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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

CIO

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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IBM to Acquire Cloudant: Open, Cloud Database Service Helps Organizations Simplify Mobile, Web App and Big Data Development

CTOvision

Increasingly, developers have embraced NoSQL databases because of their flexibility, and JSON has become the predominant NoSQL database technology for mobile and web app developers. Analysis Big Data CTO' The acquisition of Cloudant is expected to close in 1Q14. About Cloudant.

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Software Development Companies in Southern California

SoCal CTO

I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. But not really CTO events. or focused on industry or type of company.

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SDLC Deployment Phase – A Step by Step Guide

Openxcell

They are experienced and knowledgeable individuals responsible for a group of developers leading the Development and delivery of code with the release features and functionality. Product Design Group. The product design group ensures that the requirements are delivered as defined in the working document’s scope.

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Redesigning our Docs – Part 2 – Making Technical Content Readable for Everybody

Algolia

We were not giving every subject the best coverage, and related information was not always grouped together coherently. And some terms (relevance) need a full page , and required days of research and interviews with key Algolians , including our founder and CTO. Writing choices. Change was needed.

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A foundational strategy pattern for analysis: MECE

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It's not exhaustive: we left out testers, and other roles depending on your organization, such as release engineers, database administrators, project managers, and so on. Consider this list of age groups: 0–5. It's not the CTO's money. Architects. 76 and above. This list is technically MECE. Applying MECE Lists.

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Roles and Responsibilities

The Programmer's Paradox

Senior Programmer, Technical Lead Any group of programmers will be naturally independent enough that left on their own, each programmer will choose their own unique process, design and conventions. This is not to be confused with database administrators who are working at a much lower technical level.