CIO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

CIOs often have a love-hate relationship with enterprise architecture. On the one hand, enterprise architects play a key role in selecting platforms, developing technical capabilities, and driving standards.

Agile 218

Agile Enterprise CTO Coach Technical Review 218

CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Every enterprise needs a data strategy that clearly defines the technologies, processes, people, and rules needed to safely and securely manage its information assets and practices. They’re having to integrate a massively expanding set of cloud-native services with existing on-premise technologies,” he notes.

Trends 218

Trends Strategy Enterprise Data 218

CIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Once you get Copilot for Office 365, you go through training, and thats driven up our utilization to around 93%. Elliott Franklin, CISO at Fortitude Re, a global reinsurance company, says his firm is also using enterprise subscriptions to ChatGPT and Copilot to integrate gen AI into operations.

Google Cloud 206

Google Cloud Survey CTO Coach Software Development 206

CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Overemphasis on tools, budgets and controls. The role of enterprise architecture and transformational leadership in sustainability Enterprise architecture is a framework to drive the transformation necessary for organizations to remain agile and resilient amid rapid technological and environmental changes.

Sustainability 156

Sustainability Technical Review Architecture Fractional CTO 156

CIO

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“Today’s CIOs inherit highly customized ERPs and struggle to lead change management efforts, especially with systems that [are the] backbone of all the enterprise’s operations,” wrote Isaac Sacolick, founder and president of StarCIO, a digital transformation consultancy, in a recent blog post.

Systems Review 197

Systems Review Technical Review System Analytics 197

CIO

AUGUST 14, 2024

Between building gen AI features into almost every enterprise tool it offers, adding the most popular gen AI developer tool to GitHub — GitHub Copilot is already bigger than GitHub when Microsoft bought it — and running the cloud powering OpenAI, Microsoft has taken a commanding lead in enterprise gen AI.

Enterprise 204

Enterprise Azure ChatGPT Open Source 204

CTOvision

JUNE 7, 2014

If you are a technologist you no doubt have thoughts about security and how to improve your approach to enterprise-wide defense. Bob’s first career was as a naval intelligence officer, which included operational tours in Europe and Asia. By Bob Gourley. Manual remediation is costly and requires manpower and time you don’t have.

Fractional CTO 107

Fractional CTO Technical Review Systems Review Big Data 107

CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

CIOs and their IT teams have enjoyed a bump in power and prestige in recent years, as the C-suite has embraced continuous transformation, digital everything, and a host of emerging technologies — all enabled by IT. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies.

Fractional CTO 206

Fractional CTO Agile Cloud Budget 206

CIO

JULY 15, 2022

We had five different forecast engines running in the company through various acquisitions,” says Lars Ewe, who inherited the thorny IT environment when he joined as CTO in February 2020. Enterprises often make strategic errors when combining IT systems following an acquisition, Ewe says. The merger playbook.

Systems Review 167

Systems Review Fractional CTO System Development Team Review 167

CIO

JULY 18, 2024

The AI service providers, sometimes dubbed AI hyperscalers, offer GPU-as-a-service, enabling enterprises to purchase GPU power on demand to limit spending. IBM, Oracle, Dell, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise also offer GPU-as-a-service. We’ve already seen the cost of AI really start to negatively impact cloud budgets,” he says. “In

Generative AI 204

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Fractional CTO Open Source 204

CIO

JANUARY 11, 2023

As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. This is no longer true. “As

Fractional CTO 217

Fractional CTO Technical Advisors Artificial Inteligence Budget 217

CTOvision

MAY 30, 2014

If you are a technologist you no doubt have thoughts about security and how to improve your approach to enterprise-wide defense. Bob’s first career was as a naval intelligence officer, which included operational tours in Europe and Asia. By Bob Gourley. Manual remediation is costly and requires manpower and time you don’t have.

