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The skills and traits of elite CTOs

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They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring. To perform the job optimally in today’s fast-changing and unpredictable environment, CTOs must possess the right mix of skills and inclinations.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? Who are the customers?

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

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How enterprises gather, store, cleanse, access, and secure their data can be a major factor in their ability to meet corporate goals. Organizations often get services and applications up and running without having put stewardship in place,” says Marc Johnson, CISO and senior advisor at Impact Advisors, a healthcare management consulting firm.

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

CIO

The PGA of America is building a world-class resort with multiple golf courses and retail shops near Dallas, due to be complete next year. Many of these next-generation projects are on track due to the organization’s decision to go all-in to the public cloud well before the pandemic hit.

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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO

On premises, Northwestern Medicine is using a mix of Dell NAS, SAN, secure, and hyperconverged infrastructure equipment. “We We expended a lot of human resources to maintain the systems, so the savings weren’t really there,” he adds. We looked at how much data we needed and for how long.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO

The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now. While it’s critical to control costs continuously, it becomes even more imperative during times of economic pressure,” says Jon Pratt, CIO at security managed services provider 11:11 Systems.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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