Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

With a surge in startups, increasing government support, and a unique geographical advantage, Tunisia is poised to become a key player in the continent’s innovation landscape. Tunisia sits at the early stage of the Innovation Ecosystem Life Cycle Curve, alongside thousands of other regional hubs.

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CIO

APRIL 26, 2023

What’s not often discussed, however, are the mistakes IT leaders make when establishing and supervising training programs, particularly when training is viewed as little more than an obligatory task. Is your organization giving its teams the training they need to keep pace with the latest industry developments?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

An advocate for raising awareness around volatility of life on earth and the consequences of technological innovation, Banazadeh holds a business degree from Stanford and graduated with an Aerospace Engineering degree from the University of Texas. He’s received the NASA Mariner Award, NASA Discovery Award and NASA Formulation Award.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

These powerful models, trained on vast amounts of data, can generate human-like text, answer questions, and even engage in creative writing tasks. However, training and deploying such models from scratch is a complex and resource-intensive process, often requiring specialized expertise and significant computational resources.

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CIO

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The group includes prominent figures like AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, former UK government adviser Nitarshan Rajkumar, and Stanford University fellow Marietje Schaake. Balancing innovation and regulation A major concern surrounding the AI Act is its potential to stifle innovation.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2024

Strike a balance between innovation and operational excellence In an era of creative disruption, Orla Daly, CIO at business and technical skills training firm Skillsoft, believes that IT leaders in 2024 should concentrate on achieving balance among their myriad initiatives, favoring innovation and “keep the lights on” work in turn.

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CIO

AUGUST 1, 2024

Interestingly, despite the significance of technical debt as a cost concern and an inhibitor to improving security and implementing innovation (like AI), it ranks much lower on the list of immediate priorities for many organizations (20%). For CIOs, balancing technical debt with other strategic priorities is a constant challenge.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game.

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CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s no secret that having the right capabilities is essential to digital success, but given the dynamic nature of digital business, these capabilities go beyond technical know-how. The market is tight, but we are not short of people with technical skills; people who can develop, build infrastructure, and understand the cloud,” says Fox.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Form a strong partnership Forming an effective IT-sales partnership requires embracing a startup mentality, even at large, long-established organizations, advises Amit Vashisht, assistant vice president at retirement services firm Jackson Enterprise Technology.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Generative AI does have the ability to replace CIOs who don’t embrace the innovative shifts coming for companies,” says Tim Crawford, a former CIO himself and now a CIO strategic advisor at AVOA, a technology consultancy. AIs need a lot of training data, and for some types of high-level, strategic decisions, there isn’t much of it.

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CIO

MAY 30, 2024

Less than half of CIOs say they possess the required technical skills, only 4 in 10 believe they have the required security infrastructure, and just one-third think their organizations possess the right computing infrastructure. Today’s CIOs are working in a tornado of innovation.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Recent advancements in AI have further reshaped and expanded the CDOs responsibilities and organizational impact, placing new emphasis on strategic innovation. Its training the mindsets of the employees that gen AI is here to help create efficiencies for you and not to replace you, he says.

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Luis Goncalves

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But it isn’t always easy for some teams, especially those in the highly technical roles, such as developers. In instances like this, however, it is advised that employees put their milestones as their key results. OKRs become vague when you cannot associate them with a numerical value.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

Yet there’s now another, cutting-edge tool that can significantly spur both team productivity and innovation: artificial intelligence. Identify potential issues By analyzing vast amounts of data, AI can identify potential technical and security issues long before they can escalate into system outages.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Although FMs offer impressive out-of-the-box capabilities, achieving a true competitive edge often requires deep model customization through pre-training or fine-tuning. We discuss how these powerful tools enable organizations to optimize compute resources and reduce the complexity of model training and fine-tuning.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

When asked which challenges most often force IT to redirect time and focus away from strategy and innovation tasks, CIOs most commonly cited staff and skills shortages, changing business conditions, and addressing security threats. Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. 1 challenge listed.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

As workers at all levels put together their development plans for 2024, IT leaders, recruiters, researchers, and advisors share here what actions CIOs can take to advance their careers if they want to embrace a growth mindset. It will come down to navigating all the human elements,” he says.

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CIO

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the rush to establish technical strategies for making good on the promise of generative AI, many CIOs find themselves running headlong into what may be their most challenging task yet: preparing their organization’s end-users — from knowledge workers and assembly line laborers to doctors, accountants, and lawyers — to co-exist with generative AI.

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CIO

APRIL 24, 2023

Amanda Merola had zero technical background when she came to The Hartford in 2015, despite a natural interest in computers and a proclivity for problem-solving. Merola was accepted into the HartCode Academy’s inaugural class, spending months in bootcamps and self-directed training before landing a position as a junior coder.

