease demand for COBOL skills

The effects of the pandemic put strain on state agencies, which must navigate a scarce and aging workforce to keep systems up and running.

By Roberto Torres • April 13, 2020

Start, stop, defer: How companies are navigating technology spend in a crisis

The pandemic has delineated spending priorities, showing the benefits of cloud and emphasizing the need for a flexible security portfolio.

By Naomi Eide • April 9, 2020

What enterprise leaders can learn from New Jersey's COBOL woes

The state's unemployment platform struggled to support a 1,600% spike in demand. The chaos highlights risk for the business world.

By Roberto Torres • April 8, 2020

44% of Microsoft Office 365 licenses are 'underutilized or oversized,' research finds

With leaders eyeing budget cuts ahead of the recession looms, adjusting the cost of subscriptions might yield benefits.  

By Roberto Torres • April 7, 2020

Azure tops AWS as preferred IaaS and PaaS vendor, Morgan Stanley says

CIOs are rethinking spending, prioritizing technology that can enable and secure remote work. This is where Microsoft has the advantage.

By Naomi Eide • April 3, 2020

ERP confronts a new reality in 2020

How companies handle ERP will depend on their position before the crisis. Some are vaulting ahead because of previous implementations; others will slow down or be ripe for acquisition.

By Jen A. Miller • March 31, 2020

PwC: Companies deferring or canceling investments target facilities and IT

With an eye toward cost containment, companies are starting to put actions in place that are more medium- rather than short-term.

By Naomi Eide • March 31, 2020

Understanding Google Cloud's recent service hiccups

The interconnectedness of the internet could spell trouble for the new normal, as one service's outage can lead to another site or platform going offline.

By Roberto Torres • March 27, 2020

Download speeds are dwindling as network capacity shifts home

Connectivity at home is one hurdle of distributed work, as residential speeds are unlikely to match enterprise-grade internet connections.

By Roberto Torres • Updated April 1, 2020

Coronavirus 2020 technology game plan: Cost-cut to survive but accelerate transformation

In 2020, businesses will execute two distinct technology strategies: during and post-pandemic. The latter will define business success as the economy struggles.

By Naomi Eide • March 27, 2020

Traffic floods digital services, raising reliability concerns

During the novel coronavirus pandemic, online learning platforms have seen up to 11 times their normal volume of incidents, according to data from PagerDuty.

By Roberto Torres • March 26, 2020

For IT spend, a new coronavirus reality: Delayed projects and hiring freezes

The rosy outlook experts held for 2020 is looking quite different, as CIOs are likely to postpone resource-intensive projects.

By Roberto Torres • March 25, 2020

Why are database migrations so complex?

Four common mistakes made in database migrations —​ and how to avoid them.

By Jen A. Miller • March 24, 2020

Yes, that meeting could have been an email

Many organizations changed where they work, but not how they work. Consider this: Did you really need to meet?

By Naomi Eide • March 20, 2020

How tech managers build data science talent

To meet data science goals, companies whip internal case studies into lessons and create communities for talent development.

By Roberto Torres • March 18, 2020

Demand for augmented, virtual reality engineers skyrocketed in 2019

Businesses are adapting to shifting consumer expectations, an evolution that puts further pressure on the demand for engineers in leading spaces.

By Roberto Torres • March 18, 2020

Complications of guaranteeing uptime during a pandemic

Historical data is used for predictive analytics in the cloud, however, the coronavirus pandemic is challenging its reliability. 

By Samantha Schwartz • March 17, 2020