TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Like maybe don’t refer to yourself as a trailblazer when announcing that your company is shutting down). One day later, on December 7, it was revealed that CTO Diane Yu was transitioning from her role as Chief Technology Officer – a position she had just assumed in January 2021 – into an advisory position.

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CIO

JULY 30, 2024

Digital assistants can also be specialized for specific needs, says Nick Rioux, co-founder and CTO of Labviva, provider of an AI-assisted purchasing solution. Gen AI is particularly helpful for web development, adds Natalie Lambert, founder and managing partner at GenEdge Consulting, an AI consulting firm.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Graphs in this context refer to mathematical constructs made up of vertices (also called nodes) that are connected by edges (or lines). Kumo’s platform works specifically with graph neural networks, a class of AI system for processing data that can be represented as a series of graphs.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 10, 2014

We have just established Assistive Technology as a new category at our research site CTOlabs and will be populating it with reviews of the technologies and firms we believe to be most virtuous in the field. The results, we hope, will be a reference for enterprise IT professionals seeking to modernize in very virtuous ways.

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CTOvision

JUNE 19, 2015

Illumina Consulting Group (ICG) recently conducted an R&D Case Study using their streaming analytics platform, LUX, to process an Insider Threat dataset created by ExactData LLC and Carnegie Mellon University under DARPA sponsorship. References: Data set: https://www.cert.org/insider-threat/tools/. ICG: [link].

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CIO

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Moreover, it may involve implementing processes and technologies to help reduce complexity and streamline cybersecurity management, and train employees to understand and follow best practices. Before this, Sean was involved in software development, technical support, and consulting services for a range of Internet security solutions.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We present our solution through a fictional consulting company, OneCompany Consulting, using automatically generated personalized website content for accelerating business client onboarding for their consultancy service. For this post, we use Anthropic’s Claude models on Amazon Bedrock. Our core values are: 1.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

Neither he nor the venture firm commented on the senator’s concerns but Tellus CEO/CTO Jeromee Johnson did provide me with a statement via email. In a twist, I discovered that Lee was married to a16z general partner Connie Chan (not sure if he still is). Read more here. Infrastructure continues to be resilient, even in a downturn.

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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. Morgan Stanley needs to have a strategy in place,” and to discuss it publicly, said HP Newquist, the executive director of AI consulting firm The Relayer Group.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Martin-Flickinger, who, before Adobe, was CIO of McAfee and VeriSign, became CTO of Starbucks for many years. So congratulations! You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But then, Jesch is no ordinary CIO — he is the ‘chief investment officer’ at DWS, not the same kind of CIO that acronym usually refers to! Analyst estimates of IT and tech spend outside of the CIO/CTO budgets range from 40-45 -to 60%. And the business benefit, of course, resulted from a timely deliverable.

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CloudGeometry

JULY 8, 2021

When you treat your cloud provider as a fractional colo. More quality costs less (formerly known as “The Boy Scout rule) : Martin Fowler, an intellectual hero of mine, prefers to refer to technical debt as cruft – the difference between the current code and how it would ideally be. Fowler applies the following test.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Actors and leaders of incubators and educational movements are doing what they can for the sake of those in both technological and non-technological sectors. Many become coaches or consultants of low-code/no-code for companies while others within incubators or movements lead awareness and training on these technologies.

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CIO

AUGUST 21, 2024

It makes sense that development is the top agentic AI use case, says Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant. Centric Consulting, for instance, works with a midsized regional property and casualty insurance company that uses two different vendors to collect customer emails related to insurance claims, and process those documents.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Refer a friend? I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. Any other kind of viral outreach?

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Perficient

MAY 15, 2023

Services companies — particularly those with strong business consulting capabilities — are key influencers and stakeholders when Adobe customers are considering, planning, and executing transformation programs.

Marketing 110

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The end of the Great Resignation — the latest buzzword referring to a record number of people quitting their jobs since the pandemic — seems to be nowhere in sight. New employee expectations, and the availability of hybrid arrangements, will continue to fuel the rise in attrition. IT Skills

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Refer a friend? I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations. Any other kind of viral outreach?

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

Delayed decision-making Bhadresh Patel, chief digital officer at global consulting firm RGP, sees organization’s showing more caution than usual. The challenge is in preparing the organization to take advantage of these opportunities, which he refers to as the reskilling revolution.

