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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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Why smart contracts can't be fully automated

Network World

Blockchain technology has been generating excitement in the public and private sectors for the past several years for many reasons — a prominent one being support for self-executing contracts commonly referred to as smart contracts. I think it's going to take forever."

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

“Awareness of FinOps practices and the maturity of software that can automate cloud optimization activities have helped enterprises get a better understanding of key cost drivers,” McCarthy says, referring to the practice of blending finance and cloud operations to optimize cloud spend. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

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NCMS CIO exploits ‘Great Resignation’ to slash costs, streamline IT operations

CIO Business Intelligence

The end of the Great Resignation — the latest buzzword referring to a record number of people quitting their jobs since the pandemic — seems to be nowhere in sight. As the company had legacy systems, it became tough to hire resources that could manage them. The applications had been transformed into SaaS and PaaS environment.

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We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well

CIO Business Intelligence

Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO. Martin-Flickinger, who, before Adobe, was CIO of McAfee and VeriSign, became CTO of Starbucks for many years. So congratulations!

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CIOs take aim at Silicon Valley talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Signs of a tech talent shift are under way, with IT pros increasingly turning away from Silicon Valley and tech stalwarts in favor of new roles outside the technology industry. UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of Optum “was the holy grail of healthcare know-how and prowess,” says Bodnari, vice president of product at Optum.

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10 most difficult-to-fill IT roles — and how to address the gap

CIO Business Intelligence

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. The net result?