CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Effective IT strategy requires not just technical expertise but a focus on adaptability and customer-centricity, enabling organizations to stay ahead in a fast-changing marketplace. Agile practices allow organizations to remain flexible, adjusting projects and initiatives in response to evolving market conditions and customer feedback.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Whether summarizing notes or helping with coding, people in disparate organizations use gen AI to reduce the bind associated with repetitive tasks, and increase the time for value-acting activities. Consulting giant Deloitte says 70% of business leaders have moved 30% or fewer of their experiments into production.

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CIO

DECEMBER 30, 2024

But agile is organized around human limitations not just limitations on how fast we can code, but in how teams are organized and managed, and how dependencies are scheduled. But the entire process will need to be reinvented in order to make full use of the technology, says Monteiro.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Baker says productivity is one of the main areas of gen AI deployment for the company, which is now available through Office 365, and allows employees to do such tasks as summarize emails, or help with PowerPoint and Excel documents. Registered investment advisors, for example, have to jump over a few hurdles when deploying new technologies.

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CIO

MAY 2, 2024

“You can have the best solution but if you don’t have adoption, it will fail,” says Wayne Tung, managing director of Sendero Consulting. There’s always change,” says Jim Moore, CTO at HR Acuity. “A Paulo Gardini Miguel, director of technology at The CTO Club, agrees. A healthy team is used to it.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. That’s why Roger Smith puts the focus of the CTO on programming for the earliest stage.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Agentic AIs, a form of technology designed to run specific functions within an organization without human intervention, are gaining traction as enterprises look to automate business workflows, augment the output of human workers, and derive value from generative AI.

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CIO

AUGUST 1, 2024

Vendors and consultants are always eager to share insights into innovations and trends, but exchanging ideas and opinions with colleagues and fellow IT leaders can often be invaluable. Here, the challenge is finding the organization or organizations that meet your specific needs and goals.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chief technology officer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Many organizations create program charters for strategic initiatives in which they define the program’s leadership roles and accountabilities. Unfortunately, many organizations still view data quality and governance functions as a given IT responsibility, leaving these investments without a financial sponsor. “The

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

You can utilize these agents through Copilot Studio to help your organization build and deploy AI agents. Even at fractions of a penny per token, this ends up being tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Microsoft recently announced the release of Copilot agents. These are preprogrammed agents that can help with certain tasks.

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CIO

MAY 6, 2024

We sought technology leaders who could advise on succeeding fast, along with creating a strong organization, developing team leaders, leveraging the support of peers, and specifically how to streamline day-to-day management of a technology group. One day, your employee should say, ‘Yes, my manager helped my career progress.’”

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Editor's note: Dave Mihelcic has been a leader, mentor and friend to thousands, including me. The following is from: DISA CTO Retirement . Chief technology officer to retire after 31 years of government service. I wish him the very best in his transition from government service.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

More recently, Hazlehurst served as head of Uber Money, chief operating officer at Postmates, senior director of product management at Google, CEO and board member of Google Payments Corporation and chief product officer at Yodlee. Prior to Alloy, she led business development and partnerships at an ACH payments startup.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

CEO Liran Tancman, who co-founded Rezilion with CTO Shlomi Boutnaru, said that one of those two is one of the world’s biggest software companies, and the other is a major connected device vendor, but he declined to say which. Typically, each vulnerability can take 6-9 hours to properly investigate, Tancman said.

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CTOvision

JUNE 17, 2015

Cognitio Corp and Indian River Advisors LLC have just announced a strategic alliance. enters into a strategic alliance with Indian River Advisors, LLC. We are pleased to announce that Cognitio has entered into a strategic alliance with Indian River Advisors. The text below is from the joint announcement: Cognitio Corp.

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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.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Winning IT organizations aren’t built in a day. Employees want to work for leaders who inspire them, engage them, challenge them, and give them opportunities to grow and be effective, says Ola Chowning, a partner with technology research and advisory firm ISG. Caldas has no doubt that technology is a key differentiator. “We

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

“There are a trillion species of microbes, and we only use a couple of them,” said Pluton founder and CTO Barry Goldman, who spent nearly two decades at Monsanto looking into similar ideas. By a unique process they are able to perform this isolation process and get the sequencing done on organisms of interest.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Fractional CTO services can be a valuable asset for businesses that want to take advantage of technology to grow and improve their operations, but don’t have the resources or expertise to do so in-house.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

As organizations roll out AI applications and AI-enabled smartphones and devices, IT leaders may need to sell the benefits to employees or risk those investments falling short of business expectations. CIOs should work with their organizations’ HR departments to offer AI training, Chandrasekaran recommends.

