CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 2, 2023

Modernize with purpose Before you begin, it’s essential to tie any app modernization project to the business need that is being addressed, says Aparna Sharma, a managing partner for hybrid cloud services at IBM Consulting. This enables speedy software delivery and a multipronged modernization approach.”

Cloud 98

Cloud Fractional CTO Architecture Applications 98

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2024

The ambiguity of what’s working today and which users will benefit is driving some CIOs to ask whether adding Copilot licenses to Microsoft 365 is worth the price. For software developers, the benefits of using copilots and other generative AI capabilities may be more about who is using it and the cost-benefit of validating code results.

Fractional CTO 124

Fractional CTO Microsoft Software Development CTO 124

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2024

Despite those complications, a huge majority of IT leaders expect their organizations’ IT budgets to increase — at least moderately — in the next fiscal year, with IT talent and software spending leading the way. Talent, software spending lead the way According to Forrester’s guide, personnel accounts for nearly 35% of IT budgets.

Budget 133

Budget Strategy Fractional CTO CTO Hire 133

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Awareness of FinOps practices and the maturity of software that can automate cloud optimization activities have helped enterprises get a better understanding of key cost drivers,” McCarthy says, referring to the practice of blending finance and cloud operations to optimize cloud spend. I strike this language from all my contracts.”

Strategy 140

Strategy Cloud CTO Hire Fractional CTO 140

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

Cloud 124

Cloud CTO Hire Fractional CTO Budget 124

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 31, 2024

According to software company WhistleOut, which compares internet and mobile phone providers, T-Mobile offers 5G coverage in 53.79% of the country, AT&T in 29.52%, and Verizon in 12.77%, as of June 2024. million sensors in Japan based on a combination of Sigfox and LTE-M,” says Alexis Susset, group CTO of UnaBiz.

Fractional CTO 126

Fractional CTO Network Wireless Applications 126

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 19, 2023

For Gangavarapu, technology procurement specialists and modern software product experts are also hard to find. This often leads to non-compliance and millions of dollars in penalties, or people getting stuck in contracts with no exit.

Fractional CTO 111

Fractional CTO CTO Hire Training Artificial Intelligence 111

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2022

Cloud-first applications support a manageable OpEx cost model, metered like a utility, as opposed to requiring significant upfront capital investments in infrastructure and software licenses. Nichol (@PeterBNichol) , chief technology officer at OROCA Innovations. Faster time to market.

Applications 138

Applications Enterprise Enterprise Strategy 138

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They can code, write poetry, draw in any art style, create PowerPoint slides and website mockups, write marketing copy and emails, and find new vulnerabilities in software and plot holes in unpublished novels. In a recent report, he estimated that gen AI software revenues will grow from $3.7 Gen AI took a few months.

Enterprise 130

Enterprise Enterprise Trends Open Source 130

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets. “It

Budget 138

Budget Fractional CTO CTO Hire Cloud 138

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Venables observes that there have been many cases over the past decade in which enterprises have invested deeply in cybersecurity products yet haven’t upgraded their overall IT infrastructure or modernized their approach to software development. This is equivalent to building on sand,” he states. Planning is critical, Folk says.

Security 142

Security Fractional CTO Strategy Enterprise 142

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

The software that powers todayâ??s of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. Under the License Included service model, you do not need to purchase SQL Server software licenses. License Includedâ??

Development 110

Development Windows Disaster Recovery Licensing 110

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 24, 2023

You need to know where the data’s coming from, how it’s transformed, and what the outputs are,” says Nick Amabile, CEO at DAS42, a data consulting firm. As companies mature in their understanding and use of gen AI, they’ll have to put safeguards in place, says Juan Orlandini, CTO, North America at Insight, a Tempe-based solution integrator.

Open Source 98

Open Source Fractional CTO Training Enterprise 98

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 21, 2024

It can also be a software program or another computational entity — or a robot. More recently, Hughes has begun building software to automate application deployment to the Google Cloud Platform and create CI/CD pipelines, while generating code using agents. Most of us in AI are software engineers,” he says.

System 136

System Data Fractional CTO Examples 136

CTOvision

JULY 21, 2015

The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software. Public software, open source software.

