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JANUARY 25, 2024

Jim Chilton is an award-winning CIO who serves as the chief technology officer of Cengage Group, an innovative disruptor in the edtech space. As a business and technology executive, Chilton leverages his unique experiences to drive innovation and optimize technology throughout the company.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

For example, if a business prioritizes customer focus, IT must step up by improving digital channels and delivering personalized services. For example, metrics for a CRM system might include customer upsell or retention, sales cycle time, and lead conversion rates.

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DECEMBER 31, 2024

Your communication strategy is lacking Leaders often overlook the importance of building strong communication links between management and team members, says Pavlo Tkhir, CTO at software development firm Euristiq. Providing employee support during changes is one of the key features of a good change management initiative, he states.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

Agentic AI is a natural extension for call centers as well since they already often deploy AI for areas like voice-to-text transcription, real-time multilingual translations, and sentiment analysis, says Luiz Domingos, CTO and head of large enterprise R&D at Mitel, a provider of call and contact center software.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sergey Kastukevich, deputy CTO of iGaming software development company SoftSwiss, says most organizations would like more flexibility in the decision-making processes, and IT needs to implement more agile processes that help business leaders respond to evolving circumstances. You can’t ignore what’s going on in the world,” he says.

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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CIO

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For example, developers using GitHub Copilots code-generating capabilities have experienced a 26% increase in completed tasks , according to a report combining the results from studies by Microsoft, Accenture, and a large manufacturing company. Below are five examples of where to start. These reinvention-ready organizations have 2.5

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When addressed properly , application and platform modernization drives immense value and positions organizations ahead of their competition, says Anindeep Kar, a consultant with technology research and advisory firm ISG. For example, will the organization focus initially on operational efficiency, customer experience, or a blend of the two?

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CIO

JUNE 20, 2024

As SVP and CTO for the Boston Red Sox, Brian Shield is responsible for the strategic direction of technology, fan engagement, day-to-day IT operations, and cybersecurity in support of the team, their fans, and Fenway Sports Management. In baseball, you start with a farm system of young, capable talent.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

For many organizations, preparing their data for AI is the first time they’ve looked at data in a cross-cutting way that shows the discrepancies between systems, says Eren Yahav, co-founder and CTO of AI coding assistant Tabnine. That’s a classic example of too much good is wasted.”

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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

JANUARY 22, 2025

For example, most people now use AI to take meeting notes. IT leaders should be under-hypers rather than over-hypers, and promote technology only in the context of business cases. For example, AI thrives on clean, reliable data, making traditional IT practices like data governance and integration indispensable.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. In the Randstad survey, for example, 35% of people have been offered AI training up from just 13% in last years survey. For example, the District of Columbia has already invested $1.2 Thomas, based in St.

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CIO

MARCH 11, 2025

Enterprise technology leaders discussed these issues and more while sharing real-world examples during EXLs recent virtual event, AI in Action: Driving the Shift to Scalable AI. Insurance LLM is a fantastic example of what we call an agentic AI system. The first conversation focused on the evolving symbiosis between data and AI.

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CIO

APRIL 10, 2025

To achieve this, SAP must continuously harmonize its product landscape and consistently implement uniform standards, for example, in data models and identity and security services, said DSAG CTO Sebastian Westphal. The CTO emphasizes that all newly developed functions by SAP are fully integrated into the overall system.

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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

APRIL 1, 2025

An example of the new reality comes from Salesforce. With AI doing basic coding work, developers will be needed to think creatively about how to build software aligned with business needs, to check the code, and to ensure that AI-built apps can scale, says Sabrina Farmer, CTO at GitLab, provider of an AI-based DevSecOps platform.

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CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

It could be used to improve the experience for individual users, for example, with smarter analysis of receipts, or help corporate clients by spotting instances of fraud. Take for example the simple job of reading a receipt and accurately classifying the expenses. For example, some Llama models cant be used to train other models.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

For example, consider a technology company undergoing a digital transformation. An interim Chief Technology Officer could be brought in to oversee the implementation of new technological systems, ensuring that the transition enhances operational efficiency without disrupting ongoing projects.

