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10 ways to improve IT performance (without killing morale)

CIO

To establish a high-performing IT culture, IT leaders must be able to push their teams to the limit without crippling morale. Improving IT team performance is a constant, ongoing effort, says Dena Campbell, CIO at Vaco Holdings, a global professional services firm.

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Geopolitical risks could present new opportunities for CIOs: Gartner

CIO

Presently, digital is playing an increasingly important role in the battle between nations to achieve supremacy in areas such as economics, military and society and this opens up new challenges and opportunities for CIOs, the report said. Data sovereignty will be a key focus area for CIOs.

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Pitch, a platform for making and sharing presentations, raises $85M on a $600M valuation

TechCrunch

PowerPoint may still dominate the landscape for presentations in many people’s minds, but some might say that legacy status also makes Microsoft’s software ripe for disruption. Pitch, a presentation startup from Wunderlist’s founders, raises $30M more to take on PowerPoint.

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FTX – OBSOLESCENCE PRESENTED AS INNOVATION

CEO Insider

Several years ago, I was speaking to an investment manager who constantly delivered a good and steady financial performance. The post FTX – OBSOLESCENCE PRESENTED AS INNOVATION appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. I asked him what his investment principles were.

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Why Distributed Tracing is Essential for Performance and Reliability

Speaker: Daniel "spoons" Spoonhower, CTO and Co-Founder at Lightstep

However, this increased velocity often comes at the cost of overall application performance or reliability. Worse, teams often don’t understand what’s affecting performance or reliability – or even who to ask to learn more. Prioritize engineering work by putting it in the context of end user experience.

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Showing Grit When Performing Manual QA

Perficient

Many times, in my career when performing QA, I’ve dealt with many times where I’ve felt uncertain about my efforts. Here are some tips to help your breakthrough any blockers you may have when performing QA. Here are some tips to help your breakthrough any blockers you may have when performing QA.

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Meet the 7 winners of the Taiwan Excellence awards, presented by ShowStoppers and TAITRA

TechCrunch

Awards went to seven startups, while eleven other companies also presented. Green Jacket Sports is showcasing its Golface smart system, which helps golf courses monitor and collect data on their operations in real-time, while allowing golfers to track their performance. Maktar is the maker of a smartphone backup device called Qubii.

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Build a Successful and Results-Driven Sales Culture

Speaker: Gary Galvin, CEO, Galvin Technologies

Define key performance indicators that relate to business objectives. Present accurate sales metrics to executives and board members. You will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to: Hold a meaningful and metric-driven weekly sales meeting. Master 1:1 sales meetings. Effectively manage and track sales activities.