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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

IT leaders are drowning in metrics, with many finding themselves up to their KPIs in a seemingly bottomless pool of measurement tools. There are several important metrics that can be used to achieve IT success, says Jonathan Nikols, senior vice president of global enterprise sales for the Americas at Verizon. Here they are.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 key hiring metrics, building SDR teams, insurtech investor survey

TechCrunch

The expense involved in recruiting, training and onboarding a new employee who turns out to be a poor fit could be equivalent to 50% of that person’s first-year salary. “Pipeline generation at early-stage companies is expensive and time consuming, often more so than the sales process itself.

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5 surefire ways to derail a digital transformation (without knowing it)

CIO

CIOs can’t be involved in every strategic discussion or dive into every initiative’s details, but there are several high-level signs that indicate a digital transformation may be destined to underperform, especially as CIOs add initiatives. But are product managers developing market- and customer-driven roadmaps and prioritized backlogs?

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How Developer Observability is Transforming Dev Role

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Alongside streamlined processes and collaborative efficiency, DevOps teams need real-time access to detailed, correlative, context-rich data and analytics. By understanding how observability in DevOps transforms development capabilities, you can maximize the effectiveness of your teams and your data. Let’s get into it.

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Simple sabotage for software

Erik Bernhardsson

You can of course make a series of obviously bad decisions, but you'd get fired quickly. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Make sure production environment differs from developer environments in as many ways as possible. Develop incredibly detailed “strategic” plans.

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Lessons Learned in Product Development from Paulo Neto’s eMLS Success

Perficient

As Paulo spoke about the dedication, strategic thinking, and adaptability necessary to thrive in the world of competitive gaming, we couldn’t help but draw parallels to our experiences in product development. Similarly, our product development teams constantly adapt in all three phases, before, during and after.

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Do Your SOC Metrics Incentivize Bad Behavior?

Palo Alto Networks

The following post on SOC metrics is adapted from the book, “Elements of Security Operations,” a guide to building and optimizing effective and scalable security operations. Some metrics that security operations centers (SOCs) widely use to evaluate their performance have the potential to drive poor behavior.