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CIOs eye SaaS backup plans post-CrowdStrike

CIO Business Intelligence

As a result, software supply chains and vendor risk management are becoming ever more vital (and frequent) conversations in the C-suite today, as companies seek to reduce their exposure to outages and the business continuity issues of key vendors their businesses depend on. We now are paying much more attention to it,” he says.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO Business Intelligence

Megan Amdahl, SVP of partner alliances and operations at Insight, an Arizona-based solution integrator, says her company evaluates generative AI vendors both for internal use and on behalf of its clients. Insight has a partner contract management team that looks closely at vendor agreements. “If

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7 challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

The most obvious answer is pay a premium for the best talent, or hire consultants with modern skills. The recent news cycle has been flooded with organizations from airlines to banks and hospitals, even entire local governments, falling victim to ransomware attacks,” says Alan Conboy, office of the CTO at Scale Computing.