The Register, Friday, July 26th, 2024
CrowdStrike Meets Murphy's Law: Anything That Can Go Wrong Will
And boy, did last Friday's Windows fiasco ever prove that yet again
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CIO, Thursday, July 25th, 2024
CrowdStrike Failure: What You Need To Know
A flawed update to CrowdStrike Falcon sent Windows servers and PCs across the globe into an endless reboot cycle that IT organizations are still working to remediate.
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CSO Online, Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
Early IT Takeaways From The CrowdStrike Outage
As the IT world recovers from the massive outage triggered by CrowdStrike's Falcon update, CISOs and CIOs would be wise to keep a running ledger of lessons learned. Here are some initial considerations.
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CIO, Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
CIOs Must Beware Committing 'AI Washing' Themselves
Temptation to overstate AI capabilities is trickling down from vendors to users. Under pressure to show progress, IT leaders must create clear definitions and reviews to avoid implications.
more → CIO, Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
5 IT Risks CIOs Should Be Paranoid About
From mounting technical debt to financial concerns in the cloud, IT leaders must recognize, survey, and develop plans to address several key operational risks that if left unchecked could debilitate their business.
more → IDC, Monday, July 22nd, 2024
The Four Key Issues CrowdStrike Exposed: CIOs' Next Steps
Organizations must redefine their long-term cyber recovery strategy.
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CIO, Monday, July 22nd, 2024
The CrowdStrike Outage - A Detailed Post-Mortem
The global impact of the recent CrowdStrike IT outage has been profound, underscoring the critical dependency of various sectors on cybersecurity services. CrowdStrike, renowned for its robust cybersecurity solutions, experienced an unprecedented downtime, which reverberated across multiple industries worldwide, causing significant operational disruptions and highlighting vulnerabilities in the digital infrastructure.
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CIO, Monday, July 22nd, 2024
Navigating GenAI Responsibly: 3 Actions CIOs Can Take Now
Here's what three leaders are saying about responsible genAI, plus actions you can take to start moving the needle today.
more → Destination CRM, Monday, July 22nd, 2024
Forrester Identifies The Top Emerging Technologies
Generative artificial intelligence for visual content and language, turingbots, and Internet of Things (IoT) security are the top emerging technologies that wil deliver the most immediate ROI for businesses in 2024 and beyond, Forrester Research concludes in its 'The Top 10 Emerging Technologies in 2024' report.
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SearchCIO, Friday, July 19th, 2024
CIOs Weigh Generative AI Costs As ROI Comes Into Focus
GenAI deployment expenses defy conventional wisdom. IT leaders must consider the potential for higher-than-expected change management and model run costs when calculating ROI.
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VentureBeat, Friday, July 19th, 2024
Crowdstrike's IT Outage Makes It Clear Why Cyber Resilience Matters
A misconfigured content update released by CrowdStrike late on Thursday inadvertently triggered worldwide outages across Microsoft Windows systems, taking many of the world's most essential services offline.
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Heller Search Associates, Friday, July 19th, 2024
How To Avoid Ciso Burnout
CISOs report high levels of stress. Automated tools can help ease the burden, but management can help by prioritizing risks and protecting them from unnecessary paperwork.
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Gigaom, Friday, July 19th, 2024
Navigating The Crowdstrike Outage: Insights From A Tech Industry Veteran
As a seasoned CIO/CISO and tech industry analyst with 35 years of experience, I've seen my fair share of cybersecurity incidents. However, the recent CrowdStrike outage stands out due to its extensive impact across multiple sectors.
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The Futurum Group, Thursday, July 18th, 2024
The Six Five Summit: AI Unleashed Recap
Six Five Media is a leading producer of professional video content, specifically crafted to elevate leading tech companies, their products, and their executives among enterprise customers and industry peers.
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CIO, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
Adapting To AI Regulations In The U.S. And Europe: Impacts On CIOs And Global Enterprises
Governments around the world are developing AI laws and regulations, which will bring increasing complexity for CIOs whose businesses are engaged across multiple jurisdictions.
more → SearchCIO, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
Digital Transformation vs. Digital Optimization: How To Choose
Companies striving to do more with less seek innovative strategies to overcome this challenge. Learn more about digital transformation vs. digital optimization.
more → Computerworld, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
Is AI The Secret Sauce For The Four-Day Workweek?
