CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sergey Kastukevich, deputy CTO of iGaming software development company SoftSwiss, says most organizations would like more flexibility in the decision-making processes, and IT needs to implement more agile processes that help business leaders respond to evolving circumstances. “New You can’t ignore what’s going on in the world,” he says.

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Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Gen AI-driven application modernization tools are revolutionizing mainframe modernization strategies, accelerating time to value, and closing mainframe skills gaps by enabling developers to modernize or build applications faster and more efficiently,” the study stated.

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Information Week

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Developing and managing a network budget is hard work for network professionals, who often get hit with new projects that they know nothing about. Is there a better way to manage network spending?

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

CIOs should prioritize AI, security, and investing in talent for their 2025 budgets Emphasizing diverse hiring, leadership development, and hybrid work policies will enhance organizational performance and employee satisfaction. Transformational leadership is critical in navigating future challenges.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

research firm Vanson Bourne to survey 650 global IT, DevOps, and Platform Engineering decision-makers on their enterprise AI strategy. AI a primary driver in IT modernization and data mobility AI’s demand for data requires businesses to have a secure and accessible data strategy. Nutanix commissioned U.K.

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Eric D. Brown

DECEMBER 19, 2024

“What’s your AI strategy?” It fundamentally misunderstands strategy. Confusing tools with strategy is a fast track to wasted resources and missed opportunities. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Your tech stack decisions should follow your strategy, not lead it. Your strategy should reflect that.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Index showed that 50% of those surveyed have between 10% and 30% of their current IT budget dedicated to AI. “This is not deterring them, as leaders say they will not only continue to invest in AI, but actually increase their spend,” Cisco stated.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

For CIOs tasked with managing IT budgets while driving technological innovation, balancing these costs against the benefits of GenAI is essential. Well also examine strategies CIOs can use to address these challenges, ensuring their organizations can recognize the rewards of GenAI without compromising financial stability.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A report issued Monday by private investment company Bain Capital indicated that, despite the numerous disruptions to the technology industry—including a global supply chain crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—most IT decision makers foresee either stable budgets or increases for the coming year. Budgeting, IT Strategy

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 3, 2025

principal and national US CIO program leader as well as AI and data strategy practice leader at Deloitte Consulting. But I remind tech leaders that one of the biggest line items in any organization is the IT budget. And they need to develop a governance structure that supports, rather than stifles, continuous change.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 17, 2024

And beyond [that timeframe], its more at a strategy level, knowing that what and how Ill deliver is going to change. CIOs used that approach, too, developing three-year roadmaps to keep their IT departments on track. Thats where we need to implement, iterate, and improve quickly, while working toward our long-term strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 26, 2023

IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% Bob Cournoyer, senior director of data strategy, BI, and analytics at Richmond, Va.-based

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2025

Successful FinOps automation requires strategies that exploit efficiencies from every angle of cloud optimization. Good data management, negotiations, data manipulation capabilities, and cloud cost distribution strategies are critical to automating cost-effective solutions to minimize cloud spend. Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

CIOs were given significant budgets to improve productivity, cost savings, and competitive advantages with gen AI. As gen AI heads to Gartners trough of disillusionment , CIOs should consider how to realign their 2025 strategies and roadmaps. AI at Wharton reports enterprises increased their gen AI investments in 2024 by 2.3

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of cultivating an AI strategy is choosing use cases to bring to life. To that end, you IT leaders are grappling with some critical questions as they pursue GenAI application development. To that end, you IT leaders are grappling with some critical questions as they pursue GenAI application development.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The ideal approach, some say, is to make AI as much a part of HR strategy as it is part of IT strategy. Lack of properly trained candidates is the main cause of delays, and for this reason, IT and digital directors in Italy work together with HR on talent strategies by focusing on training. million compared to about 3.6

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

At the same time, they are defunding technologies that no longer contribute to business strategy or growth. Fifty-two percent of organizations plan to increase or maintain their IT spending this year, according to Enterprise Strategy Group. This should secure our business strategy for the next five years and longer.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Unanticipated AI expenses One of the newest and biggest cloud cost challenges is learning how to properly develop and manage AI models and agents in the cloud. This ensures organizations can adapt their cloud strategies in real-time, reducing the risk of unnecessary expenses or reliance on inflexible services.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

