Top 5 Must Reads: 5/12/23

You already know that every day at?InformationWeek ?there will be original reporting from our team of journalists and unique commentary you won’t see anywhere else. But in case you missed them, here are some of our favorites from this month:

1. HP CIO Search

Story by?Shane Snider

Key Points:

• Ron Guerrier, a veteran executive whose journey to the C-suite started as an immigrant from Haiti, has left his chief information officer position at HP.
• “We have an interim organizational plan to ensure a smooth transition to our next CIO,” said an HP spokesperson when reached for comment.
• HP has already been dealing with its share of strategic and staffing shakeups. While faring better than some, the company has not escaped impacts from the downturn that has struck the entire tech industry.

2. Ongoing Cyber Siege

Story by Joao-Pierre Ruth

Key Points:

• The persistence of the military and cyberattacks committed against Ukraine continue to put the country’s resilience in the spotlight, including at last month’s RSA Conference in San Francisco.
• Based on comments by speakers Dimitri Chichlo and Illia Vitiuk at the RSA Conference, cyberattacks against Ukraine occurred long before the latest military conflict -- and institutions under cyber siege in the country continue to?learn and adapt their security measures .
• Check out the story above for more.

3. Cloud Budgets

Story by? John Edwards

Key Points:

• The cloud has changed IT infrastructure budgeting and made cost control dramatically more complex, says Robert Orshaw, managing director and global leader for the cloud operate at business advisory firm Deloitte Consulting.
• Optimizing current cloud resources can help bring a soaring budget under control.
• A hybrid cloud model allows adopters to leverage both public and private cloud services.
• Without strong governance, full cloud cost optimization is likely to fail.

4. NSA on Cyber Threats

Story by Joao-Pierre Ruth

Key Points:

• Nation states are engaging in increasingly belligerent, malicious cyber activity, according to Rob Joyce, director of cybersecurity with the NSA.
• Top of mind for Joyce and the NSA this year is the?continued conflict in Ukraine , where Russia persists in real-world and digital assaults on the country.
• As of 2023, Joyce said, Ukraine was reporting more integrated cyber and “kinetic effects” -- in other words, the hacking efforts were being coordinated with military attacks.

5.?Latest Layoff Announcements

Original Story by Jessica C. Davis , Updated by Brandon Taylor

Key Points:

• As COVID drove everyone online, tech companies hired like crazy. Now we are hitting the COVID tech bust as tech giants shed jobs by the thousands.
• Updated May 12, 2023 with layoff announcements from? 微软 ,? Akamai Technologies , and? Paramount Media Networks.
• Check back regularly for updates to our IT job layoffs tracker.

Treasures from the Archives

Story by J. Nicholas Hoover

Key Points:

• Click the story above to view the slideshow.

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