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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

DevOps engineer DevOps focuses on blending IT operations with the development process to improve IT systems and act as a go-between in maintaining the flow of communication between coding and engineering teams. Role growth: 21% of companies have added DevOps engineer roles as part of their cloud investments.

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3 key roles for driving digital success

CIO Business Intelligence

These digital trailblazers , as I call them, are vital for digital transformation success, as they can be delegated leadership responsibilities such as the planning, execution, and change management of your digital initiatives. On the other hand, creating bureaucratic processes and rigid standards slows and demoralizes teams.

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Using the Cloud as a Tool to Achieve Business Goals

CIO Business Intelligence

Organizations should not rely on old tools, such as using Excel spreadsheets for change management, when there are many highly effective cloud-based tools that enable a more efficient, effective and consistent way forward. As processes and technology change, employees should be trained so skillsets align with new approaches.

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#DigitalTransformation Means Hybrid IT and Multipath

Cloud Musings

As the manager of data centers for some of the most significant companies in the world, IBM has observed this profound shift in the strategic outsourcing marketplace. These shifts are being driven by: Financial changes designed to minimize CAPEX and maximize OPEX.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Agile has to work within the context of the organization, whether it’s the process of financial reporting, estimation, or forecasting,” said Phil Heijkoop, general manager of Aligned Agility. Apply agile methodologies to the full lifecycle of an iterative program, including planning, delivery, change management, and communications.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

While Silicon Valley still pays top dollar for IT pros, the war for talent has moved beyond the technology industry, with other verticals vying for talented IT workers who have the skills to enable digital transformation, process improvement, change management, and the development of apps and services.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

Instead, his team employed DevOps practices to rearchitect applications to take advantage of native cloud capabilities. IT leaders may need fewer people managing servers and more people performing higher-level network engineering, systems integration, vendor management, data science, cloud security, or business analysis work.

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