The lack of diversity in IT doesn’t just leave underrepresented workers feeling alienated; it can also make them feel unsafe. That’s certainly true for the LGBTQ+ community, with only 76% of LGBTQ+ workers reporting they feel safe in their workplace and 64% of trans and gender nonconforming (GNC) individuals saying the same, according to a…
IDG editors discuss lessons in resilience learned by organizations in the aftermath of 2020, and what they’re doing to prepare for future business disruptions.
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With the need to keep organizations humming through a global pandemic, this past year has placed considerable stress on IT professionals. Taken in total, however, the strains of adjusting to life and work under COVID-19 have fallen disproporationally on women in IT. A survey of 450 tech professionals by TrustRadius found that 57% of women…
SAP kicked off 2021 with a bold bet on migrating its customers’ core ERP applications to the cloud. Introduced in January, “Rise with SAP” offers to move customers’ systems of record to S/4HANA on their choice of cloud provider and manage them there with a single SLA. Now SAP is adding new applications to Rise…
The transformation of business and IT has raised expectations for end users, customers and partners. Demand for real-time experiences and interactions has put a premium on speed, agility and security. In this podcast, we’ll explore the range of services Lumen supports at the edge, from analytics to storage. To read this article in full, please…
IDC says Edge computing represents the next wave of infrastructure modernization. From networks to devices to hardware: In this podcast episode, we’ll look at what are the most important trends surrounding edge infrastructure in today’s landscape. We’ll provide some prescriptive infrastructure guidance for IT leaders planning their edge strategy. To read this article in full,…
Traditionally, most innovation programs have focused on either incremental or disruptive innovation: Incremental innovation to achieve near-term, quick wins and disruptive innovation to pursue longer-term big bets and game-changers. In most organizations, the split in terms of the percentage of resources and investment on each area, is typically 80/20 incremental versus disruptive. The challenge with…
Companies that have deployed 5G technology on their corporate campuses are few and far between. College campuses, however, are racing to roll out the ultrahigh-bandwidth, low-latency networks. Institutions of higher learning from Connecticut to Missouri are experimenting with 5G networks, a move to both entice students to enroll and to give current attendees early access…
Alan Cullop, SVP & CIO at DaVita, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss AI in telemedicine, return-to-office strategies and more. This episode is sponsored by Cisco. Discover more at newsroom.cisco.com. To read this article in full, please click here…
When Arby’s acquired Buffalo Wild Wings in 2018, it became Inspire Brands. It went on to acquire several more restaurant brands, including Jimmy John’s, SONIC Drive-In, and most recently, Dunkin’ Brands, making it the second largest restaurant company in the U.S. The question facing CIO Raghu Sagi when he joined the $14 billion company in…