Agam Shah
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Walgreens Brings 122 Apps to the Cloud
CIO Francesco Tinto led a move to a new SAP system through the pandemic, and recently completed its migration to Microsoft’s Azure. → Read More
To Make Bets on Bond Market More Accurate, MarketAxess Enlists Lessons From Big Tech
The electronic-trading marketplace is employing AI to improve its pricing strategy. → Read More
Peraton Taps Former Booz Allen CIO to Lead Tech Integration
Peraton has named Rebecca McHale as chief information officer to lead a tech transformation following two multibillion-dollar acquisitions by the government contractor. → Read More
Automation Anywhere’s New CIO Aims to Bring More Bots In-House
“My top priority right now is to make sure that we have all the right tools, technology and infrastructure in place, not only to match our growth, but help accelerate it,” said Sumit Johar, the company’s new chief information officer and former CIO at mobility management company MobileIron Inc. → Read More
US Foods Hires Tech Chief in Digital Services Push
John Tonnison, previously CIO at Tech Data, will lead the food-service provider’s IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and technology innovations operations, starting July 12. → Read More
Emptying Offices Prompt Adoption of Low-Code to Build Work Apps
The shift to remote work has led some companies to come up with quick digital solutions for tasks that have become hard to tackle during the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
National Lab Taps AI Machine With Massive Chip to Fight Coronavirus
Argonne National Laboratory is using the CS-1 computer, from AI chip startup Cerebras Systems, to run learning models aimed at discovering compounds that can be used in existing or new drugs to help create a vaccine or treatments. → Read More
New State Street CIO Undergoes ‘Baptism by Fire’ With Pandemic
The new-hire honeymoon ended almost as soon as it started when Brian Franz joined State Street Corp. as chief information officer in January, shortly before the coronavirus arrived in force in the U.S. → Read More
Pandemic Exercises Helped OCC Manage Record Trading Volumes
Options Clearing Corp. saw record-breaking trading volume in March as concern over the coronavirus hit markets. But the OCC, which serves as a guarantor for derivatives, was prepared, having organized a companywide exercise in pandemic preparation last November. → Read More
Hospitals Monitor Some Coronavirus Patients at Home
Hospitals, working to conserve space for people with severe cases of Covid-19, are employing advanced forms of remote monitoring that make it easier to treat patients with milder symptoms in their homes. → Read More
Hackathons Target Coronavirus
Thousands of technology enthusiasts and others are flocking to a new wave of hackathons created to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
CIOs Face Shortages of Tech Gear as Coronavirus Forces Shipment Delays
Corporate technology leaders are facing shortages of laptops and other devices that have enabled the sudden shift to remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Universities Get Creative With Technology Due to Coronavirus Closures
With social distancing likely to extend through the spring semester, chief information officers are identifying solutions that could one day become permanent fixtures on a postcrisis campus. → Read More
City CIOs Help Keep Services Humming Amid Coronavirus Woes
Technology leaders for major U.S. cities are helping ramp up the response to the coronavirus crisis while ensuring city services are running smoothly. → Read More
How to Win at Remote Work
Implementing a remote-work strategy is more than just asking people to work from home. → Read More
Working Remotely Requires Cultural Change, Executives Say
Experts say the move to remote work requires not only new tech, but a set of processes that leverage today’s tools to deliver the same level of collaboration that homebound workers previously experienced at the office. → Read More
CIOs Stock Up on Tech Amid Coronavirus Disruptions
IT leaders are racing to get ahead of supply-chain disruptions linked to the coronavirus and outfit their employees with remote-work tools. → Read More
Cloudflare Taps Its First CIO
The provider of cloud-based networking and cybersecurity services was founded in 2009, but it took going public 10 years later for the company to consider hiring a chief information officer. → Read More
Boeing Taps Qantas IT Chief as CIO
The aircraft manufacturer named Susan Doniz as the company’s chief information office, succeeding Vishwa Uddanwadiker, who took on the role in October. → Read More
Google Cloud Signs Deal With SADA Systems in Enterprise Push
Alphabet’s cloud unit has entered into a multiyear deal with service provider SADA Systems as it continues its efforts to better engage with enterprise customers. → Read More