CIO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Decisions around game-changing current and future technology require decisive action and possible investment to remain competitive. In addition to the usual technology considerations, economic, geopolitical, and supply-chain issues all compete for attention as IT leaders look to keep their organizations growing amid turbulent times.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2023

As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. The following eight priorities are gaining the most attention.

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TechEmpower CTO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Are specific technologies or platforms involved in your project? In fact, you might have to secure them from diverse people/firms. Do they have experience with the technologies involved in your project? Were they finished on time and on budget? Budget and Deadlines: Determine if budgeting and deadlines are flexible.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Recruiting, retainment, and yes, adoption of lead-edge technology, are back on the radar of IT leaders. Grace Liu, senior vice president of IT for Seagate Technology, says the shifting economy can offer a chance to be opportunistic. “We How do we grow our business responsibly?” How do we get the talent we need?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Cybersecurity risks This one is no surprise, given the scary statistics on the growing number of cyberattacks, the rate of successful attacks, and the increasingly high consequences of being breached. The September Monthly Threat Intelligence Report from cybersecurity firm NCC Group delivers plenty of reasons to worry. “It

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Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

They are a director of engineering at a midsize startup and just got their first headhunter inquiry for a CTO role. I realized that while there are some books on technology leadership careers, there aren’t many resources explaining the most senior levels. I’ve been a CTO for five and a half years.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” But it’s not the only one.

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CIO

APRIL 24, 2024

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Digital technology is infiltrating our business in ways we never thought of ourselves,’’ he says. So it is imperative the C-suite have digital literacy” not only to protect and enhance the customer value proposition but to understand new technologies and how they can be applied in their business. The payoff can be significant. “We

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CIO

AUGUST 4, 2023

Initiated in 1869, with an expansive legacy built on the shoulders of giants such as Westinghouse (which gives it the name Westinghouse Airbrakes technology), Edison and Faiveley, WABTEC has been pioneering force in modern transportation solutions. Technologically, we’re looking at drone-based monitoring of railways in the future.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget. That helps me plan.”

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps. D ue diligence pays off.

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CIO

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This could invariably lead to the partner’s scope getting expanded into, but not limited to, managing emerging technologies, enhancing cost and operational efficiencies, bringing about automation, application development, or improving the system of records,” he says. For instance, a security solution today is not limited only to the network.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To be sure, enterprise cloud budgets continue to increase, with IT decision-makers reporting that 31% of their overall technology budget will go toward cloud computing and two-thirds expecting their cloud budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the Foundry Cloud Computing Study 2023.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ask IT leaders about their challenges with shadow IT, and most will cite the kinds of security, operational, and integration risks that give shadow IT its bad rep. Without a strong delivery model and communication plan, frustrated business stakeholders are likelier to buy and try implementing a technology solution without IT’s involvement.

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CIO

APRIL 25, 2024

It gets costly very quick,” says Jim Ducharme, CTO of ClearData, a cloud security posture management (CSPM) and managed detection and response (MDR) SaaS provider for the healthcare industry. Budgeting, Cloud Computing Granted, that can be a hard combination to find, but they’re out there, he says.

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CIO

MAY 18, 2023

Why not pick up a book that will inspire you to be a more effective leader, help you spot challenges and pitfalls in your IT strategies and processes, or prepare for the future of information technology? And this group of CIOs, CTOs, and technical CEOs have strong favorites — books they turn to again and again for inspiration.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Delivering on time and on budget Completing software projects in a timely manner while staying within budget is a long-time challenge of software development. On time and on budget are much easier to judge with the finger on the pulse of expectations of both the users and the developers.”

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CIO

JANUARY 2, 2024

This approach is vital for staying competitive and responsive in an era where technological advancements, particularly in AI, are rapid and transformative.” That’s the case for Yi Zhou, CTO and CIO with Adaptive Biotechnologies. Get hip to the latest tech CIOs know they can’t invest in “technology for technology’s sake.”

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CTOvision

JUNE 7, 2014

If you are a technologist you no doubt have thoughts about security and how to improve your approach to enterprise-wide defense. In this educational presentation, CTOvision’s Bob Gourley will provide actionable information that will help you review your security architecture and enhance your level of automation.

