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7 signs it’s time to modernize your IT systems

CIO

The bad news, however, is that IT system modernization requires significant financial and time investments. On the other hand, there are also many cases of enterprises hanging onto obsolete systems that have long-since exceeded their original ROI. Kar advises taking a measured approach to system modernization.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

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. Split systems along arbitrary boundaries: maximize the number of systems involved in any feature. Blame the previous CTO.

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Bliki: ConwaysLaw

Martin Fowler

Important enough to affect every system I've come across, and powerful enough that you're doomed to defeat if you try to fight it. Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure. -- Melvin Conway.

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What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained

CIO

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a system of integrated software applications that manages day-to-day business processes and operations across finance, human resources, procurement, distribution, supply chain, and other functions. ERP systems improve enterprise operations in a number of ways. Key features of ERP systems.

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pdflayer API Review – HTML to PDF Conversion API for Developers

The Crazy Programmer

pdflayer combines several powerful PDF engines based on browsers running stalwart operating systems. Before transferring URL to any API parameters, it is advised to URL encode URL. The API is highly convenient to use even for a non-technical person. Robust PDF Engine. Powerful CDN. Tracking Statistics. The API will do the rest.

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10 ways AI can make IT more productive

CIO

Provide more context to alerts Receiving an error text message that states nothing more than, “something went wrong,” typically requires IT staff members to review logs and identify the issue. Many AI systems use machine learning, constantly learning and adapting to become even more effective over time,” he says.

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Blackshark.ai’s digital twin of Earth attracts $20M in funding

TechCrunch

The world got a glimpse of a fully traversable and remarkably (if not 100%) accurate globe in Flight Simulator last year; we called a “technical marvel” and later went into detail about how it was created, and by whom. These folks are advising , not joining the board, as this paragraph mistakenly had earlier.).

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