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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO

One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. They did not plan for scalability. They did not refactor for flexibility.

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

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Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Martin-Flickinger, who, before Adobe, was CIO of McAfee and VeriSign, became CTO of Starbucks for many years. Clearly, the leadership team at Starbucks had the foresight to hire a software company CIO.

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Fundaments is the First Cloud Solutions and Services Provider in the Netherlands to Achieve the VMware Sovereign Cloud Distinction

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We wanted our cloud offerings to be a fully certified, all Dutch answer to the large hyperscalers, and we wanted them to be utterly stable, reliable, and scalable – qualities that differently reflect the VMware technologies we use in our platform and services.”. Cloud Computing, IT Leadership

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO

Check in on those cloud costs “Highly scalable technology combined with increasing use and increasing costs leads to runaway spending,” says Mark Troller, CIO at telecom expense management company Tangoe, which estimates that its clients overspend on cloud by as much as 40%.

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#738 The 2023 Tech Layoffs: Has the Dust Settled? with Brian Singer, Matt Peters, & Aaron Bare

Modern CTO

Today, we’re bringing you our first Modern CTO panel episode! All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! He specializes in delivering highly scalable, distributed applications on shared services platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

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Better, faster decisions: Why businesses thrive on real-time data

CIO

Gathering and processing data quickly enables organizations to assess options and take action faster, leading to a variety of benefits, said Elitsa Krumova ( @Eli_Krumova ), a digital consultant, thought leader and technology influencer. Nichol ( @PeterBNichol ), Chief Technology Officer at OROCA Innovations.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. This part of the report can go deep on how your software stacks up with respect to feature delivery, security, reliability, and scalability. Let’s assume that you’ve already expressed your frustrations with technical leadership.