Tag Archives: IT

Six Ways to Fix the IT Skills Shortage (ZDNet)

Tech is still missing out on some of the brightest and best: here are a few ideas on what needs to change. The IT skills gap is causing business leaders more problems than ever bef... More

Where to Find the World’s Best Programmers (CIO)

Donald Knuth, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Grace Hopper: The United States has produced some of the greatest software engineers who have ever lived. But outside the United States ... More

SAS CIO: Why CIOs Should Attend Analytics Training with Their IT Teams (The Enterprisers Project)

Keith Collins, SAS: This approach enabled the team to think outside of the narrow view of a particular analysis or data source. It helped them think in terms of the systems and the... More

Why Poor Cyber Hygiene Invites Risk (Dark Reading)

Organizations around the world are implementing mobility, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), business intelligence, and social media technologies at breakneck speeds in... More

The NFL, Sports Tech Build Slack Teams (Tackling Tech)

The National Football League is amid a broad implementation of Slack, an enterprise messaging app credited with facilitating collaboration among internal teams and used to build on... More

Gartner: IT Spending will Hit $3.5 Trillion in 2017 (Information Week)

Global IT spending is slated to rise slightly in 2017, with enterprises looking to invest about $3.5 trillion on technology in the next year -- an increase of 2.9% compared to the ... More

6 Dangers Of ‘Frankensteining’ Your Cloud Environment (Forbes)

Margaret Harrist, Oracle: Many companies move incrementally to the cloud, with different groups chasing their own dream of simplicity and lower costs using department budgets and ... More

Are You Ready for Remote Project Management? (CIO)

Managing projects is a demanding job, and it's more seem challenging when you add in the fact that you're doing it remotely. But it doesn't have to be. After identifying all the po... More

Three Ways to Update Your IT Infrastructure In 90 Days (Forbes)

Brian Mistretta, CenturyLink: Digital transformations impact every area of the business, sparked by IT strategies built on speed, agility, and scalability. Embracing this revolutio... More

Software Asset Management Gives IT Managers Control Over Apps (BizTech)

Good IT governance requires full awareness of how and where software assets are being used. The best way to achieve this goal is by using a software asset management (SAM) solution... More

Avanade CEO Adam Warby Tackles Gender Equality in a Tech World that Fascinates Him (GeekWire)

Adam Warby, CEO of Seattle-based Avanade, the tech consulting and services company, is passionate about gender equality. “I come from a family of strong women: my mother, my wife... More

Digitally Transforming Sales: Business Benefits Enabled By New Platforms (Capping IT Off)

Digital sales transformation is not just about implementing a cloud sales platform: you need to rethink the way you conduct business, consider your broader digital transformation j... More

Survey: Tech CEOs Investing in Talent, Machine Learning

Professional services company KPMG interviewed 138 CEOs in the U.S. tech industry and found a pattern: automation and machine learning are top priorities, as tech companies realize... More

IT Pros Are the Heroes of the Enterprise (CMS Wire)

Microsoft Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie told 23,000 IT professionals Microsoft can make them the heroes of the enterprise. During the opening keynote in Philips Arena at M... More

Enterprise Architecture in the Age of Digital Disruption (Capping IT Off)

In the age where mode of doing business is ever shifting due to the changes enforced by technology, the business models do not last as long as they used to do. The choice of techno... More

Cognizant Named to “Winner’s Circle” for ServiceNow Capabilities in New Report (HITS)

Cognizant today announced it has been named to the "Winner's Circle" in the new HfS Research Blueprint Report: ServiceNow Services 2016 for innovation and execution in delivering t... More

HCL Signs Major IT Contract (HITS)

HCL has won a contract to provide application management services for Western Australia’s leading energy provider, Synergy. HCL will transform and support the organisation’s di... More

5 Ways IT Leaders Can Lure Top Tech Talent (Information Week)

The FBI has had trouble recruiting the kind of technical talent it needs to compete with cyber-criminals. So the agency is trying to be more "cool," according to The Washington Pos... More

Q&A: Okta’s COO on Netting Big IT Buyers (WSJ)

As large firms increasingly turn to digital tools and technology, many are taking a closer look at enterprise products and services offered by startups. But few are getting in the ... More

3 Tips For Successful IT Talent Retention (InformationWeek)

Finding the right IT job candidate is a time-consuming and expensive task. Once the hiring process is over, the investment doesn't end. You have to spend time and resources in onbo... More