Tom McKay

2 months ago | itbrew.com | Tom McKay

The federal government’s new chief information officer has a background in machine learning and hails from Peter Thiel’s Palantir. Two people familiar with the staffing change told Nextgov/FCW that Gregory Barbaccia, a 10-year Palantir alum who until recently helmed security at machine learning-powered asset manager Theorem, arrived for work in the CIO role on Jan. 27.

2 months ago | itbrew.com | Tom McKay

After decades being dominated, it’s now hardware’s time to start “eating the world”—at least according to consultancy Deloitte’s Tech Trends 2025 report, which argued access to appropriate hardware is now the critical factor for firms competing in markets like AI. Deborah Golden, Deloitte’s US chief innovation officer, sat down with IT Brew at CES 2025 to talk more about why. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. In the report, you talk about hardware having its chance.

Jan 23, 2025 | itbrew.com | Tom McKay

Kathleen Kramer, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, has already begun her term as the 2025 president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). IEEE calls itself “the world’s largest technical and professional organization dedicated to emerging tech,” and IT Brew caught up with Kramer at the org’s booth at CES to talk about the org’s recent Impact of Technology in 2025 report.

Jan 22, 2025 | itbrew.com | Tom McKay

Top insights for IT prosFrom cybersecurity and big data to cloud computing, IT Brew covers the latest trends shaping business tech in our 4x weekly newsletter, virtual events with industry experts, and digital guides. Enterprises can secure themselves by helping their employees secure their personal lives—that was the message from hardware authentication device manufacturer Yubico at CES 2025 in Las Vegas.

Jan 21, 2025 | itbrew.com | Tom McKay

Why does a giant agricultural co-op need a chief technology officer? Farming has always relied on data (just think of the Farmer’s Almanac), but since assuming the CTO role at Land O’Lakes in 2018, Teddy Bekele has been busy modernizing the co-op’s data practice. Bekele has overseen reorganizations of Land O’ Lakes’s IT departments, helped spearhead new ways of using the co-op’s treasure troves of agronomic data, and is working on an AI platform to help farmers plant and harvest more effectively.