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

Network World

That’s where we came up with this vision: people would build private clouds with fully software-defined networks, storage and computing. With the acquisition closed, the American multinational brought its VMware Explore 2024 event to Barcelona from Nov.

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AI-native software engineering may be closer than developers think

CIO Business Intelligence

Developers unimpressed by the early returns of generative AI for coding take note: Software development is headed toward a new era, when most code will be written by AI agents and reviewed by experienced developers, Gartner predicts. That’s what we call an AI software engineering agent. This technology already exists.”

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Study: All jobs are tech jobs

Network World

Every job, from nursing to manufacturing, is becoming more tech-focused, increasing the demand for workers who can blend technical expertise with industry-specific skills,” said Dave Treat, chief technology officer at Pearson, in a statement. “As gaining approximately 319,970 new jobs through 2028 with a 15.4% increase.

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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

The Cisco Wireless 9178 Series supports Software-Defined Access (SD-Access), which lets customers automate network configuration and management based on user identity, device type, and application needs. These licenses include product support for both hardware and software.

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Architect Your Organization for Effectiveness, Productivity, and Joy

Speaker: Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

As a senior software leader, you likely spend more time working on the architecture of your systems than the architecture of your organization. In fact, the impact of software architecture parallels the impact of organizational structure. In fact, the impact of software architecture parallels the impact of organizational structure.

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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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AI, Google Docs, and the messiness of innovation, with Microsoft Deputy CTO Sam Schillace

GeekWire

Sam Schillace, a Microsoft Deputy CTO, author of the new book, No Prize for Pessimism. Microsoft Images) This week on the GeekWire Podcast, our guest is Sam Schillace , a deputy CTO at Microsoft and author of the new book, No Prize for Pessimism, the first title from Microsoft’s new publishing imprint , 8080 Books.

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

As a senior software leader, you spend much of your time trying to optimize your team's performance – from increasing delivery rate and velocity to reducing defect rates and waste. However, as software leaders, we often find that as we go to implement these approaches, we feel stuck.

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More Effective Agile Leadership

Speaker: Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software

Join Steve McConnell, CEO of Construx Software, as he distills hundreds of companies’-worth of real-world experience into the proven Agile leadership practices that work best. We all strive to be effective Agile leaders. But how do you know if you're succeeding?

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Building Evolvable Architectures

Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO of ThoughtWorks

The software development ecosystem exists in a state of dynamic equilibrium, where any new tool, framework, or technique leads to disruption and the establishment of a new equilibrium. It’s no surprise many CIOs and CTOs are struggling to adapt, in part because their architecture isn’t equipped to evolve.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

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

Estimates are a contentious topic in software development. As senior software leaders, how can we determine whether estimates are helpful or harmful to our teams? This is a critical topic for senior software leaders to get right. They have value in many cases but increasingly are fraught with peril.