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7 signs it’s time to modernize your IT systems

CIO

The bad news, however, is that IT system modernization requires significant financial and time investments. On the other hand, there are also many cases of enterprises hanging onto obsolete systems that have long-since exceeded their original ROI. Kar advises taking a measured approach to system modernization.

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

CIO

According to AI at Wartons report on navigating gen AIs early years, 72% of enterprises predict gen AI budget growth over the next 12 months but slower increases over the next two to five years. But if all gen AI does is improve productivity, CIOs may be challenged long term to justify budget increases and experiments with new capabilities.

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3 recruiting metrics that can help startups make more data-driven hiring decisions

TechCrunch

According to Harvard Business Review , the price of a bad hire is 30–50% of their salary, which can hit startup budgets hard in 2023. A good start is to track these three metrics: Startup founders have to focus on the key resource for their early-stage startup to survive and grow — the people. Second, tally up all expenses.

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Scaling Startups: The Ultimate Guide For Founders

Luis Goncalves

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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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

CIO

Observer-optimiser: Continuous monitoring, review and refinement is essential. enterprise architects ensure systems are performing at their best, with mechanisms (e.g. They ensure that all systems and components, wherever they are and who owns them, work together harmoniously.

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Why GreenOps will succeed where FinOps is failing

CIO

Capital One built Cloud Custodian initially to address the issue of dev/test systems left running with little utilization. Architects must combine functional requirements with multiple other long-term requirements to build sustainable systems. Overemphasis on tools, budgets and controls. Standardized metrics.

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How Much Should I Be Spending On Observability?

Honeycomb

ZIRP was in full bloom, infrastructures were comparatively simpler (and thus cheaper), and a lot of people were pursuing a best of breed tooling strategy where they tried to pick the best tracing tool, best metrics tool, best APM, best RUM, etc., Precision tooling for complex systems is not cheap. All of which drove up costs.