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Expert Andrew Ng wants to train millions to use AI
Through Coursera, and soon his new startup Deeplearning.ai, Ng hopes to commoditize AI training and quickly educate more people.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 14, 2017 -
'There's a place for you at Google': CEO reaffirms diversity push amid memo backlash
"I want you to know there’s a place for you in this industry ... Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise," Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai told girls at a coding event.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 14, 2017 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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Companies task their CIOs with balancing the company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.
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Indeed: Computer science degrees show high-paying promise for recent grads
For example, the job site found development operations engineers reach an average salary of $125,105.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 11, 2017 -
Pier 1 Imports turns to new CIO with proven e-commerce results
Bhargav J. Shah was formerly CIO and head of e-commerce at global supply chain management company IntegraCore as well as the CIO and CTO at Overstock.com.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 10, 2017 -
Google isn't the only tech company struggling with diversity
Tech companies of all shapes and sizes have made a big deal over their diversity programs over the last several years, yet evidence suggests the efforts have made little difference so far.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 9, 2017 -
Study: H-1B visa program has pushed incomes up in US, India
U.S. employees gained about $431 million in 2010 because of the program, the report found.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 9, 2017 -
Do employee microchips cross the line?
A microchip implant will enable Three Square Market employees to do things like make purchases, unlock doors and share business cards.
By Deborah Barrington , Justine Brown • Aug. 8, 2017 -
Opinion
When technology changes faster than you can train, how do you keep up?
Technology is evolving dramatically and because of the continuous pace of change, businesses must constantly up-skill their workforce, writes Milind Gurjar of Cisco Learning.
By Milind Gurjar • Aug. 8, 2017 -
Looking for cybersecurity talent? Try Washington, DC
The D.C. area is rich in cybersecurity talent, but many people lack the entrepreneurial prowess needed to commercialize their skills.
By Justine Brown • Aug. 8, 2017 -
Investors' voting pact opts to remove directors who tolerate sexual harassment
The agreement comes as various tech leaders, including venture capitalists, grapple with a culture that enables harassment to remain an open secret.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 7, 2017 -
Women fill CIO roles, but gender gap remains
While some leading companies brought on women CIOs this summer, women make up just 19% of CIOs at top firms.
By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 7, 2017 -
Facebook's new class of engineers is 27% women
The numbers are considerable since fewer women are studying computer science overall — and are partly thanks to Facebook's investment in creating employee networks.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 4, 2017 -
Microsoft shifts from 'mobile first, cloud first' to everything AI
At Microsoft Build this year, CEO Satya Nadella introduced the new corporate mantra of "intelligent cloud."
By Naomi Eide • Aug. 4, 2017 -
Legacy tech hubs like IBM, HP retain more tenured workers
At Google and Amazon, average tenure is two years.
By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 2, 2017 -
UPDATE: What's next for HPE's Meg Whitman?
Whitman announced she plans to step down as chairman of HP's board. Uber is reportedly one of her suitors.
By Justine Brown • July 28, 2017 -
Tech workers rate flexibility as the best perk
Surveys show throwing more money at employees is not only expensive, but not necessarily the most effective strategy.
By Justine Brown • July 28, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Technobabble: All the places we can go with microchips and brain/computer interfaces
Hypochondriacs and conspiracy theorists must be having an adverse reaction today.
By Samantha Schwartz • July 28, 2017 -
A career in tech no longer means moving to Silicon Valley
Seattle, Washington, D.C. and Detroit are seeing bigger growth in software-related job postings.
By Justine Brown • July 27, 2017 -
Stanford study: Working from home makes workers more productive, dedicated
Given the technology available, requiring workers to commute to an office can produce gains, but there are also stories of workers gone wild.
By Justine Brown • July 17, 2017 -
UPDATE: Internet girds for 'Day of Action', but net neutrality repeal seems certain
The "Day of Action" campaign brought net neutrality awareness to 10 million internet users, according to the organizers. It also spurred 2.1 million comments to the FCC.
By Samantha Schwartz • July 14, 2017 -
First-ever Neiman Marcus CISO departs
The company, in 2014, became one of the first retailers to hire a chief information security officer, just months after a high-profile data breach.
By Dan O'Shea • July 14, 2017 -
Performance issues hindering success of digital transformation strategies, study finds
If performance issues brought about by digital transformation impact customers and revenue, does the business really come out ahead?
By Justine Brown • July 14, 2017 -
Deep Dive
From camps to badges: How groups are training the future cybersecurity workforce
There are roughly 300,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the U.S. today and organizations are looking to train younger generations to meet future staffing needs.
By Justine Brown • July 13, 2017 -
Leaders that master 'event-driven IT' will have the advantage, Gartner says
Event-driven architecture will become an essential skill in supporting digital transformation by 2018, the research firm said.
By Justine Brown • July 11, 2017 -
IT employment continues strong growth, telecom jobs drop again
For the year, telecom is down an estimated 43,800 jobs and was the only IT category to have losses in June.
By Justine Brown • July 11, 2017