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Agile Procurement In Government Is Not An Oxymoron

Forrester IT

In any conversation focused on Agile, it takes some time to figure out what each party means when they use the term. In my early research on Agile procurement in government (and Agile procurement in general), almost all of those conversations quickly devolved into what groups were doing Agile software development.

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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

CIO Business Intelligence

Apply agile principles for quick wins Although legacy tech can be monolithic, there’s no reason that the approach to their modernization should be clunky all-or-nothing propositions. Instead, experts advise using agile principles for quick wins and incremental advancements whenever possible.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

If you ask someone, they’ll often recite a list of a dozen potential benefits of cloud — lower costs, better security, greater agility, and so on,” says Smith. efficiency, agility, cost savings) as well as any performance characteristics that will help determine whether it is a good candidate for cloud.

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Why Ruby Life CISO George Al Koura puts people first

CIO Business Intelligence

He’s personally driven the transition of our entire company into an agile and safe methodology of software development, meaning he understands and expects empathetic, results-driven leadership out of all his respective department heads. C-Suite, CIO, IT Leadership, Relationship Building, Vendor Management

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Dyamappa was previously director of software development for international retail at Amazon.com, and his international experience heralds Upstox’s expansion into global markets. He has over 20 years of software engineering experience in the online retail, transport and travel industries, predominantly in India and the U.S.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

CIO Business Intelligence

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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