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CIOs double down on D&I to build stronger businesses
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CIOs double down on D&I to build stronger businesses

IT leaders are facilitating multi-pronged efforts to hire employees from underrepresented groups, though cultivating belonging remains a difficult — and often unfulfilled — task.
By Clint BoultonMar, 19 2021
Get good at delivering software
IDG TECHtalk Voices

Get good at delivering software

Survival in the digital age requires an emphasis on execution and speed, enabled by a DevOps approach across the business
By Dave MangotMar, 17 2021
How the WIT Mentor-Protégé program empowers women in tech
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How the WIT Mentor-Protégé program empowers women in tech

Women in Technology offers program members access to women mentors in leadership roles to help advance their careers in what remain male-dominated fields.
By Sarah K. WhiteMar, 17 2021
10 steps to avoid digital transformation failure
Building IT Relationships

10 steps to avoid digital transformation failure

Executive sponsors play a key role in the success (or failure) of digital transformations. Taking these essential actions will tip the scales in your favor.
By John BeldenMar, 11 2021
7 challenges women face in getting ahead in IT
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7 challenges women face in getting ahead in IT

Climbing the career ladder in IT is no easy feat. But for women technologists, the path to the top is that much more difficult, thanks to bias, different standards, and workplace cultures that marginalize them.
By Christina WoodMar, 9 2021
Women in tech statistics: The hard truths of an uphill battle
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Women in tech statistics: The hard truths of an uphill battle

Despite national conversations about gender diversity in tech, women are still underrepresented, underpaid and often discriminated against in the tech industry, numbers show.
By Sarah K. WhiteMar, 8 2021
Hispanic sales chief calls inclusion critical for women in tech
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Hispanic sales chief calls inclusion critical for women in tech

Ivonne Valdes has transformed cloud service sales at Schneider Electric. Here Valdes, a decorated diversity champion, discusses the importance of fostering belonging and inclusion in the workplace.
By Clint BoultonMar, 4 2021
7 ways COVID-19 has changed IT forever
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7 ways COVID-19 has changed IT forever

Things will never be the same. Here’s a look at what IT will look like as the COVID-19 threat recedes.
By John EdwardsMar, 1 2021
ITSMF: Growing Black IT careers through leadership programs
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ITSMF: Growing Black IT careers through leadership programs

For Black IT pros, it can be a hard, lonely road to the top. ITSMF is one organization connecting and advancing Black IT pros through programs that offer mentorship, training, and support.
By Sarah K. WhiteFeb, 26 2021
The H-1B visa: Facts, requirements, processes
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The H-1B visa: Facts, requirements, processes

The H-1B visa allows US employers to hire foreign professionals to work in the US when qualified Americans cannot be found. Here are the requirements, processes, and latest changes to this program.
By Bart Perkins, Sarah K. White and Sharon FlorentineFeb, 25 2021
Inside Blue Shield of California's IT operating model overhaul
Movers and Shakers

Inside Blue Shield of California's IT operating model overhaul

For CIO Lisa Davis, the transformation to a product-focused operating model is key to realizing the health plan provider's digital health vision.
By Martha HellerFeb, 24 2021
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What IT leaders are doing to boost Blacks in tech

Attuned to racial inequities and the benefits of diversity, some IT leaders are overhauling pipelines, rethinking retention, and encouraging Black IT pros to grow their networks and careers.
By Esther SheinFeb, 23 2021
7 tips for selling the C-suite on IT investments
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7 tips for selling the C-suite on IT investments

Salesmanship is a key skill in getting buy-in for IT spend. Here’s how to rally support for IT projects by crafting sales pitches that put busines benefits — not the technology itself — front and center.
By Mary PrattFeb, 22 2021
LGBTQ IT exec: Why inclusion is critical to corporate culture
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LGBTQ IT exec: Why inclusion is critical to corporate culture

Mindy Ferguson, a managing vice president at Capital One, discusses the importance of senior leaders fostering a feeling of belonging, which is often missing from diversity and inclusion efforts.
By Clint BoultonFeb, 19 2021
User acceptance: 5 tips for ensuring digital success
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User acceptance: 5 tips for ensuring digital success

Those most impacted by digital transformations can make or break your success. Here’s how to leverage their insights, address their pain points, and exceed their expectations.
By Bob ViolinoFeb, 18 2021
Tech takes on its racist terminology
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Tech takes on its racist terminology

MongoDB colleagues Garaudy Etienne and Marcus Eagan are among a growing wave of IT pros leading the difficult work of eradicating racist language such as ‘master/slave’ from tech tools and open-source projects.
By Mary PrattFeb, 17 2021
7 traits that separate IT leaders from IT managers
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7 traits that separate IT leaders from IT managers

