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7 signs you may not be a transformational CIO

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Focused on digitization and innovation and closely aligned with lines of business, some 40% of IT leaders surveyed in CIO.com’s State of the CIO Study 2024 characterize themselves as transformational, while a quarter (23%) consider themselves functional: still optimizing, modernizing, and securing existing technology infrastructure.

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Daily Crunch: After glitch causes a two-hour global outage, WhatsApp restores service

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Overheard at a VC/startup conference recently: Product market fit is like a product going around from weirdly shaped customer group to weirdly shaped customer group, like that old kid’s book “ Are you my mommy? 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Big Tech Inc.

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Have we reached the end of ‘too expensive’ for enterprise software?

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While useful, these tools offer diminishing value due to a lack of innovation or differentiation. Finally, chatbots are often inappropriate user interfaces due to a lack of knowledge about better alternatives for solving certain problems. Technical restrictions and solutions LLMs have certain technical limitations.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

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Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. AfricArena, a tech ecosystem accelerator, pegged deals to close between $2.25

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Decoding Code Review and Pull Requests - a handbook for Software Engineers and Tech Leads

A complete handbook on implementing a code review culture in your organization. Written by Elaine Watanabe, it's a practical e-book with useful examples and references, and a must-read for all tech teams.

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Global tariffs shake up CIOs’ IT agendas

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The new tariffs will not only drive up tech prices but also disrupt supply chains and weaken global IT spending this year, IDC warned in a blog post. As a result, CIOs and other tech leaders need to proactively analyze costs, diversify sourcing, optimize inventory, and prioritize the projects that dont sacrifice critical AI ambitions.

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The Real Reasons for Doing Test-Driven Development ??

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Why do people apply TDD? What Are the Real Reasons for Doing TDD? Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a controversial topic amongst developers. After many years of doing TDD daily, I think part of the reason is that some people do not fully grasp the reasons behind TDD. TDD and the Values of XP.