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Howard Rosen

CEO at Nova Insights

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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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9.3k views1 Upvote4 Comments

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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What are the types of insights or discussions that are best to just get from peers virtually or digitally, without having to meet face-to-face? Are there topics or discussions that you feel like you just have to prioritize having in-person?

Relationship Management

Howard RosenCEO at Nova Insights in Healthcare and Biotech6 months ago

The best insights are those that deal with immediate issues or news items that a "flash" sentiment of the community would be of great value such as perspectives on the NVIDIA announcement of their Blackwell Platform. Secondly ...read more

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Question for the companies who were engaged in the Microsoft 365 Copilot early adopters program: Can you provide some feedback on the outcomes to the companies who are thinking about starting the implementation?

Applications & Platforms

Howard RosenCEO at Nova Insights in Healthcare and Biotech7 months ago

I/we were using variations on Bard (essentially the precursor to CoPilot) for about 18 months now on various utilizations. We have been rather pleased overall with experience BUT with the understanding that there are inherent ...read more

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What would be the recommended insurance coverages (cyber, crime and E&O) we should request from a SaaS provider?

Howard RosenCEO at Nova Insights in Healthcare and Biotech10 months ago

To date the figures have been minimum $10M per incident and $10M cumulative, but this is a quick changing area

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With AI Copilot at $30 per user per month (a 60% price increase compared to Microsoft Office's premium level), will your organization consider testing it? How do you assess the potential value and cost implications of AI Copilot for your organization? Are you inclined to test it despite the price increase?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Generative AI Productivity Tools+1 more

Howard RosenCEO at Nova Insights in Healthcare and Biotech10 months ago

Nope, there is no reason to increase cost.

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