CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Still, gen AI for software development is in the nascent stages, so technology leaders and software teams can expect to encounter bumps in the road.

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Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Some of the advice is timeless, for instance the section about “General interference with Organizations and Production”: Insist on doing everything through “channels” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems.

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CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Step 2: Understanding competitors Competitive analysis IT leaders must understand the competitive landscape to position their organization for success. If competitors are using advanced data analytics to gain deeper customer insights, IT would prioritize developing similar or better capabilities.

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CIO

AUGUST 8, 2024

Also known as code debt, it’s the accumulation of legacy systems and applications that are difficult to maintain and support, as well as poorly written or hastily implemented code that increases risk over time. These challenges are impacting organizations in other ways. These challenges are impacting organizations in other ways.

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This shared, actionable, information base is intended to enable companies to identify and eliminate weaknesses in processes. The trio had previously used EDI technology, but repeatedly had problems with orders, for example due to outdated prices or delivery dates.

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Tenable

JULY 19, 2024

CISA’s red team acted like a nation-state attacker in its assessment of a federal agency’s cybersecurity. 1 - CISA’s red team breaches fed agency, details lessons learned A new, must-read report from the U.S. 1 - CISA’s red team breaches fed agency, details lessons learned A new, must-read report from the U.S.

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2023

On October 20, 2023, Okta Security identified adversarial activity that used a stolen credential to gain access to the company’s support case management system. Once inside the system, the hacker gained access to files uploaded by Okta customers using valid session tokens from recent support cases.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Is it inefficient processes that hamper communication within security teams? It becomes easier, however, when security leaders have a consistent framework in place for assessing the effectiveness of their people, processes, and technology – which is why I recently developed such a framework for IDC.

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Xebia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Many teams are using Atlassian’s JIRA as an issue tracker, which then becomes a valuable source of information for their daily operations. As a team leader utilizing JIRA, you probably have employed JIRA dashboards to monitor the status of work, usually in context of a (release) planning. “won’t fix”).

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

A high-performance team thrives by fostering trust, encouraging open communication, and setting clear goals for all members to work towards. Effective team performance is further enhanced when you align team members’ roles with their strengths and foster a prosocial purpose.

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OverOps

JUNE 4, 2019

In a previous post , we looked at the magnitude and impact of the soaring cost of poor software quality in the US and where those hidden costs are typically found. We now turn our attention to what you, as a leader in your organization, can do about it. We use that same formula for the Cost of Software Quality.

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CIO

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of organizations reviewing their password management strategies. The firm had seen continuous patterns of activity that showed that bad actors tried to get passwords to privileged user accounts.

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CO2 Business Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What is Bad Leadership? Bad leadership encompasses a range of behaviors, qualities, and styles that negatively impact an organization , its employees, and its goals. Here are some key aspects that define bad leadership: Poor Communication : Bad leaders often fail to communicate effectively with their team.

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CIO

JANUARY 24, 2024

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Part of ensuring that the data strategy will meet the goals of the enterprise includes having data stewardship, which ensures organized, accessible, high-quality data that’s consistently available to vested parties.

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The Programmer's Paradox

MARCH 16, 2023

These two things tend to make agile an excellent fit for startups and an impossibly bad fit for large projects in large organizations. A big problem in development, particularly when a lot of people are introverts, is communication. Mostly that is a bad idea. It just doesn’t scale up or formalize properly.

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Gorilla Logic

MARCH 17, 2023

Have you ever been part of a team where tickets are hard to understand or don’t supply enough detail for the team to properly work? Experiences like these make many developers think about using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD). Know your team members You work with your team every day and know them well.

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CIO

JULY 21, 2023

So as organizations face evolving challenges and digitally transform, they offer advantages to make complex business operations more efficient, including flexibility and scalability, as well as advanced automation, collaborative communication, analytics, security, and compliance features. Cost overruns have been another significant concern.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The first CAIOs are pioneers, staking their skills and expertise on a bet that they can make AI pay for their organizations. An IDC Quick Poll found that 53% of CIOs said their organization has or plans to have a single AI leader. Of those, nearly half (49%) said that leader will be part of the C-suite executive team.

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Development pace: Is code typically shipped in days/weeks, or does it take months/quarters? Talent operations: How quickly are new hires productive and how quickly are underperformers managed out? Communication flow: How fast do important developments/results travel throughout the entire organization?

