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11 ways to ensure IT-business alignment

CIO

What really matters is determining how to fit every function together to achieve unified goals — chiefly IT and its business counterparts, given the importance technology has organizationwide. It allows businesses to be the best technologically enabled version of themselves,” Upchurch says.

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Why women leave your IT organization — and how to help reverse that talent drain

CIO

Women remain underrepresented in technology roles and have, in fact, lost ground in recent decades. The 2024 State of the Tech Workforce from IT training and certification association CompTIA noted a similar gender gap in the field, finding that women make up just 27% of tech occupations.

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6 roadblocks to IT innovation

CIO

Legacy tech and all that goes with it Legacy systems and technical debt top the list of common innovation roadblocks. Those, though, aren’t the only ways legacy tech can hurt innovation. Here, CIOs and IT innovation leaders share five common roadblocks to IT innovation.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Encourage technical decisions based on wildly optimistic expectations of scale. What are some things you can do?

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5 Lessons Learned as a Technical Lead at Gorilla Logic

Gorilla Logic

During my time at Gorilla Logic, I have had the opportunity to work as a Senior Consultant and as a Technical Lead on a very demanding set of services/products for companies that want to skyrocket their efficiency and revenue while maintaining quality, performance, and low technical debt. Be a Servant Technical Lead .

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

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. D ue diligence pays off.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: New Guides Offer Best Practices for Preventing Shadow AI and for Deploying Secure Software Updates

Tenable

You may find useful ideas in the Cloud Security Alliance’s new “ AI Organizational Responsibilities: Governance, Risk Management, Compliance and Cultural Aspects ” white paper. Aim to provide a holistic view, and avoid using technical jargon. Aim to advise instead of to educate. To help prevent such episodes, U.S.