Charles Arduini, 33, has spent 12 years in IT and has worked for Lexent for nearly three years. As vice president and chief technology officer he is responsible for all IT operations and the development of applications and new technology.
Education: M.S. in mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology, B.A. in mathematics from Bucknell University
Biggest lesson of the VPN project: "Work closely with your vendors--Cisco, in our case. And you must have redundant head-end VPN routers and run networks in parallel to allow for a phased migration."
Biggest lesson of the VoIP project: "You need a team with both a voice and data background to have a successful and timely implementation."
Next time, I'll: "Start sooner. Offices that came online with traditional phone infrastructure could have been done with IP telephony instead, and now it's tougher to make the business case for replacing recently purchased equipment."
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
