Deciding on major tech updates, IT managers need empathy and common sense

When most of IT is running on older frameworks like Java 8, flashier platforms issue siren calls. Should tech managers mute them or heed their allure?

By Roberto Torres • June 4, 2019

How 3 CIOs gather — and use — data

Organizations are challenged to quickly amass data and put it to work, delivering insights for business and creating new revenue streams.

By Naomi Eide • June 3, 2019

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Data in Action

Enterprise AI outcomes depend heavily on the health of datasets on hand —  and the talent that manages them.

By CIO Dive staff

Data is important, but insights drive restaurant growth

To remain competitive in a digital market, operators must walk the tightrope of processing as much diner data as possible without ceding control to third parties or alienating customers. 

By Emma Liem Beckett • May 31, 2019

Playing by the rules: How Adobe centralized its data management

Before the operating standard, departments had different internal systems and processes for managing the data that meant the most to them.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 31, 2019

Where data privacy is law

Nevada's extension to an existing law for data collection security is set to go into effect on Oct. 1 but has a narrower scope than the CCPA. 

By Taylor McKnight, Samantha Schwartz • May 30, 2019

The true impact of GDPR is emerging now

Businesses need the ability to easily trace data lineage if organizations hope to survive any kind of audit, Snowflake's Kent Graziano writes. 

By Kent Graziano • May 20, 2019

Rightsizing data science: How to architect analytics around the business need

The growing wave of big data applications and activities, along with plenty of media hype and publicity, can supercharge the expectations and demands of business leaders.

By Wes Chaa​r • April 9, 2019

Is big tech too big? FTC's new technology competition task force may soon have an answer

Major antitrust action brought against the likes of Facebook, Google or Amazon could serve up the largest technology competition case since Microsoft's troubles in the '90s. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 27, 2019

As an era of self-regulation ends, businesses fear uncharted, risky waters for data privacy

"For many companies, if you get this wrong, you could very well be out of business," the ANA's Dan Jaffe told Marketing Dive about the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act.

By Peter Adams • Feb. 26, 2019

Report: Billion-dollar FTC fines could mark new era for privacy in US

Facebook is negotiating a multibillion dollar fine for the settlement of an investigation into its privacy practice blunders, sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post and The New York Times. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 15, 2019

How Coffee Meets Bagel leverages data and AI for love

What if a user missed out on the love of their life because height preferences on their dating app were set 1 inch too high? CTO Will Wagner has to consider this, and more, as the company perfects its matching algorithm. 

By Alex Hickey • Feb. 14, 2019

IBM's data scientist certification program works to fill talent drought

Certification programs are aiming to provide workers with the training needed to close the digital skills gap — and future-proof companies.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett , Alex Hickey • Feb. 4, 2019

Uber privacy chief on moving past scandals to global readiness

With GDPR compliance handled, Ruby Zefo is focusing on a "global readiness program," where the same principles are extended to all users despite regulatory differences across borders.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 31, 2019

Burdened by data security issues, organizations hold onto 'useless hardware'

Two in five companies with in-house data storage spend more than $100,000 annually on unusable hardware that could invite security and compliance risks into a business. 

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 29, 2019

First 'game changing' GDPR fine arrives to mixed reviews

Google's $57 million fine from the French data authority demonstrates the new power of digital rights groups and the complex jurisdictions of European regulators. 

By Alex Hickey • Updated Jan. 23, 2019

Indeed: Growth drives data science job postings up 14% in 2018

Adjusted for cost of living expenses, the Houston-Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas, area is the best city for data scientists in terms of salary, bringing in an average of $123K.

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 17, 2019

Audit: Poor IT procurement led Oregon office to overspend up to $1.6B

The audit found Oregon lacking in the data and systems necessary for quality spend analysis, as well as legacy systems dating back to the 1990s.

By Matt Leonard • Jan. 15, 2019

Top 2019 trends for IT decision makers

From software and cloud to security and leadership, these trends will shape business technology in the coming months. 

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 11, 2019

Report: GDPR regulators digging into data brokers

In November, Privacy International urged regulators to investigate seven data brokers for GDPR violations, including Oracle, Equifax and Experian. 

By Alex Hickey • Jan. 10, 2019

More US firms are using data analytics, opening up markets for vendors

Like most technological tools, data analytics is creating opportunities for businesses to grow and prosper financially.

By Kathryn Moody , Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Jan. 2, 2019

How to solve the 'hidden layers of data' problem at the heart of GDPR compliance

From a technology perspective, the biggest challenges companies face is building the capabilities needed to meet the GDPR’s "right to be forgotten" clause.

By Matt Glickman • Dec. 17, 2018

Digital twins move from manufacturing and IoT into the back office

While most of the uptake of digital twins has been in manufacturing, the idea of creating a second, digital version of something — anything — is catching on across enterprises.

By Jen A. Miller • Dec. 13, 2018

Big machines in a sensor-filled world: Analytics and data at Caterpillar

Caterpillar has more than 500,000 connected assets in the field, from large mining trucks to smaller pieces of construction equipment. Such an environment is rich for data use. 

By Naomi Eide • Dec. 10, 2018

10 key stats illustrating advanced analytics adoption

Data literacy is "information as a second language." But data is still fairly siloed in organizations, making meaningful connections difficult to form.

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 10, 2018

Forces and trends shaping the future of enterprise analytics in 2019

Building off a foundation in cloud and business networks and augmented by AI and ML, analytics is extending out into all areas of the enterprise. 

By Alex Hickey • Dec. 10, 2018