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2023 CIO Hall of Fame inductees on building a successful IT leadership career

CIO

“I wanted to be on the side that could influence a better decision rather than on the side lobbying for a better decision,” Loura says of his drive toward leadership. For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” Second, be intentional. Curiosity tops his list. “I

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8 steps to turning around a toxic IT culture

CIO

The survey should include questions directly related to organizational culture, including morale, personal recognition, compensation, promotion decisions, management leadership quality, and an employees’ likelihood to remain with the organization. Culture is a function of leadership execution. A clear vision guides team direction.

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Recap: What You Need to Know About Software Supply Chain Attacks

Coveros

As part of our ongoing series of web seminars , CEO Jeffery Payne hosted application security pioneer Jeff Williams, the co-founder of OWASP and the current CTO of Contrast Security, on July 15, 2021, for a discussion about software supply chain attacks. That was easy for a decade, and then it starts to get a little harder. Jeff Williams.

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The Problem That CIOs Have With Windows Software

The Accidental Successful CIO

These Microsoft APIs are everywhere in their software products, operating systems, and tools. Each time that they release a new version of the Windows operating system they attempt to locate and strengthen APIs that might be used by the bad guys. They are critical to the functioning of the connected world.

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Executive Round Table with Kent Barner and Jay Reed

TechFides Blog

At CIO Suite, Kent’s team (2 resources) offers four core services: IT Solutions Health Check Fractional CIO Services (i.e. Leadership, which is more of a fractional CIO role, and as we get into this discussion further, we’re all consultants, many of us trying not to be retired, and so we all kind of share that in common.

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2022 Cloud Salary Survey

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

There’s no standardized naming system, so a programming lead at one company might be an architect or even a CTO at another. We were able to group them into some significant clusters by looking for people whose write-in title used the words “engineer,” “programmer,” “developer,” “architect,” “consultant,” or “DevOps.”

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Roles and Responsibilities

The Programmer's Paradox

I’ve worked on in-house, consulting and commercial projects for 11 different companies, in five different domains. Systems Programmer Some types of programming requires strict discipline, deep understandings and very rigid logical thinking. The code is very algorithmic in its nature.