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

CIO

This requires evaluating competitors’ strategies; identifying strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities; and leveraging insights from the competitive market analysis team or similar teams within the organization. With this information, IT can craft an IT strategy that gives the company an edge over its competitors.

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CIOs must mind their own data confidence gap

CIO

Moreover, 68% of vice presidents in charge of AI or data management already see their companies making decisions based on bad data all or most of the time, versus 47% of C-level IT leaders. Directors see the backend broken pipelines, inconsistent definitions, alerts missing context.

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7 ways gen AI can create more work than it saves

CIO

But a substantial 23% of respondents say the AI has underperformed expectations as models can prove to be unreliable and projects fail to scale. The information volume piece is definitely one of the areas where productivity could go down,” says Woolley. Generally, there’s optimism and a positive mindset when heading into AI.”

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Scaling Startups: The Ultimate Guide For Founders

Luis Goncalves

Learn more about the key differences between scale-ups and start-ups Why You Need a Framework for Scaling a Business Many businesses fail not because of poor products or insufficient market demand, but due to ineffective management of rapid growth. Scaling challenges can overwhelm even promising startups without a systematic approach.

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Finding a New Software Developer Job

Henrik Warne

For the first time ever, I was laid off, and had to find a new software developer job. In my case, we were 17 people let go that day, including 8 developers. The quality of the roles was about the same as I normally get (albeit at a much higher rate) – some I really liked, some were OK, and some were definitely not for me.

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From Ph.D. to boutique software developer: An interview with Solwey’s Andrew Drach

TechCrunch

” This point was seconded by other survey respondents, so we reached out to Drach and his team to learn more. More specifically, Solwey provides consulting in all stages of software design and development strategy and execution. How is your team structured? Why did you choose the boutique consultancy model?

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The future of data: A 5-pillar approach to modern data management

CIO

This approach is repeatable, minimizes dependence on manual controls, harnesses technology and AI for data management and integrates seamlessly into the digital product development process. Poor-quality data is as detrimental as a pipeline outage, and perhaps more, as it can lead to bad decisions and provide harmful information to customers.

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