Network World

JANUARY 14, 2025

At a time when many DC [data center] operators are facing challenges around power and cooling, LPO can save 25% of the networking power budget, at a system level. Arista has talked about LPO for 800G earlier, but 2025 is the year when LPO will become real, with demonstrable power and cost savings, Hull said. 2025 will be a big year for UEC.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. Gartner predicts 2023 IT spending will grow 5.1%

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

This demand for skilled IT workers is reflected in the rising average salaries of certain job titles as companies compete for top talent, according to data from the 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report. Here are the 10 IT roles that have earned the biggest bumps in pay for 2023, according to salary data from Dice.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 26, 2023

We’ve gathered eight instances of big tech failures that struck companies and other organizations in 2023. Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Outdated software applications are creating roadblocks to AI adoption at many organizations, with limited data retention capabilities a central culprit, IT experts say. Moreover, the cost of maintaining outdated software, with a shrinking number of software engineers familiar with the apps, can be expensive, he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nearly half of C-suite respondents report that over 30% of tech projects are late or over budget, with one in five dissatisfied with most outcomes. Generative AI is poised to redefine software creation and digital transformation. advertising, marketing, or software development). And the challenges don’t end there.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To understand how organizations may be approaching their cloud strategies and tech investments in 2023, members of VMware’s Tanzu Vanguard community shared their insights on what trends will take shape. The main problem in 2023 will be how can we learn new skills fast and stay on top of all the new tools and technologies in every area.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 6, 2023

For some that means getting a head start in filling this year’s most in-demand roles, which range from data-focused to security-related positions, according to Robert Half Technology’s 2023 IT salary report. The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023. The survey also reveals the average salaries for each role based on experience.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

million in 2023, and is expected to grow by 5% in 2025, equal to 3.75 We had high turnover, not so much in the IT part, but in software development and engineering operating units, so innovations in human resource management started from here.” This program has its own planning and also a dedicated budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Historically, data center virtualization pioneer VMware was seen as a technology leader, but recent business changes have stirred consternation since its acquisition by Broadcom in late 2023. The interview hinted CIOs are cautious with their IT budgets and that while there is spending it’s with a total cost-of-ownership (TCO) mindset. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

If 2023 was the year of experimentation with gen AI, 2024 was when companies zeroed in on use cases and started putting pilot projects into production. According to experts and other survey findings, in addition to sales and marketing, other top use cases include productivity, software development, and customer service.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Forrester said most technology executives expect their IT budgets to increase in 2025. In addition, despite billions of dollars invested in AI infrastructure and generative AI in 2023, only 20% of businesses reported earnings benefits from AI in 2024.” Others won’t — and will come up against the limits of quick fixes.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2024

No company got out of 2023 without having a story about how much better their company was going to be, how much better their products were going to be, how much better their customers’ lives were going to be because of generative AI,” he said. It takes more than just installing software to make gen AI work,” McDonald said.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

After Broadcom acquired VMware in late 2023 , many customers complained about huge price increases, but most cant seem to end the relationship. Broadcoms infrastructure software revenue grew 41% to $5.8 Mainframes have much stronger lock-in for the software running on them, he says. billion in Q4 of 2024.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 26, 2023

Whether in cybersecurity, software development, networking, or any other IT specialty, certifications can raise your career profile and help employers identify your areas of expertise and confirm that you have the right skills for the job. Certifications are a great way for IT pros to pave a path to a specific career in tech.

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Network World

OCTOBER 9, 2024

BMC today announced plans to divide its existing company into two standalone software companies, one focusing on its long-standing mainframe business and the other focusing on tools for managing IT and distributed operations. As one company, BMC was spreading a limited R&D budget across too many product needs,” he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2025

From 2016 to 2023, Intuit built a team focused on optimizing prepayment to control cloud costs and allocating those costs. The team, primarily composed of data and software engineers, has become adept at manipulating massive cloud data stores.

