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Bridging the IT skills gap, Part 1: Assessing current strategies and introducing GenAI as a unified solution

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Current strategies to address the IT skills gap Rather than relying solely on hiring external experts, many IT organizations are investing in their existing workforce and exploring innovative tools to empower their non-technical staff. Prior to joining IDC, Mona served as a market insights advisor for the IBM infrastructure team.

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What is an IT consultant? Roles, types, salaries, and how to become one

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An IT consultant is a technology professional who advises and supports business clients in designing, developing, and executing technology projects in service of business goals. As a result, making the shift to IT consulting can be a lucrative path to a fulfilling IT career. What is an IT consultant?

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

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But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. It just didn't dawn on me how common this need is. Strategic Technical Advisor.

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11 ways to ensure IT-business alignment

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But the challenge many executives face is that they tend to focus on how their particular area aligns with overall goals, to the exclusion of other facets of the organization. A key way to facilitate alignment is to become agile enough to stay ahead of the curve, and be adaptive to change, Bragg advises.

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

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Finding the right fit Women should, can, and do take action to thrive in their technical careers and studies, analysts or expert sources arent suggesting otherwise. Facilitate mentorship and networking: Benoit-Kurtz advises IT execs to ensure that women on their team have mentors, networks, and advocates as well as development plans.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing technical debt, IPO analysis, your first comms hire

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As a result, technical debt starts to accumulate. TechCrunch Senior Writer Romain Dillet interviewed Jill Wetzler, VP of Engineering at Pilot, and Preeti Somal, EVP of Engineering at HashiCorp , to learn more about how they evaluate third-party vendors, select open-source components and think ahead with regard to engineering capabilities.

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Marsh McLennan IT reorg lays foundation for gen AI

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One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.