CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now. While it’s critical to control costs continuously, it becomes even more imperative during times of economic pressure,” says Jon Pratt, CIO at security managed services provider 11:11 Systems.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Two thirds of the CX practitioners, service leaders, analysts, and consultants from around the world who took part in CX Network’s Global State of CX 2024 agreed or strongly agreed they’re increasingly concerned about the ethical use of AI and its future development. Security — ensure that models do not produce unintended outcomes.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

According to an IDC Survey, “Ransomware attackers are getting more effective at finding valuable data; half of North American ransomware attacks where data was exfiltrated included the loss of valuable, sensitive, or security data ( Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 11 , IDC 2023).

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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. And online education company Pluralsight conducted a survey of IT professionals in the US and UK and found that 74% worried AI tools will make many of their daily skills obsolete. I like driving the business forward.”

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CIO

DECEMBER 29, 2023

“With a focus on automation for customer service and telesales functions, we’re looking at intelligent automation solutions that can help improve customer engagement and self-help capabilities,” says Chris Pendergast, the company’s SVP and CTO.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But by May 2023, according to an IDC survey, 65% of companies were using gen AI, and in September, that number rose to 71%, with another 22% planning to implement it in the next 12 months. And this doesn’t include the gen AI that’s now being embedded into platforms like Office 365, Google Docs, and Salesforce. They need stability.

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CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

According to an O’Reilly survey released late last month, 23% of companies are using one of OpenAI’s models. According to an Ernst & Young survey of 1,200 global CEOs released in late October, 99% are either planning or are already making “significant” investments in generative AI. He’s not the only one.

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CIO

AUGUST 21, 2024

When multiple independent but interactive agents are combined, each capable of perceiving the environment and taking actions, you get a multiagent system. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for example, uses multiagent systems to ensure its clean rooms stay clean so nothing contaminates flight hardware bound for other planets.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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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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CIO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

CIO packages often include stock options, relocation expenses, and hiring bonuses, says Victor Janulaitis, CEO of consulting firm Janco. The strategic importance of technology leadership has never been greater, especially as organizations attempt to tackle information security, artificial intelligence, cloud transformations, etc.,”

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

The old career ladder emphasized understanding advanced technologies and building complex systems. Senior engineers know how to refactor those class abstractions, and they use that skill to simplify the design of the system. I learned about muda from the Toyota Production System. Let me give you an example.

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CIO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Due to its increasing importance, GRC has become a high-level function within many organizations, with responsibilities and accountability for GRC assigned to C-level executives. Governance is who does what, how, and based on what data,” says Tilcia Toledo, senior managing director with FTI Consulting.

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Apiumhub

JUNE 22, 2022

During COVID period, we conducted a software architecture metrics survey and found that there is strong demand for software architecture metrics resources, yet very few are available. Before joining Thoughtworks, Neal was the chief technology officer at the DSW Group Ltd., Rene Weiss is a CTO at Finabro.

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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. Qualified candidates are difficult to land,” says Claire Rutkowski, senior vice president and CIO Champion at Bentley Systems. “So

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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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Tenable

JANUARY 31, 2024

Too many identities, systems and cooks in the kitchen cloud an already complex mandate. And, managing who has access to these systems poses a significant challenge. In fact, organizational silos, a lack of data hygiene and a focus on reactive rather than preventive cybersecurity all play a role in making cloud security a challenge.

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PowerSchool

APRIL 25, 2019

Learn how unified software systems can offer K-12 schools and districts real benefits—from cutting costs and maintenance to boosting student success and data security. * * *. Unfortunately, many school districts find themselves with old, fragmented edtech products and systems. Teamwork is at the heart of every school’s success.

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TechFides Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

At CIO Suite, Kent’s team (2 resources) offers four core services: IT Solutions Health Check Fractional CIO Services (i.e. Leadership, which is more of a fractional CIO role, and as we get into this discussion further, we’re all consultants, many of us trying not to be retired, and so we all kind of share that in common.