CIOs have to accept that their current budget does not allow them to do the transformative work in data thats necessary, he says. Ask about the software development lifecycle. Whats equally challenging? CIOs must accept the fact that theyll have to ask for that money and sell the CEO, CFO, and board on getting it.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CIOs have been able to ride the AI hype cycle to bolster investment in their gen AI strategies, but the AI honeymoon may soon be over, as Gartner recently placed gen AI at the peak of inflated expectations , with the trough of disillusionment not far behind. That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In a multi-cloud strategy, organizations use services from multiple cloud providers to avoid vendor lock-in and enhance resilience. Magesh Kasthuri Whats your FinOps strategy? Thats primarily due to the benefits of FinOps in designing governance, cost optimization strategies and cloud usage policies that organizations understand.

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Network World

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Not only that, these should deliver some level of cost savings – both directly and indirectly,” said Matt Kimball, VP principal analyst for Moor Insights & Strategy. The physical locations strategy is an interesting one, Ellis said. “For sure, what AWS is announcing simplifies the life of enterprise IT.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Less than half are using AI to expand revenue opportunities or to increase the speed of development. Either way, cost concerns, including price unpredictability, are putting many CIOs AI strategies on edge. Another 42% say theyre willing to pay a premium for AI tools that meet their specific needs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2025

As artificial intelligence (AI) services, particularly generative AI (genAI), become increasingly integral to modern enterprises, establishing a robust financial operations (FinOps) strategy is essential. Establishing a governance model and cost management strategy for AI services plays a vital role in the AI strategy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Product management is crucial for businesses looking to drive innovation and leverage technology as a differentiator, shared Roman Dumiak, executive-in-residence at the DePaul University Innovation Development Lab, at a recent Coffee With Digital Trailblazers event I hosted on the topic.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

However, this perception of resilience must be backed up by robust, tested strategies that can withstand real-world threats. One major gap in the findings is that four in ten respondents admitted their organization had not reviewed its cyber resilience strategy in the last six months. India (67%) expressed the greatest concern.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nearly half of C-suite respondents report that over 30% of tech projects are late or over budget, with one in five dissatisfied with most outcomes. The traditional software development life cycle (SDLC) is fraught with challenges, particularly requirement gathering, contributing to 40-50% of project failures.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Paul Beswick, CIO of Marsh McLennan, served as a general strategy consultant for most of his 23 years at the firm but was tapped in 2019 to relaunch the risk, insurance, and consulting services powerhouse’s global digital practice. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

As a business executive who has led ventures in areas such as space technology or data security and helped bridge research and industry, Ive seen first-hand how rapidly deep tech is moving from the lab into the heart of business strategy. The takeaway is clear: embrace deep tech now, or risk being left behind by those who do.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

One approach would be to create an IT capabilities map, develop data-driven scoring metrics, populating a dashboard, and using the result to construct an IT organizational transformation roadmap. Reframe the conversation Thats when its time for you as CIO to have a tough conversation with the Powers That Be about the IT budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

According to experts and other survey findings, in addition to sales and marketing, other top use cases include productivity, software development, and customer service. Use case 2: software development PGIM also uses gen AI for code generation, specifically using Github Copilot.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2022

Today’s cloud strategies revolve around two distinct poles: the “lift and shift” approach, in which applications and associated data are moved to the cloud without being redesigned; and the “cloud-first” approach, in which applications are developed or redesigned specifically for the cloud. Develop a cloud center of excellence.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To be sure, enterprise cloud budgets continue to increase, with IT decision-makers reporting that 31% of their overall technology budget will go toward cloud computing and two-thirds expecting their cloud budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the Foundry Cloud Computing Study 2023.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Free the AI At the same time, most organizations will spend a small percentage of their IT budgets on gen AI software deployments, Lovelock says. Forrester also recently predicted that 2025 would see a shift in AI strategies , away from experimentation and toward near-term bottom-line gains. growth in device spending.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Talent shortages — or, more precisely, the shortage of skilled workers willing to take jobs at the rate most enterprise CIOs are willing to pay given tightening IT budgets — will be another key factor. “At We can’t keep them up to date because the requirements keep changing.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2024

Organizations spend an average of 30% of their IT budgets and investing on technical debt management. The right hiring strategy can help organizations reduce labor costs, and then reassign labor savings toward addressing technical debt,” he says. “The Sutton recommends three strategies to help keep technical debt in check.

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