Of all the resolutions you make for your company in 2024, there is likely one above all that will significantly change the course of your business – and the costs to run it – over the next several years. Here, I’ll make a case for why it’s never been more important to develop an efficiency [...] Read More... from 8 Ways to Develop an Efficiency Mindset for Technology in 2024 The post 8 Ways to Develop an Efficiency Mindset for Technology in 2024 appeared first on Ben DeBow.| Ben DeBow
It’s no secret that more companies are moving their data to the cloud. As of 2023, 60% of all corporate data will be stored in the cloud. In the days before cloud storage, you knew where your data was at all times. There was a large data center with many cages and rows of servers housing [...] Read More... from Where Is Your Data, and What Is It Costing You? The post Where Is Your Data, and What Is It Costing You? appeared first on Ben DeBow.| Ben DeBow
10 Questions to Guide Your Yearly Strategy One of the key messages I communicate to technology professionals across the country is the need for us as an industry to collectively shift our mindset when it comes to the efficiency of technology. Over the last 30 years, the industry has been focused on building more, bigger, [...] Read More... from Annual Technology Review The post Annual Technology Review appeared first on Ben DeBow.| Ben DeBow
Like everyone, I’ve spent the past few weeks in despair and disbelief over world events. While newscasters continue to question the failure of intelligence technology in the Middle East, it’s my job to question technology every day. While previously unimaginable advances in AI have led to a new technology world order thanks to ChatGPT and [...] Read More... from Technology Preparedness Takes on New Meaning in the Age of AI The post Technology Preparedness Takes on New Meaning in the Age o...| Ben DeBow
Did you know you could find out the yearly greenhouse gas emissions emitted by your car (on average)? The EPA has a formula for that. Simply put, it’s the gallons of gasoline consumed multiplied by the carbon dioxide per gallon of gasoline to determine the carbon dioxide emitted per vehicle per year. Why is this [...] Read More... from The Imperative of Measuring Workload Health to Improve Technology Efficiency The post The Imperative of Measuring Workload Health to Improve Technology Effic...| Ben DeBow
Rewriting a legacy mission-critical application, especially one that has been in service for over a decade, is undeniably one of the most challenging decisions a CIO or CTO can face. These systems often possess the capacity to handle current workloads and meet today’s business needs, leading to the question: why embark on a rewrite? The [...] Read More... from The Best Investment You Can Make In Your Technology’s Future The post The Best Investment You Can Make In Your Technology’s Futu...| Ben DeBow
Many businesses adhere to the notion that retaining all data since inception is a prudent step, driven by the belief that the data might hold some unforeseen value in the future. This instinct to retain aligns with our proclivity to keep items in our closets just in case we might need them someday. While this [...] Read More... from Beyond Data Hoarding: A Blueprint for Responsible Data Management The post Beyond Data Hoarding: A Blueprint for Responsible Data Management appeared first on Ben...| Ben DeBow
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices are designed to evaluate a company’s influence in those three areas. However, the swift progression of technological innovations and the growing necessity to generate and retain vast amounts of data daily is resulting in escalated demands on our limited technical resources. ESG practices are insufficient in fully tackling the sustainability hurdles [...] Read More... from 4 Ways To Go Beyond ESG Practices For True Technology Sustainabi...| Ben DeBow
In the world of software development, acceptance criteria play a crucial role in ensuring that the end product meets the client’s expectations. Traditionally, these criteria, or test cases as they are called, are developed by project managers, product owners, or QA testers. However, this manual approach has its limitations – it can be time-consuming, inefficient, [...] Read More... from How AI Can Enable Better Acceptance Criteria for Software Development The post How AI Can Enable Better...| Ben DeBow
The availability and capability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write software code and create applications dynamically from raw data has advanced significantly since the explosion of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots in recent months. This phenomenon brings up a lot of questions and challenges, but also opportunities for technology teams that leverage this asset correctly. [...]Read More... from Will AI Chatbots Replace Software Developers for Coding?| Ben DeBow
