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7 ways an MBA will advance your IT career — and 5 ways it won’t

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Ben King, head of mobile app development firm Aviato Consulting, is convinced that it can provide a major career boost. Does it make sense for an IT leader to seek an MBA? He credits his decision to earn an MBA with transforming his career. While an individual contributor at Google, King spent several years working toward an MBA.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. 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. 1 challenge listed.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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But partnering for expertise, experience, and strategic insight demands a different approach than old-school outsourcing. IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

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A fractional CIO is typically an experienced IT leader who is external to the enterprise yet acts as an accountable leader and extension of the executive team, says Dave Hartman, president of IT management consulting firm Hartman Executive Advisors. “A A fractional CIO develops and leads the execution of a company’s IT strategy,” he states.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO

It’s no secret that having the right capabilities is essential to digital success, but given the dynamic nature of digital business, these capabilities go beyond technical know-how. The market is tight, but we are not short of people with technical skills; people who can develop, build infrastructure, and understand the cloud,” says Fox.

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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. He advises CIOs to join colleagues on sales calls to gain that insight. “If

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10 Vitals To Get Successful Results In Software Development

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Whether you are a business owner or a CTO, you are solely responsible for the successful execution of the software development project. Even though design and software development companies in the UAE thrive on delivering the demands of their clients, still retaining their life and rationality. What Is Software Development Process?