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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. There are two kinds of advisors that are commonly needed. Strategic Technical Advisor.

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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO

By focusing on technology, CIOs can deliver transitionary results, such as improving infrastructure agility by migrating to the cloud or improving user experiences by upgrading legacy systems to SaaS. IT loves solutioning and implementing, especially when some underlying technical limitations are rooted in legacy systems and technical debt.

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Perspectives on how cloud computing & app development trends will take shape in 2023

CIO

As Kubernetes is becoming more mature, and the ecosystem around it as well is stabilizing, I believe that the challenges we are experiencing around knowledge gaps, and technical difficulties are going to get smaller over the next few years. This huge step in company culture requires brave managers adopting agile principles.

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7 enterprise data strategy trends

CIO

Real-time data gets real — as does the complexity of dealing with it CIOs should prioritize their investment strategy to cope with the growing volume of complex, real-time data that’s pouring into the enterprise, advises Lan Guan, global data and AI lead at business consulting firm Accenture.

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5 forces shaping the future IT workforce

CIO

He advises companies to establish core values for the company before situations arise so that leaders can reference them when deciding whether and how to respond to these political and social issues. “If Internal skills marketplaces are emerging as a means for retaining tech workers while also meeting demands for agile digital environments.

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Agile Outsourcing Success Part 2: 5 Steps for Evaluating Agile Software Partners

Gorilla Logic

In Part One of Gorilla Logic’s blog series on Agile software development, we provided recommendations for how you can realize stellar results when leveraging an Agile outsourcing model. In Part 2 of this series, we share five steps for evaluating Agile software partners that set you up for success. .

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Bigger is Not Always Better When Selecting a Search Firm to Partner With

N2Growth Blog

In a hiring market like the one we’re currently experiencing, finding a true game-changing leader is extremely challenging. An agile process allows time for listening, connecting, coaching, and advising. Various studies show that the failure rate of executives coming into new companies is 30 to 40 percent after 18 months.