CIO to CEO: A Growing Opportunity For IT Leaders to Rise to the Top
When the time comes to pick a CEO to lead a company, most companies pick from a small number of candidates that come from similar professional backgrounds. According to a recent study released by the executive search consulting firm Spence Stuart, 85 percent of CEOs...
Cybersecurity Continues to be a Top C-Suite Concern
Since the last half of the 1990s, cybersecurity has remained one of the most important concerns for C-suite executives. Back in 1995, the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) had yet to become a common executive position. One of the primary reasons why CIOs...
What CIOs Need to Know About the Metaverse
The biggest thing since the World Wide Web has CIOs buzzing across all industries. Introducing the metaverse, which has taken the IT world by storm and even motivated Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg to rename his company, Meta. For all the attention paid to...
Top Cybersecurity Certifications to Boost Your Career
Also referred to as computer security and information security, cybersecurity represents a highly coveted occupation that protects data, software, networks, and hardware from the damage caused by the theft of sensitive information. As businesses depend more on digital...
CIOs and the Boardroom: How CIOs Can Engage the Board
Perhaps no other executive position experienced as dramatic of a transformation during the COVID-pandemic as the CIO. The quick transition from conducting business in the workplace to doing everything remotely required CIOs to optimize their adaptation skills to...
IT Job Market Robust, Historically Low Unemployment Rate
According to a report released by CompTIA, which operates as a nonprofit organization for both employers and employees in the IT industry, the number of tech-related jobs across every industry increased by nearly 240,000 positions in July. The substantial increase in...
Why CIOs Play a Vital Role in Customer Experience
There is a saying in the restaurant industry that goes something like this: Great food cannot save poor customer service, but excellent customer service can save a mediocre meal. No matter how you word the phrase, the meaning of the message is clear. Proving great...
5 Tips for CIOs Looking to Curb Costs Before a Recession
IIt is a word we have not heard much about since the dramatic economic downturn based on the dramatic housing implosion of 2008. Yes, it is the R word, as in recession, and it has CEOs and CIOs across the industry spectrum worried about the financial health of their...
Your Path to CIO: Tips for Becoming a CIO
So, you want to be a CIO. Congratulations, because working as a CIO represents of the most professionally challenging and rewarding careers. According to a recent survey conducted by Deloitte and WSJ Intelligence, 40 percent of all CEOs polled view CIOS as the primary...
How a CIO Can Support the CEO
One glance at a corporate organizational chart shows the CEO at the top of the chart followed underneath by executive positions such as the CFO and Vice President of Product Development. Another executive position that answers to the CEO is the Chief Information...
Cyber Talent Gap
If you have visited a restaurant recently, whether it was quick or full service, you might have noticed the employees frantically scrambling around the facility with a look of utter dismay on their faces. The hospitality industry has been hit hard by the worker...
What You Need to Know About Text-Based Smishing Attacks
The COVID-19 pandemic generated several changes that have irrevocably become part of our lives. Many of us have switched to working at least part-time on a remote basis. Although lower productivity is frequently associated with working from home, the opposite has come...
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