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Coaching IT pros for leadership roles

CIO

I spoke to IT executives and leadership coaches for tips on how to develop the leaders on your team. Start coaching You can teach someone to code, manage money, and complete the tasks of being a manager. But the transition from teacher to coach can be challenging. “I I switched from teaching to coaching,” he says. “I

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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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Getting infrastructure right for generative AI

CIO

But the high energy demands of the current generation of GPUs will only increase, according to IDC’s Rutten. Increasingly, we’ll see AI-specialized hardware,” predicts Claus Torp Jensen, former CIO and CTO and currently a technology advisor. The GPU was invented for graphics processing so it’s not AI-optimized.

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Fintech startup Vise raises $65 million in Series C led by Ribbit Capital

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Vise uses an AI-powered platform to give independent financial advisors the same level of data as advisories with their own analyst departments. Vise does a lot of heavy lifting where the latter is concerned, freeing up advisors to focus on the former. The end goal is to “enable financial freedom for everyone.”

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

CIO

Middle managers need strong mentors and a network of colleagues who understand their problems and can offer advice based on their own experience when things get tough, so the manager can learn how to cope, get back on track, and thrive. But it starts with identifying a middle manager who needs an assist and then stepping in to intervene.

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

CIO

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. Like anything, the hard work is the initial assessment,” says CGI director of business consulting and CIO advisor Sean Sadler. This will have a knock-on environmental benefit.

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The Geek Within – Episode 36: Pete Tseronis

Dots and Bridges

As a previous CTO for the Department of Education as well as the CTO and Deputy CIO at the Department of Energy, not to mention countless boards he sits on, it is a wonder he has time for his own company, Dots and Bridges. Pete is the guy to know in Washington DC. Episode 36 on YouTube. The Geek Within Ep36: Pete Tseronis.