Is your career still rooted in the past? Here's how you can break free and reach new levels of leadership and performance.
By John EdwardsFeb, 16 2021
12 IT budget tricks to reduce costs post-COVID
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12 IT budget tricks to reduce costs post-COVID

The pandemic has seen more weight thrust on IT’s shoulders, but often not the bump in budget to support it. Here are a dozen tips on trimming costs in response to strategic shifts in the wake of COVID-19.
By Peter WaynerFeb, 15 2021
Make an impact: 12 tech-focused D&I nonprofits worth donating to
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Make an impact: 12 tech-focused D&I nonprofits worth donating to

Looking to make a difference? Consider donating to or partnering with any of these 12 nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting diversity, inclusion and equity in IT.
By Sarah K. WhiteFeb, 15 2021
Why the ‘experience of things’ lies at the heart of digital transformation
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Why the ‘experience of things’ lies at the heart of digital transformation

Employee, customer, and ecosystem form the core experience pillars required for transforming your business.
By David SmithFeb, 9 2021
The future of work: Coming sooner than you think
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The future of work: Coming sooner than you think

What will your worklife be like years from now? Today's work-from-home world has given us a glimpse of the future, as these five articles from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World illustrate.
By Eric KnorrFeb, 8 2021
7 key questions facing the future of work
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7 key questions facing the future of work

A global pandemic raised the bar for IT’s capabilities. IT leaders say 2021 will be even more challenging.
By Stacy CollettFeb, 8 2021
5 tips for retaining diverse hires
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5 tips for retaining diverse hires

Diversifying your workforce goes beyond just setting a hiring strategy. You have to overhaul your culture to ensure new hires feel welcome and can thrive.
By Sarah K. WhiteFeb, 5 2021
How top tech companies are addressing diversity and inclusion
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How top tech companies are addressing diversity and inclusion

Black Lives Matter protests have spurred many organizations to reassess equity and diversity in their respective industries. Here’s how five tech giants — and one small standout — have responded to calls for improved inclusion in tech.
By Sarah K. WhiteFeb, 4 2021
10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid
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10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid

Cost savings remains a huge area of focus for IT leaders, who have a ways to go before they master the complex task of building a great IT budget.
By Mary PrattFeb, 1 2021
7 interview mistakes that cost you key IT hires
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7 interview mistakes that cost you key IT hires

A subpar interview process is a chief reason why IT pros turn down job offers. Here’s how your hiring team may be sabotaging its chances of landing top talent in a tight market.
By Christina WoodJan, 27 2021
15 SLA mistakes IT leaders still make
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15 SLA mistakes IT leaders still make

From treating service-level agreements as a one-time exercise to failing to establish escape clauses, IT leaders should avoid these pitfalls when partnering with IT service and cloud partners to drive business value.
By Stephanie OverbyJan, 21 2021
5 critical steps to relaunch a transformation initiative
Building IT Relationships

5 critical steps to relaunch a transformation initiative

Across all markets, transformation programs that have been on hold for close to a year are being launched or relaunched. Here's how to make sure your transformation stays on the right track and lower your systems integrator spend by 15-20%.
By John BeldenJan, 20 2021
7 signs it's time to kill an IT investment
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7 signs it's time to kill an IT investment

Saying good-bye is hard to do. Worse, however, is pouring precious resources into a project that's doomed to failure.
By John EdwardsJan, 19 2021
Lessons in diversity: How PDX Women in Tech overhauled board recruitment
Inclusion, Inc.

Lessons in diversity: How PDX Women in Tech overhauled board recruitment

In less than two years, the board of the Portland, OR-based nonprofit has gone from 80% white and cisgender and no LGBTQ representation, to 80% BIPOC with LGBTQ+ representation. Here's how we did it.
By Elizabeth StockJan, 14 2021
Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2021
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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2021

Facilitating the future of work and securing a hybrid working environment top the list of tough, pandemic-inflected issues IT leaders must navigate this year.
By Paul HeltzelJan, 12 2021
Hybrid work model helps VMware navigate the pandemic
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Hybrid work model helps VMware navigate the pandemic

The software maker’s hybrid work model enables employees to work almost anywhere, an effort that includes new conference room tech and experiments with meetings conducted in virtual reality.
By Clint BoultonJan, 12 2021
From risk mitigation to business enabler: The role of CISOs in 2021
IDG TECHtalk Voices

From risk mitigation to business enabler: The role of CISOs in 2021

CISOs faced a number of challenges in 2020, not the least of which was COVID-19 and the mass migration from onsite to remote work. Corporate leadership saw just how vital the security team is to ensuring the company runs, and runs smoothly. In 2021, CISOs and their security teams can expect to continue to show how vital their role is as they tackle the combined challenges of supply chain hacks, ransomware, WFH, the rollout of 5G, and more.
By Rick GrinnellJan, 11 2021
What IT leadership looks like in 2021
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What IT leadership looks like in 2021

