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    Reskilling the workforce in the age of automation

    Digital technologies are transforming operations, changing the daily duties of nearly every employee.

    By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • May 16, 2019
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    Pharma, late to digital game, rushes to catch up

    In the last two years, six of the largest pharmas appointed chief digital or information officers to top management for the first time, a signal of growing industry interest in revamping how it does business.

    By Ned Pagliarulo • May 15, 2019
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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
  • Intel exec to lawmakers: Only Congress can address systemic opportunity gaps

    Silicon Valley is a "prime example of a predominately homogenous work culture," which Intel is working to change, said Barbara Whye, chief diversity and inclusion officer, VP of HR at Intel.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • May 14, 2019
  • Stack Overflow surveyed 90K developers and learned everything

    Programmers who know Clojure, F#, Go and Scala demand the highest salaries, from $100,000 per year for Clojure to $78,000 for Scala. 

    By May 14, 2019
  • Why 1-800-Flowers treats Mother's Day like any other day

    The only difference between the days leading up to Valentine's Day and Mother's Day is volume, said 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. CIO Arnie Leap. 

    By Samantha Schwartz • May 10, 2019
  • Designers turning clients toward ethical products, 'appropriate goals,' Accenture exec says

    With the war for talent, ethics are taking center stage, Accenture's Mark Curtis said. "Where are you going to get the talent from if your company is doing bad stuff?"

    By Naomi Eide • May 8, 2019
  • Amazon details roadmap to fill talent pipeline as Virginia HQ2 hiring begins

    The company will fund and introduce AP computer science classes to 27 schools in Virginia as part of its Amazon Future Engineer program.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett , Samantha Schwartz • May 8, 2019
  • Half of CTOs eye CEO job as tech shapes business narrative

    Technology is softening the boundaries across the C-suite.

    By Samantha Schwartz • May 8, 2019
  • Why seasoned professionals are going back to school to replace the 'old heroes'

    Columbia University's master's program is dedicated to shaping the next generation of tech leadership, even if they have already reached executive level. 

    By Samantha Schwartz • May 7, 2019
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    The CIO's hack to staying ahead

    Fending off disruption requires shifts in the CIO role, digital transformation planning and a committed focus on the new currency of business — data. 

    By Neil Kinson • May 6, 2019
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    Programs boost women's interest in tech, but a field dominated by men awaits

    Promoting interest in technology for underrepresented populations is not about filling seats at empty desks — there's an economic imperative.

    By Naomi Eide • May 6, 2019
  • Report: Every company 'needs to be a tech company'

    Workplaces are increasingly adopting new technologies to make work more efficient, and employers will need to find the talent to match.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • May 3, 2019
  • How a public power utility forges the path to a digital future

    The "shift of any utility, and especially NYPA, from a traditional utility to a digital utility, is shifting the mindset of folks who have been here many years," said CIO Robert Piascik.

    By Samantha Schwartz • May 3, 2019
  • Workers afraid to ask for training for fear of appearing incompetent

    About half of workers said their employer penalizes them for not having the right skills, research from Sitel found.

    By Riia O'Donnell , Morgan Fecto • May 2, 2019
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    Mistakes to avoid when bringing new IT leaders into an organization

    With steep (and rising) acquisition costs and a short tenure, companies must create an environment that allows technology leaders to hit the ground running, writes A.T. Kearney's Joshua Swartz. 

    By Joshua Swartz • April 29, 2019
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    IBM grows quantum computing initiative with new partner universities

    The expansion of the company's Q Network adds to the steady stream of recent partnerships between tech corporations and colleges.

    By James Paterson • April 26, 2019
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    Workers accuse Google of retaliation for organizing efforts

    The two employees organized the November walkout of 20,000 Google workers, according to an internal letter obtained by Fortune.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • April 24, 2019
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    Report: AI industry has 'diversity crisis'

    The AI Now Institute says that tech companies need to do more to diversify their ranks, including changing hiring practices, achieving pay equity and committing to hiring transparency.

    By Jason Plautz • April 24, 2019
  • Xerox names new CTO, pushes for digitally savvy operations

    Improving IT and building its technology-focused leadership is one of Xerox's five pillars to drive revenue growth.

    By Samantha Schwartz • April 24, 2019
  • Women hold fewer than 1 in 5 CIO, CTO roles, Korn Ferry finds

    Year over year, gender diversity improvements in the C-suite are minimal and rapid disruption seems unlikely.

    By Naomi Eide • April 23, 2019
  • Disaster recovery plans imperative as climate change threatens data center uptime

    The cloud alleviates stress on-premise data centers put on the environment and eases a company's responsibility of protection.

    By Samantha Schwartz • April 22, 2019
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    Automation complicates cybersecurity recruiting, survey finds

    The Ponemon findings indicate highly specialized fields like cybersecurity demand more from recruiters because of the relative scarcity of talent.

    By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • April 22, 2019
  • Study: H-1B denial rates are up by a wide margin

    Microsoft's denial rate for initial employment, for example, was 13% for FY 2019 — up from 1% in FY 2015.

    By Lisa Burden • April 18, 2019
  • Wells Fargo CTO departs

    The financial services firm wants to enhance the customer experience "by becoming more centralized" in technology product delivery.

    By Samantha Schwartz • April 17, 2019
  • H-1B program receives more than 200K petitions, increase from FY2019

    Companies long-reliant on the H-1B program are finding alternatives to continue doing business in the U.S.

    By Naomi Eide • April 16, 2019