CIO

APRIL 16, 2025

Jenga builder: Enterprise architects piece together both reusable and replaceable components and solutions enabling responsive (adaptable, resilient) architectures that accelerate time-to-market without disrupting other components or the architecture overall (e.g. compromising quality, structure, integrity, goals).

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Henrik Warne

JUNE 19, 2022

I recently finished Effective Software Testing – A Developer’s Guide by Maurício Aniche , and I really liked it. I have been coding for a long time and I think I have been writing pretty good tests for the features I have implemented. The book apparently grew out of lecture notes from a course on software testing.

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Software Review Testing Systems Review Technical Review 224

AWS Machine Learning - AI

MARCH 7, 2025

Through advanced data analytics, software, scientific research, and deep industry knowledge, Verisk helps build global resilience across individuals, communities, and businesses. In this post, we describe the development journey of the generative AI companion for Mozart, the data, the architecture, and the evaluation of the pipeline.

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CIO

JANUARY 14, 2025

Understanding and tracking the right software delivery metrics is essential to inform strategic decisions that drive continuous improvement. In todays digital-first economy, enterprise architecture must also evolve from a control function to an enablement platform. The stakes have never been higher.

Technical Review 179

Technical Review Enterprise Technology Architecture 179

CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

By modern, I refer to an engineering-driven methodology that fully capitalizes on automation and software engineering best practices. Not my original quote, but a cardinal sin of cloud-native data architecture is copying data from one location to another. Finally, it is important to emphasize the Engineering aspect of this pillar.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

AI governance is already a complex issue due to rapid innovation and the absence of universal templates, standards, or certifications. 75% of firms that build aspirational agentic AI architectures on their own will fail. They predicted more mature firms will seek help from AI service providers and systems integrators.

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CIO

APRIL 23, 2025

Many still rely on legacy platforms , such as on-premises warehouses or siloed data systems. These environments often consist of multiple disconnected systems, each managing distinct functions policy administration, claims processing, billing and customer relationship management all generating exponentially growing data as businesses scale.

Insurance 164

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

CEOs and CIOs appear to have conflicting views of the readiness of their organizations’ IT systems, with a large majority of chief executives worried about them being outdated, according to a report from IT services provider Kyndryl. But in conflict with CEO fears, 90% of IT leaders are confident their IT infrastructure is best in class.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2025

Increasingly, however, CIOs are reviewing and rationalizing those investments. As VP of cloud capabilities at software company Endava, Radu Vunvulea consults with many CIOs in large enterprises. Secure storage, together with data transformation, monitoring, auditing, and a compliance layer, increase the complexity of the system.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In this post, we explore how to integrate Amazon Bedrock FMs into your code base, enabling you to build powerful AI-driven applications with ease. For this post, we run the code in a Jupyter notebook within VS Code and use Python. This client will serve as the entry point for interacting with Amazon Bedrock FMs.

Software Review 119

Software Review Artificial Inteligence Generative AI AWS 119

AWS Machine Learning - AI

MARCH 5, 2025

These assistants can be powered by various backend architectures including Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic workflows, fine-tuned large language models (LLMs), or a combination of these techniques. Generative AI question-answering applications are pushing the boundaries of enterprise productivity.

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Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Split systems along arbitrary boundaries: maximize the number of systems involved in any feature. Leverage any production issue as a reason to “pull the brakes” Introduce very complex processes for code change and common workflows.

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Software Review Weak Development Team Software Technical Advisors 277

AWS Machine Learning - AI

DECEMBER 4, 2024

They have structured data such as sales transactions and revenue metrics stored in databases, alongside unstructured data such as customer reviews and marketing reports collected from various channels. The following diagram illustrates the conceptual architecture of an AI assistant with Amazon Bedrock IDE.

Generative AI 106

Generative AI Applications Technical Review Software Review 106

CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Capital One built Cloud Custodian initially to address the issue of dev/test systems left running with little utilization. The result was a compromised availability architecture. Architects must combine functional requirements with multiple other long-term requirements to build sustainable systems. Neglecting motivation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Allegis had been using a legacy on-premises ERP system called Eclipse for about 15 years, which Shannon says met the business needs well but had limitations. Allegis had been using Eclipse for 10 years, when the system was acquired by Epicor, and Allegis began exploring migrating to a cloud-based ERP system.

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Systems Review Technical Review System Analytics 197

CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

Agentic AI systems require more sophisticated monitoring, security, and governance mechanisms due to their autonomous nature and complex decision-making processes. Durvasula also notes that the real-time workloads of agentic AI might also suffer from delays due to cloud network latency. IT employees? Not so much.

Software Review 179

Software Review Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Government 179

AWS Machine Learning - AI

APRIL 1, 2025

Were excited to announce the open source release of AWS MCP Servers for code assistants a suite of specialized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that bring Amazon Web Services (AWS) best practices directly to your development workflow. Developers need code assistants that understand the nuances of AWS services and best practices.

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Xebia

APRIL 1, 2025

Currently there is a lot of focus on the engineers that can produce code easier and faster using GitHub Copilot. Eventually this path leads to disappointment: either the code does not work as hoped, or there was crucial information missing and the AI took a wrong turn somewhere. Use what works for your application.

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Software Review Technical Review Systems Review Generative AI 130

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Magic, a startup developing a code-generating platform similar to GitHub’s Copilot , today announced that it raised $23 million in a Series A funding round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG with participation from Elad Gil, Nat Friedman and Amplify Partners. So what’s its story? But absent a demo, we have only his word to go on.