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CIO

JANUARY 17, 2024

In one, he mocked up a cover of the Financial Times , showing the company’s stock soaring and praising its technologically enabled innovations. I used figures of speech and financial terms they understood, and I kept well away from technical jargon because that wasn’t my audience.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In 2022, Microsoft announced the “end of innovation” for Dynamics GP, and in 2023, it said that no new licenses would be sold after April 2025. Microsoft is committed to ensuring we offer robust and innovative solutions to meet these needs. In 2020, SAP announced an innovation commitment for SAP S/4HANA until the end of 2040.

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CIO

APRIL 14, 2023

Faced with a long-running shortage of experienced professional developers, enterprise IT leaders have been exploring fresh ways of unlocking software development talent by training up non-IT staff and deploying tools that enable even business users to build or customize applications to suit their needs. Then I have a quicker time to market.”

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CIO

MARCH 30, 2023

With digital technology increasingly vital to business, the CIO role is quickly evolving, placing IT leaders under threat from business executives who offer the blend of business and technical savvy necessary to lead transformational strategies in the future. Here IT is taking an advisory role and LOBs are taking the lead.

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CIO

JULY 18, 2023

But, notes Lobo, “in all geographies, finding well-rounded leadership and experienced technical talent in areas such as legacy technologies, cybersecurity, and data science remains a challenge.” CIOs must up their talent game across the board, including talent management, engagement, training, and retention, in addition to hiring.

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CIO

JUNE 7, 2023

These individuals, possessing extraordinary talents, help their teams reach new levels of innovation, planning, productivity, and efficiency. Schwarz says she prizes agile team members who understand business concepts and outcomes, and who have the ability to tell a story that translates technical thoughts into business outcomes.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Importance of Finding Innovators in the Life Sciences Industry In today’s rapidly evolving life sciences industry, finding innovators has become critical for organizations seeking to stay ahead of the curve. Finding innovators in the life sciences industry The importance of innovative leadership cannot be overstated.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Recognized as a pioneer in the field of classified information protection, Mr. Bigman developed technical measures and procedures to manage the nation’s most sensitive secrets. As the Agency CISO, Mr. Bigman managed a large organization of technical and program officers responsible for the protection of all Agency information.

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The Crazy Programmer

MAY 19, 2021

I mean such developers and designers know what the current trends and innovations are. Additionally, they will advise you on how to make every penny work and stay within budget. Apart from technical support, your newly-hatched team members may need some special training that will take time and money. Fresh Ideas.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, an operational and IT service arm that works for the SEC, is not only a cloud customer but also a technical partner to Amazon whose expertise has enabled the advancement of the cloud infrastructure at AWS. But FINRA’s CIO remains skeptical about so-called multicloud infrastructure.

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2014

research and education organizations to solve common technology challenges, and to develop innovative solutions in support of their educational, research, clinical and community service missions. Advises executive staff on risk management issues to ensure the appropriate application of controls.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This can lead less experienced managers to have difficulty balancing technical requirements and business objectives, he says. Their abilities and confidence can be improved by providing mentorship programs, training sessions, and professional development opportunities.” Active listening is also key.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To that end, CIO.com asked a half-dozen longtime IT leaders — current and former CIOs as well as consultants and executive advisers — to share the questions they think CIOs should ask themselves to determine whether they’re sailing to success or about to dash onto the rocks. But the signs are there, for those who take the time to look.

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CIO

MARCH 22, 2022

The training program offers a collaborative learning environment as well as individualized support through mentors, tutors, mental health support, and affinity groups. Systers is still functioning today and is now the “largest email community of women in technical computing” with more than 8,500 members worldwide. Black Girls Code.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

“Forty-four percent say the ability to accelerate the delivery of new software and applications is a benefit — the lowest percentage of any region.” Some West African countries, such as Benin, understand that low-code/no-code tools are innovative and disruptive to the CIO community, but not universally trusted.

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CIO

JANUARY 4, 2024

The launch of satellite internet provider Starlink has been operationally transformative for Journey Beyond, one of Australia’s premier destination tourism companies, and it’s driving a new era of progress and innovation. Journey Beyond’s biggest investment is in rail, owning and operating four luxury trains that transverse the continent.

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CIO

AUGUST 17, 2023

In many ways, it hearkens back to another disruptive innovation that not only changed everything but spawned entirely new industries: the automobile. Anna Ransley, a CD&IO known for her work at Godiva and Heineken, among others, has been advising boards and C-suites about generative AI strategy, risks, and opportunities.

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