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5 surefire ways to derail a digital transformation (without knowing it)

CIO

CIOs can’t be involved in every strategic discussion or dive into every initiative’s details, but there are several high-level signs that indicate a digital transformation may be destined to underperform, especially as CIOs add initiatives. But are product managers developing market- and customer-driven roadmaps and prioritized backlogs?

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The Good and the Bad of.NET Framework Programming

Altexsoft

NET is a software development framework and ecosystem designed and supported by Microsoft to allow for easy desktop and web application engineering. The idea was to create a platform based on so-called managed code , code that can be executed under a runtime environment. But that’s not all. NET languages that we discuss below.

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A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged

TechCrunch

According to Nolan Church, the CEO and co-founder of fractional work platform Continuum, there are a few reasons that a founder may have to do two rounds of layoffs in quick succession: business getting worse, poor forecasting, or both. The company did not say which teams and roles were impacted, or if any C-suite members were let go.

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What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained

CIO

The executive sponsor should also be advised by an organizational change management executive, as ERP implementations result in new business processes, roles, user interfaces, and job responsibilities. Reporting to the program’s executive team should be a business project manager and an IT project manager.

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DARPA Official: Human-Robot Teams Key to Disaster Response

CTOvision

By Bob Gourley DARPA is advancing the science of robot-human teams that can be deployed to respond to natural disasters and other events deemed too dangerous for first responders. DARPA Official: Human-Robot Teams Key to Disaster Response. The winning team will receive a $2 million prize. By Cheryl Pellerin. WASHINGTON, Feb.

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3 powerful lessons of using data governance frameworks

CIO

Managing data and using data should be considered a portfolio of actions,” says Thomas. When a good framework is defined, the CIO should be able to hand off tasks to different teams with full confidence not only that they’ll be performed accurately, but the outcome will contribute to achieving the overall goal.”

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO

Business leaders expect IT to develop new products, improve customer experiences, automate workflows, and deliver new artificial intelligence capabilities. Many IT teams use agile methodologies to iteratively deliver feature-rich releases, improve capabilities, address technical debt, and experiment with emerging technologies.

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