Pandemic expanded CIO role, but the influence could fade

CIOs will have to expand their scope of action beyond operational upgrades to deliver deeper, business-oriented IT strategies.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 11, 2020

Tech employment recovery cools off in June, shedding 130K jobs

Despite the cooling effects of the pandemic on the U.S. economy, net IT employment is up by 203,000 since the pandemic began.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 10, 2020

Is digital agility a post-pandemic savior? Half of execs say so

The pandemic caught companies off-guard, evidenced by the 39% of respondents who said "more informed strategic planning, beyond growth" is an opportunity for the future, according to a survey by The Economist.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 10, 2020

Meetings are shorter, but there's more of them in the pandemic

Measuring time elapsed between users' first and last email of the day, researchers determined a 49-minute increase to the workday.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 7, 2020

How confident are security leaders in their ROI?

Business-aligned leaders are nearly five-times more likely to collaborate with stakeholders on cost, performance and risk reductions than more reactive leaders, according to a Tenable report.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 5, 2020

There's no going back

The pandemic created a path to fundamentally rethink how work, the office and technology intersect. To ignore the opportunity is to waste it.

By Naomi Eide • Aug. 4, 2020

A remote workforce, urban exodus and opportunities emerging from the pandemic

Pepperdine's Charla Griffy-Brown writes about opportunities for community building and employee arrangements with the potential for addressing problems the pandemic unveiled in stark reality.

By Charla Griffy-Brown • Aug. 3, 2020

The promise of pair programming: Fewer defects, faster dev cycles

A team of developers at Indeed tried pair programming, and it led to faster development cycles. But when adopting the technique, leaders must be mindful of how it's applied.

By Roberto Torres • July 31, 2020

IBM offers 1K paid internships to prepare diverse students for STEM careers

IBM's P-TECH program has a "heavy focus on students of color in educationally underserved areas in the United States," IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said.

By Sheryl Estrada • July 28, 2020

The Remote Playbook: Navigating the virtual job fair scene

The traditional job fair is in the past, at least for the time being. Companies can tap into a broader talent pool through their virtual equivalent, though biases can still carry over.

By Roberto Torres • July 28, 2020

How engineering leaders can enable high-performing, connected remote teams

Hector Aguilar, president of technology at Okta, offers insights about how he is keeping his team connected, engaged and empowered while working remotely. 

By Hector Aguilar • July 27, 2020

Layoff worries loom for Bay Area tech workers

The pandemic hampered San Francisco's usual access to venture capital, heightening layoff concerns.

By Roberto Torres • July 27, 2020

More than half of execs say workers use tech they previously rejected

The pandemic accelerated use of cloud-based collaboration tools at two-thirds of companies, a Cisco report shows.

By Roberto Torres • July 22, 2020

7 traits of tech in the new work reality

Technology shapes the changes in work processes, serving as a backbone for contact tracing apps, remote work and the migration of in-person processes to the digital space.

By Roberto Torres • July 21, 2020

2nd coronavirus wave, realities of remote work top executive concerns in Q2 2020

In Q2, executives worried about the financial implications of the pandemic, key context that reshaped their thinking on digital transformation and hiring remotely.

By Roberto Torres • July 20, 2020

Walgreens Boots Alliance names CTO as company reckons with pandemic quarterly fallout

About 45% of year-over-year decline in gross profit is attributable to the pandemic and a decrease in prescription fills, according to the company.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 20, 2020

Why anti-phishing exercises could 'alienate' employees in crisis

Between maintaining business continuity and preserving employee well-being, CISOs had to decide if a pandemic was an appropriate time to test employee cybersecurity awareness.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 16, 2020

Employers should use the pandemic to 'hit reset' on traditional schedules, Adecco says

Workers are interested in hybrid telework models and "results-driven" scheduling, the study shows.

By Kate Tornone , Samantha Schwartz • July 15, 2020

CCPA critics warn innovation could lose under the law. What's at stake?

Proponents say proper preparation allows compliance and growth to coexist.

By Samantha Schwartz • July 14, 2020

CIOs lead digital transformation, but CEOs control the money

As the pandemic skews spending priorities, the CEO is more likely to determine what budget is allocated to digital transformation.

By Roberto Torres • July 13, 2020

Which face coverings are best for preventing workplace coronavirus spread?

While any mask will help mitigate the transmission of COVID-19, new research points out the types that maximize safety.

By Kim Slowey • July 10, 2020

Gartner: How CIOs can get a seat at the post-COVID-19 leadership table

Applying scenarios, or "plausible futures," can help enterprise leaders make strategic decisions by understanding how best to react to different possible post-pandemic outcomes.

By Tsuneo Fujiwara • July 6, 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

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