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Germany goes full throttle into the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Maturity means, on one hand, that users have not only gained experience with individual dedicated cloud services, but in many cases are now also modernizing and outsourcing core applications. More than half of users surveyed initially take stock of their existing IT infrastructure. The motives for this approach are also revealing.

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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

CIO Business Intelligence

Recent research found that application modernization took an average of 16 months. And with infrastructure and application modernization cited as key reasons for CIOs’ budget increases this year, according to the 2024 State of the CIO Survey, that pace is not fast enough. That’s the black swan for gen AI,” Gupta says.

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

CIO Business Intelligence

Our poll received excellent feedback – in addition to receiving a significant base of survey respondents, a number of community members provided additional commentary. At this point in time, it needs to be asked whether such a rapid increase in the number of vendors is sustainable.

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Software vendors offer AI sales boost for retail at NRF show

CIO Business Intelligence

If software vendors have their way, the answer is likely to involve more artificial intelligence. Sales statistics Two recent surveys concur that only a tiny minority of retailers have no plans to implement AI today.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. As Betzig frames it, the next phase involves the business application of that foundation.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI. The requesting team works only at the application layer.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO Business Intelligence

According to an O’Reilly survey released late last month, 23% of companies are using one of OpenAI’s models. We look at the vendor’s maturity and if they have proven success in the right focus areas for our business,” he says. Some platform vendors, like Google, are building their own application layer,” he says.