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Trigent

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

While young companies may find it easier to hop onto the Cloud, large enterprises often find themselves struggling under the weight of legacy IT systems that are somewhat rigid and may require more extended transition periods. With an ability to identify errors even before they occur, Jabil sees substantial productivity improvements.

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Altexsoft

JUNE 6, 2019

Forrester Consulting discovered that poor checkout experience and long lines are the third highest reason grocers would skip the line and shop in a different place. Source: Forrester Consulting. However, the cashierless store concept has been under pressure in the US due to a backlash against cashless systems.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Cut the number of accounts with access to critical data and systems. The report also looks at how the CISO role is evolving – namely towards a broader scope of responsibilities, such as data privacy compliance, physical security, engineering, business risk, operational resilience, product design/security and technology architecture.

Security 52

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Codegiant

APRIL 21, 2020

develop large-scale functional business systems in an age of large-scale business conglomerates. Information systems activities revolved around heavy data processing and number crunching routines. It includes surveys, interviews, questionnaires, quizzes, and some more. The System design phase?—?You

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2019

The outlier seems to be blockchain developers, who receive disproportionately higher starting salaries due to both their rarity, the difficulty of the subject matter , and the current hype surrounding blockchain development. 30% of surveyed cyber security engineer jobs actually begin at the $83,000 to $108,499 range. He has a B.S.

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Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

APRIL 2, 2020

I just want to ask if you’re listening and you enjoy the show, please support it by giving us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. So I co-author the study of product team performance and we are launching a sixth survey of people on product teams all over the world. And we ask them, “Characterize your team.

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CIO

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The unprecedented adoption rates for the new technology see generative AI now eclipsing all other AI applications in the enterprise, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence survey released in September. If anything is unclear, it defaults back to human review. Instead, the nurses started quitting.

Technical Review 206

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CIO

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But these Guardian polls appear to have been published on Microsoft properties with millions of visitors by automated systems with no human approval required. Human reviewers should be trained to critically assess AI output, not just accept it at face value.” But that’s not the only problem you might run into.

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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 the climate emergency is steadily changing that.

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Mobilunity

MAY 20, 2023

Success Stories of Women in Tech Successful businesses lead by example by valuing women CTO, developers, and team leaders. Corinne Vigreux: Co-founder and Managing Director of TomTom, Vigreux has been a vital force in driving the company’s innovative mapping and GPS navigation systems.

Technical Review 52

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CIO

JANUARY 14, 2025

The 2024 Board of Directors Survey from Gartner , for example, found that 80% of non-executive directors believe their current board practices and structures are inadequate to effectively oversee AI. Now many are admitting they werent quite ready. As part of that, theyre asking tough questions about their plans. What ROI will AI deliver?

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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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CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

CIOs now list innovation as the most important trait they need to bring to their role, according to a 2024 survey by professional services firm Deloitte — ahead of delivering top-line value and serving as change agents, two endeavors that require innovation to facilitate. Those, though, aren’t the only ways legacy tech can hurt innovation.

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Mobilunity

AUGUST 20, 2024

The next step is their integration with your in-house staff and into the workflow, which includes: Giving access to systems and instruments Setting communication channels Explaining the project scope, goals, and company structure Supporting the newcomers during the first few weeks. Ensuring your systems and IT infrastructure are protected.

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Mobilunity

AUGUST 20, 2024

The next step is their integration with your in-house staff and into the workflow, which includes: Giving access to systems and instruments Setting communication channels Explaining the project scope, goals, and company structure Supporting the newcomers during the first few weeks. Ensuring your systems and IT infrastructure are protected.

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CIO

JANUARY 29, 2025

In the two years since generative artificial intelligence (genAI) burst onto the global stage and quickly found its way into the strategy playbooks of the worlds largest businesses, weve all heard a lot about the technologys potential. Siddharth Kuckreja is senior vice president and chief technology officer at TrueStage.

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CIO

JUNE 21, 2023

It’s one of the largest deployments of generative AI that I know of,” says David McCurdy, Insight’s chief enterprise architect and CTO. According to a May PricewaterhouseCoopers report, nearly all business leaders say their company is prioritizing at least one initiative related to AI systems in the near term.

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