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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

CIO Business Intelligence

Here is a deeper dive into 10 issues that present barriers for IT in its ability to hit its strategic objectives. Upskilling takes time, and contracted workers aren’t usually as close to the business as employees. The State of the Tech Workforce 2024 report from nonprofit CompTIA , forecasts tech employment growth of 3.1%

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

GeekWire

Keep reading for all the winners, honorees and acceptance speeches from the 2021 GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business : Startup of the Year, presented by West River Group. It pulls information on potential hires from sites such as LinkedIn and GitHub; from research papers and patents; and other public domains.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO Business Intelligence

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. There are also leveraging crowdsourcing platforms, direct sourcing agencies, and freelance marketplaces, as well as nonprofit programs with expertise in specific areas such as sustainability.

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The Unprofessionals

A CIO's Voice

I had a follow-up phone interview to present my plan and answer questions. I also discovered that they were loosing contract work due to the lack of technology experience. A small nonprofit in Connecticut wanted a new Director. A plan I was proud of based on what little information I had.

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Why you should care about Facebook’s big push into the metaverse

Vox

It’s putting some of the brightest engineering minds in the world to work on this project, acquiring virtual reality and augmented reality companies, hiring over 10,000 people to work on it, and backing the initiative with tens of billions of dollars. Facebook could become an even bigger part of our lives.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

Right when the Napster movement, anti Napster pro Napster movement was going on, named him says he went and defaced a bunch of websites and, and that was one of the first cases I was hired from, you know, a corporate corporation that had been defaced asking if I could analyze, you know what happened there. That was really fun.