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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

CIO

The State of the Tech Workforce 2024 report from nonprofit CompTIA , forecasts tech employment growth of 3.1% Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. At the same time, addressing technical debt and legacy debt can be an expensive and risky endeavor. Last year saw a 1.2%

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15 ways to grow as an IT leader in 2024

CIO

As workers at all levels put together their development plans for 2024, IT leaders, recruiters, researchers, and advisors share here what actions CIOs can take to advance their careers if they want to embrace a growth mindset. It will come down to navigating all the human elements,” he says.

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IT leaders uplift women to fill tech talent gaps

CIO

The average woman professional exits the cybersecurity industry at age 30, notes Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS), a nonprofit devoted to advancing women in the field. There’s a stereotype of what security looks like, but the technical stuff is the easiest to pick up,” Lee says. We’ve seen progress, but not as fast as we’d like.

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Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services

CIO

And as an investor it can expect some return on its capital, although this will be limited by OpenAI’s status as a capped-profit company governed by a nonprofit. That app, Microsoft Designer , is currently in closed beta test. Put a human in the loop,” she advised. The deal, announced by OpenAI and Microsoft on Jan.

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How Technical Debt Opens the Door to Cyber Attacks—and Steps to Protect Your Small Business

Strategy Driven

Similarly, poor practices that allow a business to incur technical debt open the door to cybersecurity exploits that can bankrupt a business financially or through loss of trust and reputation in the eyes of its customers. ” Balmas advises: “If you can’t stop using fax, segregate the printers, put them on a separate network.”.

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Stuck with Windows 7? Here’s a security game plan

The Parallax

For organizations as large as hospitals running million-dollar MRI machines to tiny nonprofit organizations without the resources to invest in new computers, the end of security support for Windows 7 represents a serious cybersecurity quandary. But what can you do to protect your digital resources, if you aren’t in a position to do so?

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