The great hunt for Amazon HQ2: 3 cities on our short list

While Amazon is sifting through its several hundred proposals, with a result expected in 2018, the CIO Dive Editorial Team predicts three contenders. 

By Naomi Eide , Samantha Schwartz , Alex Hickey • Nov. 3, 2017

As more companies go digital, finding the right talent gets harder

The demand for skilled tech workers has spread across all industries, meaning employers face stiff competition in finding the best talent.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Nov. 2, 2017

Facebook to double its security team by end of 2018

The social network, which currently has more than 20,600 employees, plans to add about 10,000 people dedicated to "security and community issues."

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 2, 2017

Looking to fill the AI talent pipeline, NVIDIA promotes free training

To better accommodate students and close the talent gap in AI, the Ambassador Program will tap into universities that possess the field's top thought leaders.

By Samantha Schwartz • Nov. 2, 2017

Digital transformation isn't cheap: Here's how to fund it

CIOs have to think creatively about how to drive funding for digital efforts, looking at short- and long-term funding streams.

By Naomi Eide • Nov. 2, 2017

Age disparities in the workplace cause tensions

As companies digitize and take advantage of modern tech, members of older generations who refuse to pick new systems and skills up are facing stiff competition from tech-savvy millennials.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 1, 2017

5 fresh business technology startups making a splash

With so many startups crowding the enterprise technology space, it can be difficult to tell the promising from the not. Sometimes $100 million in funding is seen as a metric of success, but other times success is filling a niche role for a critical technology.

By Alex Hickey • Nov. 1, 2017

As email hinders productivity, automation helps enterprise workers

Email has potentially hit the ceiling of its productivity as a work management tool and now gets in the way of primary job functions.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 31, 2017

CIO compensation is rising — but there's a catch

Many CIOs have at-risk compensation plans, where part of their compensation is tied to success in meeting corporate and technology goals. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 30, 2017

HPE hires new CIO to drive 'Next' efforts

A change in leadership sometimes reflects a company's desire to change its IT strategy, but Archana Deskus' placement is a continuation of an initiative already underway.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 30, 2017

Domestic outsourcing on the rise

Questions and qualms about outsourcing today come amid a period of introspection, largely driven by politics, about American companies' relation to domestic and international workers.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 27, 2017

How the private sector can adopt the government's unified security practices

The government's centralized approach to examining overall IT infrastructure is something private businesses should adopt to mitigate the impact of cyberattacks.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 27, 2017

5 surefire tech costumes to win Halloween

From spooky to iconic, here are five costumes to throw together in a pinch. 

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 27, 2017

How the cybersecurity industry can close the growing skills gap

Adding women to the tech workforce could lessen the gap in cybersecurity talent, but this requires bottom-up changes to how young women perceive and enter tech.

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 26, 2017

H-1B visas now harder to renew as Trump admin continues immigration crackdown

The move comes amid other changes to immigration that may affect the tech workforce.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 25, 2017

AI salaries burning a hole in companies' wallets

A small talent pool coupled with competition from the auto industry is driving AI salaries into the six-figure range, and companies without the resources of Google or Microsoft may miss out.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 25, 2017

Inside the federal law that promotes CIO authority

FITARA was enacted in 2014 and declared the rightful authority of federal CIOs as prominent decision makers of agency IT strategy. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 25, 2017

The shifting state of federal CIOs

While examining the state of federal IT leadership, CIO Dive created a scorecard. We soon realized the data would be valuable to our audience. Take a minute to look at the people behind technology for key agencies. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 25, 2017

Federal IT needs to adapt to demands of younger tech talent

As an alternative for hiring emerging tech talent, private sector companies should partner with federal agencies and lend IT candidates, according to Rep. Will Hurd, R-TX.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 25, 2017

Crawl, walk, run: How global companies can shift to the cloud

By using a crawl, walk, run approach, companies can ease the digital transformation process and make sure all participants are on board with changes and challenges.

By Akhilesh Tiwari • Oct. 24, 2017

Amazon's time has come: What you need to know about the HQ2 bids

The company has said HQ2 will be a "full equal" to its existing Seattle headquarters, with plans to invest more than $5 billion in construction and create 50,000 new high-paying jobs.

By Mary Tyler March • Oct. 23, 2017

Reuters: Silicon Valley takes on Congress to protect Dreamers

The Coalition for the American Dream, a collection of companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Intel and IBM, is reportedly asking for bipartisan legislation to provide Dreamers a path to permanent residency.

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 23, 2017

Add ageism to the diversity woes in tech

There are sectors of IT which require an older workforce with knowledge that is unfamiliar to the younger generations, but overall millennials claim the lion's share of tech jobs.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 23, 2017

White House gears up for next stage of government IT modernization efforts

Both industry and agencies need to employ a risk-based focus on cyber, connecting every dollar allocated by the budget to reducing risk, said Margie Graves, acting federal CIO. 

By Alex Hickey • Oct. 20, 2017

Facebook CSO: Social network has not 'caught up' with its security responsibilities

With 2 billion monthly active users, the social media company carries the burden of protecting troves of personal consumer data.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 20, 2017