In 1991, 37% of women occupied posts in technology and related fields. By 2014, the overall percentage of women in tech jobs dropped to 26%. Why is this happening, and what can those in leadership to do encourage more women to pursue STEM careers? [BE] Ambassador and VP of Technology at First Potomac Realty Trust Sandy […]
What’s the single most important IT service that is critical to your organization’s success? This one simple question presented to your Company’s Senior Management would no doubt garner a plethora of eventual responses including (but certainly not limited to) security, connectivity, general support, application expertise and data reporting. It’s fair to say that your IT Department […]
Boardroom Events connects regularly with CIOs about their evolving roles, the rapid pace of technological change, and, of course, how that affects user expectations in the business. Innovate or die! You’re going to be replaced by the Chief Digital Officer! The hype is as prevalent as rhetoric surrounding the U.S. presidential candidate debates. When career […]
If your primary focus is keeping the lights on and email servers up, then you’ve truly missed the boat as a CIO. Industry projections estimated that by 2015, 25 percent of companies would have a Chief Digital Officer, but this year has all eyes glued on Silicon Valley where the Chief Revenue Officer is the […]
History is littered with stories of great breakthroughs that happened by accident. Columbus thought he was sailing to India but ended up finding North America. Penicillin was the result of some dirty petri dishes. The Slinky was the result of a naval engineer dropping a tension spring and realizing it could hypnotically bounce back and […]
Does your security team more closely resemble a house of firefighters, constantly battling pop up blazes? Perhaps business managers throughout your organization repeatedly make decisions without regard for security implications? Worst of all, is a lack of security awareness resulting in a minimal security budget or misspending? These are just a handful of the symptoms […]
By Blair Shiver, Midmarket CIO Journal Staff Writer The final nominees were announced this week for the Award of Excellence in the Office of Midmarket CIO. Created to recognize powerful collaborations between technology vendors and enterprise IT teams that yielded outstanding benefits for their midmarket organization, a winner will be chosen and honored Tuesday, Oct. 29 […]
