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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

CIO

Lack of vision A common reason digital transformation fails is due to a lack of vision, which along with planning is the foundation for digital success. 5, Insufficient budget Digital transformation can be expensive, and executive leadership teams that do not allocate enough budget to the initiative may struggle to succeed.

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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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Reinforcement Learning for Budget Constrained Recommendations

Netflix Tech

by Ehtsham Elahi with James McInerney , Nathan Kallus , Dario Garcia Garcia and Justin Basilico Introduction This writeup is about using reinforcement learning to construct an optimal list of recommendations when the user has a finite time budget to make a decision from the list of recommendations.

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What Is Honeycomb’s ROI? Forrester’s Study on the Benefits of Observability

Honeycomb

Many teams want to adopt observability and Honeycomb—but run into budget roadblocks because budget holders may not clearly understand the quantifiable benefits to their end users, their teams, and the bottom line. . million due to faster incident response and incident prevention . A three-year ROI of 296% . Cost savings of $2.68

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Software Architect Role, Skills, and Impact on Product Success

Altexsoft

There are dozens of definitions for a software or technical architect, but in most general terms a person holding this position drives all critical decisions about the organization of the software system. This tech leader makes sure that a systems architecture used by a company supports its strategy and helps in achieving business goals.

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Software outsourcing: interesting statistics, predictions, facts, and key players

Apiumhub

Also, according to a McKinsey study – 87% of respondents said they either are experiencing gaps in their IT teams now due to recruitment bottlenecks or expect them within a few years. You should also check third-party review sites and their social media channels to see how they’re positioned in the industry.

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Architecture Modernization Enabling Teams (AMET)

Strategic Tech

For example, security concerns and unreliability becoming commonplace, like the recent Southwest Airlines scheduling crisis caused by a decades-old scheduling system. Architecture modernization initiatives aim to convert aging architecture into modern architecture, applying the latest tech innovations and architectural patterns.