Virtual ‘scoping’ event spotlights Nigerian IT talent for Dutch businesses

Skill shortages are preventing Dutch companies from realising their business potential. With a thriving tech ecosystem and highly-skilled pool of professionals, Nigeria offers a solution to the Netherlands’ IT talent gap. On 17 February, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Netherlands-African Business Council, and  Unioncamere Piemonte are hosting a Virtual Scoping Mission to Nigeria,…

The top 5 data professional tech jobs in the Middle East

Fostering innovation, providing deep insights, and creating new services and opportunities, data professionals today are highly valued by businesses. Data scientists and data architects can create automated systems for gathering data in real time, refining it into actionable findings, and putting information to work in new ways that ultimately serve customers better and allow your…

Is Hybrid Cloud a Cop Out?

By Milan Shetti, CEO Rocket Software If you asked me five years ago if I thought hybrid cloud was a cop out – a misinformed strategy for businesses that weren’t ready to transform hard enough – I probably would have said yes. I saw the allure of the cloud native narrative and didn’t understand why…

CIO Leadership Live with Scott Case, CIO, Truist

Scott Case, CIO at Truist, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. They discuss transforming digital business, best-of-breed IT, cyber resilience strategies, hybrid work lessons, the evolving CIO role and more. Watch this episode: Listen to this episode: Read More from This Article:…

Overcoming tech debt on the path to modernization

Companies that want to take advantage of cloud technologies are often flummoxed by the technical debt they’ve accumulated. They need to modernize their application stacks to respond quickly to competitive disruption, changing industry regulations, and new business opportunities. But the economic and technical challenges of modernizing legacy apps can seem daunting. A group of IT…

To Keep Your Data Active, Keep It Moving

The reasons an enterprise needs to move its data are varied. Organizations may need to consolidate mass data into a single repository for big-picture analysis and to improve the availability, security, and accessibility of their data. Enterprises often deploy a disaster recovery plan to enable business continuity in the event of primary data failure with…

The CIO’s no-bull guide to effective IT

The best leaders don’t get things done. They build organizations that get things done. That has been the impetus behind my recent series of “Building effective IT 101” articles: To help outline what it takes to build a 21st century, digital-ready, effective IT organization. But if you’re looking for a high-gloss overview of the foundations…

10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

Tech salaries are on the rise thanks to a demand for talent across nearly every industry. Salaries increased 6.9% between 2020 and 2021, reaching an average tech salary of $104,566 per year, according to the 2022 Dice Tech Salary Report. Salaries vary by location, with the technologists reporting the highest average salaries of $133,204 per…