Stories by Clint Boulton

CIO Mike Heim is replacing Whirlpool’s aging SAP ERP systems with the vendor's HANA software, and is working closely with IBM on its Internet of Things predictive analytics platform.

CIO and CISO Tammy Moskites says companies face mounting risks from insecure digital certificates in the era of the Internet of Things – it’s those cybersecurity threats that drew her to the dual C-suite role at Venafi.

CIOs are finding a reprieve from the global IT talent vacuum in LinkedIn. IT executives are using the professional social networking platform to land new gigs.

Seeking better alignment with the business side, Time Warner Cable’s CIO Sven Gerjets is rethinking IT processes and systems.

Many companies don’t see themselves as attractive targets for hackers. Matt Comyns, the global cybersecurity practice leader for recruiter Russell Reynolds Associates, begs to differ.

Security software maker Bitglass created a dummy online persona and proffered it on the Dark Web as a phishing scam payload to see what hackers would do with it. The robust activity on the account underscores the seriousness of cybersecurity threats.

Less than half of Fortune 500 CIOs surveyed said that their companies are using containers, suggesting that technology hasn’t gained steam in large enterprises. Why aren’t more IT executives embracing Docker and CoreOS?

NBTY turned to custom software to help overhaul business processes in the company's 380 Vitamin World retail shops, helping the company meet financial objectives.

Symantec CIO Sheila Jordan had to stand up the company's storage business on its own infrastructure in 12 months. Here is how she did it.

Despite the promise of big data, most analytics projects suffer from bad data syndrome, the result of tension between CIOs and line of business managers.

CIOs are still lukewarm to the idea of sharing the cybersecurity threat information the U.S. government is requesting in its Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. Department of Homeland Security official Andy Ozment reassures IT executives that the feds just want to ‘help you.’

Dawn Lepore parlayed her IT work at Charles Schwab in the mid-1990s to become CEO of Drugstore.com in 2004. She offers CIOs some pointers on how take it up a level.

Messaging bots patrolling collaboration platforms such as Slack and startup Kore will lean increasingly on machine learning and natural language processing to automate travel booking, expense management, help desk and other services, experts say.

Deanna Johnston leaves Belkin International to joins Haier America as its first CIO. Her mission: Align business processes with IT, and improve communication between the business lines and the IT department.

BDP International slashed its annual Oracle database software support fees by more than half thanks to the help of a third-party vendor. It's a trend that's catching on with CIOs.