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Early Morning Byte: Monday, April 21, 2025
IT Flex > IT Stress šŖ
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When your operations stretch from cultivation to manufacturing to retail, one-size-fits-all IT just doesnāt cut it. Each part of the business brings its own demands, and downtime in any of them can ripple across the whole chain. Building resilience means designing systems that flex, recover, and protect based on where theyāre deployed.
Whether itās edge computing in the field, redundant links on the factory floor, or smart segmentation at HQ, resilient infrastructure is a must.
š¤ Key Headlines
OpenAI just dropped future plans, and spoiler alert: itās heading back to its open-source roots.
A major Zoom outage on April 16 knocked out video calls worldwide. A rare win for the competitionā¦
CarMax isnāt slowing downā¦ AI appraisals, omnichannel moves, and a full-speed push into digital.
š” Strategic Insights
Financial institutions continue to outperform expectations by aligning tech spend with operational efficiency.
Tech leadership searches continueā¦
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FEATUREDResilient IT for Vertical Integration: Designing Infrastructure That Flexes
As technology leaders, weāre no strangers to complexity. But for those of us steering vertically integrated organizations, spanning production, manufacturing, retail, and headquarters, the stakes are even higher.
By Zach Marburger, Contributing CIO ā Read Moreā¦
EXTRA BYTES
OpenAI has announced it will release an open-weights language model āin the coming months,ā marking its first such move since 2019ās GPT-2.
Trupanion, a leader in medical insurance for cats and dogs has selected CIO Partners to lead their search for the role of Vice President of Software Development.
On April 16, 2025, thousands of users across the globe experienced an unexpected disruption to Zoom, the widely used video-conferencing platform.
In a recent earnings call, CarMax executives emphasized a continued push toward operational efficiency, technology enablement, and long-term digital infrastructure.
TRENDINGTop U.S. Banks Embrace Technology to Enhance Operational Efficiency in Q1 2025
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo & Company, and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation reported Q1 financial results that exceeded Wall Street expectations. Each institution highlighted investments in tech as central to their long-term growth strategies.
By Emory Odom, Contributing Writer ā Read Moreā¦
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Chauvet has selected CIO Partners to lead their search for its next Global Director of Information Technology, located in Greater Miami, Florida. Read More...
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