Open Source 150

Open Source IBM Oracle Government 150

CTOvision

AUGUST 31, 2016

When it comes to IT management software, what kid says, “Hey, do you want Tivoli Asset Management, or LANDesk IT?”. According to the International Association for IT Asset Management ( IAITAM ), ITAM is Software Asset Management (SAM), Hardware Asset Management (HAM), and Asset Portfolio Management (APM). Is ITAM accounting software?

Software 165

Software Software Data Center Hardware 165

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I feel like something similar is going on with low-code software. They make sweeping generalizations about low-code software. Know the long-term licensing costs. Before you dive into low-code, understand that comparing licensing fees on an apples-to-apples basis is nearly impossible. Know the long-term licensing costs.

Tools 52

Tools Applications Licensing Software 52

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2022

Signs of inflation, labor market instability, and geopolitical strife are among the many reasons CIOs may be feeling some anxiety about the future, says Steve Shoemake, managing partner and global technology practice leader at consulting and staffing firm Vaco. Thriving amid uncertainty means staying flexible, he argues. .

Agile 133

Agile CTO Hire Fractional CTO Tools 133

GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Group14 Technologies Chief Technology Officer Rick Costantino (left) and CEO Rick Luebbe inside of the company’s commercial-scale manufacturing factory in Woodinville. Group14 Technologies , the Woodinville, Wash. Sales software startup HighSpot lands $248M. It has offices in Tualatin, Ore.

Fractional CTO 133

Fractional CTO Energy CTO Agile 133

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This week Chief Technology Officer Bill Schrier has a LOT for which to be thankful. Some of them are resorting to “compliance audits” to make sure we are paying for every last danged software license we are using. But I also have a few turkeys to carve.

Fractional CTO 31

Fractional CTO Government Budget CTO 31

Crafty CTO

APRIL 17, 2023

Apple’s bag is mixed , with strength in ML-enabled silicon but weakness on AI software, particularly Siri’s grave limitations and snails-pace evolution. trained model arrived, licensed for research and commercial use. The fact they can do even a fraction of the things they can do is, quite frankly, unbelievable.

Fractional CTO 8

Fractional CTO CTO Hire Training Open Source 8

Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 23, 2007

Atlassian has a range of interesting software products, of which the most relevant here is Confluence, an enterprise wiki which has gained significant traction in the global marketplace, claiming to be the largest commercial wiki, with over 3,000 clients. framework (which will be released next week) and chair the event.

Trends 74

Trends Network Media Fractional CTO 74

CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

It is my contention that when the total cost of using all your data exceeds what you are able to spend using purpose-built technologies, it is time to consider using a general purpose solution like Hadoop for process offloading. What is Big Data? However, this may not be the best fit for your use case(s) in terms of appropriateness or cost.

Big Data 286

Big Data Data Analysis Fractional CTO 286

Trends in the Living Networks

JUNE 7, 2007

David Backley, Chief Technology Officer of Australian banking giant Westpac, said that risk aversion in corporations means both that they are less likely to try new technologies, and to by them from smaller vendors rather than the software giants. Another key theme was the application of Web 2.0 in the enterprise.

Trends 60

Trends Network Media Social 60

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2013

He lead the strategic planning for Microsoft’s NMCI proposal, winning over $400 Million in new government sales, and also renegotiated a $25 Million, multi-year license agreement for over 30,000 servers with OSD, NII. He is the founder of Martingale Consulting, in Potomac, Md.

Fractional CTO 101

Fractional CTO Government Groups Engineering 101

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Forty-four percent say the ability to accelerate the delivery of new software and applications is a benefit — the lowest percentage of any region.” Some West African countries, such as Benin, understand that low-code/no-code tools are innovative and disruptive to the CIO community, but not universally trusted.

Fractional CTO 111

Fractional CTO Applications Tools Training 111

Vox

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Founded in 2019, Rebellion wants to create AI-powered software for the military, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement. The startup has claimed its tools could sort through heaps of sensitive data to help officials make decisions, and that it will ultimately build software capable of making battlefield decisions. billion. “The

Fractional CTO 89

Fractional CTO CTO Software Software 89