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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs often have a love-hate relationship with enterprise architecture. On the one hand, enterprise architects play a key role in selecting platforms, developing technical capabilities, and driving standards. The sponsor’s primary responsibility is to secure funding and justify the business value of the investment.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

To ensure every IT initiative directly contributes to measurable business outcomes, CIOs must move from operational managers to strategic partners, collaborating with business leaders to align IT decisions with enterprise goals.

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Product-based IT: 6 key steps for making the switch

CIO Business Intelligence

Past shifts to agile methodologies helped as teams now had a product owne r to prioritize backlogs and adopted agile principles that empowered them to commit to a realistic amount of work. But many enterprises stopped their agile transformations at this layer.

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7 signs it’s time to modernize your IT systems

CIO Business Intelligence

The bad news, however, is that IT system modernization requires significant financial and time investments. On the other hand, there are also many cases of enterprises hanging onto obsolete systems that have long-since exceeded their original ROI. Kar advises taking a measured approach to system modernization.

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market. What’s Inside: Different cost improvement initiatives The importance of employee empowerment How to achieve agility and adaptability

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Cisco: Pressure to deploy AI is up, but only 13% feel ready

Network World

Pressure to implement AI plans is on the rise, but the readiness of enterprise networks to handle AI workloads has actually declined over the past year , according to new research from Cisco. However, between 2023 and 2024, global AI readiness in the enterprise has declined.

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9 steps to take to prepare for a quantum future

Network World

HorizonX Consulting and The Quantum Insider, a market intelligence firm, launched the Quantum Innovation Index in February, ranking enterprises on the degree to which theyve adopted quantum computing. Prioritize Because of the complexity of the tasks, ISGs Saylors suggest that enterprises prioritize their efforts.

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