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TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing technical debt, IPO analysis, your first comms hire

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As a result, technical debt starts to accumulate. Considering that nearly 40 million people in Mexico (almost a third of the population) are unbanked, fintech has been a necessary vehicle for fresh routes for credit, insurance and remittances,” writes Jen Laloup, CEO of Mobile Growth Association. And accumulate. Define your commitment.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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Such partnerships include long-standing ones such as business consultancies to advise on transformation efforts, software vendors with expertise in vertical or horizontal solutions, system integrators to help design and implement multi-vendor tech stacks, and managed service providers to run and optimize targeted IT domains.

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7 ways to spot hidden IT talent within your ranks

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Schwarz says she prizes agile team members who understand business concepts and outcomes, and who have the ability to tell a story that translates technical thoughts into business outcomes. He adds that such pros also usually have solid business knowledge, are technically-savvy, and are eager to learn new tasks when given the opportunity.

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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2024

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Strike a balance between innovation and operational excellence In an era of creative disruption, Orla Daly, CIO at business and technical skills training firm Skillsoft, believes that IT leaders in 2024 should concentrate on achieving balance among their myriad initiatives, favoring innovation and “keep the lights on” work in turn.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: As ChatGPT Fire Rages, NIST Issues AI Security Guidance

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The report, which surveyed an undisclosed number of privacy, policy, legal and technical AI experts in North America, Europe and Asia, found that: Most surveyed organizations (70%) are at some point in the process of including responsible AI in their governance, while 10% haven’t started and 20% have already implemented these practices. (133

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From Hype to Hope: Key Lessons on AI in Security, Innersource, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

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However, social engineering is a common tactic, so it is advisable to continuously improve security awareness and education in an effort to decrease the effectiveness of social engineering attacks. Majority of respondents incorporate at least some AI into technical tasks. The company estimated total damages at $356 million.

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Secrets of business-driven IT orgs

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She also points to the IT department’s work using MongoDB’s own Atlas Vector Search to build the Slack bot CoachGTM, which equips the company’s go-to-market teams with technical and product expertise to efficiently engage customers. Remaking IT culture Other CIOs have pursued different tactics to build business-driven IT departments.