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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

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But while the payback promised by many genAI projects is nebulous, the costs of the infrastructure to run them is finite, and too often, unacceptably high. Infrastructure-intensive or not, generative AI is on the march. IDC research finds roughly half of worldwide genAI expenditures in 2024 will go toward digital infrastructure.

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Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote

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Yann Leretaille is the co-founder and CTO of Wingback , a SaaS growth infrastructure company. It might seem counterintuitive, but the first person on board at Wingback was a Fractional Head of Remote — and it was the best decision we made. Contributor. Share on Twitter. The very first hire at our SaaS startup was (surprise!)

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. Nothing clicked until she spoke to Trainline, the international digital rail and coach technology platform, headquartered in London.

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The Deployment of the CTO Advisor Hybrid Infrastructure

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Intel sponsors the … The post The Deployment of the CTO Advisor Hybrid Infrastructure appeared first on The CTO Advisor. Some of the consistent feedback is that the team created content we don’t see produced by independent organizations.

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The skills and traits of elite CTOs

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Here are some of the most significant attributes CTOs need to succeed, according to advisors and those in the role. A CTO will help make decisions on the choice of technology adoption, infrastructure, and development architecture,” Athawale says. And the rapid rise of generative AI provides case in point. “As

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Exploring Sovereign Cloud Options: A Introduction for IT Infrastructure Decision-Makers

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With the recent developments around the European Digital Operation al Resilience Act (DORA) and increased interest in sovereign cloud , the market has begun to reposition solutions marketed … The post Exploring Sovereign Cloud Options: A Introduction for IT Infrastructure Decision-Makers appeared first on The CTO Advisor.

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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. Fong hails from Dropbox, where he served as VP of Infrastructure Engineering. Before Dropbox, Fong was an engineer at YouTube and Aol.

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