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Software Review Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Engineering 245

The Crazy Programmer

AUGUST 9, 2020

The use of a content management system – CMS – for powering your site is one of the best investments you can make for your digital presence – and for your business. Along with choosing the right CMS, you may need to know why having this system is so important. This includes pieces that are live, in draft mode, or being reviewed.

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Systems Review System Technical Review Software Review 264

CIO

APRIL 15, 2025

It is based on the idea that cutting corners for the sake of speed when writing code or setting up infrastructure will create more work to upkeep, secure, or manage in the future. Every minute spent on code that is not quite right for the programming task of the moment counts as interest on that debt. Why is technical debt important?

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Technical Advisors Technical Review Weak Development Team Software Review 113

Martin Fowler

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Pretty much all the practitioners I favor in Software Architecture are deeply suspicious of any kind of general law in the field. Good software architecture is very context-specific, analyzing trade-offs that resolve differently across a wide range of environments. The law is probably best stated, by its author, as: [1].

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Technical Advisors Software Review Architecture Journal 286

Luis Goncalves

APRIL 11, 2025

While launching a startup is difficult, successfully scaling requires an entirely different skillset, strategy framework, and operational systems. This isn’t merely about hiring more salespeopleit’s about creating scalable systems efficiently converting prospects into customers. What Does Scaling a Startup Really Mean?

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Weak Development Team Technical Review Sustainability Systems Review 165

AWS Machine Learning - AI

AUGUST 21, 2024

Customer reviews can reveal customer experiences with a product and serve as an invaluable source of information to the product teams. By continually monitoring these reviews over time, businesses can recognize changes in customer perceptions and uncover areas of improvement.

Technical Review 126

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

APRIL 30, 2025

FloQasts software (created by accountants, for accountants) brings AI and automation innovation into everyday accounting workflows. Consider this: when you sign in to a software system, a log is recorded to make sure theres an accurate record of activityessential for accountability and security.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 99

CIO

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

EXL Code Harbor is a GenAI-powered, multi-agent tool that enables the fast, accurate migration of legacy codebases while addressing these crucial concerns. How Code Harbor works Code Harbor accelerates current state assessment, code transformation and optimization, and code testing and validation. Optimizes code.

Software Review 78

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

MARCH 20, 2025

Companies of all sizes face mounting pressure to operate efficiently as they manage growing volumes of data, systems, and customer interactions. The chat agent bridges complex information systems and user-friendly communication. Update the due date for a JIRA ticket. Review and choose Create project to confirm.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2024

For instance, a skilled developer might not just debug code but also optimize it to improve system performance. HackerEarths technical assessments , coding challenges, and project-based evaluations help evaluate candidates on their problem-solving, critical thinking, and technical capabilities.

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Technical Review Software Review Leadership Metrics 130

AWS Machine Learning - AI

JANUARY 13, 2025

Manually reviewing and processing this information can be a challenging and time-consuming task, with a margin for potential errors. BQA reviews the performance of all education and training institutions, including schools, universities, and vocational institutes, thereby promoting the professional advancement of the nations human capital.

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Education Report Technical Review Generative AI 112

CIO

JANUARY 5, 2023

Low-code/no-code visual programming tools promise to radically simplify and speed up application development by allowing business users to create new applications using drag and drop interfaces, reducing the workload on hard-to-find professional developers. So there’s a lot in the plus column, but there are reasons to be cautious, too.

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Honeycomb

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For every request that enters your system, you write logs, increment counters, and maybe trace spans; then you store telemetry in many places. Under the hood, these are stored in various metrics formats: unstructured logs (strings), structured logs, time-series databases, columnar databases , and other proprietary storage systems.

Software Review 133

Software Review Weak Development Team Metrics Technical Review 133

Tenable

MAY 6, 2025

Vibe coding has attracted much attention in recent weeks with the release of many AI-driven tools. This blog answers some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) around vibe coding. This blog answers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding vibe coding. This blog answers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding vibe coding.

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Software Review Artificial Inteligence Minimum Viable Product Systems Review 54

CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2023

On October 20, 2023, Okta Security identified adversarial activity that used a stolen credential to gain access to the company’s support case management system. Once inside the system, the hacker gained access to files uploaded by Okta customers using valid session tokens from recent support cases.

Systems Review 215

Systems Review Software Review Development Team Review Technical Review 215

AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Organizations possess extensive repositories of digital documents and data that may remain underutilized due to their unstructured and dispersed nature. Solution overview This section outlines the architecture designed for an email support system using generative AI. Refer to the GitHub repository for deployment instructions.

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Knowledge Base Technical Review Generative AI Lambda 109

CIO

JANUARY 7, 2025

It prevents vendor lock-in, gives a lever for strong negotiation, enables business flexibility in strategy execution owing to complicated architecture or regional limitations in terms of security and legal compliance if and when they rise and promotes portability from an application architecture perspective. First, the mean part.

Cloud 147

Cloud Strategy Architecture Policies 147

CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

APRIL 10, 2025

On the Review and create page, review the settings and choose Create Knowledge Base. The following diagram illustrates the solution architecture. Choose a commitment term (no commitment, 1 month, or 6 months) and review the associated cost for hosting the fine-tuned models. Choose Next.

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