Lexmark International CIO Brad Clay and CTO Tom Eade work together closely, using cloud software and other technologies to build managed print services for enterprises. Collaboration between the two departments wasn’t always so cozy, says Clay, who worked in various IT roles before becoming CIO in 2016. Rather, the relationship was fraught with mistrust and…
Cutting costs in IT while still moving forward with digital initiatives is not for the faint of heart. On the heels of transitioning staff to working remotely for the long haul, now many CIOs are being tasked with reducing budgets in an uncertain economy. “It’s a difficult dance,’’ admits Kristin Myers, who was recently appointed…
There are 4 days left to enter the 2020 CIO50 with entries closing this Friday. The program is not just open to chief information officers. Chief digital officers, chief innovation officers and other senior technology leaders are encouraged to tell their stories of business innovation and leadership. This year, we are asking entrants to tell…
Tech salaries are on the rise across all major tech hubs, including Silicon Valley ($123,826), Seattle ($109,628) and Boston ($108,438), according to data from Dice Technology’s 2020 Tech Salary Report. But the real news is that many emerging tech hubs, with notably lower total costs of living, are doing just as well. These smaller cities…
As the coronavirus forced Aspen Dental Management to shutter its offices in March, the company quickly moved to connect patients with doctors virtually. But a problem cropped up: Many patients didn’t care for Aspen’s self-service telemedicine portal. “For the most part, they abandoned it, so we said this is not going to work,” says Yogish…
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While the COVID-19 outbreak is far from over, even more trouble may suddenly arrive in the not-too-distant future. Now is the time for IT leaders to begin preparing their organizations for a possible second-wave flare-up this winter. The worst may be yet to come, warns Massimiliano Albanese, an information sciences and technology professor at George…
When SAP snapped up experience measurement specialist Qualtrics for $8 billion, days ahead of its planned IPO in November 2018, the eye-popping price tag suddenly raised awareness of the product category and its potential value in the enterprise. Qualtrics itself was often compared to SurveyMonkey, a business many people knew only for its free online…
As the coronavirus forced businesses to close in March, IHS Markit faced a difficult decision. The company, which provides data analytics services, had hoped to offload the bulk of its compute functions to the public cloud beginning in 2020, but the pandemic raised key questions. Would the tech team be able to execute its cloud…
Tech spending is trending downward, with multiple studies showing IT is once again being asked to do more with less. A July report issued by research firm Gartner said worldwide IT spending in 2020 will drop 7.9 percent from last year’s figure. IDC in May predicted a 5.1 percent decline in worldwide IT spending. And…