AI and automation may help enterprises transition to four-day workweeks by promoting asynchronous work, optimizing the exchange of information, and minimizing low-level tasks.
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InformationWeek, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
What New CIOs Act On First and Why
New chief information officers have a lot on their plates. What they do in the first weeks and months greatly impacts their success.
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CIO, Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
The CIO Role Today: Change Agents Need Only Apply
CIOs have earned the right to be agents of change and leaders of business transformation for their organizations. All that's left is the hard work of capitalizing on it.
more → SearchCIO, Monday, July 15th, 2024
6 Tips To Plan A Digital Transformation Budget
Formulating budgets for digital transformation projects is fraught with complexities, expectations and unknowns that differentiate it from traditional IT and business planning.
more → CIODIVE, Monday, July 15th, 2024
As CISOs Grapple With The C-Suite, Job Satisfaction Takes A Hit
Research found CISO job satisfaction has direct ties to how much - or little - access security leaders have to company management.
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The Next CIO, Monday, July 15th, 2024
Meeting NIST Requirements with ETM
In the current digital landscape, cybersecurity threats are ever-present and increasingly sophisticated. Adhering to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) compliance framework is essential for IT organizations aiming to safeguard their assets and data.
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CIO, Monday, July 15th, 2024
The 10 Most Overhyped Technologies In IT
CIOs are not immune to infatuation with the promise of emerging tech. Here, IT leaders and analysts share which technologies they believe are primed to underdeliver.
more → CIO, Monday, July 15th, 2024
What Is Transformational Leadership? A Model For Motivating Innovation
The transformational leadership style inspires workers to embrace change by fostering a company culture of accountability, ownership, and workplace autonomy.
more → CSO Online, Monday, July 15th, 2024
What Savvy Hiring Execs Look For In A CISO Today
The CISO role is undergoing a sea change, requiring a range of seemingly contradictory skills and experiences. Here's how experts see the role evolving - and how hiring execs assess the blend of 'Mother Teresa and a kamikaze pilot,' as one CIO puts it, necessary to succeed as a CISO today.
more → CIODIVE, Friday, July 12th, 2024
CIOs Resist Vendor-Led AI Hype, Seeking Out Transparency
As vendors fuel a sense of urgency on AI adoption, tech chiefs turn to risk mitigation frameworks to clear the smoke.
more → Security Boulevard, Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Survey Sees Modern CISOs Becoming More Comfortable With Risk
A survey of 1,031 CISOs finds that cybersecurity leaders are paradoxically getting more comfortable with current levels of risks at a time when CEOs may be finally becoming more cautious.
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CIO, Thursday, July 11th, 2024
How Top IT Leaders Create First-Mover Advantage
CIO Hall of Famers Steve Randich and Neal Sample weigh in on what it takes to build and lead IT cultures that deliver transformative results.
more → InformationWeek, Thursday, July 11th, 2024
5 Steps CISOs Can Take to Ensure Resilience
Recovering from a cyberattack is as important as defending against it. Chief information security officers need thorough recovery plans to ensure resilience and win the support of top execs.
more → Architecture and Governance, Wednesday, July 10th, 2024
Zero Trust Architecture And Governance: A Strategic Imperative For CIOs And CISOs
In an era where cyber threats are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated, traditional security models are proving inadequate.
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Heller Search Associates, Wednesday, July 10th, 2024
My CIO Career: Ron Blahnik, CIO Of Hibbett Sports, On Leading Both IT And Business Strategy In The C-Suite
Ron Blahnik explains how his varied background, including both military and private sector careers, has enabled him to lead organizations going through challenging changes.
more → Gartner, Tuesday, July 9th, 2024
Gartner Survey Reveals CFOs and CEOs Identify AI as the Technology with the Greatest Impact in the Next Three Years
Growth Remains Top Priority for CFOs and CEOs, While Views Differ on Sustainability and Cost Management
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The Next Platform, Monday, July 8th, 2024
IDC Boosts Datacenter Compute And Storage Spending Forecast
When you have to compile the revenue streams of thousands of major IT hardware, software, and services suppliers into the datacenter, it takes a bit of time to get that data, get it right, and then aggregate it for a datacenter market analysis
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CIO, Monday, July 8th, 2024
10 Ways To Prevent Shadow AI Disaster
Unsanctioned AI in the workplace is putting company data, systems, and business relationships at risk. Here's how to pivot employees' AI curiosity toward acceptable use - and organizational value.
more → CXOTalk, Friday, July 5th, 2024
How AI-Driven Disinformation Works (And How To Stop It)
As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, bad actors are exploiting these powerful tools to create and spread misinformation at an unprecedented scale. In episode 844 of CXOTalk, host Michael Krigsman speaks with Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren, Co-Directors of the Media Forensics Hub at Clemson University, to explore the growing threat of AI-driven disinformation campaigns.
