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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’

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7 IT leadership hacks that deliver results

CIO Business Intelligence

Cannava says developing authentic personal relationships with your peers can help key in on areas of natural alignment — and avoid wasting time on projects where it’s unclear how to measure the outcome. “If Bad hires happen, and sometimes, promotions don’t work out.

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The secrets of successful cloud-first strategies

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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. Building out cost models is key for how you can build a budget.”.

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10 projects top of mind for IT leaders today

CIO Business Intelligence

And CIOs said the need for security improvements is the top driver of IT budget increases. Those projects include implementing cloud-based security, anti-ransomware, and user behavior analytics tools, as well as various authentication technologies. Foundry / CIO.com 3.

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