CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2024

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. Strategies to transform IT for digital success include the following.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“While it’s critical to control costs continuously, it becomes even more imperative during times of economic pressure,” says Jon Pratt, CIO at security managed services provider 11:11 Systems. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan. In addition to cloud consumption, there may be drivers at play.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Implementing an Enterprise Data Hub — Technical perspectives for implementing enterprise data hub architectures, converged analytics for workflow optimization, and the essential role of open standards and frameworks to ensure continuous innovation. Senior Director of Technology Solutions, Cloudera. Technology Insights Keynote.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 16, 2014

Prior to starting Applicology, an independent consulting firm specializing in informatics and cyber security issues, Flores spent 31 years at the CIA where he held various positions in the Directorate of Intelligence, Directorate of Support, the National Clandestine Service and the Office of the CIO. Haystax Technology, Inc.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” Srini Koushik, EVP and CTO, Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology Koushik credits all his past positions for preparing him for where he is now and the AI role specifically. Second, be intentional.

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The Investing Edge

JUNE 10, 2014

Guest post by Todd Christy, Slalom Consulting and member of Ascent’s Technical Advisory Board. They are using a modern data architecture to select the highest-quality service providers from among thousands, and predict driver assistance needs based on a complex blend of traffic patterns, weather forecasts, and incident history.

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TechEmpower - Information Technology

AUGUST 21, 2023

This might include business-side materials like your product roadmap, business plans, and competitor analysis, as well as technical materials like requirements documentation, screen comps, and project/process systems like Jira and Confluence. How are you monitoring your systems and applications? Who responds to alerts?

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Host Isaac Sacolick ( @nyike ) was joined by a bevy of consultants and practitioners who had no shortage of advice on the topic. nyike The best way to avoid hidden #cloud costs is to read every word in the contract. Drafting and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements’ , so they can understand the many nuances of cloud contracts.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

Implementing an Enterprise Data Hub — Technical perspectives for implementing enterprise data hub architectures, converged analytics for workflow optimization, and the essential role of open standards and frameworks to ensure continuous innovation. Senior Director of Technology Solutions, Cloudera. Technology Insights Keynote.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 10, 2015

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. Our flagship product, HireSystems, was the leading Applicant Tracking System delivered as a service to our large enterprise customers. System functionality. Evaluating SAAS.

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The TM Forum Open Digital Architecture (ODA) seeks to align systems and business processes, decompose processes and tasks according to a well-defined Business Process Framework, and expose and integrate systems functions with Open APIs. Systems of differing vintage and origin cannot communicate without assistance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 27, 2022

Too often, technology companies pay consulting or analyst firms to create metrics based on the best characteristics of their offerings,” says Judith Hurwitz, CEO of Hurwitz Strategies, an emerging technology consulting firm. Today, many CIOs feel the same way about metrics. Metrics are only as good as their source.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 18, 2022

The discipline of enterprise architecture (EA) is often criticized for forcing technology choices on business users or producing software analyses no one uses. Forrester Research has identified more than 20 types of enterprise architecture roles being used by its clients.

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CTOvision

APRIL 27, 2014

This dialogue is part an effort to improve the economy and efficiency of the federal acquisition system by identifying impactful steps that can be taken to make it easier for agencies to do business with the best companies and enter into contracts that allow these companies to provide their best solutions for the taxpayer.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 23, 2022

“We are on a digital transformation journey that will transform our customer, partner, and employee experience by focusing on inclusion, innovation, operational excellence, and agile methodologies,” says Dharmendra Rangain, CIO for India and neighbouring countries at Cisco Systems. Her colleague, CTO Rajaneesh R Kini, agrees.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

How organizations can gain efficiencies from security choices Complexity can make managing and securing an organization’s systems and data challenging. Overall, it is vital for organizations to carefully manage the complexity of their cybersecurity efforts to protect their systems and data effectively.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Real-time data gets real — as does the complexity of dealing with it CIOs should prioritize their investment strategy to cope with the growing volume of complex, real-time data that’s pouring into the enterprise, advises Lan Guan, global data and AI lead at business consulting firm Accenture.

