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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO

After marked increase in cloud adoption through the pandemic, enterprises are facing new challenges, namely around the security, maintenance, and management of cloud infrastructure. Skills: Skills for this role include knowledge of application architecture, automation, ITSM, governance, security, and leadership.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO

Solutions architect Solutions architects are responsible for building, developing, and implementing systems architecture within an organization, ensuring that they meet business or customer needs. They’re also charged with assessing a business’ current system architecture, and identifying solutions to improve, change, and modernize it.

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3 things to consider when building responsible GenAI systems

CIO

2) Risk can be managed by minimizing exposure Just because you’re starting to build with GenAI doesn’t mean you have to use GenAI for everything. Parsing the layers of logic to send only what’s needed to a foundational model has a number of benefits, including managing potential risks.

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4 Reasons to Outsource Large IT Projects During Economic Headwinds

CIO

Four key areas have the greatest impact on software development performance: tools, culture, product management and talent management. When selecting an outsourcer, validate what tools and project management structure they will bring to the table; validate past project success in terms of both budget and on-time delivery.

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Mitigating mayhem in a complex hybrid IT world

CIO

Everything I’ve mentioned here can help you navigate increasingly complex hybrid architectures while mitigating mayhem. Ultimately, organizations who are doing it right benefit from 2x the budget and time for innovation initiatives. Yes—we live in a hybrid world with increasingly complex architectures.

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How architecture evolves into strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

I should start by saying this section does not offer a treatise on how to do architecture. Vitruvius and the principles of architecture. Architecture begins when someone has a nontrivial problem to be solved. Everyone who goes to architecture school learns his work. It must be beautiful, like Venus, inspiring love.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO

Developing and maintaining proprietary software and customizations entails an ongoing commitment to talent development, product management disciplines, and DevOps practices. Too much urgency and stress can drive teams to select suboptimal partners, make costly architectural mistakes, or underinvest in scalability, quality, or security.

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