TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

In a comprehensive article that weighs development costs and technical debt against time to market , Chopra encourages readers to consider factors like product defensibility and risk before deciding whether to build or buy. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Thanks very much for reading TC+ this week!

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CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

Women remain underrepresented in technology roles and have, in fact, lost ground in recent decades. The 2024 State of the Tech Workforce from IT training and certification association CompTIA noted a similar gender gap in the field, finding that women make up just 27% of tech occupations.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Is it a lack of the right technology for enabling security operations? Most problems stem from a complex mix of people, process, and technology deficiencies, but pinpointing their sources can be a real challenge. Recently, I helped advise an IDC client whose security team was struggling to close thousands of vulnerabilities.

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Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Encourage technical decisions based on wildly optimistic expectations of scale. What are some things you can do?

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CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Legacy tech and all that goes with it Legacy systems and technical debt top the list of common innovation roadblocks. Those, though, aren’t the only ways legacy tech can hurt innovation. As McCormack notes, there are multiple strategies to support innovation.

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CIO

JULY 15, 2024

As organizations increasingly outsource to cloud service providers for many technical and financial benefits, the power consumed and carbon produced are now controlled by the provider, wherever its cloud datacenters may be. CIOs: Be wary of greenwashing CIOs are leaders in technology, but they may not be leaders in ESG ethics.

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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. 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.

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Gorilla Logic

MARCH 21, 2019

During my time at Gorilla Logic, I have had the opportunity to work as a Senior Consultant and as a Technical Lead on a very demanding set of services/products for companies that want to skyrocket their efficiency and revenue while maintaining quality, performance, and low technical debt. Be a Servant Technical Lead .

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CIO

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Generally lacking visibility beyond their enterprise, CIOs seldom focus on personal career strategies and opportunities. They need to become more creative in their delegation of responsibilities so that more time can be devoted to pushing experimentation,” Mains advises. The result is a winning outcome for all parties.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. D ue diligence pays off.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

US regulatory agencies are watching for exaggerated AI claims, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission announcing a settlement in March with two investment advisors. Companies always commit fraud, and they’ll find new ways to do it, based on new technology.”

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Tenable

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Plus, learn why GenAI and data security have become top drivers of cyber strategies. Understanding these drivers is essential for organizations to develop proactive and adaptive cybersecurity strategies that address the evolving threat landscape and safeguard their digital assets,” reads a CompTIA blog about the report.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Amazon maintains the flexibility for model customization while simplifying the process, making it straightforward for developers to use cutting-edge generative AI technologies in their applications. From space, the planet appears rusty orange due to its sandy deserts and red rock formations.

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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.

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CIO

JUNE 3, 2024

CIOs and HR managers are changing their equations on hiring and training, with a bigger focus on reskilling current employees to make good on the promise of AI technologies. That shift is in no small part due to an AI talent market increasingly stacked against them. times faster than for all jobs, according to a recent PwC report.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

“IT middle managers play a critical role, and companies often neglect and underinvest in them,” says Dan Roberts, host of the Tech Whisperers Podcast and author of Confessions of a Successful CIO. Tech leaders say relationship building is the key. That suggests why they’re struggling.” What can be done to help?

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

Any task or activity that’s repetitive and can be standardized on a checklist is ripe for automation using AI, says Jeff Orr, director of research for digital technology at ISG’s Ventana Research. “IT Additionally, AI can generate suggestions to resolve bugs, propose new features, and improve code reviews.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“We haven’t changed our forecast in three quarters,” he says, noting that the US gross domestic product (GDP) is, technically, already in recession territory and has been for the past six months. That’s certainly the case in the corporate technology group at Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a $14.5

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CIO

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To understand how organizations may be approaching their cloud strategies and tech investments in 2023, members of VMware’s Tanzu Vanguard community shared their insights on what trends will take shape. According to Forrester , forty percent of firms will take a cloud-native first strategy.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 23, 2020

Nowadays, when tech companies are among the largest businesses in the world, CTOs are some of the most influential and innovative people that shape how we live and work. With the technological outlook for the years ahead, these people manage to drive the striking change both within the company and beyond. The role of CTO.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A major reason so many digital transformation programs fail is that enterprises view them as technology problems rather than the organizational challenges they truly are. He believes he can demystify digital transformation and put corporate leaders on the right path as they rethink their business strategy for the digital era.

