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CIO Celebrates Innovations in Business Technology with 2024 CIO 100 & Hall of Fame Awards

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Boston, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry’s CIO – the executive-level IT media brand providing insight into business technology leadership – is pleased to recognize the 2024 CIO 100 award winners and Hall of Fame inductees.

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  • Boston, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry’s CIO – the executive-level IT media brand providing insight into business technology leadership – is pleased to recognize the 2024 CIO 100 award winners and Hall of Fame inductees.
  • “The CIO 100 Symposium & Awards continues a tradition of over 25 years of the highest quality content for IT leaders and their teams.
  • In addition to celebrating 100 organizations during the dinner and awards ceremony, I am thrilled to feature many of these IT leaders as speakers,” stated Elizabeth Cutler, Content Director, CIO 100 Symposium & Awards.
  • 2024 CIO 100 Hall of Fame Inductees:
    Lookman Fazal, Chief Information & Digital Officer, NJ TRANSIT
    Shamim Mohammad, EVP, Chief Information & Technology Officer, CarMax
    2024 CIO 100 Award Winners:

Foundry Raises $80 Million in Seed and Series A Funding to Build a New Breed of Public Cloud

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

Today, Foundry , a new breed of public cloud for AI/ML workloads, announced $80M in seed and Series A funding to orchestrate the world’s compute capacity, rendering it universally accessible and useful.

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  • Today, Foundry , a new breed of public cloud for AI/ML workloads, announced $80M in seed and Series A funding to orchestrate the world’s compute capacity, rendering it universally accessible and useful.
  • Foundry is building to ensure humanity maximizes the utility of the computing power we already have, and will produce.
  • Foundry’s innovative methods are solving these issues by providing scalable GPU instances with unmatched price-performance ratios.
  • If you are interested in becoming a customer or partner, or joining the team, please visit the company’s website .

IDG Announces Key Foundry Leadership Appointments to Accelerate Growth and Innovation

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

NEEDHAM, Mass., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- International Data Group (IDG), the leading market intelligence and data company, announced today two key leadership appointments in its Foundry division to accelerate its growth strategy and drive technological innovation. Seasoned digital media executive, Mike Finnerty, has been appointed as President of Foundry and a member of the IDG executive leadership team, reporting directly to Genevieve Juillard, IDG Chief Executive Officer. Ann-Christel Graham, a technology sales veteran, has joined Foundry as Chief Revenue Officer, where she will lead the company's commercial teams and help execute Foundry's strategy and drive further collaboration with IDG's IDC division.

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  • NEEDHAM, Mass., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- International Data Group (IDG), the leading market intelligence and data company, announced today two key leadership appointments in its Foundry division to accelerate its growth strategy and drive technological innovation.
  • Seasoned digital media executive, Mike Finnerty, has been appointed as President of Foundry and a member of the IDG executive leadership team, reporting directly to Genevieve Juillard, IDG Chief Executive Officer.
  • Finnerty and Graham's complementary expertise across digital media and technology sales will position Foundry to expand its unique offerings in the first-party demand generation market.
  • "Together, Mike and Ann-Christel will drive innovation across Foundry's full suite of media and marketing solutions, while unlocking new avenues for collaboration and alignment across the IDG platform."

Global Survey Reveals 90% of IT Leaders Believe that Unifying the Data Lifecycle on a Single Platform is Critical for Analytics and AI

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudera, the data company for trusted enterprise AI, today announced the findings from its survey, Data Architecture and Strategy in the AI Era. Conducted on behalf of Cloudera by Foundry Media, the survey polled over 600 data leaders and senior IT decision makers about the state of modern data architectures and how the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting data strategies. Most notably, the survey revealed that 90% of IT leaders believe that unifying the data lifecycle on a single platform is critical for analytics and AI. 

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  • Most notably, the survey revealed that 90% of IT leaders believe that unifying the data lifecycle on a single platform is critical for analytics and AI.
  • The proliferation of generative AI is highlighting the importance of trustworthy data because AI insights are only as powerful as the data feeding them.
  • This demonstrates that while many organizations may be investing in AI, there are foundational data roadblocks that must be addressed.
  • Cloudera is committed to helping customers tackle their toughest data and AI challenges as the industry's only hybrid, multi-cloud data platform for data anywhere."

Latest CIO research finds IT budgets a barrier to tech adoption, despite increased funding

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Monday, March 4, 2024

“For more than fifteen years, CIO has explored the technology priorities of IT leaders through the CIO Tech Poll study,” said Amy Bennett, Global Editor in Chief at Foundry.

