White House appoints first federal CISO

Retired Brigadier General Gregory J. Touhill will lead a team tasked with implementing leading cyber practices across federal agencies.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 9, 2016

For higher ed CIOs navigating tight budgets, relationships key

Presenting the business case for expenses is critical in getting constituent support from fellow administrators, faculty and/or students.

By Roger Riddell , Naomi Eide • Sept. 8, 2016

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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.

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Marketing and perception primary barriers in attracting women to cybersecurity jobs

"Increasing the number of women in cybersecurity is not simply for diversity’s sake, but for the sake of the industry," said Ian Glover, president of CREST.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 7, 2016

'Digital leaders' emerging, streamlining business practices in the enterprise, survey finds

A digital leader is defined by SAP as someone who engages in emerging technologies and, as a result, creates a more robust business environment.

By Naomi Eide , Geri Spieler • Sept. 6, 2016

Only 10% of board members have professional tech experience, study finds

A recent study from Accenture found a lack of technology experience in boardrooms globally.

By Justine Brown • Sept. 1, 2016

Senators urge Obama to prioritize financial cybersecurity with G20 leaders

In a letter, six U.S. senators urged President Barack Obama to compel G20 leaders to commit to a "coordinated strategy to combat cyber-crime at critical financial institutions."

By Justine Brown • Aug. 31, 2016

Report: Tech hiring strong in first half of 2016

Both new and established companies increased interview requests for tech workers so far this year.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 29, 2016

HPE, HP Inc. accused of age discrimination in lawsuit

Plaintiffs say Hewlett Packard's layoffs were less about reducing the workforce and more about making the company's workforce younger.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 29, 2016

2 European countries find tech jobs for Syrian refugees

Sweden and Finland have high demand but a low supply of the workers.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 26, 2016

LinkedIn launches service to connect companies, 'gig economy' workers

The number of freelancers on LinkedIn has almost doubled over the last five years. 

By Justine Brown • Aug. 25, 2016

Tableau hires AWS veteran as new CEO

The struggling company is also shuffling a number of executives around.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016

Tech departments face many challenges from 'shadow IT,' strategist says

Matthew Taylor, managing director for Accenture Technology Strategy, says the departments need to offer "carrots" instead of "sticks" to the people they serve.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 24, 2016

Census data: Tech salary gender gap is more than $10,000

The new information is a stark contrast to some private surveys that showed little to no disparity.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 19, 2016

Cisco slashes 5,500 jobs in restructuring

The cuts come as tech innovations squeeze the company's core business.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 18, 2016

Report: Seattle offers best combination of high IT salaries, low-cost living

As tech industries grow across regions, the margin between how much employees earn and the cost of living there tends to shrink.  

By Justine Brown • Aug. 17, 2016

Women make up 19% of CIOs in top US firms, analysis finds

"Having gender equality in the CIO role is already top of mind for CEOs and Boards," said Craig Stephenson, managing director of Korn Ferry's North America CIO Practice.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 11, 2016

OPM hires permanent CIO from the Pentagon

David De Vries will help the Office of Personnel Management modernize its IT systems and facilitate collaboration with the Department of Defense.

By Justine Brown • Aug. 10, 2016

Okta hires its first-ever CIO

The new CIO Mark Settle will be tasked with moving the company's IT "beyond a utility, ultimately providing tangible business value to our organization."

By Justine Brown • Aug. 9, 2016

Cybersecurity: How to ensure solutions aren't part of the problem

In a guest article, Jack Danahy, CTO and co-founder at Barkly, discusses how crafting internal processes and culture will help ensure endpoint security. 

By Jack Danahy • Aug. 9, 2016

FireEye struggles in Q2, announces deep workforce cuts

The company plans to layoff between 300-400 of FireEye's 3,400 employees. 

By Justine Brown • Aug. 8, 2016

When business and IT align—a recipe for agility

In a guest article, Romi Mahajan, chief commercial officer at TimeXtender, discusses the need for alignment between IT and business units. 

By Romi Mahajan • Aug. 4, 2016

Salesforce exec reportedly joining AWS team

Adam Bosworth will leave the leader in cloud-based business software to join the leader in public cloud.

By Justine Brown , Naomi Eide • Aug. 4, 2016

Apple says diversity efforts paying off

The company said it has closed pay gaps over the last year and has improved the diversity of its global workforce. 

By Justine Brown • Aug. 3, 2016

Intel brings in Dow Chemical exec as new CIO

Hiring Paula Tolliver is further proof that Intel is moving away from hiring executives from within and looking outside the company to help it shift its strategy and culture. 

By Justine Brown • Aug. 2, 2016

CSC reportedly plans layoffs ahead of HPE merger

But the company says the layoffs are unrelated to the proposed merger and "were taken by CSC in the normal course of business."

By Justine Brown • July 29, 2016