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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

CIO Business Intelligence

This has spurred interest around understanding and measuring developer productivity, says Keith Mann, senior director, analyst, at Gartner. Therefore, engineering leadership should measure software developer productivity, says Mann, but also understand how to do so effectively and be wary of pitfalls.

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Can developer productivity be measured? Better than you think

CIO Business Intelligence

Measuring developer productivity has long been a Holy Grail of business. In addition, system, team, and individual productivity all need to be measured. The inner loop comprises activities directly related to creating the software product: coding, building, and unit testing. And like the Holy Grail, it has been elusive.

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Report: AI giants grow impatient with UK safety tests

CIO Business Intelligence

Key AI companies have told the UK government to speed up its safety testing for their systems, raising questions about future government initiatives that too may hinge on technology providers opening up generative AI models to tests before new releases hit the public.

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Measure performance of AWS Glue Data Quality for ETL pipelines

AWS Big Data

In this post, we provide benchmark results of running increasingly complex data quality rulesets over a predefined test dataset. Dataset details The test dataset contains 104 columns and 1 million rows stored in Parquet format. Dataset details The test dataset contains 104 columns and 1 million rows stored in Parquet format.

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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders are drowning in metrics, with many finding themselves up to their KPIs in a seemingly bottomless pool of measurement tools. Still, when all is said and done, some key metrics stand out above the rest for accurately measuring IT success. The result is wasted time, confusion, and, in some cases, conflicting insights.

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CIO risk-taking 101: Playing it safe isn’t safe

CIO Business Intelligence

To stay out of harm’s way, charter a few harmless initiatives — ones that aren’t likely to succeed, will pass the cool test if, in the off chance, they do happen to succeed, but won’t do much damage if they fail. Or rather, every part of your responsibilities entails risk, whether you’re paying attention to it or not.

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Is your print environment secure? Here’s why it should be your 2024 priority

CIO Business Intelligence

One component of corporate IT that has long been ‘in range’ for cyber criminals that is often overlooked when protection measures are being put in place are multifunction printers – widely used in almost every organisation. Its conclusions were less than optimal.

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