CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

When Matt Postulka left Arbella Insurance Group as deputy CIO at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn’t intend to look back. These boomerang CIOs have every reason to be as successful as a more traditional external new hire, but not more so, according to Martha Hello, CEO of Heller Search Associates.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fifty-two percent of organizations plan to increase or maintain their IT spending this year, according to Enterprise Strategy Group. This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%).

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. Roopesh Pujari has been promoted to CTO at marketing and advertising firm Publicis Groupe India. Gaurav Sharma becomes group CTO of Poonawalla Fincorp. February 2022. January 2022.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

If the CrowdStrike outage underscored anything for CIOs, it’s that modern enterprises are dependent on a growing number of interconnected systems, any one of which can cripple business operations beyond CIOs’ control. The nightly processing jobs were significantly delayed, which has a large impact on our credit union and our members.

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CTOvision

MAY 26, 2015

The regulations themselves are a part of, and a driver to, a set of complex problems for industry — presently, with risk being transferred away from DoD to its contractors who will find risk rebounding to them via their “cyber” insurance policies. First of all, what is UCTI? What is it not?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 29, 2024

But IT culture is now more closely intertwined with creating a unique identity that encapsulates the enterprise vision and rallies IT employees around a common cause. Abrahamson also changed some of his hiring criteria, bringing on people with product management and human-centered design experience.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2023

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

According to IDC’s July 2023 Future Enterprise Resiliency & Spending (FERS) survey of 856 senior IT and business managers in large enterprises, the IT line items most affected, in addition to rising tech salaries, include SaaS and PaaS costs. general inflation rate masks some higher increases hitting IT budgets.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But if there are any stop signs ahead regarding risks and regulations around generative AI, most enterprise CIOs are blowing past them, with plans to deploy an abundance of gen AI applications within the next two years if not already. A recent survey of nearly 1,000 IT decision-makers conducted by Foundry underscores this.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2023

Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. Socotra Photo) — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance tech startup Socotra as CTO and CPO. Founded in 2015, Socotra sells cloud-based tools for insurance tech companies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2025

Its a very long and painful process, notes Don Henderson, CTO at BetaNXT, a wealth management company that provides tech services to clients. That requires carefully crafting contracts that ensure flexibility and leeway to manage those risks with smaller vendors, Mehta says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Consider consumption-based contracts One of the best ways to align IT costs with value-generating outcomes is with consumption-based pricing, although it may seem like a higher-cost option. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan. When it is renewal time, make sure to scrutinize and shop around.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 6, 2024

The global head of cyberthreat management at a leading global property and casualty insurance company suggests: “Look across your portfolio where you’ve got that kind of auto-update automation and [ask], ‘Can they be slowed down some to keep this from being bigger than it needs to be?’ This helps mitigate risks and ensures accountability.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 13, 2023

Healthcare seemed like a better place to put his expertise to use “than the slightly ephemeral stuff I was working on at Microsoft,” says Jones, who spent a decade at Microsoft prior to his time at Meta. At the same time, he says the level of interest in working in more traditional companies is “much more than I’ve seen in previous years.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 26, 2024

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. Last June, for example, Dun & Bradstreet launched D&B.AI

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Thomas, and CTO JP Monteiro in Zurich. He was announced as Veezoo’s new board member Monday, joining its three co-founders on the four-person board: brothers Marcos Monteiro (CEO) and JP Monteiro (CTO), and Till Haug (COO). Veezoo has thousands of customers at enterprise clients including large insurance companies and retailers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Spotting promising talent requires keeping a close pulse on both the enterprise and its people, says Carter Busse, CIO at business automation technology provider Workato. When searching for top talent it’s important to spread a wide net and share your team’s brand internally throughout the enterprise, Bishop says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2023

“I like thinking about how to stabilize, secure, and scale the organization at a foundational level, to really implement innovation,” she says, noting that her perspective made her a better fit for the CIO position rather than a CTO role with its focus on products. Scott was the first to hold the title.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Gleam, a platform for insurance brokers to implement self-funded health plans for SMBs and startups. Watto AI From left: Watto AI founder and CEO Rishabh Panwar, co-founder Ishita Bhandari, and CTO and founder Suryansh Soni. We seamlessly integrate with an enterprise’s internal and external tools to build context-aware reports.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

He is joined by other hospitality and property tech vets: CTO Greg Mushen held the position of Director of Product Management at Expedia, and also served as VP of Product Management at Seattle-based sales startup Outreach. He is also the Founder and CEO of ClearClose, a startup that automates real estate contract compliance.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This has led to a competitive job market and has made it difficult for businesses to find, hire, and retain the talent they need to protect themselves from cyberattacks. This will put even more pressure on businesses to find and hire the talent they need to protect themselves from cyber threats. Cyber insurance trends in 2023.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The idea is to reduce the grunt work of M&A due diligence, creating more time for high-level analysis and human expertise. Wokelo CEO Masson and CTO Nanda experienced both ends of this spectrum in their prior roles. In the meantime, Nanda went to work for Tata AIG, the insurance giant, where he was also immersed in NLP.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

AI’s impact on robotics development: “To help reduce the need to hire more senior developers,” Okoye said. “You can [hire] a modular developer and have the AI co-pilot be a guiding hand.” ” Unplugging in Seattle: “I’m just spending time with my family,” he said.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

photo credit: geralt via pixabay cc What is the biggest enterprise technology trend right now? The most obvious answer is pay a premium for the best talent, or hire consultants with modern skills. How can you address the skills gap if you can’t afford to hire a bunch of new employees? What challenges can we expect in 2020?

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Regardless of the nature of the projects and deliverables, or whether customers are internal or external to the organization, CTOs and now CIOs recognize they must provide continuous value if they are to stay relevant, says Phil Purdy, acting CTO of Australian-based IMRnext. People perceive it as the enemy of thoughtful planning.

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