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Remember when developers reigned supreme? The market for software coding goes soft

CIO Business Intelligence

It seems like only yesterday when software developers were on top of the world, and anyone with basic coding experience could get multiple job offers. This yesterday, however, was five to six years ago, and developers are no longer the kings and queens of the IT employment hill. An example of the new reality comes from Salesforce.

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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO Business Intelligence

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. Gen AI-related job listings were particularly common in roles such as data scientists and data engineers, and in software development. These are also areas where organizations are most willing to use contract talent.

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5 top business use cases for AI agents

CIO Business Intelligence

Software development and IT Cognition released Devin, billed as the worlds first AI software engineer, in March last year. At the time, the best AIs couldnt pass the 5% mark on the SWE-bench, a challenging benchmark designed to see how well AI can solve real-world coding problems. And they dont lend themselves well to an SaaS solution.

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Where CIOs should place their 2025 AI bets

CIO Business Intelligence

Examples include scanning invoices, extracting basic contract information, or capturing information from PDF forms. Michael Beckley, CTO and founder of Appian, says document processing is a boring gen AI use case with significant business potential. Even this breakdown leaves out data management, engineering, and security functions.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO Business Intelligence

It was an interesting case study of global cyber impact, says Charles Clancy, CTO at Mitre. In a countersuit, CrowdStrike blamed Delta for the airlines problems, saying that other airlines were able to recover much faster, and that the contract between the two companies meant Delta wasnt allowed to sue for damages.

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What is an IT consultant? Roles, types, salaries, and how to become one

CIO Business Intelligence

This increased complexity means more companies will be relying on IT consultants to help navigate the changes and develop short-term and long-term strategies. An IT consultant is a technology professional who advises and supports business clients in designing, developing, and executing technology projects in service of business goals.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product.

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