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Going 100% SaaS

CTOvision

I was first introduced to SaaS (then ASP) in January 2000 when I joined Brassring, a rollup of 9 small companies in the Recruitment space, as its first CTO. Technology architecture: Infrastructure, Reporting, Integrations, Security architecture. Configuration management. Key Evaluation Criteria - Software.

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Backcountry modernizes for the cloud era

CIO Business Intelligence

At least that has been the experience of Backcountry CTO Sridhar Nallani, who was hired in 2020 specifically to overhaul the online retailer’s digital presence. The 4th C: Change management. Undertaking a top-to-bottom modernization of a dusty enterprise stack can feel a bit like scaling a mountain.

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What it takes to succeed as a CIO today

CIO Business Intelligence

Whether you’re a CIO, CTO, chief digital officer, a data leader, cyber — the opportunity for these leaders is unparalleled when you consider the impact that they can make on their enterprises and on their industries. And the temperament and the patience on the part of many stakeholders has contracted. It’s a logical path.

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South Africa’s King Price Insurance moves to cloud as business grows

CIO Business Intelligence

Eugene Wessels is the Group CTO at King Price (South Africa & Namibia), Stangen (South Africa) and NEXT Forsikring (Denmark), through the Porcupine Union group servicing entity. CIO Africa: Did you have to make any changes to your team’s culture or skill mix to succeed? And what trends are you watching?

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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

CIO Business Intelligence

In July, New York City started enforcing new rules about the use of AI in hiring decisions. AI and change management Change management has long been instrumental to the success of AI projects. But, until this year, this was a relatively manageable problem since the AI projects had limited scope.

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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

CIO Business Intelligence

Forrester estimates about a third of organizations have either made or are in the process of orchestrating the shift to product-centric structures with more to follow as cloud migration gives IT a platform to retool for greater business agility, according to Charles Betz, vice president and research director for enterprise architecture at Forrester.

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CIOs rise to the ESG reporting challenge

CIO Business Intelligence

The job is so large that Allianz Technology CTO Gülay Stelzmüllner, then CIO, hired Karcher in October 2022 to develop the company’s ESG reporting strategy because she didn’t have enough time to strategize for it herself, given her ongoing CIO duties. There are several things you need to report attached to that number.”

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