Fractional CTO 103

Fractional CTO Technical Review Systems Review Big Data 103

CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” Today’s CIO is not just a technology leader, but a business executive. Zero-based budgeting can be a good approach for discretionary spending.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Fractional CTO Budget Software Review 208

CIO

MARCH 21, 2023

Poor planning Enterprises risk running into trouble if they lack a detailed cloud strategy. “A A pragmatic and structured architectural approach when moving to the cloud is critical,” says William Peldzus, senior director and Center of Excellence head with enterprise consulting firm Capgemini Americas.

Cloud 195

Cloud Technical Advisors Fractional CTO Weak Development Team 195

CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2022

By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software The information technology that enables scientific and commercial breakthroughs, from precision medicine to digital transformation, demonstrates tech’s boundless potential to improve our world.

Software Review 165

Software Review Fractional CTO Strategy Software 165

CIO

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Knowing exactly when to launch a critical IT initiative requires deep enterprise, market, and technology expertise. Many IT timing mistakes boil down to a disconnect between IT and other enterprise departments. “To Most CIOs already possess those attributes, yet it’s also important to know what not to do.

Weak Development Team 200

Weak Development Team Software Review Development Team Review Fractional CTO 200

CIO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Such conversations … should conclude with clear actions, benefits, timelines, and the budget and resources required to close gaps.” Rahul Mahna, partner and outsourced IT services leader at management consulting firm Eisner Advisory Group, believes that scenario-playing with teams and management colleagues can spur useful security insights.

Weak Development Team 213

Weak Development Team Fractional CTO Systems Review Culture 213

CIO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Inflation may have dropped from its high in 2022, but the price pressures on IT budgets have continued unabated. Forty-one percent of the CIOs in the survey said they’ve changed their cycle for revisiting IT budgets to at least every month, says Tony Olvet, IDC’s VP of worldwide C-suite and digital business research.

Technical Review 200

Technical Review Software Review Budget Fractional CTO 200

CIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

million to roll out, with a recurring annual budget hit of $8,000 to $11,000 per user. In the enterprise, huge expectations have been partly driven by the major consumer reaction following the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, Stephenson suggests. “The For example, a gen AI virtual assistant can cost $5 million to $6.5

Technical Review 214

Technical Review Generative AI Fractional CTO Artificial Inteligence 214

TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

One day later, on December 7, it was revealed that CTO Diane Yu was transitioning from her role as Chief Technology Officer – a position she had just assumed in January 2021 – into an advisory position. While Vareto is mainly targeting larger, enterprise businesses, Clockwork.ai

Fintech 263

Fintech Fractional CTO CTO CTO Coach 263

CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Beyond the CIO First, no formal request was made to the CIO — the chief information officer — to execute a project, nor were business requirements defined, or even an elaborate budget needed. Digital twins are getting built and born in the enterprise without any CIO facilitation.

Artificial Inteligence 197

Artificial Inteligence Artificial Intelligence Technical Review Software Review 197

CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It seems to be an increasing worry — worry over whether the enterprise is secure and its data is protected, because everything else falls to the wayside if that’s not taken care of first,” says John Buccola, CTO of E78 Partners, which provides consulting and managed services in finance technology and other professional areas.

Fractional CTO 207

Fractional CTO Artificial Inteligence CTO Coach Budget 207

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Indeed, Statista found that organizations spent around 23% of their annual IT budgets on quality assurance and testing between 2012 and 2019. Perl was previously the head of technology at home service booking platform Dispatch and the CTO of pharmacy supply chain firm Zipdrug. ” QA Wolf promises a lot.

Software Review 226

Software Review Testing Technical Review Quality Assurance 226

CIO

JUNE 7, 2022

An effective enterprise AI team is a diverse group that encompasses far more than a handful of data scientists and engineers. To help you assemble your ideal AI team, here is a look at 10 key roles found in well-run enterprise AI teams today. Data scientist. Data scientists are the core of any AI team.

Artificial Inteligence 218

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Fractional CTO Data Engineering 218

CIO

DECEMBER 29, 2023

“With a focus on automation for customer service and telesales functions, we’re looking at intelligent automation solutions that can help improve customer engagement and self-help capabilities,” says Chris Pendergast, the company’s SVP and CTO.