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CIO

JANUARY 7, 2025

2025 will be the year when generative AI needs to generate value, says Louis Landry, CTO at Teradata. For example, migrating workloads to the cloud doesnt always reduce costs and often requires some refactoring to improve scalability.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

CIOs must take an active role in educating their C-suite counterparts about the strategic applications of technologies like, for example, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, blockchain, and cloud computing. Risk management is equally vital, particularly as organizations adopt modern technologies.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

One example is Fairbanc , which is based in Singapore but focused on Indonesia. The company’s founding team also includes Kevin O’Brien, former chief technology officer of non-profit lending platform Kiva, and Thomas Schumacher, who co-founded emerging market microloan platform Tala.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Case in point was the high turnover rate at road and highway maintenance company AVR Group, and the solutions enacted by its CTO Pierangelo Perdomi to remedy it. “People choose a job because it excites and stimulates them, and they leave jobs where they feel they have nothing more to learn.”

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Salesforce, for example, offers three pricing models: one that includes 1,000 Agentforce conversations free with its Salesforce Foundations CRM service; another included with its standard success plan; and $2 per conversation a la carte. However, some experts see other price models emerging.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

As a result, for IT consultants, keeping the pulse of the technology market is essential. Being a successful IT consultant requires knowing how to walk in the shoes of your IT clients and their business leaders, says Scott Buchholz,CTO of the government and public services sector practice at consulting firm Deloitte.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The company was founded by its CTO Rehan Hameed and its Chief Architect Wajahat Qadeer?, While architectures that focus on throughput make sense in the data center, Deep Vision CTO Hameed argues that this doesn’t necessarily make them a good fit at the edge. Image Credits: Deep Vision. thesis at Stanford.

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CIO

APRIL 15, 2025

For example, sometimes a company will need cloud storage with super-low latency to run critical apps, but in other cases, it may be able to use high-latency cold storage. Without knowing the costs of accessing a cloud-based GPU or CPU, for example, a developer is like a home builder who doesnt know the cost of wood or brick, Durkin says.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

Alan Radford is regional CTO of One Identity and has a passion for helping organizations solve unique challenges in the identity and access management space. But many don’t know how common the technology is and may not realize that they are interacting with it regularly. Alan Radford. Contributor.

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CIO

MAY 29, 2024

Such AI partnerships are important for SAP, said Chief Technology Officer Jürgen Müller, pointing to other cooperations, for example with IBM, the chip manufacturer Nvidia and various universities. SAP is expanding its AI ecosystem with a partnership with AWS.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For example, the database team we worked with in an organization new to the cloud launched all the AWS RDS database servers from dev through production, incurring a $600K a month cloud bill nine months before the scheduled production launch. This lack of engagement results in inertia and minimal progress.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

These leaders hold key positions across a spectrum of roles, including Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Chief Data Officer (CDO). Their collective efforts underscore the critical importance of technology in both public and private sectors.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

He points to the ever-expanding cyber threat landscape, the growth of AI, and the increasing complexity of today’s global, highly distributed corporate networks as examples. Justin Giardina, CTO at 11:11 Systems, notes that the company’s dedicated compliance team is also a differentiator.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2025

For example, organizations that build an AI solution using Open AI need to consider more than the AI service. For example, Mosaic recently created a data-heavy Mosaic GPT safety model for mining operations on Microsofts Bing platform, and is about to roll that out in a pilot. Adding vaults is needed to secure secrets.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

The need to grow smartly Gil Westrich’s company, ClearML, is benefiting from increased adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) technology. But the CTO and co-founder says that scaling to meet that demand presents its own challenges, which require self-reflection. How do we grow our business responsibly?”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator (the company was part of the Winter 2020 batch ) as well as a group of angel investors that includes former Heroku CEO Adam Gross, former GitHub CTO Jason Warner, GitLab’s Sébastien Pahl and LaunchDarkly co-founder and CEO, John Kodumal.

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