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CIO

JUNE 11, 2024

A 1958 Harvard Business Review article coined the term information technology, focusing their definition on rapidly processing large amounts of information, using statistical and mathematical methods in decision-making, and simulating higher order thinking through applications.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

So if you are seeking to lead transformational change at your organization, it’s worth knowing the 10 most common reasons why digital transformation fails and what you as an IT leader can learn from those failures. Poor execution Even the best plans can fail if execution is poor.

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CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They don’t present big problems if you’re noodling around with gen AI prompts at home, but in enterprise organizations that are deploying new chatbots to huge numbers of customers and employees, just one AI fabrication can land companies in court. Hallucinations occur when the data being used to train LLMs is of poor quality or incomplete.

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CIO

JULY 18, 2023

The key to maintaining high-performing IT teams is to motivate them through challenging and interesting work — and, at the same time, assure they are rewarded and recognized for their achievements. At the same time, some of us must be developed to step into management roles oftentimes outside our comfort zone.

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CIO

APRIL 27, 2023

As recent, widely publicized events have shown, it is a business problem that can have serious consequences for organizations. Technical debt can be defined as the accumulation of legacy systems and applications that are difficult to maintain and support, as well as poorly written or hastily implemented code that increases risk over time.

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Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Legacy cybersecurity systems – many designed over a decade ago – fail to account for the new breed of attacker capabilities and vulnerabilities – nor for the reliance on human configuration that is the Achilles heel of so much software. Secure by Design principles stress embedded security throughout software design and development.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. Is the organization transforming fast enough? Are agile teams overly stressed with too many priorities?

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

This exec loved my client and compared him quite favorably to his predecessor who, the exec said, regularly “inspired his team to underperformance.”. The essence of his answer was that the predecessor leader didn’t set high enough expectations for his team and failed to even follow through on the low bar that he did set.

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Honeycomb

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Many software engineers are encountering LLMs for the very first time, while many ML engineers are being exposed directly to production systems for the very first time. Some of these things are related to cost/benefit tradeoffs, but most are about weak telemetry, instrumentation, and tooling. Latency is often unpredictable.

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Prisma Clud

JUNE 11, 2024

In today’s climate, with cyberthreats constantly evolving, organizations must prioritize the security of their IT infrastructure. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks provide a set of comprehensive guidelines designed to safeguard systems against prevalent cyber risks. 5, NIST SP 800-171 Rev.2,

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Tell them that the role of ScrumMaster is as a servant-leader, coach, and facilitator, navigating the dynamics of the team to ensure Scrum practices are followed and value is delivered effectively. Servant Leadership: prioritizing the needs of the team and helping others to perform as highly as possible. What do you actually do ?”

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

Threats have evolved from malware and denial-of-service attacks in the early days of ecommerce bad actors, to ransomware attacks that threaten the ability of a business to operate. In another, “Over half of organizations report cybersecurity posture to the board of directors at least quarterly.” ( IDC Worldwide CEO Survey , February 2024).

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Apiumhub

JUNE 27, 2022

In this article I would like to share my experience as a Product Owner supporting one of Apiumhub’s smallest teams. When I joined, the team was formed by: One permanent Backend Developer with some Front End skills. One Front End developer part time. Backlog helps us to organize our day. developers too much.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise. This makes cloud costs a target for finance teams and executives.”

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CIO

JULY 5, 2023

Leading CIOs are empowering their teams to make the digital estate as accessible as the physical buildings of the business, and they’re right to do so. Among the organizations to be hit were education, entertainment, leisure, and retail organizations. Yet the digital environment is littered with poor accessibility. “It

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CIO

MARCH 8, 2024

The organization, which started with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and about four or five employees, has since grown into a global nonprofit with more than 1,500 change leaders, universities, companies, nonprofits, and government organizations on board.

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CIO

JANUARY 30, 2024

But ESG data is more complex than any other type of data organizations have had to wrangle, spurring leading CIOs to educate themselves quickly on the nuanced challenges of delivering reliable, actionable ESG reporting. Karcher has since built a team of 18 and completed an inventory of existing ESG data structures and legal requirements.

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Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

DECEMBER 11, 2021

This article is the second in a four-part series on writing performance reviews. In this article, I talk about filling out the review form. The final post covers delivering the review. Before you begin to write your review, make sure you have the role and level definition for the person’s current role and level.

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