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The skills and traits of elite CTOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. Evaluating if the project will allow the company to increase revenues or replace an aging system that will ultimately save costs over time is a necessary exercise in eliminating projects that don’t move the needle,” he says. “A

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How this startup CEO adapted to the pandemic, economic downturn and his own fatigue

GeekWire

In 1989, the family relocated to Seattle after Kumar’s father was hired as an engineer at Boeing. ” Microsoft, then startups The Humanly team at Y Combinator, from left, CTO Bryan Leptich, CEO Prem Kumar and COO Andrew Gardner. As interest rates rose, many large tech companies started hiring freezes.

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How Important Is “Perfect Data” To Data Analytics Programs?

CTOvision

Don't just recruit and hire data analysts. Don't get so caught up in planning exercises that you're accused of "analysis paralysis." Don’t Let Tools Drive Enterprise Data Strategy. Also consider upgrading middle and upper management's analytical skills. Related reading: Dashboarding Open Data Program Governance.

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MACH37: America’s premier market-centric cybersecurity accelerator

CTOvision

” Rick Gordon, a leader in the cybersecurity industry, was hired in July as the Managing Partner of MACH37™. This new generation of technology increases the ability of Chief Information Security Officer’s to train, exercise, test, model and simulate through on demand replication of cyber infrastructure. CEO Shawn R.

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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

CIO Business Intelligence

Forrester estimates about a third of organizations have either made or are in the process of orchestrating the shift to product-centric structures with more to follow as cloud migration gives IT a platform to retool for greater business agility, according to Charles Betz, vice president and research director for enterprise architecture at Forrester.