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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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CIOs eager to scale AI despite difficulty demonstrating ROI, survey finds

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs were least likely to identify as AI-ready business areas such as new product lines (22% of respondents), corporate policy on ethical AI use (24%), or their supply chain (26%) as the least AI-ready, while 49% rated their IT departments’ own technical skills as AI-ready. Artificial Intelligence

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

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Inflation may have dropped from its high in 2022, but the price pressures on IT budgets have continued unabated. Forty-one percent of the CIOs in the survey said they’ve changed their cycle for revisiting IT budgets to at least every month, says Tony Olvet, IDC’s VP of worldwide C-suite and digital business research.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

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Have You Ever Had A Complaint/Suggestion About How The Federal Government Buys Technology

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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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Fed Tech Roundup November 4

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of Energy CTO, Principal. Leidos’ Robert Zitz to Tackle Cyber, Physical Risks at Eisenhower Institute’s Energy Policy Discussion. DISA tees up new round of contracts - FCW.com. Former DOE CTO Tseronis joins Deep Water Point - FCW.com (blog). We have a budget deal. Deep Water Point Names Peter Tseronis, Former Dept.

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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

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.