Even with more IT workers looking for jobs in the wake of COVID-19 than were prior to the pandemic, highly skilled staff are able to demand higher pay. Increasingly, however, it’s on-the-job experience and not certifications that employers are valuing the most. The average premium paid for tech certifications fell to 6.8% of base salary…
DetailsThis year’s extraordinary events have accentuated the need for a modern technology environment agile and responsive enough to meet rapidly changing business dynamics — whether those are emerging revenue opportunities or work-from-home mandates. And that means having a strategic plan for modernizing legacy apps. [ Be sure to learn the secrets of highly effective digital…
DetailsAcross nearly every industry automation is fast becoming king. Whether it’s through IT automation, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) or some other means of eliminating or reducing manual processes, enterprises across the spectrum seek to speed up all manner of functions to remain competitive — and IT is right in the middle of…
DetailsEvery board of directors has at least one. That board member who knows how to ask the best questions—the penetrating, insightful, thoughtful kind that make everyone in the room stop, think, and reconsider. One of the first lessons fledgling board members learn is how critical that ability to ask good questions is to their new…
DetailsThe public cloud has become a key facilitator for meeting new demands as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This has been especially true for the pharmaceutical sector in which multibillion-dollar companies race to cultivate therapies to treat complications and comorbidities associated with COVID-19, as well as vaccines. Takeda Pharmaceutical, which make medicines that treat…
DetailsPrior to the pandemic, Truist Financial CIO Scott Case and his IT organization had already earned some serious bona fides from the business. Case and several executive cohorts had taken the reins to accelerate the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks into a digital financial powerhouse and were well under way spearheading end-to-end transformation. When…
DetailsThe future of work is here, and for many of us it’s going to be from home.
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Editor’s note: This article is the third in a four-part series on how IT leaders can effectively address systemic racism in their organizations. Start reading here or jump to either the first article in the series, which lays the groundwork for effectively addressing systemic racism, or the second article in the series, which outlines how IT…
DetailsWith Covid-19 still keeping shoppers out of stores, data-driven technology is going to be more critical than ever this year to make sure customers enjoy a seamless path to purchase. But, are retail IT organizations ready for a stay-at-home holiday season? Read More from This Article: Are retail CIOs ready for the ecommerce holiday explosion?…
DetailsIn this episode of The CIO Show, we kick off our monthly verticals series looking at the healthcare sector in Australia and how its digital transformation journey is progressing. For years, the industry had the dubious distinction of being among the least technically savvy, but that has changed dramatically as improvements in computing and communications…
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