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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Information Technology

The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Can the Right Lead Developer Address This?

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Beyond DevSecOps: Why fintech companies need to consider DevSecRegOps

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s no secret that banks and fintech companies must meet compliance and regulatory standards that are much stricter than what traditional tech companies are forced to comply with. The question becomes: How do you meet strict regulatory and compliance standards while keeping up with the rapid pace of innovation in technology?

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How to be the CIO every company wants

CIO Business Intelligence

Companies expect a lot from their CIOs: integral knowledge of the business, visible financial results, and agility, as well as the ability to manage change, actively collaborate with business leaders, and explain IT in plain English. I could never meet all of those diverse expectations.” He asks for your input. Up in the sky!

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Hybrid meetings: 5 best practices for better outcomes

CIO Business Intelligence

They even miss in-person meetings. And that means you are likely looking at hybrid meetings — with some people gathering in a conference room while others call in from home — for the foreseeable future. This meeting model is different from all-video calls or all in-person meetings. What is a hybrid meeting? “A

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Tough Bosses, Unrealistic Goals, and Other Corporate Challenges That a Customer-Centric Product Strategy Can Empower You to Solve

Speaker: Bob Caporale, Founder of Strategy Generation Company

Have you ever had internal financial goals handed down to you that seem nearly impossible to meet? By driving your company’s “top-down” goals with a clear and well communicated “customer-up” product strategy! Align your company’s strategic goals to your customers’ unmet needs. And that’s exactly what we’re.

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For developers, too many meetings, too little 'focus' time

Computerworld Vertical IT

Software developers spend a third of their week in meetings on average, according to data collected by time management app Clockwise — with those at large companies facing the most packed schedules. hours per week in meetings, with 19.6 Clockwise’s data is gathered from 1.5 Clockwise’s data is gathered from 1.5

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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