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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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However, this approach comes with its own sets of challenges such as compliance issues, misaligned workplace culture, and privacy concerns.” D ue diligence pays off. World Insurance’s Corrigan advises asking what skillsets, certifications, and personality types they look for when hiring.

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7 sins of digital transformation

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Few companies realize the role that organizational structure and culture play in driving transformation, and instead focus solely on the technology,” says Sunil Senan, SVP and global head of data, analytics, and AI at Infosys. There’s often ambition to address all or most problems, but that can leave the system user behind.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Split systems along arbitrary boundaries: maximize the number of systems involved in any feature. Blame the previous CTO.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

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Brad Porter, CTO, KnowledgeLake KnowledgeLake He advises CIOs to listen to the data and use it to drive decisions. I’ve seen far too many candidates lost due to making them jump through too many hoops.” Deal with technical debt now Technical debt is like the tax man: Sooner or later you’re going to have to pay it, notes Brasseley.

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Savvy CIOs step up to support business hypergrowth

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Acceleration plans also included fast-tracking the evaluation and implementation of new technologies, such as AI to enhance robotic process automation (RPA) and optical character recognition (OCR), as well as delivering new cloud-based data storage and analytics systems. “We There, the No. It’s rigor and commitment to the strategy.

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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. Seek out systems-thinkers capable of resolving complexity Highly talented IT pros never shirk from challenges. That means you’re learning!”

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Perspectives on how cloud computing & app development trends will take shape in 2023

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As Kubernetes is becoming more mature, and the ecosystem around it as well is stabilizing, I believe that the challenges we are experiencing around knowledge gaps, and technical difficulties are going to get smaller over the next few years. Conway’s law states that organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure.

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