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What’s holding CTOs back?

CIO Business Intelligence

With 43% of CTOs reporting up to another IT leader or LOB executive, according to the 2024 State of the CIO survey , and just 38% having a budget separate from IT, as change agents they can find themselves in a difficult spot. Where CTOs have execution responsibility and not just vision makes [the job] easier.”

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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 It’s imperative to keep the team in the know, so that projects can stay on track and under budget,” Alarid says.

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Hackers Intercept USPS Workers' Paychecks in Direct Deposit Scam

SecureWorld News

Randy Watkins, CTO at Critical Start, said: "This attack is an unfortunate example of exploitation of lacking foundational security controls. Multi-factor authentication would have likely prevented most, if not all, of these paychecks from being rerouted by preventing the attacker from logging into the employee account.

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Madrona backs WaFd Bank spinout developing consumer software for regional banks

GeekWire

It offers the ability to build dashboards with consumer financial data and call center technology that uses voice recognition for customer authentication. Archway plans to include integration with budgeting and forecasting applications such as Quicken or Microsoft Dynamics to provide financial product recommendations for customers.

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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

For grasping artificial intelligence Sherry Comes, former CTO at IBM Watson and current managing director of conversational AI at PwC, thinks you need to read Age of Invisible Machines: A Practical Guide to Creating a Hyperautomated Ecosystem of Intelligent Digital Workers (Wiley, 2022) by Robb Wilson. CTO and co-founder of Digibee.

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CIO Diane Schwarz on the power of professional ecosystems

CIO Business Intelligence

Schwarz recommends taking the time to do three things: Know the value of your company’s currency, invest heavily in peer relationships, and above all, be authentic to your personal brand. Strong peer relationships are vital for making strategic decisions, she says, pointing to her relationship with Johnson Controls CTO Vijay Sankaran.

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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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