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CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

According to Edd Dumbill, a well respected thought leader and VP of Strategy for Silicon Valley Data Science, a big data and data science consulting company, Big Data is “data that exceeds the processing capacity of conventional database systems. At these prices, a one PB system can cost tens of millions of dollars.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2023

The need to grow smartly Gil Westrich’s company, ClearML, is benefiting from increased adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) technology. But the CTO and co-founder says that scaling to meet that demand presents its own challenges, which require self-reflection. How do we grow our business responsibly?”

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CTOvision

APRIL 3, 2015

The first messaging system was hand-written notes. With the advent of the telegraph system, message transferal became much faster, but no more secure. With computer technology on the rise, there was a need for a more advanced messaging system. That new solution is the Information Transport Service, or ITS.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 16, 2015

BAs work closely with the business function users to identify requirements, configure the system and provide training and support. System Analysts (~35%). Systems Analysts (SAs) focus on tasks that require deeper technical skills: Technology Architecture, Integration and Complex Reporting. Project Managers (~10%).

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2022

By far the fastest approach is to lift and shift the whole environment, says Matthew Hon, CTO for public sector at technology services company Fujitsu Americas, as rewriting applications for the cloud could take more than two years to complete. Cloud-native is much more than just technology,” Rubina says.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 16, 2014

Their back office software systems were traditionally viewed as a burden – actually an impediment to their service innovation. But a visionary on the team recognized that by applying technologies from modern software and cloud systems development, they could turn this asset into a competitive advantage.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 2, 2022

Glenn Kapetansky, Chief Security Officer and Technology Capability Lead for Trexin Consulting, has a passion for building systems, organizations, and teams, and has done so across a number of business sectors, technologies, and roles. Answer: Energized.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2023

The CIO’s biggest hiring challenge is clear: “There is simply not enough talent to go around,” says Scott duFour, global CIO of business payments company Fleetcor, for whom positions in areas such as AI, cloud architecture, and data science remain the toughest to fill. Geographical nuances are also arising.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2022

At the same time, the auto-scaling nature of cloud-first applications requires no human intervention because scaling is done based on CPU and memory usage to further improve efficiency, notes Scott Schober (@ScottBVS) , president and CEO at Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc. Cloud Architecture, Enterprise Applications

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2014

Consequently, the CCSO position requires a visionary leader who is highly knowledgeable about the business environment, the threat landscape, and cyber security architecture, security technology and operations. Consults with service owners regarding their security risks and responsibility in minimizing those risks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We’ve never had a technology touch everyone so rapidly.” Embedded AI Embedding AI into enterprise systems that employees were already using was a trend before gen AI came along. The world has flipped since 2022,” says David McCurdy, chief enterprise architect and CTO at Insight. Gen AI took a few months.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Just imagine if you were David Rilly, chief technology officer at Bank of America. Bank of America also thinks that they are going to be able to replace their legacy hardware with cheaper computers that are based on the x86 architecture and which run more modern software. What All Of This Means For You.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2023

Mike Bechtel, chief futurist for Deloitte Consulting, cautions that adoption of AI for enhancing IT operations and employee productivity will require a new level of trust in the technology. “An Organizations are realizing that competitive gains will best be achieved when there is trust in this technology.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 5, 2023

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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 26, 2023

Ross Meyercord never set out to make the leap from technology leader to CEO, but a set of intentional and opportunistic career choices delivered the breadth of business experience and leadership skills required to land the job. Neal Sample A transferable skill set Meyercord would certainly make that case. That has served me incredibly well.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says. At the same time, Seetharaman says not all legacy technology is cold, and LGA is embracing legacy systems that enable continued business growth. “We

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ComputerWorld IT Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Abhishek Choudhary Manager, Information Systems Indian Oil. Confalonieri Chief digital officer, CIO and vice president Deakin University. Paul Czarapata Vice president and CIO Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Paul Daugherty Chief technology and innovation officer Accenture.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Using the SAMOS principle, a system must be simple. Technology must be able to execute the ‘intent’ of business. One of the unintended consequences of distributed computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is that things get more complicated. When you use modular units, a larger system is built from smaller units.

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