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How to talk to your board about tech debt

CIO

When your CEO or CFO asks about the budget needed for technical debt remediation , do you find yourself struggling to justify the investment? Present a balanced solution Here’s where many CIOs stumble: presenting technical debt as a problem that needs to be eliminated. You’re not alone.

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Zero-based budgeting: A proven framework for extending runway

TechCrunch

Enter zero-based budgeting. <span <span style="font-weight: 400;">Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a budgeting approach that requires companies to </span>build their budgets from zero<span style="font-weight: 400;"> every budget period to verify all of the line items are relevant and cost-effective.</span>

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Budgeting and planning for your first digital product

TechCrunch

Be clear about your budget bracket. Then, you can reframe the issue into how much of a working, functional digital product can be built with that budget and how long it will take to do that. The budgets and timeframes for new end-user software products tend to fall into one of several categories. Budget range.

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Elude raises $2.1M to show spontaneous travelers the best destinations for their budgets

TechCrunch

The Los Angeles-based startup launched its travel discovery mobile app Thursday, a budget-first search engine that shows people how far their money will take them. Not being able to find something on their budget, they came up with the idea for Elude. stars and above.

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Discover How Senior Technology Leaders Can Secure the Budget That They Need

Speaker: Kevin Goldsmith, Chief Technology Officer at Anaconda | Peyman Pouryekta, CEO and Technology Advisor | Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

With the ever-evolving technology landscape, CTOs are being presented with new services, technologies, and tools every day. In order to successfully instruct and manage their teams, they must know how to evaluate tools, advocate for resources, and allocate them to the appropriate teams.

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IT budgets remain solid, despite tech industry headwinds

CIO

A report issued Monday by private investment company Bain Capital indicated that, despite the numerous disruptions to the technology industry—including a global supply chain crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—most IT decision makers foresee either stable budgets or increases for the coming year. Budgeting, IT Strategy

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Moderate IT budget increases have CIOs shaping 2025 strategies to suit

CIO

Despite those complications, a huge majority of IT leaders expect their organizations’ IT budgets to increase — at least moderately — in the next fiscal year, with IT talent and software spending leading the way. Talent, software spending lead the way According to Forrester’s guide, personnel accounts for nearly 35% of IT budgets.

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