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Broadcom EMEA CTO: ‘When it comes to building private clouds, we are first’

Network World

I really work on the ground, directing my efforts to find out how to help clients evolve, get rid of their servers, improve processes, people and technology used. What prevents technology from being successful are processes and people. At VMworld Explore, spokespersons tried to dispel the negative publicity. “I

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5 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete

CIO Business Intelligence

Here leaders offer insights on careers that need to adapt to survive and offer tips on how to move forward. Vaclav Vincalek, CTO and founder at 555vCTO, points to Google’s use of software-defined networking to interconnect its global data centers.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

As a result, for IT consultants, keeping the pulse of the technology market is essential. Being a successful IT consultant requires knowing how to walk in the shoes of your IT clients and their business leaders, says Scott Buchholz,CTO of the government and public services sector practice at consulting firm Deloitte.

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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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Product Transformation: Adapting Your Solutions for Cloud Models

Speaker: Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant

Whether you're a seasoned CTO or an industry trailblazer, this webinar will help make your product ready to meet the competition by adopting an architecture that is optimized for innovation. Join Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant, and learn how to adapt your solutions for cloud models the right way.

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Cloud analytics migration: how to exceed expectations

CIO Business Intelligence

“Successful migrations require alignment between IT and finance departments, as well as broader business stakeholders, to ensure that the migration delivers value,” notes Bruno Domingues, CTO for Intel’s financial services industry practice. Concerns around security and regulatory compliance are also critical hurdles – but modern cloud providers (..)

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Wi-Fi 7 brings enterprise-caliber predictability to wireless networks, says Cisco CTO

Network World

Now it’s exciting to see Wi-Fi 7’s “deterministic” features come to fruition, because that means Wi-Fi can be used for next-generation networking requirements, including distributed data centers, SD-WAN and more, said Matt MacPherson, wireless CTO at Cisco. “One

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

Speaker: Beekey Cheung, Software Consultant, Professor Beekums, LLC

He'll walk us through the value of estimates, how to overcome the hesitancy many have in giving them, and how to provide better estimates. In this talk, Beekey will cover: How to have productive conversations about estimates, goals, and commitments with stakeholders to get alignment and ultimately deliver better products.

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More Effective Agile Leadership

Speaker: Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software

You'll come away from this webinar understanding how to: Adopt the specific parts of Agile that will benefit your teams and your business. Adapt your implementation of Agile to your industry context. Communicate with your teams to make your Agile implementation most effective.

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The Beauty and Brains of Actionable Data: How to Go From Concept to Reality

Speaker: Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, and Chief Technology Officer at SolonTek

Join Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC DHHS, and Chief Technology Officer, SolonTek, to learn how you can capitalize on your ideas by blending internal with external while leveraging them into a cohesive strategy for both the short term and the long term. What value do you see in your data?

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Your Team's Pragmatic Guide to Security

Speaker: Naresh Soni, CTO, Tsunami XR

We are excited to be joined by a CTO who is an expert in pragmatic choices around security. Naresh Soni, CTO of Tsunami XR, will take us through critical information to make smart choices in how to protect our organizations. How to define an umbrella security approach to protect and prevent various types of attacks.

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Building Evolvable Architectures

Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO of ThoughtWorks

It’s no surprise many CIOs and CTOs are struggling to adapt, in part because their architecture isn’t equipped to evolve. Join Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO at ThoughtWorks, as she presents: How to build evolvable solutions. How to address technical debt and retrofit existing systems to support better evolution.

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

In this webinar, you will learn: How to recognize which state your team is currently in. How to move teams from survival mode, to learning mode, to being wholly self-organized. When and how to encourage learning in your team. How to communicate with others in the C-Suite about reasonable expectations for your team.