HP Enterprise to spin off, merge IT services division with Computer Sciences

The move will free HPE from the slow outsourced technology services and consulting market.

By Justine Brown • May 25, 2016

Google taps casino exec to head enterprise sales

In his new role, Tariq Shaukat will be responsible for managing enterprise app sales, cloud services and devices. 

By Justine Brown • May 25, 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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Report: CIOs increasingly asked to prioritize growing revenue

CIOs are being asked to focus less on traditional enterprise priorities and more on helping the business grow, according to a new study.

By Justine Brown • May 25, 2016

Recruiters enlist social media to find talent in tight job market

Employers need to take social media recruitment seriously or risk being left behind, study finds.

By Justine Brown • May 24, 2016

To improve House's security culture, lawmakers push encryption use

The two representatives want their colleagues to use end-to-end encryption, even as some lawmakers are fighting the increased security measures. 

By Justine Brown • May 23, 2016

Why data scientists are driving change in the enterprise

While enterprises continue to collect torrents of data, there is increasing need for data scientists to make sense of the information and help drive organizational change. 

By Justine Brown • May 23, 2016

Senators push bill to attack 'zombie' cybercriminals

The bipartisan group of senators wants to give law enforcement agencies and courts expanded authority to crack down on botnets.

By Justine Brown • May 23, 2016

Report: Silicon Valley still struggling with workforce diversity

Silicon Valley firms are less diverse than their national tech peers, according to recent findings from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Justine Brown • May 23, 2016

IBM layoffs resume, 20K positions reportedly open

Big Blue is continuing its workforce "rebalance" in an effort to reinvent its core business. 

By Justine Brown • May 23, 2016

SAP launches technology to fight workplace inequality

SAP also announced a new Diversity and Inclusion Customer Advisory Group, an initiative that plans to focus on addressing gender equity through the use of technology.

By Justine Brown • May 19, 2016

Study: Developers need new ways to connect with IT jobs

The traditional methods of recruitment don’t necessarily work for today’s IT developers, according to a recent survey of student developers.

By Justine Brown • May 18, 2016

Report: Homeland Security employees pass phishing scams, struggle with physical security

Tests at the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Personnel Management show federal employees are increasingly wise to phishing attempts. 

By Justine Brown • May 18, 2016

Legislators working to eliminate H-1B lottery, base visa allocations on salaries

In a bipartisan effort, two House lawmakers are reportedly working on legislation that would reshape the current H-1B visa program. 

By Justine Brown • May 18, 2016

'Plain gross negligence': One security researcher's crusade to find unsecured systems

In a conversation with CIO Dive, security researcher Chris Vickery discusses his work finding publicly accessible, unsecured databases and the role of human error in security. 

By Naomi Eide • May 17, 2016

Lawmakers call for permanent Census CIO as 2020 count approaches

The upcoming census is expected to use more tech than ever, but lawmakers want a new agency CIO in place first.

By Justine Brown • May 17, 2016

Google enterprise lead leaving division for company's VR team

Amit Singh, president of Google for Work, will run business and operations for the virtual reality team. 

By Justine Brown • May 15, 2016

'Change is hard': 4 takeaways from the CA Technologies Government Summit

This week, the software company hosted their government summit, with panels discussing topics like IT budget constraints and the challenges of the modern threat landscape. 

By Naomi Eide • May 13, 2016

To boost interest in cybersecurity, Facebook makes hacking game open source

The social network hopes that by opening up its hacking game, more people will become interested in cybersecurity, including the next generation of tech professionals. 

By Justine Brown • May 12, 2016

7 departing FDIC employees took 160,000 US residents' personal bank account info with them

FDIC CIO Lawrence Gross Jr. told a congressional oversight subcommittee Thursday that he believed the data breaches were "inadvertent."

By Justine Brown • May 12, 2016

Pentagon growing its tech startup collaboration 'experiment'

The effort will include a new East Coast office for the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental in addition to its Mountain View, California office.   

By Justine Brown • May 12, 2016

McClatchy publishing chain moving IT jobs to India

The work is increasingly commoditized as companies struggle to compete.

By Justine Brown • May 10, 2016

FireEye names new CEO following continued market struggles

David DeWalt, CEO and chairman of the board, is stepping down on June 15 but is staying with the company to assume the title of executive chairman. 

By Justine Brown • May 9, 2016

Report: Hiring hard-to-find open source talent a recruitment priority

As interest in open source technology grows in the enterprise, 65% of HR managers surveyed said hiring for open source roles will increase more than any other area in the next six months.

By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016

Is Agile on the way out?

One expert thinks that Agile Software Development has become a marketing term, "co-opted to improve sales." 

By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016

Companies need to quickly modernize to survive, EMC executive says

Speaking at EMC World this week, David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Infrastructure, said companies need a modern data center to adapt traditional workloads for the cloud and to better host cloud-based workloads.

By Justine Brown • May 5, 2016