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

JANUARY 9, 2023

Now that organizations have returned to a new (somewhat) normal, CIOs appear to be focused on getting back to basics — and untangling tech debt incurred in making it through the past few years. Recruiting, retainment, and yes, adoption of lead-edge technology, are back on the radar of IT leaders. How do we get the talent we need?

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Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I even got this particular section framed and hung up at our office: Your mission Let's say you were employed as a CTO behind the front lines and you wanted to destroy productivity for as long as you can without getting caught. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Blame the previous CTO.

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CIO

JULY 15, 2022

“We had five different forecast engines running in the company through various acquisitions,” says Lars Ewe, who inherited the thorny IT environment when he joined as CTO in February 2020. Just because A bought B, you don’t want to assume that A has better technology than B.”. That is sensational.”. Tuning for the customer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

As reported by Life Insurance International: “Level has created a tech-driven underwriting process for early-stage fintech startups that is claimed to have brought new efficiency and speed to the debt-raising process. He told me: “The question I have is who will capitalize on this bear market to scoop up valuable technology or talent.

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CIO

DECEMBER 29, 2023

With the merging of operational efficiency and embracing new technologies, today’s CIOs are under increasing pressure to do more with less and become both technologists and business leaders, says Sunny Azadeh, CIO at digital services company GlobalLogic. “In

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

It is often suggested that rapid advances in technology are threatening jobs in the IT sector perhaps more than any other. Among the cited factors are the rapid popularity of AI technologies and the desire to automate many processes. As the velocity of change and delivery increases, the technology roles will only have more work to do.”

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CIO

JUNE 7, 2022

But the success of their AI initiatives depends on more than just data and technology — it’s also about having the right people on board. If you’re building a team for the first time, you should understand that data science is an iterative process that requires a lot of data, says Matt Mead, CTO at information technology services company SPR.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

But 45% also said they feared that AI will make their work less relevant to their employers, and 43% said they fear the loss of their jobs due to AI. They need to have a culture of experimentation.” Good CIOs will have a vision of the tech skills their organizations will need in the next three years or so, he adds.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

And when it comes to business and management IT jobs, 63% were classified as “high transformation” due to AI. 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.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. Team members derive culture through policies, procedures, and most importantly how respected they feel by leaders and co-workers,” he says. “It

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help.

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CIO

MARCH 22, 2023

“I wish I’d have told myself to buy myself more time, setting out a three-year, step-by-step plan, and not try and get everything right on day one and solve everything in the first year,” says David Henderson, chief technology and product officer at music and entertainment group Global. It’s not all about the tech.

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CIO

JULY 1, 2024

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. This is where culture and ethics start to collide. They are going to be open to potential bias in guidance” litigation, she said.

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CIO

JULY 13, 2023

As Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous, explains, “We do creative work. This is true for every technology company and, increasingly, for nontechnology companies seeking to implement technical solutions. Talented technical people aren’t looking online for a job. We’re creating things that don’t exist yet. Here is their advice.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

When I last dedicated an episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast to the state of tech talent, we were just coming out of a multi-year “sellers” market, and we could sense that we were hitting an inflection point. But what’s the next tech coming down the road that you need this person to reskill for? Oshkosh Corp.

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CIO

MARCH 16, 2023

While crystal ball technology is notoriously fallible, tech leaders say there are a handful of changes to IT work that we’ll likely see half a decade from now. But as Hendrickson sees it, IT’s AI future will be one of collaboration between IT staff and AI technologies.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

The CEO, chief product officer, chief technical officer, and I met a month later. The founders were immersed in XP, and XP is where we want to return, but there was a period of time where the company grew quickly and lost that XP culture. This is a big cultural shift! Its uncomfortable for some folks.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The value of addressing cybersecurity issues through ongoing discussions is getting corporate alignment on effective and robust strategies, says Roger Albrecht, co-lead of the cybersecurity unit at technology research and advisory firm ISG. Have we fostered a culture of security? Are our systems adequately modernized for security?

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

After such a fractured experience, you begin asking harder questions like what biases might be embedded in this technology, how is it processing my data, how often is it audited to ensure fairness and transparency, and can it actually be taught to behave ethically. ING’s AI-powered chatbot also works hand-in-hand with humans.

