Tag Archives: IT

Okta Debuts the ‘Identities’ Short Film Series (HITS)

Okta has unveiled their brand new “Identities” series — a collection of documentary-style, short films that showcase the unexpected, remarkable stories of IT professionals. T... More

Identity Management: Why Wait a Week for Access to Biz Apps? (Avanade Insights)

One challenging area of identity management is brought about when 3rd party identities are required. Almost all 3rd parties face the challenge of obtaining the all-important identi... More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Redefines Tech Services Organization: Pointnext (MIT Technology Review)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced the launch of Pointnext, a newly redefined technology services organization dedicated to helping companies accelerate their digital transformat... More

The Impact of New Digital Business Models on IT Services (Content Loop)

Suddenly, on-shoring is becoming more in vogue. Like many U.S. CIOs and their C-suite colleagues, you may be actively exploring how to duplicate or offset the loss of cost benefits... More

SAS Institute’s CIO Brings R&D Mentality to IT (Forbes)

Keith Collins, SAS: "There are two vectors for us. First, we are a software company. How do we bring our expertise in what we know about emerging technology, continuous pipeline de... More

Big Data Salaries Reaching New Heights (Information Management)

While engineers of all backgrounds continue to be in high demand, a new salary study reveals that big data engineers are especially prized. According to the Boston-based recruiting... More

Cybersecurity Must Go Beyond Passwords (ET)

If indeed we are operating in a "digital economy," standard security measures such as passwords are no longer sufficient to shield the underlying IT infrastructure from sophisticat... More

PwC Study: Business Leaders are Losing Ground in ‘Digital IQ’ (Forbes)

A decade into their efforts, businesses nationwide are struggling with their transitions to a digital focus. Just 52% of businesses would rate their "digital IQ" as strong in 2017,... More

15 Unfilled Tech Jobs that Cost the U.S. Billions (CI0)

With IT industry unemployment hovering at around 2.8 percent (as of Q3 2016) and organizations struggling to land talent, many companies find themselves with unfilled jobs. That's ... More

IT Budgeting: The Smart Person’s Guide (TechRepublic)

IT budgeting can range from a painful annual process to the actualization of a carefully crafted IT strategy and roadmap. For an IT executive who is uncomfortable with numbers or l... More

Cognizant Recognized for Digital Marketing Operations (HITS)

Cognizant has been named to the "Winner's Circle" in the new HfS Research Blueprint Report: Digital Marketing Operations 2016. According to the Blueprint Report, Cognizant's use of... More

Cognizant Opens ‘Digital Business Collaboratory’ in Melbourne to Facilitate Innovation (ZDNet)

The doors of Cognizant's new innovation hub in Melbourne, Australia, are now open. Like its facilities in Amsterdam and New York, Melbourne's "digital business collaboratory" will ... More

Companies Will Soon be Valued by Their Data Assets (Information Management)

How should Wall Street fairly value a business? Conventional assets like sales, earnings and brand recognition are routinely considered. Now Gartner is suggesting that a company’... More

Public Cloud Spending in 2017 to Surpass $120B (CBR)

Public cloud services and infrastructure spending is still growing at a rapid pace and is expected to reach $122.5bn this year. That’s according to IDC’s Worldwide semi-annual ... More

CIO Success: Business and IT Working Together (IT Pro Portal)

As digital technologies continue to permeate everything we do, today more than ever, we are becoming a data-driven society. Data has become critical to nearly all sectors - from fi... More

IT Services Giant Accenture Plans U.S. Hiring Spree (Fortune)

Accenture said on Friday it would create 15,000 jobs in the United States, as IT services firms brace for a more protectionist U.S. technology visa program under President Donald T... More

CIOs and CFOs: Partnership is Replacing Adversity (TPR)

CIOs have traditionally butted heads with CFOs over IT spending. But CFOs are now seeing how technology is enabling business strategy--and they're working with, rather than against... More

How to Drive Productivity Without Compromising Cybersecurity (Forbes)

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing industries, and it’s easy to see why when you recognize the current value of information. IT security spending eclipsed $75 billion in... More

Workplace Wearables Raise New Privacy Dilemmas for Staff, Firms (ReadWrite)

With the proliferation of wearable technology, companies are increasingly finding motivation to encourage staff to don connected devices. But on IDG’s CIO site tech writer Gary E... More

The Next Big Blue-Collar Job is Coding (Wired)

When I ask people to picture a coder, they usually imagine someone like Mark Zuckerberg: a hoodied college dropout who builds an app in a feverish 72-hour programming jag—with th... More