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GreenBar

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

​ Check References When I hire a contractor for the first time, I take one of two tacks: Start with an engagement small enough in scope/risk that failure, while disappointing, isn’t devastating. In this scenario I become my own reference for a larger follow-on engagement. Check references.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I also get the special honor of being on stage with my friend and hero John Crupi, one of the nation’s greatest technologists and experienced CTOs. Chief Executive Officer, HIT Consulting. Using Technology to Detect. Publisher, CTOvision.com and CTO, Crucial Point. Steve Ambrosini [Moderator].

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Apiumhub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Silver Sponsors IsaQB The International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB®) is an international association of leading software architecture experts and companies from throughout the industry, with the aim to set global knowledge standards in software architecture for consulting, training, academia, and organizations alike.

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Infinidat

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

All the way back in 2012 “ The Google Gospel of Speed ” said this: “Our research shows that if search results are slowed by even a fraction of a second, people search less (seriously: A 400ms delay leads to a 0.44 Ken Steinhardt serves as Field CTO at Infinidat. Not a commodity! Performance. percent drop in search volume, data fans).

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CIO

JULY 18, 2023

The biggest challenge is finding talented team members at the market rate,” says Patrick Isaac, CTO at Accuro Solutions, adding that the current environment demands more intensive recruiting efforts. As a result, many enterprise IT leaders find themselves in bidding wars they’re unable to win. “The Geographical nuances are also arising.

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Apiumhub

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Whether you are an experienced developer, an aspiring tech enthusiast, or simply someone who is curious about the tech industry, this list of tech influencers will surely serve as a reference. Check it out! Tech Influencers to follow Dave Farley If you are in the tech industry, you have probably heard of Dave Farley before.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2010

In my post, Technology Roles in Startups , I described some of the different ways I engage with startup companies such as CTO Founder , CTO , Part-Time CTO , Acting CTO , Consultant, Advisor and Advisory Board Member. And don’t confuse having a CTO with getting an Technology Advisor.

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CIO

AUGUST 14, 2024

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott compared the company’s Copilot stack to the LAMP stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, enabling organizations to build at scale on the internet, and there’s clear enterprise interest in building solutions with these services. A data leakage plan helps here too. “As

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

A recent Boston Consulting Group study found that when women-led startups can acquire funding, they’re more likely to be successful than their male counterparts, delivering significantly higher revenue— more than twice as much per dollar invested in the company. If you are not in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa or Egypt, they have no reference.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

They''ve been in talks with some consulting companies, but don''t quite the know the criteria for evaluating them and things like references(and where to get them). References. They should be willing to share references. So here are some thoughts on selecting the right firm. What do they do after the web site is launched?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Since I fall into the expert category, my belief is that you should be pretty open with me. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you.

Fractional CTO 84

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I find myself sending it to startup founders all the time – maybe just slightly less than Free Startup CTO Consulting. To get us started and to grossly oversimplify performance, conceptually we can think about the system as consisting of the following elements that I’ll refer to throughout the post.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. Since I fall into the expert category, my belief is that you should be pretty open with me. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you.

Fractional CTO 79

Fractional CTO Advertising Company Industry 79

Tenable

JANUARY 31, 2024

These are the findings from a commissioned survey including 262 IT and security professionals who have the final decision-making authority for their organization’s cloud infrastructure. How often is your organization’s cybersecurity team engaged during the following stages of deployment?

Security 61

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Apiumhub

MARCH 22, 2023

These software development service providers are not just average consultancies, they make a difference in the software development industry and most importantly take care of each client, applying best practices. Eoin makes sure that Endava is a reference in the industry in terms of software development.

Software Development 52

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Apiumhub

JANUARY 14, 2021

He speaks internationally about these topics and agile-friendly implementation technology and architecture. He provides in-depth consulting and training in those areas. It contains bite-sized sections, each discusses a specific topic, and refers to the source for further reading.

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Trigent

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Automation technology supplier Emerson for instance, witnessed a surge in the use of sensors combined with edge gateways when manual on-site inspection became difficult. Our technology experts can help you with cloud-native applications and advanced data analytics solutions to achieve agility at scale. References.

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