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CIO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Acceleration plans also included fast-tracking the evaluation and implementation of new technologies, such as AI to enhance robotic process automation (RPA) and optical character recognition (OCR), as well as delivering new cloud-based data storage and analytics systems. “We Technology can scale, but people can’t, he adds.

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CIO

MARCH 22, 2023

“I wish I’d have told myself to buy myself more time, setting out a three-year, step-by-step plan, and not try and get everything right on day one and solve everything in the first year,” says David Henderson, chief technology and product officer at music and entertainment group Global. It’s not all about the tech.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2007

My role is to work as part of the team to (1) understand related technologies and technical opportunities, (2) understand and help drive alignment around a vision of where the business should go, and (3) mesh those together to help make disciplined, proactive technical decisions. Then, we come to an agreement on terms.

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CIO

JUNE 7, 2023

Spotting promising talent requires keeping a close pulse on both the enterprise and its people, says Carter Busse, CIO at business automation technology provider Workato. Schwarz points to generative AI as a technology that’s suddenly leaped into the IT spotlight. That means you’re learning!”

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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. Am I using data to drive my transformation strategy?

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CIO

DECEMBER 4, 2022

As the remote workforce expanded during and post-COVID, so did the attack surface for cybercriminals—forcing security teams to pivot their strategy to effectively protect company resources. Zero Trust isn’t a software in itself, but a strategy. Meeting the mandate will mean using a number of approaches, techniques and software types.

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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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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2014

Internet2® is a member-owned, advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. 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.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

FinOps is part of the equation, but from a CIO perspective, you need a top-down view that starts with the strategy before you talk about the components of it,” McMasters says. We also use Microsoft Power BI, a customer experience platform to survey customers, and we review support tickets to determine where any problems may lie,” he says. “We

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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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CIO

AUGUST 18, 2022

To find out, he queried Walgreens’ data lakehouse, implemented with Databricks technology on Microsoft Azure. “We For Guadagno, the need to match vaccine availability with patient demand came at the right moment, technologically speaking. We leveraged the lakehouse to understand the moment,” the CIO says. Enter the data lakehouse.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2023

Yet the leading tech execs who make up CIO’s 2023 CIO Hall of Fame share many of the same attributes, attitudes, and ambitions. Moreover, they agree that those characteristics as well as several career-related strategies they also share have helped them advance their careers. That’s as true for CIOs as any other enterprise leader.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As such, customers should prepare their organizations to undertake an extensive, holistic evaluation of RISE from a technical, operational, financial, and commercial perspective. Additional evidence of SAP’s intention is their highly controversial choice to only offer their next generation AI and sustainability solutions via RISE and GROW.

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CIO

APRIL 11, 2024

To help Black CIO aspirants better understand the path to IT leadership, Howard University’s Center for Digital Business brought together six “trailblazing” CIOs for a Tech Titans Talk panel to share their experiences and insights working their way up in the tech industry.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

Yet, as any IT leader knows, when technical infrastructure fails to meet enterprise needs, hampering productivity and innovation, it’s often time to rebuild from scratch. Everyone will need time to adjust,” she advises. “Be A complete rebuild can be disruptive, time-consuming, and risky.

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CIO

MARCH 23, 2023

Not seeing yourself clearly Spending 20 years or longer at the same company isn’t necessarily viewed as favorably as it used to be, says Shawn Bannerji, managing partner for the data, digital, and technology leaders practice at Caldwell. The role is evolving to have more substantive technical dimensions,” Bannerji explains.

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