Lendlease and ME Bank sign on with SAP and Oracle disrupter Workday
Property development giant Lendlease and ME Bank are the latest high-profile Australian organisations to sign on to cloud-based software disrupter Workday as it takes aim at Oracle and SAP in the lucrative market for human resources and financial software. The company, which has already poached clients including Qantas, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Toll Holdings, QBE […]
LinkedIn looks to add Premium value
By: Matt Kapko LinkedIn is rolling out updates to its Premium subscription plans in a move to boost the value proposition and direct outcomes delivered through LinkedIn data on businesses, careers and education. The changes are designed to make better use of both existing data and the new datasets LinkedIn is gathering on salary, company […]
7 leadership traits of successful CIOs
By: Sarah White Leadership traits of successful CIOs The California Psychology Inventory (CPI), developed by CPP — the exclusive publisher of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment — is an assessment tool that help leaders gain more insight into and improve their performance. Ultimately, the CPI helps identify your leadership strengths and weaknesses, what motivates you […]
Why Silicon Valley needs to unite against Muslim ban
By: Sharon Florentine “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou My son is 5. Besides myself, he is the most stubborn, opinionated person I know. Like most kids his age, he has boundless energy for the things he wants to do and becomes suddenly incapacitated when it comes […]
Microsoft asks Trump administration for travel ban exceptions
By: Gregg Keizer Microsoft today asked the U.S. government to create a mechanism for granting exemptions to last week’s executive order on immigration that would meet “the pressing needs of real people,” including scores of company employees and their families. In the letter to the heads of the Department of State and Department of Homeland […]
Security execs voice concern over Trump travel ban
By: Maria Korolov Senior security industry professionals were dismayed about the travel ban imposed this weekend by President Trump, and worried that the repercussions could go far beyond the handful of countries singled out so far. The nation’s cybersecurity posture would be hurt in numerous ways, they said, citing increased anti-American sentiment spurring more hacking […]
Why fake news is a tech problem
By: Mike Elgan News used to be reliable. While “fake news” has always existed, we enjoyed a halcyon period in the second half of the 20th Century where the news media in industrial democracies produced a reliable, shared reality. People disagreed, but their opinions were mostly based on credible facts produced by solid journalism standards, […]
Trump immigration ban means a war with tech
By: Patrick Thibodeau The decision by President Donald Trump to impose a broad immigration ban on seven countries may have an impact he didn’t foresee. The ban, a 90-day moratorium on admissions and re-entry in the United States unveiled on Friday, isn’t about H-1B visa-holders specifically. And it doesn’t grow out of the his voiced […]
10 companies with employee benefits you won’t believe
By: Sarah White Startup culture introduced a lot of change to the traditional workplace by normalizing open office plans, fun break rooms, free food and flexible schedules. Part of these perks are a way to compete for the top tech talent, but they also serve as a way to keep current employees happy, encouraging them […]
LinkedIn ranks the 10 most promising jobs of 2017
By: Matt Kapko Professionals looking to change jobs and pursue a better career path, might want to check out LinkedIn’s inaugural list of the “Most Promising Jobs of 2017” in the U.S. The professional social network analyzed its treasure trove of data to determine jobs with high median salaries, strong job openings with year-over-year growth, […]