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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

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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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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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Parab was a former CIO100 India winner and holds a doctorate in management. Cera Group appoints Manish Chandegara as group CIO. Manish Chandegara has joined Cera Group as group CIO. Prior to that, he worked at Maahi Milk Producer, KSP solutions, Magna Seatings, and Adani Group. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO.

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Getting Value From Your Data Scientists

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Simply hiring expensive data scientists isn’t enough. To create real business value with data scientists, top management must learn how to manage them effectively. ". Neither data scientists nor managers are very good at speaking the other’s language, and executives compound the problem by the way they manage data scientists. ".

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What It Takes to Be a Winner in Tech

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As the VP of global tech and operations for the Marketing and Consumer Intelligence arm of GfK , I look after a team of about 60 engineers and six project managers in global operations. There is huge value in hiring people from a variety of backgrounds. What advantages does a tech team with mixed backgrounds bring to companies?

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What It Takes to Be a Winner in Tech

CIO Business Intelligence

As the VP of global tech and operations for the Marketing and Consumer Intelligence arm of GfK , I look after a team of about 60 engineers and six project managers in global operations. There is huge value in hiring people from a variety of backgrounds. What advantages does a tech team with mixed backgrounds bring to companies?

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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Companies taking a multicloud approach can experience ballooning OpEx numbers, says Barrett Schrader, managing director of the technology consulting group at Protiviti: “Organizations can take advantage of volume discounts with reduced complexity. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan.

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CIOs take aim at Silicon Valley talent

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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. Any engineer throughout history has probably been motivated in large part by the impact they can have on society,” says Rau, who joined Eli Lilly two years ago after a decade at Apple.