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CIO, Friday, July 5th, 2024
How Pearson's CIO Manages Technical Debt
UK-based educational publishing and services multinational Pearson understands that technical debt can negatively impact innovation. So with the help of a targeted auditing system, CIO Marykay Wells can prioritize proactive tech investment to drive business growth.
more → TechRepublic, Friday, July 5th, 2024
Tech Leaders: 5 Steps To Ensure Superior Alignment With Your Business And IT Strategies
In this TechRepublic exclusive, Forrester's Chuck Gahun details the IT and business strategies tech leaders should follow to fire on all cylinders and deliver continuous results.
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Analytics Insight, Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
10 Strategies To Enhance IT Efficiency And Output
10 strategies that could bring huge improvements in IT efficiency and output
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CIO, Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
10 Ways AI Can Make IT More Productive
Every IT leader wants to build a productive organization. AI is ready to help.
more → InformationWeek, Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
5 Key Legal Issues For CIOs In 2024
As COVID drove everyone online, tech companies hired like crazy. Now we are hitting the COVID tech bust as tech giants shed jobs by the thousands. Check back regularly for updates to our tech layoffs tracker.
more → CIO, Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
Balancing Innovation With Value, Cost, And Practicality: The CIO's Guide To Future Proofing Technology Investments
Organizations must adapt to rapid market changes with innovative solutions while maximizing resources. Doing so requires a strategy for future proofing tech investments. Here's guidance for developing such a strategy.
more → Architecture and Governance, Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
Digital Transformations: Six Actions That Lead To Success
Bain's research identifies key strategies underlying how digital leaders invest in technology and manage continuous disruption.
more → InformationWeek, Monday, July 1st, 2024
Well-Intentioned Things IT Leaders Do That Hurt Team Productivity
Good intentions aren't enough to build a successful IT team. Here's how to keep seemingly ordinary practices from backfiring.
more → Furure of CIO, Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
Grey Area In Organizational Transformation
Digital transformation is a leapfrogging business change. The business will be more successful when it realizes that one of its greatest strengths will be its change capability. However, in business transformation, several grey areas can emerge that require careful navigation and coherent decision-making. Here are some grey areas often encountered.
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Gartner, Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
Gartner Poll Finds 55% Of Organizations Have An AI Board
More Than 50% of Organizations Have an AI Leader, but 88% Indicate Their AI Leader Does Not Have the Title of Chief AI Officer
more → CIODIVE, Tuesday, June 25th, 2024
CIOs Must Address The IT Skills Gap - Now
Tech chiefs must help their companies craft a meaningful IT employment value proposition to meet staffing goals.
more → CIO, Monday, June 24th, 2024
What Does A CIO Advisory Board Need To Be Truly Effective?
Advisory boards can help CIOs meet strategic objectives. Follow these five steps to ensure yours does just that.
more → IDC, Monday, June 24th, 2024
Unpacking The 2023 CIO Sentiment Survey
'Key Highlights from the 2023 CIO Sentiment Survey' by Mona Liddell provides key insights to understanding the operational dynamics and strategic directions of IT organizations. In this blog, we'll cover four that rise to the surface. Let's dive in to some of them!
more → The Next Platform, Monday, June 24th, 2024
The Appetite For Datacenter Compute Is Ravenous - by TPM
It has been an invaluable asset for AMD as it re-engaged in the datacenter in the past decade to have Forrest Norrod as the general manager of its datacenter business. Norrod ran the custom server business at Dell for many years after working on X86 processors at Cyrix and being a development engineer at Hewlett Packard.
more → Russell Reynolds Associates, Monday, June 24th, 2024
Six Ways To Address The AI Leadership Deficit
Leaders see AI acumen as crucial, but aren't confident in their personal or organization's ability to embrace the technology today.
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