System Networking giant, Cisco, has advocated more and greater roles for women in technology development in Nigeria and across the globe. This call emerged at Cisco’s 5th yearly Women of Impact Conference (WOI). The event, which coincided with International Women’s Day on March 8, was themed, “It’s Time. Collaborate. Lead. Inspire.” The WOI conference, which

On International Women’s Day, I encourage you to pause and consider the progress women have made and the objectives we continue to strive for to achieve gender equity. From my own vantage point as Director of Corporate Partnerships at the Boston College Center for Work & Family (BCCWF), I’m especially interested in how women are

Women in Technology (WIT), the premier organization contributing to the success of professional women in the Washington, D.C.-area technology community, today announced the finalists for the 18th Annual Leadership Awards. This annual awards program identifies, recognizes and celebrates female professionals who are leaders in the technology field and who bring a unique vision and talent

La'Shon Anthony is on a mission, traversing the Chicago area to get in front of tech-focused groups of women at universities, as well as companies that want to help boost the numbers of women in the field. Anthony is building out the Chicago chapter of the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology, a nonprofit

Really, companies shouldn’t need any convincing about why they should hire more women onto their staffs. The gender gap in American leadership is abysmal, diversity breeds better ideas—you know all of this. But as you also know, executives like seeing the numbers when it comes to their business decisions. Luckily, we’ve found the stats to

Author: Meerah Rajavel Recently I was on a panel discussion with Snehal Antani, CTO, Splunk at HMG CIO Conference. The topic was, how to be successful in the new digital era, what is the role new Enterprise architecture should play and how we staff the organization for success. Snehal mentioned, he continually looked at his team as

Author: Shila Roohi In realizing the power of networking in exploring and developing professional growth, I have begun broadening my horizons this year to get more involved and join a wide variety of professional organizations such as “Women in IT Leadership (WinIT)”. I’ll admit it was long overdue for me- but we all know it

By: Orly Zeewy Jeff Bezos famously declared: “Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room.” But where do you begin the brand building process when you’re a startup? Most founders believe that marketing is something they will do when “they can afford it.” The problem with “being ready”

By: Chuck Rivel and Amit Basu On a recent Wednesday in May Fidato Partners held the first of many breakfast seminars to discuss challenges that impact our industry and clients. The audience and active participants were the Finance leadership (CFO, FP&A Directors, Controllers etc) from almost a dozen companies, both large and small, from the

Women in Communications and Technology’s “Up the Numbers” campaign has expanded to include Accenture (NYSE:ACN) as its newest supporter to increase the number and influence of women in Canada’s digital economy. Up the Numbers is a new WCT program that enlists digital employers to report their metrics on the engagement of women in various roles