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Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote

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Yann Leretaille is the co-founder and CTO of Wingback , a SaaS growth infrastructure company. It might seem counterintuitive, but the first person on board at Wingback was a Fractional Head of Remote — and it was the best decision we made. Contributor. Share on Twitter. The very first hire at our SaaS startup was (surprise!)

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Six steps to creating a successful IT strategy: A guide for CIOs

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In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the role of the CIO has transcended simply managing IT infrastructure to becoming a pivotal player in enabling business strategy. He is the former CTO of shared services for Wachovia, leading technology for Core Banking, Bank Operations, Finance, Risk, Legal and Marketing business units.

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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. Fong hails from Dropbox, where he served as VP of Infrastructure Engineering. Before Dropbox, Fong was an engineer at YouTube and Aol.

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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

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But while the payback promised by many genAI projects is nebulous, the costs of the infrastructure to run them is finite, and too often, unacceptably high. Infrastructure-intensive or not, generative AI is on the march. IDC research finds roughly half of worldwide genAI expenditures in 2024 will go toward digital infrastructure.

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10 AI strategy questions every CIO must answer

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Too quickly people are running to AI as a solution instead of asking if its really what they want, or whether its automation or another tool thats needed instead, says Guerrier, currently serving as CTO at the charity Save the Children. data and infrastructure) needed to achieve these AI-driven outcomes.

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The Token Economy: The Hybrid Approach to AI Infrastructure?

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One question remains: Should enterprises pre-purchase large AI inference clusters … The post The Token Economy: The Hybrid Approach to AI Infrastructure? appeared first on The CTO Advisor.

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The Evolution of Infrastructure in the Cloud Era

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In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, infrastructure is being pushed further up the stack thanks to increasing abstraction layers. This blog … The post The Evolution of Infrastructure in the Cloud Era appeared first on The CTO Advisor.