Women in tech: Stop seeking mentors and start searching for sponsors

Although women have made many inroads to crack the glass ceiling, men can and should play an integral role in helping advance women's careers, writes Julie Cullivan, CIO and SVP, Business Operations, ForeScout Technologies.

By Julie Cullivan • Nov. 19, 2018

10 tech conferences to put on your radar in 2019

Not all tech conferences are created equal. We broke down the ones worth packing a suitcase for.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 15, 2018

AWS and Coursera deliver cloud training 101

AWS already has a robust training program, but with Coursera it has access to 32 million more learners, including broad IT and data science learning spaces.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 15, 2018

Gotta catch 'em all: Pokémon International complies with data privacy standards

The Pokémon Company International, following the successes of Pokémon Go, is learning the rules of the world its app has taken by storm.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 14, 2018

'AI for everyone': Coursera tackles training for the nontechnical

Co-founder Andrew Ng's latest course will help leaders build "a sustainable AI strategy" and understand the technology's opportunities from a business perspective. 

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 14, 2018

Strong university ecosystems feed Amazon HQ2 fire

Amazon has to hire 50,000 employees for its new headquarters. Standing agreements with local governments on workforce development and a range of nearby universities can facilitate the process. 

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 13, 2018

'70-30': Balancing innovation and digital moonshots at UTC

To embrace agility, speed and an appetite for risk, United Technologies Corp. had to turn its "process oriented, safety first" mentality on its ear.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 13, 2018

CIOs and other tech execs to watch in 2019

The industry will watch as these 13 prominent leaders come into their own in the new position — or fail to meet high expectations.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 9, 2018

Tyson Foods' emerging tech team creates a hatchery for innovation

"Tyson might be an incumbent company," said Chad Wahlquist, director of emerging technology, but "that means there's just a breadth of opportunity for digital transformation."

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 8, 2018

6 tech analysts to follow on Twitter in 2018

Analysts help cut through the business technology hype and boil down the realities.

By Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Nov. 8, 2018

Midterms add legislators hawkish on tech

Congress has been grappling with the powers of big tech and the impact of cybersecurity incidents more than ever over the last year.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 8, 2018

3 key factors drive women from tech. What's the fix?

For starters, employers can improve salary transparency.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 7, 2018

When it comes to digital strategy, companies can either eat or be eaten

"I'm the first chief digital officer of PwC," Joe Atkinson said. "I may also be the last because if I accomplish what's on my agenda, then we won't have a set of projects to digitize the firm. It will simply be the way we do business."

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 7, 2018

IT professionals looking for work can name their price

Companies of all sizes plan to increase their cybersecurity talent, but smaller organizations also want more skills for DevOps, hardware and infrastructure. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 7, 2018

Why 'hustle porn' can disrupt company productivity for the wrong reasons

Companies look to Silicon Valley to model how they run tech operations, but ignore the underlying fundamental flaw: the creation of toxic culture.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 7, 2018

Reports: Amazon to split HQ2 between NYC, Northern Virginia

The split reportedly comes with Amazon wanting to make it easier to recruit talent in the technology sector.

By Chris Teale • Nov. 6, 2018

Walmart and Microsoft expand partnership to unite engineers, hasten speed

Engineers from both companies will work "side by side" to migrate Walmart’s business apps to Azure.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 6, 2018

3 cities in 'late-stage' talks to win Amazon HQ2

Reports suggest the winning location could end up in Dallas, New York or Arlington County, Virginia — but Amazon remains tight-lipped.

By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 5, 2018

Look out millennials: Gen Z is coming for the highest-paying tech jobs

Gen Zers have an attraction to tech careers with strong job security, as well as fair and inclusive workplaces. 

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 5, 2018

Lowe's fills vacant CIO role with retail tech veteran

Seemantini Godbole fills the CIO role after the home improvement company quietly announced its vacancy in its Q2 FY18 earnings call.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 5, 2018

Johnson & Johnson completes cloud migration with a boost from early adoption and its CIO

Top-down investment paved the way for J&J to prioritize technology transformation, placing it ahead of the adoption curve for then-emerging technologies like hybrid cloud.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 5, 2018

Our 2018 CIOs to watch: 1 year later

The CIOs have been on the job for around a year, and some of their companies are finding it easier than others to embrace technology.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 2, 2018

Intel says it met 'full representation' in its diversity goals, but what does that mean?

The company's announcement points to a wider industry struggle: Most talent pipelines are not structured to encourage the growth of minorities in tech.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett , Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 2, 2018

Gartner's CIO agenda: Unleash digital efforts at scale and measure ROI

The first glimmer of digital technology came in 2014. Now, many businesses have moved from "digital dabbling" to "digital at scale," but laggards persist.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 2, 2018

IDC: CIOs who don't empower IT teams to disrupt, scale and innovate 'will fail'

In the next two years, compensation will reflect that with 80% of IT executives' earnings based on IT's contribution to business growth and performance.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 1, 2018