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7 sins of software development

CIO Business Intelligence

Software development is a challenging discipline built on millions of parameters, variables, libraries, and more that all must be exactly right. Still, it’s impossible to list the endless innovations that software alone has made possible. Over the years software teams have figured out a few rules for getting the job done.

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CEO of Salesforce AI Clara Shih has left

CIO Business Intelligence

She’s something of a tech influencer , having published two books about the industry. SalesforceIQ, a software development company he co-founded in 2015, was acquired by Salesforce in 2018, while his next venture, low-code platform vendor Airkit, was swallowed up by Salesforce in October 2023.

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26 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

Load a smart read onto your phone or e-reader or crack the spine of a new book and delve into some thought leadership on everything from leading an amazing team to building a productive company culture to reaching for a better mindset for guiding your organization forward. This book offers valuable techniques and frameworks.

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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

Why not pick up a book that will inspire you to be a more effective leader, help you spot challenges and pitfalls in your IT strategies and processes, or prepare for the future of information technology? And this group of CIOs, CTOs, and technical CEOs have strong favorites — books they turn to again and again for inspiration.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

The fields of customer service, marketing, and customer development are going to see massive adoption, he says. He expects the same to happen in all areas of software development, starting with user requirements research through project management and all the way to testing and quality assurance.

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Have we reached the end of ‘too expensive’ for enterprise software?

CIO Business Intelligence

The range of possible use cases is enormous: a video pan across a bookshelf fills a database with the recognized book titles; unfamiliar animals that appear in the surveillance video of the chicken coop are identified; a Scotswoman speaks street names into the navigation system of her rental car in Germany.

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12 ways to accelerate digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Transformation is transformation, says Lightman, author of a forthcoming book on the subject. Go all-in with agile Another way to ensure IT can quickly deliver transformative results is to go all-in with modern approaches, starting with a full embrace of agile development. The 2024 State of Agile report from Digital.ai

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