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Your CEO has little idea who IT is or what IT does

CIO Business Intelligence

Executives need to understand and hopefully have a respected relationship with the following IT dramatis personae : IT operations director, development director, CISO, project management office (PMO) director, enterprise architecture director, governance and compliance Director, vendor management director, and innovation director.

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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

It prevents vendor lock-in, gives a lever for strong negotiation, enables business flexibility in strategy execution owing to complicated architecture or regional limitations in terms of security and legal compliance if and when they rise and promotes portability from an application architecture perspective.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Agents will begin replacing services Software has evolved from big, monolithic systems running on mainframes, to desktop apps, to distributed, service-based architectures, web applications, and mobile apps. Agents can be more loosely coupled than services, making these architectures more flexible, resilient and smart.

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Seek solutions now to remedy surging cloud costs

CIO Business Intelligence

But only 6% of those surveyed described their strategy for handling cloud costs as proactive, and at least 42% stated that cost considerations were already included in developing solution architecture. According to many IT managers, the key to more efficient cost management appears to be better integration within cloud architectures.

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20 IT management certifications for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

The certification covers business frameworks, IT frameworks, software, database management, information systems, corporate IT strategy, corporate governance, risk, finance, and management of technology personnel. GAQM offers an e-course that takes 30 to 35 hours on average to complete that you can take prior to taking the exam.

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

CIO Business Intelligence

While I expected this exercise to confirm that consolidation is real, I was pleasantly surprised with the degree to which the CIO Tech Talk Community confirmed it – and how they are taking steps to realign their procurement and vendor management strategies. Of course, some startups will also shutdown. What’s next?

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Technical skills topped the list but also crucial are key leadership and culture capabilities such as change management, strategy building, and business relationship management, as well as critical business skills such as cost, product, and vendor management, as shown in the graphic below.