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CIO

JULY 1, 2024

When Morgan Stanley announced its new generative AI support tools for financial advisors last week, it talked about gaining efficiencies from its notetaking abilities. Any data that the company can access can also be demanded via legal discovery in litigation, pointed out Rebecca George, the managing director of AI consulting firm Slalom.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Digging through research examining the impact of standard conventions like siloed teams and staged gate processes, Arooni began percolating ideas for how to shift IT organizations away from the traditional project-oriented culture to something more agile, with greater business accountability and more responsiveness to changing customer needs. “We

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

“Generative AI does have the ability to replace CIOs who don’t embrace the innovative shifts coming for companies,” says Tim Crawford, a former CIO himself and now a CIO strategic advisor at AVOA, a technology consultancy. For the rest, gen AI will greatly augment the power and value of the role of the CIO, he says.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

No matter how much irresponsibility on the part of leadership or others within the organization may have contributed to said demise, the majority of the company’s employees likely worked very hard to help it be successful and don’t deserve to be mocked or ridiculed, even if not directly. More on this topic later).

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CIO

MARCH 11, 2025

But as organizations look to modernize their technology stack, its critical they find the right partner to help their transformation efforts. A large system integrator or consultancy has responded to their digital transformation challenge with a cookie-cutter approach that doesnt fit their individual needs.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Until recently, technology was often seen as a mere expense rather than a catalyst for innovation and business growth. While this perception persists in many organizations, a shift is underway. In an industry where companies typically relied on third-party consultants to analyze their data, we believed our approach was a slam dunk.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 16, 2014

By Bob Gourley Editor’s note: I’m very proud to be serving on the Haystax Technology advisory board. Haystax Technology Names Advisory Board Members. Six Advisors with Defense, Intelligence and Commercial Experience to Deliver Strategic Guidance to Haystax. McLean, VA – January 14, 2014 – Haystax Technology, Inc.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” Srini Koushik, EVP and CTO, Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology Koushik credits all his past positions for preparing him for where he is now and the AI role specifically. Second, be intentional.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

In another, “Over half of organizations report cybersecurity posture to the board of directors at least quarterly.” ( IDC Worldwide CEO Survey , February 2024). Given such a heightened threat, tools, technologies, and IT organizations have evolved accordingly. Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders.

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CIO

JUNE 7, 2022

Successful AI teams also include a range of people who understand the business and the problems it’s trying to solve, says Bradley Shimmin, chief analyst for AI platforms, analytics, and data management at consulting firm Omdia. AI strategists can also help organizations obtain the data they need to fuel AI effectively.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

Banerji is the managing partner for the Data, Digital & Technology Leaders Practice at Caldwell, recruiting such roles as CIO, CTO, chief digital officer, chief data officer, CISO, and the related leadership suites. Do you want to be on this board and an advisor of that? Do you want multiple jobs?

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CIO

AUGUST 6, 2024

As organizations increasingly rely on cloud-based services and cybersecurity solutions to protect their digital assets, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in even the most robust systems. CIOs should plan accordingly by assessing business impacts, focusing on the most critical systems.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We asked Jeremy for his views on the top ten considerations a CEO should give when considering penetrating the federal space or scaling up a federal organization – bg. Top 10 approaches to either penetrating or scaling your federal organization. There are many former government officials who now run successful consultancies.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Some organizations have been innovating, transforming, and growing so fast that they haven’t had time to clear up older cost structures that start getting in the way,” says Stewart Buchanan, research vice president on Gartner’s CIO team. Ensuring all IT spend is directly tied to business demand acts as an automatic cost optimizer.

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CIO

JANUARY 24, 2024

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Overlooking these data resources is a big mistake.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Their views follow: Question: Are any IT jobs in particular jeopardy in light of rapid advances in technology? Thomas Licciardello, CIO consultant, advisory firm NortheastCIOs : “I don’t think we run out and panic because of the AI revolution. Investing in training but, more importantly, coaching is key.

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