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Fractional CTO Services Explained

Valerian Tech

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO Business Intelligence

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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Tech Moves: OfferUp names new CTO; Amazon data center leader departs; and more

GeekWire

— Mobile marketplace OfferUp hired former Splunk VP of Engineering Melissa Binde as its new CTO. She was also a software developer at Amazon soon after it went public. She oversaw Splunk’s cloud engineering business while CTO at the software giant. He is now a VP of engineering at Google.

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How to hire the right product manager for your IT needs

CIO Business Intelligence

Product managers aren’t a new job category by any means, but this shift means that they’re newly prominent and important to many companies’ strategies. As a result, many corporate leaders who are used to hiring for IT now have to learn what makes a good product manager as they seek to fill these roles. Yes, data is important.

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO Business Intelligence

Danielle Phaneuf, partner, Cloud & Digital Strategy at PwC, says that inflation will probably be the leading threat to business for at least the next six months — an assertion 40% of CEOs agreed with in PwC’s 2023 CEO Survey. IT organizations can save substantial amounts on SaaS contracts by lowering service levels, CIOs say.

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JLL reinvents itself for the AI era

CIO Business Intelligence

Pivoting to tech provider JLL’s move to develop facilities management software is part of an expanded business model that has enabled the company to perform well in tough times, says Morin, who is employing a hybrid strategy for software development in which JLL Technologies will both build in-house and partner with other SaaS vendors.

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Should You Build in-house or Outsource Development of Your Mobile Apps?

CTOvision

Once an enterprise has decided to go down the path of building native mobile apps, there is one critical decision involved –whether to build these apps in-house or to outsource development. In the series, this third post will be useful when the choice has been made to develop native apps. The Project Plan for the CTO.

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