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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

TechCrunch

Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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6 best practices for better vendor management

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To build a stronger relationship with vendors, “CIOs should bring them into the fold regarding their priorities and potential concerns about what may —or may not — lie ahead, from a regulatory perspective or the general economic climate, for example,” says Kevin Beasley, CIO at VAI, a midmarket ERP software developer. “A

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The Interchange: Things go from bad to worse at Better.com

TechCrunch

Well before Better.com garnered negative media coverage due to the manner in which CEO and co-founder Vishal Garg callously laid off 900 employees, the controversial executive made headlines for being the target of multiple lawsuits by PIMCO, Goldman Sachs and other investors involving entities he controlled. Funding and M&A.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

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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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Cybersecurity Snapshot: What’s in Store for 2024 in Cyberland? Check Out Tenable Experts’ Predictions for OT Security, AI, Cloud Security, IAM and more

Tenable

Demand from CISOs for integrated security suites and platforms will reach new heights, because they allow security teams to see the big picture, assess their complete attack surface and prioritize remediation of their most critical weaknesses.

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CIOs in financial services embrace gen AI — but with caution

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Generative AI is starting off a new age of exploration in IT,” says Frank Schmidt, CTO at insurance firm Gen Re. Cugini at KeyBank agrees, and adds that the exploration has to include a cross-functional team from all areas of the business, not just IT. “We However, developing and deploying an LLM is costly. Humans get fatigued.

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Insurance Technologies: 13 Disruptive Ideas to Change Insurance Companies with Telematics, Blockchain, Machine Learning, and APIs

Altexsoft

Have you ever tried to check your insurance claim status? While some insurance carriers have made significant modifications courtesy of disruptive digitalization (we’ve already discussed this topic in our whitepaper), most companies trail behind. trillion – needs to urgently change the ways of business development.

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