Ask CIOs how their digital transformations are faring and they’ll proudly speak about successful cloud migrations, empowered workforces and analytics that get them closer to their customers. But new data suggests that Big Bang business transformations are lagging or even nonexistent. Fifty-six percent of 1,559 business and IT decision makers surveyed by Forrester Research say…
It’s often taken as received wisdom that federal CIOs are limited in the ways that they marshal new technology initiatives to improve their agencies’ missions because they don’t have the budget to be effective. That’s not the view at the Department of Transportation. “I don’t want any money. I don’t need any money,” DoT CIO…
Critics of the way government handles IT often question why federal agencies can’t run more like the private sector. Some federal CIOs will tell them that they’re making strides in that direction. At the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, for instance, an IT modernization effort has yielded exponential increases in the utilization efficiency of its machines. […
CSO’s Michael Nadeau and Steve Ragan join Computerworld’s Ken Mingis and IDG Communications’ Mark Lewis to look at what the new EU privacy rules means. They offer insights on how companies can prepare – and what happens if they don’t.
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Late last year, following the resignation of Amazon Studios head Roy Price amid allegations of sexual harassment, investor coalition CtW Investment Group sent a letter to Jeff Bezos and the rest of Amazon’s board demanding greater action to address diversity, inclusion, representation, and equity issues. In March, CtW introduced a shareholder resolution with the same…
Business intelligence (BI) software is designed to help enterprises discover and visualize their data to drive better business outcomes. These widely deployed applications come in various forms, including high-priced offerings, but many businesses are well served by free services that incorporate most of the key features organizations need. There are many factors and options to…
Few companies can simultaneously trace their roots to the Great Depression era and consider themselves “digitally native.” Synchrony Financial, the $13.6 billion consumer financial services company and private-label credit card provider, is one among that unique bunch. Synchrony spun out of GE in 2014, right smack into the surging world of fintech that now includes…
10 top-paying cloud skills Image by Getty Images Though overall tech salaries leveled off in 2017, demand for specialized skills remains hot, with salaries for IT pros versed in cloud computing, process management, big data and others rising, according to the 2018 Dice Tech Salary Survey. In these areas, where skills are outpacing the national…
What is a business analyst? Business analysts are responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using data analytics to assess processes, determine requirements and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders. The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,”…
How can you tell the difference between a legitimate email and a phishing attack? Host Steve Ragan shows what an Apple phishing attack looks like, screen by screen, showing the difference between the real and the fake. Read More from This Article: What an Apple phishing attack looks like | Salted Hash Ep 32 …