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CIO

AUGUST 22, 2023

Arthur Hu ranks among the few IT leaders who wear the hats of both CIO and CTO. Hu: As the CIO, one of my key objectives is to build technology, people, and processes to not only power Lenovo’s business model and operations, but also to deliver the best possible solutions for our client’s current and emerging needs.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 1, 2015

The total federal budget is about $3.9 Many firms with great technologies believe the size of the federal budget means there is something there for them. And, if you have a really hot technology, make sure we have written about it here at CTOvision. Tip us off to your firm by using our “ Ask The CTO ” feature.

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CIO

MAY 31, 2023

Martha Heller: Since joining Broadcom 2016, you have been CIO, then CTO and head of software business operations, and now CTO, chief security officer, and head of software engineering and operations. With on-prem data centers, you innovate once in five years because that’s how data center technology refresh works.

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Battery Ventures

MARCH 4, 2020

Cybersecurity remains a huge pain point for many organizations: Last year, a study by incumbent security provider Palo Alto Networks found security teams at large enterprises use more than 130 separate security solutions, on average. How did we get here? Early companies in the sector.

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CIO

AUGUST 23, 2022

Being efficient means producing high-quality, sustainable, and expected outcomes on time and on budget, says Christopher Kowalsky, an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. They plan meetings for maximum effectiveness. They cultivate future leaders.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

And if the initiative misses its goal, or runs over budget, the CIO’s job may be at stake. The goal isn’t to restructure with nothing remaining from what was valuable and meaningful,” says Andrew Sinclair, a managing director in consulting firm Accenture’s technology strategy and advisory practice.

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s cost savings, improved security, enhancing functionality, or anything else, your efforts will be successful only if you know in advance what you want to achieve from them. This approach seldom meets objectives and can easily get abandoned due to budget cuts, overspending, or loss of interest, he notes.

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2014

Chief Cyberinfrastructure Security Officer. Internet2® is a member-owned, advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. The CCSO reports to the Vice President for Network Services and will have responsibility for security across all Internet2 infrastructure programs.

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CTOvision

MAY 30, 2014

If you are a technologist you no doubt have thoughts about security and how to improve your approach to enterprise-wide defense. In this educational presentation, CTOvision’s Bob Gourley will provide actionable information that will help you review your security architecture and enhance your level of automation.

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CTOvision

MARCH 3, 2015

Japan has recently approved the largest military budget since World War II. The regional security concerns are the natural drivers of this investment, but interestingly, the US DoD budgets cuts seem to be having the biggest impact. Big Data CTO Cyber Security Defense Japan World War II' By Chris Ward.

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CIO

MARCH 22, 2023

That’s no small undertaking, and as CTO for the company, it’s Marc Hale’s core responsibility to help achieve that goal by providing a secure and stable platform on which the business can operate and innovate. “As For us, it’s about enabling the technology platforms that support and deliver on that.” It’s about continued change.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Financial apps are proliferating across Southeast Asia, making things like bookkeeping or securing an online loan easier. But this means fintechs need access to large amounts of data that they can use to verify customer identity, creditworthiness or aggregate information from online accounts.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

For the next two days in DC over 1000 key leaders from the national security community will be converging in a dynamic examination of intelligence and national security issues at the Intelligence and National Security Summit. And it features and expo floor of the hottest technologies in the nation. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 13, 2024

The most adept solopreneurs even craft custom GPTs and intelligent tools tailored to their unique business needs, sidestepping the security risks of public AI software. It’s a time-saver and budget-friendly way to enhance business operations, keeping the focus on core activities. This is just one niche example.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 11, 2015

For example, see our post titled Cyber Security and Corporate Governance: The five principles every corporate director should embody. Another source of insight we like is the Security and Exchange Commission. Analysis CTO Cyber Security Treasury Board of directors NACD' Prepare for breach!

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CIO

APRIL 20, 2023

So the CIO, the technologies they deploy, and the partnerships they form are essential to the future of a more environmentally sustainable way of doing business. From a technology perspective, you need to look at the infrastructure, where it’s applied, how much energy it draws, and then how it fits into the overall sustainability scheme.”

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Datavail

JUNE 9, 2022

Using their modernized technologies, today’s CTO leaders have identified where their organization can differentiate itself from the competition and are using their newly tuned assets to innovate in those directions. The post Legacy Technology Modernization: Why? Contact an Expert ». appeared first on Datavail.

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