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What is an IT consultant? Roles, types, salaries, and how to become one

CIO Business Intelligence

This increased complexity means more companies will be relying on IT consultants to help navigate the changes and develop short-term and long-term strategies. As a result, making the shift to IT consulting can be a lucrative path to a fulfilling IT career. What is an IT consultant?

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Six steps to creating a successful IT strategy: A guide for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Step 2: Understanding competitors Competitive analysis IT leaders must understand the competitive landscape to position their organization for success. Step 3: Current state analysis of IT IT landscape assessment IT leaders must evaluate their current technologies, processes, and capabilities.

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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO Business Intelligence

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. In a November report by HR consultancy Randstad, based on a survey of 12,000 people and 3 million job profiles, demand for AI skills has increased five-fold between 2023 and 2024. Other surveys found a similar gap.

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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO Business Intelligence

Consulting firm McKinsey Digital notes that many organizations fall short of their digital and AI transformation goals due to process complexity rather than technical complexity. Shared data assets, such as product catalogs, fiscal calendar dimensions, and KPI definitions, require a common vocabulary to help avoid disputes during analysis.

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Where CIOs should place their 2025 AI bets

CIO Business Intelligence

Examples include scanning invoices, extracting basic contract information, or capturing information from PDF forms. Michael Beckley, CTO and founder of Appian, says document processing is a boring gen AI use case with significant business potential. Why should CIOs bet on unifying their data and AI practices?

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The CISO Technology Report: Twice A Week Review For Enterprise Security Professionals

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Analysis Big Data CTO Cyber Security DoD and IC Mobile Startup News Business Chief information security officer Chief technology officer CISO CISOtech.com Computer security Consultants Security' Please sign up for this report here.

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Register for 12 Jun 2014 Webinar: Automated Removal of Advanced Threats

CTOvision

Guest Speaker: Bob Gourley, CTOVision Publisher and Crucial Point Founder and Chief Technology Officer Bob Gourley is the publisher of CTOvision.com and is the founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Crucial Point LLC, a technology research and advisory firm where he leads efforts in due diligence assessments and strategic consulting.