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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Are you happy in your current role?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

Yes

Unsure

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Which RDBMS do you feel best suits the needs of today's climate of rapid change and iteration?

Engineering

SQLite

CouchDB

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

SQLServer

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What is the best alternative to S3?

Cloud

Microsoft

Google

SAP

other

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Which one of the following do Object Storage opportunities fall into?

Storage

< 100TB

< 500TB

< 1PB

< 5PB

< 10PB

Tens of PB

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What type of applications do you plan to run on Object Storage?

Storage

Custom

Homegrown

Analytics

Don't know

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Which of the following best describes your biggest challenge with object storage?

Storage

Performance

High cost

Rate of Data Growth

Other (none of the above)

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Which of these digital skills are most in demand in your organization? (select all that apply)

Talent Management & Performance

Cloud computing development / operations

Software and solutions technical proficiency

Mobile computing development/operations

Experience in statistical analytics languages/platforms

User experience/design

Knowledge of machine learning

Social media engagement/analysis

Content development/management

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To drive digital innovation, do you attend demos by tech startups / companies?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Never Tried

Tried but discontinued

Trying but needs work

Adopted but impact is unclear

Adopted with measurable impact

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Who does the CIO role in your organization report to?

Team & Organizational Design

Global CIO

CEO

CFO

Board

COO

Other

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I'm looking for an open source tool that can provide network visualization and enable me to create interactive network maps. It should support a wide range of network types, including fiber optic networks, and display real-time traffic data.

Process Management Applications & Platforms Infrastructure

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Servicesa year ago

if you're looking for a visualization tool, Gephi (https://gephi.org/) is an open-source, cross-platform network visualization and analysis tool.

Another option to consider is Cytoscape (https://cytoscape.org/), ...read more

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Does anyone have experience with Microsoft Sentinel as an SIEM that they can share?

Security & GRC Applications & Platforms Security Operations Center (SOC)

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Servicesa year ago

Yes, It’s one of the best SIEM I have used. Other SIEMs were non- cloud maybe the they are equally good now. Integration is very easy, no worries around the infra. It’s very easy to allocate cost to departmental users based ...read more

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Integrating AI into well-defined workflows makes ROI easier to calculate. With clear applications, businesses can better measure AI's value, and maximize returns on their AI investments. What other approaches are you using to justify AI investments, beyond a POC?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services8 days ago

It is important to understand differences between GenAI, AI and Copilot and frame governance, standards and guidelines for their usage. Security and Compliance are primary for any of these solutions that you are building ...read more

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What cybersecurity topics do you think are critical for CIOs to be more involved in, even in orgs that have a CISO?

Relationship Management Security & GRC Security Strategy & Roadmap+1 more

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services9 days ago

Cybersecurity governance and risk management (setting up monitoring of emerging threats), data protection and privacy compliance (standardize on data protection across all channels), incident response and recovery planning ...read more

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Many SaaS vendors are providing end user oriented seminars and resources that enable business users to create data connectors, complex data models, etc. much more than simple BI reports. In fact, in many cases, users can manipulate complex data architecture themselves. How are you governing or navigating this new phenomenon?

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services7 days ago

We make sure to invest in training our business users on best practices for data manipulation and model-building. This not only helps them grasp the risks involved but also equips them to create secure and compliant solu...read more

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We currently have a Model wrapped in app layer operating as a hub with multiple apps acting as spokes. However, this is leading to many changes such as orchestration, encryption and decryption functions being pushed to individual spokes and being replicated for every spoke. What are the pros and cons of hub and spoke architecture?

Applications & Platforms Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy & Roadmap

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services15 days ago

Adding new spokes (applications) is relatively straightforward since the hub provides centralized services that spokes can easily connect to without needing major architectural changes.

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Detecting active and zombie data exchanges to third parties from production VPCs. How are you doing this and is it working/not working?

Process Management

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services15 days ago

Use a Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) tool like SolarWinds, Zabbix, or cloud-native tools such as AWS Traffic Mirroring or Azure Network Watcher to collect traffic data at deeper layers, such as specific ports and protocols ...read more

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If you have experience in insourcing IT staff, is there anything you would suggest, share or recommend?

Process Management

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services21 days ago

In my experience, the one thing to be crystal clear on is why you're doing it and to adjust your strategy and expectations accordingly. It will be hard to meet multiple objectives at once. For example you may have these goals:
1- ...read more

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Almost 2 years into “AI this. AI that.”, what’s the biggest hurdle to actually using it in your business?

IT Strategy & Roadmap AI & Machine Learning Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Servicesa month ago

Leadership commitment and security/privacy.

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How do you ask your third parties to notify you if they have had a cyber incident? Does your process work efficiently?

IT Strategy & Roadmap Security Strategy & Roadmap Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Servicesa month ago

To ensure third parties notify you of cyber incidents, include specific notification requirements in your contracts, detailing the timeframe and method of communication. Define clear incident response procedures within the ...read more

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What, in your opinion, is the best hardware asset management tool and why?

Applications & Platforms

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services2 months ago

Need to add more context. Which platforms do you need to support? Windows, LINUX, Mobile Devices?

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Are there any specific aspects of your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that you believe need updating following the CrowdStrike Windows outage?

Process Management Crowdstrike Outage 2024 Crisis Management+1 more

Didier GodotChief Information Technology Officer at City of Sainte-Hyacinthe in IT Services2 months ago

If possible, go back to staggered updates (for endpoint protection, but also Windows Updates etc.)
This of course introduces new risks (some assets carry vulnerabilities longer) so this is best achieved with a segmented ...read more

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