As IT leaders meet the challenges of the COVID era, only one thing is assured – more change is coming sooner than you think.
By Eric KnorrJan, 11 2021
6 hot IT hiring trends — and 5 going cold
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6 hot IT hiring trends — and 5 going cold

A global pandemic, economic contraction, and calls to end racial inequality have altered the IT hiring landscape. Here’s how companies are adjusting when it comes to IT staffing.
By Paul HeltzelJan, 5 2021
20 worthwhile conferences for women in tech
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20 worthwhile conferences for women in tech

If you support diversity and inclusion for women in technology fields, here are 20 conferences you won’t want to miss.
By Sarah K. WhiteJan, 5 2021
How (and why) to address systemic racism through community engagements
Opinion

How (and why) to address systemic racism through community engagements

Extending your diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy beyond the IT department and into the local community can have a positive impact on your organization's DE&I efforts and could play an integral role in eradicating systemic racism in society. Here's how IT leaders can do this effectively.
By Damon CarterJan, 4 2021
5 tips for leading IT remotely
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5 tips for leading IT remotely

With WFH and hybrid workplace strategies stretching into 2021, IT leaders must settle in to new work habits to ensure success in leading IT from afar.
By Bob ViolinoDec, 30 2020
What is a data analyst? A key role for data-driven business decisions
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What is a data analyst? A key role for data-driven business decisions

Data analysts help organizations understand the current state of the business by interpreting a wide range of data.
By Thor OlavsrudDec, 23 2020
4 trends fueling hybrid-work strategies in 2021
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4 trends fueling hybrid-work strategies in 2021

In 2021, IT leaders will equip reconfigured corporate offices with hoteling and contract-tracing tools and automate more business processes while extending their cybersecurity coverage.
By Clint BoultonDec, 22 2020
Balancing innovation and optimization
IDG TECHtalk Voices

Balancing innovation and optimization

How online trading platform Robinhood dealt with hyper-growth, Kubernetes, and getting the goals right
By Christine HeckartDec, 16 2020
Strike a balance: Ensuring secure remote work without hindering productivity
IDG TECHtalk Voices

Strike a balance: Ensuring secure remote work without hindering productivity

The expanded remote workforce requires a balanced, secure approach to accessing data, apps, and systems.
By Anne TaylorDec, 14 2020
Providence crafts direct-to-home device provisioning in pandemic response
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Providence crafts direct-to-home device provisioning in pandemic response

In a pivot from its digital transformation, the healthcare system built a just-in-time device-provisioning supply chain to ship ready-to-use laptops to employees’ homes.
By Clint BoultonDec, 7 2020
How Comcast IT moved from order-taker to innovator
Movers and Shakers

How Comcast IT moved from order-taker to innovator

Rick Rioboli, EVP & CIO of Comcast, discusses the importance of moving toward a target architecture, his strategy for clean data, and how he assesses candidates for his IT leadership team.
By Martha HellerDec, 2 2020
Tapping into dark data for efficiency, innovation, and income
The Business of Data

Tapping into dark data for efficiency, innovation, and income

Looking in the recesses of your data silos can pay dividends for CIOs seeking to improve business processes and drive innovation.
By Martin De SaullesNov, 25 2020
CIOs take the lead in pursuit of operational efficiencies
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CIOs take the lead in pursuit of operational efficiencies

Operational efficiency has taken on greater urgency since the pandemic began. CIOs are leaning into automation, digital tech, and the cloud to remove friction and create value.
By Esther SheinNov, 23 2020
How empathy drives IT innovation at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Movers and Shakers

How empathy drives IT innovation at Thermo Fisher Scientific

CIO Ryan Snyder shares his insights on IT’s expanding role in product development and the future of the CIO role.
By Martha HellerNov, 18 2020
How to run a successful IT apprenticeship program
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How to run a successful IT apprenticeship program

Running an effective IT apprenticeship programs can help your company diversify your talent pipeline, fill skills gaps and upskill and retain workers on the latest technology.
By Sarah K. WhiteNov, 13 2020
Ready, set, change! Building a fair, equitable and just IT culture
Opinion

Ready, set, change! Building a fair, equitable and just IT culture

Redefining workplace culture is no small task. But with the right leadership competencies, management discipline, and a tenacious commitment to the task at hand, you can activate your new organizational vision.
By Damon CarterNov, 6 2020
How Year Up is redefining and diversifying the IT talent pipeline
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How Year Up is redefining and diversifying the IT talent pipeline

To help bridge the opportunity divide, careers organization Year Up is connecting corporate sponsors with talented, hardworking young adults from underserved communities who are eager to embark on an IT career.
By Sarah K. WhiteNov, 5 2020
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