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

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The shifting leadership landscape In a fast-paced, tech-driven world, business strategy and technology are more intertwined than ever. They are instrumental in navigating the complex intersection of technology and business, driving innovation, and accelerating decision-making in ways traditional leadership roles have struggled to do.

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CIO

AUGUST 21, 2023

They may publicly preach “No technology for technology’s sake,” but they still frequently share their fascination with the latest tech gadgets. It’s then that the hopes for the technology get way ahead of what it can actually deliver today. They’re not the only ones enthralled by tech. Here’s what they say on the topic.

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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.”.

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CIO

APRIL 25, 2024

In a move that significantly bolsters its position in the cloud services market, IBM has announced it is acquiring HashiCorp , a multicloud infrastructure automation company, for $6.4 Today’s announcement is a continuation of IBM’s deep focus and investment in hybrid cloud and AI, the two most transformational technologies for clients today.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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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CIO

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Generative AI and, more specifically, ChatGPT captivated the corporate world in 2023, with board directors, CEOs, and other executives fawning (and sometimes fearing) the technology. Isn’t it time some of those overlooked and underappreciated technologies get their due? with best-in-class companies “reaping an enviable 13% ROI.”

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

CIOs and their IT teams have enjoyed a bump in power and prestige in recent years, as the C-suite has embraced continuous transformation, digital everything, and a host of emerging technologies — all enabled by IT. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2024

CIOs failing to gain organizational traction with generative AI might want to rethink how they are introducing the technology — and how they are honing their AI strategies to suit. It is important to remember that the underlying technology is the same,” he says. They’re going to have their golden use cases that they address best.”

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

While new technologies have shifted priorities, the need to manage stakeholders has not, says Krishna Prasad, CIO of technology services business UST. As technologies evolve, CIOs still need to build mutual commitment and support for IT initiatives,” says tech consultant and author Gerald Leonard.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, most say they love both technology and problem-solving — a combination that often got them interested in the IT profession in the first place. And they express a commitment to continuous learning and a willingness to take risks — not just with technology but with their careers. Second, be intentional.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Agentic AIs, a form of technology designed to run specific functions within an organization without human intervention, are gaining traction as enterprises look to automate business workflows, augment the output of human workers, and derive value from generative AI. Kumar adds.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Technology continues to advance at a furious pace. 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.

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TechEmpower CTO

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How will you be taking this to market? Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? Often this ties to marketing support.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

As key officers of their companies, technology leaders have entered a more lucrative compensation bracket,” notes Martha Heller, CEO of Heller Search Associates. Since 2023, compensation for CIOs and CTOs has increased by more than 7% and over 20% since 2019, according to Heller. Stephenson says.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Recruiting, retainment, and yes, adoption of lead-edge technology, are back on the radar of IT leaders. Grace Liu, senior vice president of IT for Seagate Technology, says the shifting economy can offer a chance to be opportunistic. “We A hot job market and inflation make it more likely for your best employees to be poached.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Agentic AI, which Forrester named a top emerging technology for 2025 in June , takes generative AI a step further by emphasizing operational decision-making rather than content generation. With AI agents popping up in so many situations and platforms, organizations interested in the technology may find it difficult to know where to start.

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CIO

MAY 24, 2024

The CIO’s value in the rebounding private equity market appears to be increasing, as investors see IT as an enabler of new revenue and as a driver of cost efficiencies. As private equity firms invest in companies, they aim to increase value rapidly, and leveraging technology is a key strategy in achieving this objective,” he says.

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CIO

AUGUST 6, 2024

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CIO

JULY 18, 2024

To counteract this, and in anticipation of further forays with the technology, some CIOs are exploring a range of technologies and methods to curb the cost of generative AI experimentation and applications. CIOs are also turning to OEMs such as Dell Project Helix or HPE GreenLake for AI, IDC points out. and CEO of OpenCV.org.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.”

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2022

By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software The information technology that enables scientific and commercial breakthroughs, from precision medicine to digital transformation, demonstrates tech’s boundless potential to improve our world. IT Leadership.

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CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This technology already exists.” The technology exists, but it’s very nascent,” he says. Caylent, an AWS cloud consulting partner, uses AI to write most of its code in specific cases, says Clayton Davis, director of cloud-native development there. That’s what we call an AI software engineering agent.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

Given such a heightened threat, tools, technologies, and IT organizations have evolved accordingly. Modern SOCs are equipped with advanced tools and technologies such as security information and event management (SIEM) systems, threat intelligence platforms, and automated response solutions.

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software consultant Andrew Drach’s two companies Callentis and Solwey demonstrate his entrepreneurial skills, but his clients also value his educational background, as we learned through TechCrunch’s survey to identify the best software consultants for startups.

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CIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

“The inflated expectations were so inflated from the early days and have kept on, and I think this is going to be a pretty deep trough of disillusionment,” says Chris Stephenson, managing director of intelligent automation, AI, and digital services at IT consulting firm alliantgroup, affirming Gartner’s hype cycle.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

These technologies can produce more content that everyone needs to consume and be aware of,” says Anita Woolley, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Workday announced new AI agents to transform HR and finance processes, and Google issued more AI-powered advertising and marketing tools.

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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. Humans have to drive AI, and AI should not drive humans,” she adds.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After all, in today’s rapid-paced business world, a creative, productive IT team is vital for staying ahead of the competition, increasing revenue, and becoming a market leader. Emphasize teams over tech — and cultivate learning Deploying emerging technologies designed to automate and improve processes is a great idea.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

That’s because employees have decidedly mixed feelings about AI coming to their workplaces, according to the recent survey by IT solutions integrator Insight , even as many enterprises are already adopting or experimenting with AI and as AI-enabled phones begin hitting the market. They need to have a culture of experimentation.”

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CIO

AUGUST 6, 2024

It’s among CIOs’ most persistent and underdiscussed challenges: embracing innovative technologies without losing sight of mounting — and potentially crippling — technical debt. Therefore, always-lurking tech debt gets put on the backburner, says Daniel Saroff, group vice president for consulting and research at IDC.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

After securing $16 million in Series A funding last April, Databook , an AI-powered consultative sales intelligence company, is back, this time with $50 million in Series B funding. In fact, it had been seeing three-time revenue growth over the past four years, much of the demand coming with little marketing spend. “We

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CIO

JANUARY 17, 2024

Storytelling is as old as humanity itself and it’s core to the fundamentals of faith, politics, and marketing. I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said. These are, fundamentally, storytelling skills.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“It seems to be an increasing worry — worry over whether the enterprise is secure and its data is protected, because everything else falls to the wayside if that’s not taken care of first,” says John Buccola, CTO of E78 Partners, which provides consulting and managed services in finance technology and other professional areas.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2023

As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. This is no longer true. “As The following eight priorities are gaining the most attention.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Every enterprise needs a data strategy that clearly defines the technologies, processes, people, and rules needed to safely and securely manage its information assets and practices. Everyone in their organization — from sales to marketing to HR to operations — needs access to data to make better decisions.”

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