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Network World

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Research firm Gartner is also bullish on network automation, forecasting that 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities by 2026 , up from only 10% in mid-2023. AliroNet Quickstart includes quantum network hardware devices along with software that handles orchestration, control, and data plane operations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This has put immense pressure on IT leaders to deploy the best last-mile delivery software to safely and accurately transfer packages. The global delivery software market is expected to reach USD 3113.16 million by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 7.35% from 2023 to 2028. This integration brings forth a suite of tangible benefits.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 29, 2025

In June 2023, Gartner researchers said, data and analytics leaders must leverage the power of LLMs with the robustness of knowledge graphs for fault-tolerant AI applications. The first major announcement was in September 2023 by graph database company NebulaGraph. Vendors took the ball and ran with it. But its very early, he adds.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Inflation may have dropped from its high in 2022, but the price pressures on IT budgets have continued unabated. in September, 2023, the price pressures facing IT have persisted. in September, 2023, the price pressures facing IT have persisted. general inflation rate masks some higher increases hitting IT budgets.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 11, 2024

And while ransomware accounts for a relatively small proportion of that total, enterprises should really be budgeting more for it. The large enterprises surveyed also spent an average of $19 million on ransomware and data extortion payouts — although they only budgeted $13.4 Human errors were also found to take the longest to fix.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2024

A recent example is Windows Server 2012, which was sunsetted by Microsoft in October 2023. Reframing technical debt There is no magic potion that can eliminate all technical debt, but technical debt can be attacked via budgeting if technical debt is not just perceived as upgrading IT infrastructure. Windows Server 2012 is not alone.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

An IDC study found that usage of generative AI jumped from 55% of surveyed companies in 2023 to 75% in 2024. The insights in this article draw from his experience scaling software businesses in the data protection and cybersecurity domain as well as investing in startups. The path from lab to market keeps shortening.

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Tech Republic

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Discover the best project management budgeting tools using this guide. We review the top budgeting software, covering their features, pricing, and more.

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Tech Republic

JUNE 20, 2023

Wave's free software appeals to self-employed contractors on a budget, while FreshBooks' invoicing and accounting tool works best for freelancers, small businesses, and some midsize companies. The post Freshbooks vs. Wave (2023): Accounting Software Comparison appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Tech Republic

MAY 1, 2023

Get the most out of your payroll budget with these free, open source payroll software options. The post The Top 8 Open Source Payroll Software Choices for 2023 appeared first on TechRepublic. We've evaluated the top eight options, giving you the information you need to make the right choice.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This year saw emerging risks posed by AI , disastrous outages like the CrowdStrike incident , and surmounting software supply chain frailties , as well as the risk of cyberattacks and quantum computing breaking todays most advanced encryption algorithms. Furthermore, the software supply chain is also under increasing threat.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 1, 2024

From human resources and finance to administration and customer service, e-signature software has become an essential tool in nearly every area of the business — and investment in these tools continues to grow. In addition, stronger integrations with enterprise software are increasing use cases across the business.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Software is invisible. Keep the CIO integral to budgets According to Ardolino, it’s important to present the CEO with at least three different vendor proposals and their investment requirements, always providing comparisons and alternatives. Budgeting, C-Suite, CIO, Data Management, IT Leadership We need to focus on interfaces.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To be sure, enterprise cloud budgets continue to increase, with IT decision-makers reporting that 31% of their overall technology budget will go toward cloud computing and two-thirds expecting their cloud budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the Foundry Cloud Computing Study 2023.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 25, 2024

The AI hype cycle has peaked: Tens of thousands of companies helped get it there with generative AI in 2023, with two-thirds now reporting they have deployed GAI tools to their workforce. Especially in IT organizations—where budgets came under more scrutiny in 2023—CIOs need to show they’re not using AI for AI’s sake.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 28, 2023

Recognizing that divisions already had their own spending priorities, the bank set aside a central budget that each division could draw on to hire developers to ensure they all had the resources to implement this customer master. The message was, “You hire the developers and we will pay for them to get on with it,” Hirschhorn says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 31, 2025

This method also helps maximise the value of existing PC assets and minimise budget waste. For IT managers, taking a targeted approach that is backed by reporting can help prioritise IT demands and constrained budgets. 26/37=70 2 Source: HP TechPulse and hpNOW Feb 2023 and June 2023, PCs refreshed 8 GB to 16 GB

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Network World

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Agentic AI For starters, Gartner is expecting a proliferation of “agentic AI,” which refers to intelligent software entities that use AI techniques to complete tasks and achieve goals, according to Gene Alvarez, distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner. trillion, up from $110 billion in 2023. But that’s hardly a simple switch.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 1, 2023

In a testament to its growing importance, 80% of marketers have experimented with or deployed the burgeoning technology, in some cases redirecting budgets from last year’s forays into the metaverse. Ultimately, GAI could enable the ability to forge deeper connections with target audiences through exceptional personalized experiences.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2023

And according to the latest 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report , you don’t need to reach for an executive career in IT to earn a six-figure salary. It’s a role that typically requires at least a bachelor’s degree in information technology, software engineering, computer science, or a related field.

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