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  • “For more than fifteen years, CIO has explored the technology priorities of IT leaders through the CIO Tech Poll study,” said Amy Bennett, Global Editor in Chief at Foundry.
  • “Over the years, cybersecurity initiatives have consistently consumed a significant share of IT’s budget and time, and this year is no different.
  • Although 86% cited steady or rising budgets this year, 43% still say lack of budget was their main obstacle to new tech adoption over the past 12 months.
  • The AI hype is being felt by ITDMs in 2024, with both tech budgets and IT leaders’ time and attention being claimed by AI-related initiatives.

CIOs Emerge as Champions of Change in 2024 State of the CIO Survey

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Boston, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry , the media, data, and martech division of IDG, Inc., and publisher of CIO.com , today released its 23rd annual State of the CIO survey .

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  • Boston, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry , the media, data, and martech division of IDG, Inc., and publisher of CIO.com , today released its 23rd annual State of the CIO survey .
  • This year’s study comes as organizations grapple with several converging trends reshaping the role of the CIO.
  • The crucial need to protect both corporate and customer data is the top reason CIOs expect their technology budgets to increase in 2024 (49%).
  • Anticipating the impact of these trends, more than half (54%) of the CIOs surveyed expect their technology budgets to grow in 2024.

10th Annual Customer Engagement Study Reveals Generational Shifts in How IT Decision Makers Engage with Technology Content and Advertising

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

The study delved into the technology purchase process, analyzing the types and volume of content consumed by IT buyers, as well as the effectiveness of technology ads.

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  • The study delved into the technology purchase process, analyzing the types and volume of content consumed by IT buyers, as well as the effectiveness of technology ads.
  • The research uncovered notable differences in content preferences among younger IT buyers, particularly Gen Z, compared to their older counterparts.
  • "For over a decade, our Customer Engagement Study has revealed the evolving preferences of IT decision-makers in their selection of tech vendors.
  • Over 98% of ITDMs said they took additional actions after encountering technology solution advertisements, with the majority conducting further online research (51%).

Meet the Companies Named to Computerworld’s 2024 Best Places to Work in IT List

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Monday, November 27, 2023

Boston, MA., Nov. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Computerworld is pleased to announce the 2024 Best Places to Work in IT list .

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  • Boston, MA., Nov. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Computerworld is pleased to announce the 2024 Best Places to Work in IT list .
  • Recognizing the impact of company size on culture and benefits, the 2024 list categorizes organizations into three segments: large, midsize, and small.
  • The 30th annual survey conducted by Computerworld's publisher, Foundry, aimed to recognize the top workplaces for IT professionals.
  • Remote/hybrid work: Employee autonomy over work location; percentage of remote and hybrid employees; policies regarding flexible work; actions taken to support flexible work; actions taken to ensure employee safety and well-being.

STUDY: 88% of Security Leaders think their Organization is Falling Short Addressing Cybersecurity, but Regular Engagement with the Board is Improving the Situation

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

The research also examines the security-related priorities that IT and security leaders are currently focused on and their future outlook.

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  • The research also examines the security-related priorities that IT and security leaders are currently focused on and their future outlook.
  • They are also investing in security operations centers, whether that be in-house or outsourced, and cyber insurance policies.
  • IT leaders are addressing security risks by investing in new solutions and increasing spend on their existing security stack.
  • Almost three-quarters of security leaders (72%) say they have already seen the benefits of AI-enabled security tech used in their own organization.

InfoWorld Releases Finalists in the 2023 Technology of the Year Awards

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Boston, Mass., Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InfoWorld, the go-to destination for technology enthusiasts, visionary architects, and forward-thinking business leaders driving the evolution of next-generation projects on cloud platforms, has announced the finalists for the 2023 Technology of the Year Awards.

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  • Boston, Mass., Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InfoWorld, the go-to destination for technology enthusiasts, visionary architects, and forward-thinking business leaders driving the evolution of next-generation projects on cloud platforms, has announced the finalists for the 2023 Technology of the Year Awards.
  • These awards, presented by InfoWorld, celebrate the pinnacle of excellence and innovation in software development, cloud computing, data analytics, and machine learning.
  • “2023 will forever be known as the year of generative AI, so it’s no surprise that many of the winners of InfoWorld’s 2023 Technology of the Year Awards harness generative AI in interesting ways,” said Executive Editor Doug Dineley, InfoWorld.
  • “But whether their innovation is AI or something else, our 2023 winners are the cutting-edge products that are changing how IT organizations work and how companies do business.”