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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. Encourage technical decisions based on wildly optimistic expectations of scale. Pick vanity metrics with little or no correlation with business value and high amount of noise.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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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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Generative AI won’t automate your way to business model innovation

CIO

But as legendary Apple designer Jony Ive once advised Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky as the company mulled cuts, “You’re not going to cut your way to innovation.” Avoid technical jargon and use concrete examples and case studies. One report estimates that 4,000 positions were eliminated by AI in May alone.

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2023 CIO Hall of Fame inductees on building a successful IT leadership career

CIO

To achieve that, Loura recognized the need to give up time performing the technical work he loved to do more of that decision-making. Koushik’s prior roles include technical ones at IBM; an entrepreneurial role as CEO and president of the former NTT Innovation Institute Inc. ( I found that I had the skills to be a CIO,” he says. “I

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Agencies Offer Secure AI Tips, while Stanford Issues In-Depth AI Trends Analysis, Including of AI Security

Tenable

funding, technical expertise), and the infrastructure used (i.e., The report, divided into nine chapters, covers topics including research and development; technical performance; responsible AI; and policy and governance. and the U.S. on premises, cloud, or hybrid),” reads the 11-page document.

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Chief Technology Officer: Understanding the Main Tech Person In a Company

Altexsoft

A Chief Technology Officer (sometimes called Chief Technical Officer) is the most skilled technology person in the company. CTO vs CIO vs VP of Engineering vs Technical director. They are often confused with CIOs, VPs of Engineering, or Technical Directors. Technical director – tech advisor in a team.

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