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8 signs you’ve mistimed a major IT initiative

CIO

Knowing exactly when to launch a critical IT initiative requires deep enterprise, market, and technology expertise. Inadequate leadership and poor team engagement can lead to delays and time-wasting errors. Many IT timing mistakes boil down to a disconnect between IT and other enterprise departments. “To

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Choosing a cloud infrastructure provider: A beginner’s guide

TechCrunch

The promise of lower hardware costs has spurred startups to migrate services to the cloud, but many teams were unsure how to do this efficiently or cost-effectively. Developers at startups thought they could maintain multiple application code bases that work independently with each cloud provider.

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CIOs rise to the ESG reporting challenge

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The job is so large that Allianz Technology CTO Gülay Stelzmüllner, then CIO, hired Karcher in October 2022 to develop the company’s ESG reporting strategy because she didn’t have enough time to strategize for it herself, given her ongoing CIO duties. Most companies find themselves in a similar situation.

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Slope brings on new CFO, customers, capital as it rises to offer businesses buy now, pay later

TechCrunch

During that six-month period, they saw around 121% growth month over month and signed up enough enterprise customers to grow more than 20 times in the quarter, while its waitlist grows each week, Deng told TechCrunch. It has a small team of eight right now and plans to grow that to 30 over the next five months. Image Credits: Slope.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

CIO

CIOs are increasingly doing more software development and technology-focused work as part of their digital transformations, making the adage “every company is a software company” more of a truism with each digital wave. Adopt agile and DevOps methodologies to enhance the speed of development and deployment,’’ Kowsari says.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4

TechCrunch

Traditionally, companies hold in-person sales kickoffs (SKOs) in January and February to network, educate sales teams about new products and devise strategies for the year ahead. The bad news was that Google Cloud accrued operating losses worth $890 million at the same time.”. Thanks very much for reading TechCrunch+ this week!

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Digital Product Conversations #1: Martin Lasarga, Postclick

UruIT

We asked him a few questions to learn from his experience with this digital product, and asked him to share the lessons he has learned in the path that took him from his early career stages as a developer to the role he has now. How did you become a senior product manager? Having high standards and structure for the team.