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CIO

APRIL 20, 2023

Across the world, climate change has bitten hard into the economies of tech-centric California, again due to wildfires. So the CIO, the technologies they deploy, and the partnerships they form are essential to the future of a more environmentally sustainable way of doing business. But Spain’s predicament isn’t unique.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“Agile software development projects iterate the cycle of plan, do, check, adjust — and the end user or representative sponsoring [the project] is key in all these stages,” says Ola Chowning, a partner with global technology research and advisory firm ISG. The KPIs for a project should be specific and linked to company goals.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

Yet, as any IT leader knows, when technical infrastructure fails to meet enterprise needs, hampering productivity and innovation, it’s often time to rebuild from scratch. A company culture that’s toxic will render less productivity and subpar outcomes, which will ultimately compromise the bottom line,” Kirkham warns. “A

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CTOvision

MARCH 17, 2015

This post provides the views of the leadership team of Cognitio Corp , a consultancy with experience defending both government and commercial enterprises. Conducting a holistic review of the organization to identify areas of vulnerability and improve network security is a proactive measure that no organization should overlook.

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CIO

MAY 2, 2024

Even those once adaptable may have become change resistant due to years of near-constant turbulence. 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 A healthy team is used to it.

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Apiumhub

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Change is the only constant in the technology world, and that’s particularly true in the realm of DevOps trends. Code reviews for better validation of post-code commits will also join standard unit testing and human code reviews. – Eran Kinsbruner, chief evangelist for Perforce Software. Kubernetes.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

But poor data quality, siloed data, entrenched processes, and cultural resistance often present roadblocks to using data to speed up decision making and innovation. Nichol ( @PeterBNichol ), Chief Technology Officer at OROCA Innovations. As your data increases, expand your data-driven capabilities.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Be mindful of ethical considerations when embracing GenAI Larry Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President and CTO of OneMain Financial , asks executives to understand the ethical considerations of deploying GenAI. Smart CIOs know this and thats why they are leveraging outside consultants.

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CIO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

But those tasks have become increasingly critical to organizational success in the modern era, as the number of laws, the complexity of doing business, the types of risks, and the use of technology have exploded in recent decades. Best practices, framework and technology have been developed to support this work. GRC is overarching.

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Mobilunity

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Any successful business requires the use of cutting-edge technological solutions. Technology is employed in every aspect of business: from marketing and brand promotion to external and internal business processes management. In this case, companies often seek the consulting support of niche specialists. million dollars in 2026.

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d2iq

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

2015): Hidden Technical Debt in Machine Learning Systems. While both groups of engineers are comfortable with IDEs, CI/CD, containers, and the like, data scientists, due to the nature of their work, often rely on notebooks for exploratory work with little to no automated testing or containerization. Adapted from Sculley et al.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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Codegiant

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Complete Review [2020] From the desk of a brilliant weirdo #1 : If you are using Scrum it’s safe to say that you are also using Agile. during this stage, the work that has been performed in the previous steps is reviewed and the market’s reactions are observed. William Chin, Web Consultant at PickFu. Maintenance ?—?during

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Apiumhub

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Here’s a breakdown of the profiles: Software Developers (66,4%) Tech Leads (8,5%) Software Architects (8,1%) CTOs (6,2%) Principal Engineers (5,6%) Recruiters (3,4%). Mark has been a regular confe has spoken at hundreds of conferences and user groups around the world on a variety of enterprise-related technical topics.

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Mobilunity

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Competition for tech talents seems to be the next global challenge after Covid. Let’s check its three key benefits: You’ll Hire Developers with Specific Expertise 9 out of 10 startups end in fiasco, and 14% of those failures happen due to “not the right team.”

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Mobilunity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Source: BCG When requirements for your tech product grow, it’s vital to stay scalable and flexible. It explains how business owners can cut costs, boost revenues, and improve customer experience by hiring external tech experts. For EU and US companies, employing local tech talents is often costly and time-consuming.

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Mobilunity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Source: BCG When requirements for your tech product grow, it’s vital to stay scalable and flexible. It explains how business owners can cut costs, boost revenues, and improve customer experience by hiring external tech experts. For EU and US companies, employing local tech talents is often costly and time-consuming.

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