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Becoming a CTO

Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

They are a director of engineering at a midsize startup and just got their first headhunter inquiry for a CTO role. I realized that while there are some books on technology leadership careers, there aren’t many resources explaining the most senior levels. I’ve been a CTO for five and a half years.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

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But APIs do more than support next-generation technologies — they already serve a foundational purpose within most enterprises. Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value.

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2024 Glue Xperience Recap for Kaseya Site

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Both our product teams and seasoned IT Glue power users provided invaluable insights, presenting an opportunity to dive into exciting new developments that are transforming the IT documentation landscape. Introducing IT Glue Copilot Kaseya CTO and GM of IT Glue, Nadir Merchant, introduced IT Glue Copilot during the keynote.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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IT leaders have long relied on third parties for talent, but what’s different is that CIOs are more likely these days to seek partners for highly strategic or niche skills, not just commoditized capabilities as in the past. Many of the new skills are in rare supply, as are team leaders experienced in this new development paradigm.”

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

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These external factors can have a dramatic impact on business operations and strategic planning. CIOs can leverage this as a critical lever to competitive differentiation not only to help their employees grow in their roles and develop technical acumen, but make the entire organization as a whole more AI-savvy,” he says.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Meanwhile, The Global CTO Survey 2023 released last November by IT consulting company STX Next found that 35% of responding tech leaders listed technical debt/refactoring as their biggest challenge — making it the No. Downing developed strategies to deal with this challenge so that it does not impede progress. 1 challenge listed.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

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This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets. Patching happens at odd hours when the business isn’t operating.

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