{"id":33004,"date":"2020-06-02T05:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=33004"},"modified":"2023-01-23T03:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T08:36:37","slug":"persistence-is-a-virtue","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/bio\/persistence-is-a-virtue\/","title":{"rendered":"Persistence is a virtue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the pandemic, many technology leaders are focused less on new concepts or technologies and more on how to implement concepts and ideas they\u2019ve been advocating for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have technology that we don\u2019t know what to do with because of the way we\u2019ve been operating,\u201d one CIO said. \u201cHow are we going to address this new interest in technology and keep up the momentum? 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