Tag Archives: IT

Why the Cloud? In 2016, It Was the Lure of the New (InfoWorld)

Enterprises have all sorts of justifications for moving to the cloud: avoiding capital expense, adding scalability to applications, even cloud lust on the part of CEOs who want to ... More

Why Marketing Needs Closer Ties to IT (HBR)

While many teams within your organization contribute to your success, one that cannot be overlooked or understated is the relationship with your IT group. As marketing continues to... More

Trump’s Tariff Threat May Speed Cloud Adoption (CIO)

President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on goods manufactured in Mexico and offshore may accelerate the movement to cloud computing, analysts said. IT managers ma... More

The Next Wave of IT: Where Do We Go from Here? (ZDNet)

You're looking at a computing world that hides the computers. Yes, we'll have massive amounts of computational power in our pockets, and on our desks, but they'll only be a fractio... More

Box CEO: It’s the ‘Best Time in History to be CIO’ (CIO)

Box CEO Aaron Levie has a message of hope for CIOs as they approach 2017: "I think it's the best time in history to be a CIO, because you have so many great companies working on yo... More

Cybersecurity Skills Gap: It’s Big and It’s Bad for Security (We Live Security)

The cybersecurity skills gap, defined as a shortage of qualified people needed to fill open positions in IT security, is a phenomenon that I have researched quite extensively this ... More

U.S. Tech Firms Promise Terror Content Crackdown (Bank Info Security)

Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have promised to better identify and remove terror-related videos and imagery that get posted to their online properties by sharing informat... More

First Proposal for Copyright Reform Arrives, Emphasizes Congressional Role (Billboard)

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and committee member John Conyers (D-Mich.) have released a proposal that would give the U.S. Copyright Office more autonom... More

How Data Science Will Change IT Operations (Data Informed)

IT today still operates in silos and, as a result, visibility into IT Operations is significantly limited. According to a 2015 Application Performance Monitoring survey, 65% of sur... More

IBM Amps Up Watson Cybersecurity Experiences (CIO)

Watson has recruited enterprises from auto, banking and insurance realms to help research and develop new security applications that will use the systems natural language and machi... More

Riding High on Volvo IT Deal, HCL Eyeing More Deals Like This (Economic Times)

HCL is open to more deals like the Volvo IT business it acquired earlier this year, and is focussed on becoming more local in an increasingly global market, said Ashish Kumar Gupta... More

IT, Cyber Challenges Loom for Next Administration (FCW)

Beyond the high-profile cybersecurity issues, agency officials said IT and how it is used to fulfill missions will be the key to making sure the coming administration can unlock te... More

IT, Cyber Challenges Loom for Next Administration (FCW)

Although big policy changes appear to be on the horizon under the Trump administration, cybersecurity and IT modernization will be perennial issues in the coming four years, accord... More

Storage Survey: Cloud Storage Use Up, But Integration Still Sought (Information Week)

Storage is one of the primary drivers of hybrid cloud adoption. According to a survey by object storage system provider, Cloudian, 68% of IT decision makers surveyed in early Novem... More

Moving Beyond Digital Transformation to a New Cognitve Contextual World (Forbes)

Unlike the past, where CIOs dealt with one major technology revolution at a time, such as the move to PC or the transition to the Internet, today’s CIO must navigate at least fou... More

The Fast-Moving CIO: A Race for Transformation (Information Week)

In today's market, you can't out-slow the competition. Not when customer expectation and behavior is rapidly shifting, digital transformation has shortened innovation and product c... More

10 Ways IT Can Prepare for Reduced Holiday Staff (Network Computing)

Now that the holidays are upon us, we're faced with the monumental task of juggling vacation time with sufficient IT support coverage. While many look forward to this time When y... More

4 Questions that CIOs Need to Ask About IT Modernization (Avanade Insights)

Today, with advances in cloud computing and the expectation that IT innovates to deliver corporate strategy, modernising is essential for all businesses. However, actually getting ... More

Hurd: Still Time for IT Upgrade Bill (FCW)

The 114th Congress is on a short clock, and it's not clear whether there will be time to pass landmark IT modernization legislation designed to create new funding streams to move a... More

How a Project Manager Can Smooth Interdepartmental Conflict (CIO)

There isn't a workplace that doesn't suffer from employee or leadership communication breakdowns and misunderstandings on a daily basis. As long as people are involved, this will h... More