IT Portfolio Mgmt

5 enterprise cloud strategy trends for 2019

clint_boulton@idg.com — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Cloud computing has become the de facto platform for fueling digital transformations and modernizing IT portfolios. Companies are increasingly finding business agility or cost savings by...

10 IT certs paying the highest premiums today

sarah_white@idg.com — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:00:00 -0400

T certifications can boost your career, but it’s not always easy to tell which certifications hold the most value for your resume. Moreover, the pay associated any given certification can fluctuate based on business interest in the credential and the supply of IT pros who hold it. To help gauge certification values...

Top IT spending priorities for 2019

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 01:00:00 -0400

The CIO role continues to grow, thanks in large part to digital transformation, with IT executives adding new responsibilities, ranging from data analytics to product development, according to our 2019 State of the CIO. To meet these goals and continue to innovate...

The 13 most in-demand tech jobs for 2019 — and how to hire for them

sarah_white@idg.com — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 01:00:00 -0500

As companies scramble to adapt to a tight IT job market, they’re doing whatever they can to attract top tech talent. For some that means getting a head start in filling next year’s most in-demand roles, which range from...

10 Must-Have Skills For ITSM Pros

sarah_white@idg.com — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:20:00 -0500

New technologies like machine learning, cloud computing and IoT are changing how businesses serve clients and customers. Deploying these technologies in an IT service management (ITSM) environment can help businesses offer...

Where IT Dollars Are Being Spent Now

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:19:17 -0500

Investment in data technology continues its steady climb at enterprises throughout the world, although this does not necessarily represent the rapid integration of next-generation capabilities into IT environments. Rather...

Anatomy Of An IT Strategic Plan In The Era Of Digital Disruption

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:13:57 -0500

IT's role in the development and execution of business strategy has grown significantly in the era of digital transformation. But as the rate of business and technology change has accelerated, some...

7 Hot IT Career Trends - And 7 Going Cold

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:12:43 -0400

There's a major IT skills gap in the country and it's only expected to widen. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, there will be 1 million more computing jobs than applicants by 2020. And while this poses a problem for organizations without a plan to address it...

8 Hot IT Hiring Trends - And 8 Going Cold

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 10:10:52 -0400

We're seeing a number of shifts this year in hiring as technologies mature, new ones emerge and companies work to cut costs by blending full-time IT staff with contract work. While some see the gig economy as a flexible new way to work, one that appeals to solo entrepreneurs, others see a general consequence of the Great Recession. Either way,...

What B2B Marketers Need To Know About The IT Purchase Process

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:22:31 -0400

Digital transformation is putting more emphasis on the role of technology in driving businesses forward and that complicates the lives of B2B marketers as it impacts marketing automation platforms. In the next three to five the number of organizations embracing wide-scale digital transformation plans is expected to...

The 13 Most Valuable IT Certifications Today

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:22:05 -0400

In IT, experience is king. Yet IT certifications remain a valuable tool for advancing your career. IT certifications give junior-level workers an opportunity to gain more resume-worthy experience in the IT industry. For tenured employees, certifications help you continually grow and adapt your skillset to fit the changing landscape of IT. Because...

12 'Best Practices' IT Should Avoid At All Costs

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:15:29 -0400

What makes IT organizations fail? Often, it's the adoption of what's described as "industry best practices" by people who ought to know better but don't, probably because they've never had to do the job. From establishing internal customers to instituting charge-backs to insisting on ROI, a lot of this advice looks plausible when...

Special Report: Best Places To Work In IT 2017

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:41:55 -0400

Which employers made the list?...

Former AOL CEO Steve Case Tells CEOs To Prepare For The Tech 3.0 Revolution

Wed, 24 May 2017 07:17:24 -0400

Steve Case, co-founder and former CEO of America Online, has watched the Internet evolve from its earliest days of noisy dial-up access to today's integration with almost every aspect of commerce. Since retiring from the company in 2003, Case has engaged in a number of entrepreneurial endeavors, and also has served as...

IT Leaders Need To Be Business Leaders First, CIO Says

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:02:28 -0500

According to a high-profile IT executive in the health care sector, the key to making an impact as an IT leader is to come to the table as a business leader who happens to be running the technology team, rather than purely as a technologist waiting to receive requirements to fulfill. That IT executive is Steve Betts, senior vice president and...

Ford CIO: IT Is A 'People Business'

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:22:50 -0500

When asked about her biggest priorities as CIO of Ford Motor Company, the $150 billion automobile manufacturer, Marcy Klevorn says, "It's really a story of 'and.'" Not long ago, Ford and its chief competitors made automobiles, and Americans bought American-made cars. But global competition took hold, and...

Staying Technologically Relevant Has Suddenly Become A Full-Time Responsibility

Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:50:41 -0400

Technology is always improving. Since the beginning of modern civilization, people have been improving existing concepts and developing new and better ways of accomplishing the same tasks. This progression of technology is great, but it can be a bit scary for businesses that don't have...

Top 10 jobs In IT And Engineering

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:27:57 -0400

Looking for a job in tech or planning to make a career change? Here is CareerCast's list of the top 10 jobs in IT and engineering in terms of salary, growth and market relevancy...

The Pokï؟½mon Go Effect On The Network

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:21:11 -0400

Imagine sitting courtside at game seven of the NBA finals without having to pay the reported $99,000 someone spent on two tickets last month. Or imagine watching that same game in the stadium, and live statistics pop up on your connected glasses that show...

What it takes to build a manufacturing digital enterprise

Fri, 20 May 2016 11:07:54 -0400

The first Industrial Revolution conjures up images of grimy 19th century factories, belching smokestacks and newly mechanized production equipment. The dawn of the so-called fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, could not be more different and it is laying the groundwork for the Digital Enterprise. None of us will escape the impact of Industry 4.0, so it's vital to comprehend what likely lies ahead. The stakes are high. Consider that since 2000,...

Internet Trust Marks: Building confidence and profit online

Tue, 10 May 2016 12:33:02 -0400

This paper examines how recent trends in Internet trust marks can help restore confidence in online shopping, and as concluded by at least one recent study, even induce those who do shop to spend more.

10 Fastest-Growing Tech Skills

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:09:33 -0400

It's a great time to add new IT skills to your arsenal. To help you focus your attention in the right places, here are 10 in-demand tech skills that IT pros should master, according to research from Dice.com...

25 Geniuses Who Are Creating The Future Of Business

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:51:47 -0400

Soon, software will know how you feel-and will use that data to sell you things. The gig economy will go global (but it's not Uber-take-all). The tech industry will finally be inclusive. AI will achieve something like common sense, and it will be open source too. But that future won't build itself. Actual people (at least for now) have to...

U.S. Efforts To Build Next-Gen Supercomputer Take Shape

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:11:14 -0400

For decades, the U.S. took for granted the doubling of supercomputing power every 10 years, roughly in line with Moore's Law. But once a petascale system was reached in 2008, it gradually became clear that the next leap -- a system 1,000 times more powerful -- would be difficult. Initially,

CIOs Who Master Digital Transformations Will Win CEO Jobs

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:31:02 -0400

It might seem ironic for the leader of the company that blazed the trail for shadow IT to acknowledge that the CIO's role has ratcheted up several notches in importance. Yet in a sign of how, in the words of Marc Andreessen,...