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  • What Kind of CIOs Will Millennials Make?

    As millennials flood the workplace, climb corporate ladders and spread throughout the four corners of a company, they will eventually take on positions of leadership in marketing, human resources, finance, sales and IT. They'll gain more influence inside an organization, along with purchasing power over technology.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige04 Sept. 14 05:21
  • CMO-to-CMO: Engage With Technology

    You'd think marketing pros speaking to a roomful of marketers about the rocky CMO-CIO relationship would devolve into an IT-bashing session -- but you'd be wrong.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige13 Aug. 14 05:10
  • How to Build a More Diverse IT Workforce

    If you're looking for a way to more easily identify talent from underrepresented groups, Entelo Diversity offers a service that it claims leads to a more diverse tech team.

    Written by Sharon Florentine29 May 14 04:21
  • Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

    Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. Here in no particular order are IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 tech stories of the year.

    Written by Marc Ferranti09 Dec. 13 19:51
  • Your Leadership Portfolio: The View from C-level

    Former senior IT leaders who rise to head of the function are often surprised by the competencies that they are expected to have at the C-level.

    Written by Steve Kelner and Chris Patrick24 July 10 07:45
  • Provident Financial IT director on Climbing Obstacles

    Penny Jones didn't choose IT as a career -- it chose her. She stumbled upon her first IT job, working for retailer Littlewoods when she was 19, almost by accident. Having spent three years since leaving school in undemanding admin roles, she took the position in operations because it was better paid and looked like a promising opportunity.

    Written by Kim Thomas26 Sept. 08 13:53
  • Would You Fire This Person?

    The people who make a manager's life difficult aren't the ones who are incompetent. You can spot them and eliminate them without angst. It's semicompetent people who keep their managers awake at night.

    Written by Esther Schindler17 Sept. 08 09:18