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What is the best alternative to S3?

Cloud

Microsoft

Google

SAP

other

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Which browser do you use at work?

Applications & Platforms

Internet Explorer

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Safari

Brave

Other

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Office 365 or Google suite for global business? If you moved from one to the other, what were some of the reasons? What worked out well or not so well?

End-User Services & Collaboration Applications & Platforms

Office 365

Google Business Suite

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Have you tried to implement or have already implemented any cryptocurrency payment methods on your product?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin

Yes

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Which of these teams in your organization has the largest budget?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture Financial Management

Technology

Marketing

Operations

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How much do you expect your technology budget to go up next year?

Strategy & Architecture Financial Management Security Strategy & Roadmap+1 more

No change

<5%

5-10%

10-15%

>15%

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Which of the following technologies and practices, if any, do you expect will have played a significant role in your organization’s digital strategy three years from now?

People & Leadership Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

AI / ML

Cloud Computing

Predictive Analytics

IoT

Mobility

Process Automation

Robotics

Other (please comment)

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Do you believe cryptocurrency should be regulated?

Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin

Yes

8.8k views3 Upvotes2 Comments

What is your favorite browser?

Applications & Platforms Productivity Tools

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Safari

IE (Edge)

Other (write a comment)

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What do you consider the most intimidating part about starting a company?

Culture & Values

A good idea

The high chance of failure

Not getting a salary for a while

Raising funds

Other (please comment)

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Is OpenAI’s head start in Generative AI akin to Apple’s lead with iOS over Android? Or will this head start be negated as Generative AI will be commoditized like Cloud is today?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies AI & Machine Learning

Will BeattieCTO at AlphaBridge in Softwarea year ago

I wonder if any lead in the public release will be negated by how swiftly others in the space are moving to create similar products that are also robust. The pace at which similar nascent products are being released, no matter ...read more

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Those of you with a global remote staff: Does your team need to work in the same general time zone (+/- a few hours) to be effective? How important is co-location to successful DevOps?

Team & Organizational Design Software Development DevOps

Will BeattieCTO at AlphaBridge in Software2 years ago

I have numerous thoughts on this topic, far too many to type out. However, I strongly believe that overlapping hours during each team's core hours can significantly increase team effectiveness. In my first job, some team ...read more

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We have a BYOD policy and we need to amend our policy to include banned mobile apps due to security/privacy concerns, i.e. TikTok. Has anyone found a trustworthy and maintained list of apps your company should ban from mobile devices that access your information systems due to privacy and security concerns?

Mobile Devices End-User Devices Security+1 more

Will BeattieCTO at AlphaBridge in Software2 years ago

It’s hard to create a universal list, as there are so many variables between companies.

On the more aggressive end, a regulated financial services firm will pretty much prohibit almost everything. A public relations ...read more

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Top lessons learned from your data cloud migration journey?

Cloud Migration Data & Analytics+1 more

Will BeattieCTO at AlphaBridge in Software2 years ago

Have a strategy of minimalistic initial configurations. Our engineers were over sizing environments on every vector [CPUs, Storage, DB size, performance, data flows]. We went way over budget and systems were grossly under ...read more

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Scare someone in IT using 5 words.

Crisis Management

Will BeattieCTO at AlphaBridge in Software4 years ago

All the backups are corrupted.

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I am increasingly having to present to our board and it’s not always the best experience. Do you have any advice on how best to approach a company board that is not technical at all?

People & Leadership

Will BeattieCTO at AlphaBridge in Software6 years ago

My board experience has primarily been with board members that are not technical. The approach I take is to "translate" technical bits into business impact information. It seems many non-technical board members care most ...read more

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How are people approaching a mobile-first workforce in their organization?

Mobile

Will BeattieCTO at AlphaBridge in Software6 years ago

One word - ZeroTrust. DM me if you want more details.

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