Security 209

Security Technical Review Generative AI Fractional CTO 209

CIO

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

There are several important metrics that can be used to achieve IT success, says Jonathan Nikols, senior vice president of global enterprise sales for the Americas at Verizon. “To To name a few — products and services that are delivered on time and on budget, and overall IT ROI.” Here they are.

Metrics 210

Metrics Weak Development Team Fractional CTO Survey 210

CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The need for efficient software development has taken on greater importance as enterprises introduce more and more digital services and add automation capabilities to enhance business processes. On time and on budget are much easier to judge with the finger on the pulse of expectations of both the users and the developers.”

Project Management 183

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CIO

MAY 6, 2024

We have candid discussions about anything from our enterprise strategy to how we manage work-life balance,” he says. And, on the flip side, it’s just as important to be mindful of team chemistry and take action when there’s a problem, says Srini Kadiyala, CTO of OvalEdge. Bad hires happen, and sometimes, promotions don’t work out.

Leadership 193

Leadership CTO Coach Weak Development Team Fractional CTO 193

CIO

AUGUST 2, 2024

That’s the race that seems to be going on in enterprises: ‘How do I go make room and power to do AI?’” That pressure is just really driving the enterprise customers, whether it be in a co-lo or create their own, to get those capabilities.” Many hardware users are prioritizing replacement.

Data Center 212

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Erik Bernhardsson

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This has been an amazing source of products, that have been battle-tested at Amazon, Google, and Microsoft scale, and it makes sense that those tools are a great match for their big enterprise customers. If that customer switches their $1M/year budget to Snowflake, then about $400k 7 goes back to AWS, making AWS about $200k in gross profits.

Cloud 351

Cloud AWS Weak Development Team Serverless 351

CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

Cloud 187

Cloud Technical Review Fractional CTO CTO Coach 187

CIO

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Host Isaac Sacolick ( @nyike ) was joined by a bevy of consultants and practitioners who had no shortage of advice on the topic. It’s not like enterprise architects and infrastructure engineers were great at capacity planning from the data center days. Exceeding the planned budget. leading to poor performance and high cost.

Cloud 167

Cloud Technical Advisors Fractional CTO Data Center 167

CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Forrester estimates about a third of organizations have either made or are in the process of orchestrating the shift to product-centric structures with more to follow as cloud migration gives IT a platform to retool for greater business agility, according to Charles Betz, vice president and research director for enterprise architecture at Forrester.

UI/UX 174

UI/UX Fractional CTO CTO CTO Coach 174

CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

And if the initiative misses its goal, or runs over budget, the CIO’s job may be at stake. Yet, as any IT leader knows, when technical infrastructure fails to meet enterprise needs, hampering productivity and innovation, it’s often time to rebuild from scratch. A complete rebuild can be disruptive, time-consuming, and risky.

Organization 164

Organization Technical Advisors Fractional CTO Technical Review 164

CIO

AUGUST 2, 2023

To fully capitalize on the cloud’s scalability and flexibility, most enterprises go beyond a simple lift-and-shift approach, instead injecting them with cloud-native capabilities — a strategy that sounds simple but can quickly prove complex. After all, as with many seemingly easy tasks, the devil is in the details.

Cloud 148

Cloud Fractional CTO Microservices Software Review 148

CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Roland Carandang, global leader for innovation at consultancy Protiviti, says the fact that organizations “don’t know what they’ve got” in and around those legacy systems can also stymie IT’s efforts to innovate. As former CTO and head of digital at Harley-Davidson Motor Co., They’re creative and empower their teams to ideate.

Innovation 206

Innovation Technical Review Technical Advisors Transportation 206

CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Office of Management and Budget. Independent Consultant. Vice President, Enterprise Security. Independent Consultant. Program and Consulting Director of Insider Threat Management and Strategic Threat Intelligence. Special Adviser to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.

Security 110

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