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Harry D. Moseley, CIO and managing director at KPMG, is very clear on the best way to shake up an organization and offer innovative solutions: through its people.

It's common for tech executives to feel like the "clock is ticking" on their important projects, but for Ann Dunkin, that tick is literal.

When it comes to creating a work environment that appeals to millennials, Aflac has it figured out. Ramped-up IT internship and apprentice programs are the key, says Julia Davis, 52, senior vice president and CIO at the Columbus, Ga.-based insurer.

Working in the ever-changing security field, in a multi­national setting, and dealing with cutbacks in resources driven by world events and geopolitics — now that's a disruptive situation. But it doesn't seem to faze Paul S. Raines, chief information security officer of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which runs economic development, quality of life and energy programs in 177 nations and territories.

As vice president of IT at the Public Broadcasting Service, Chris Contakes led several initiatives aimed at bringing the nonprofit broadcaster and content distributor into the future.

When Carol Borowski came to Citizens Bank two years ago, the company had about 50 strategic vendor partners. She says her job was to "figure out who were the right partners to keep, and to build a sourcing strategy."

Aretha A. Calloway has this advice for any IT leader planning a transformative technology rollout: "Engage the business."

When DTZ acquired and merged with Cushman & Wakefield in 2015 to create one of the world's largest commercial real estate companies, Adam L. Stanley used the occasion to update the organization's technology underpinnings.

There has never been a more exciting time to be a technology leader, as the forces of innovation, virtualization, mobility and security reshape the future of just about every organization. Ask anyone who holds the job today.

Each year, Computerworld accepts nominations for the Premier 100 Technology Leaders program from across the industry — from vendors, IT users, public relations and marketing professionals, Computerworld readers and past honorees. Eligible nominees include CIOs, CTOs, senior vice presidents, vice presidents, IT directors and managers from a cross-section of user and vendor companies and their IT divisions, including but not limited to professionals in network management, database management, Web management... Читать дальше...

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Raspberry Pi is now shipping the Raspberry Pi 3 computer, which at the same $35 price as its Pi 2 predecessor packs a more powerful 64-bit CPU, and for the first time, has built-in wireless capabilities.

Google is giving Inbox users a couple more ways to avoid dealing with their email right away. 

It's the 1990s, and this consultant has spent several years assigned to a big manufacturer, according to a pilot fish on the scene.

The most memorable scene in the 1986 movie, Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home involved a time-traveling Scotty trying to use a computer from the 1980s. He walks up to a Macintosh Plus and says: "Computer!" When the computer doesn't respond, it occurs to Dr. McCoy that, because this is a primitive computer from the past, perhaps it needs a close-up microphone. So he hands the mouse to Scotty, who tries his voice command into the mouse.

Would you rather have a root canal or talk to yet another irritating telemarketer? Do you think that Rachel from Cardholder Services should be on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List? Has a telemarketer ever caused you to say *#$@! in front of your children?

I run an ad-free website devoted to router security called, appropriately enough, RouterSecurity.org. As such, I am always on the lookout for articles on the subject. The recent FTC action against Asus, for poor router security, got me poking around the FTC website, where I stumbled across some awful security advice.