CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

New product bundling and pricing, reseller program adjustments, divestments, and unforeseen changes are driving CIOs and IT providers to reassess their strategies and technologies. Many customers remain wary, prompting IT leaders to explore alternatives and adjust their strategies regarding VMware products. Ramaswami confirmed.

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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

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. For example,] they can work on AI strategies but leave the tech behind in many ways, he says.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. But the next eighteen months aren’t shaping up to be as challenging as some may fear.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Upskilling programs and focusing on the employee experience are also crucial for businesses looking to hold onto talent and drive innovative transformations, and recruitment for tech talent is much more effective when IT leaders are actively involved in the process. This program has its own planning and also a dedicated budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. Cloud costs will often — and rapidly — become large line items on budgets.

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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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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

JULY 23, 2024

Gen AI has become a priority tool across all industries for all types of companies, where up to 40% have a budget or related gen AI initiatives, and 30% believe this technology is disruptive to the business, according to recent data from IDC. But it’s still early days since ChatGPT burst on the scene in 2022.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To keep ahead of cybercriminals, organizations must remain agile, pivoting to embrace new strategies and technologies whenever necessary in order to outrun attacks. This is the time when many CFOs trawl through every line item in the budget, looking for potential savings. 1 That’s a number no CFO would want to ignore.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 17, 2025

of IT budgets by 2027. Build a culture of responsible AI innovation We all know that culture eats strategy for breakfast, so before we get into strategy, we need to ensure the culture across the entire enterprise is one of collaborative and responsible innovation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

As organizations worldwide prepare to spend over $40 billion in core IT (technology budgeted and overseen by central IT) on GenAI in 2024 (per IDC’s Worldwide Core IT Spending for GenAI Forecast, 2023-2027 , January 2024), there’s an urgent need to manage the risks associated with these investments. Contact us today to learn more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2024

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. Here veteran IT leaders and advisers offer eight strategies to speed up IT modernization.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Dan Roberts: What can you tell us about your mission for Digital Technology Solutions, and the strategy thats laying the foundation for transformation at Kimberly-Clark? While we do have people that are regionally focused, the remainder of my roughly 1,400 direct team members are working on a global scope, for global programs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Cultivating high-performance teams , recruiting leaders, retaining talent, and continuously improving digital KPIs are hallmarks of strong IT cultures — but their metrics lag the CIO’s culture-improving programs. Top CIOs develop communication strategies and schedule regular dialogs with their teams.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2023

When he’s not immersed in cybersecurity, hybrid cloud strategy, or app modernization, David Reis, CIO at the University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine, spends his time working with the board of directors and top leadership to reimagine healthcare and take the lead driving digital transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

To maximize the impact of AI initiatives, organizations should focus on aligning each project with their overall corporate strategy and long-term goals. For example, if a companys strategy is cost leadership, the CIO would prioritize projects that drive efficiency to lower costs.

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Forrester IT

MAY 13, 2024

In Forrester’s Marketing Survey, 2024, nearly 900 global B2B Marketing executives and operations leaders indicated they expected an overall Marketing budget increase. Breaking that down further, 67% expected their technology budget to increase, 62% anticipated a larger programs budget, and even 59% projected to spend more on personnel.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Complexity Continues to Increase Complexity exhausts IT budgets and workers—a widespread problem that worsened during the pandemic. According to the study, most organizations have developed specific strategies to reduce IT complexity and create operational efficiency. 81% believe that reducing it creates a competitive advantage.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Risk management: Perform qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, plan risk mitigation strategies. Project budgets Budgets play a large role in whether a project progresses, or if it can be completed. Budget for surprises. Develop relevant KPIs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2024

But while the CIO is tasked with overseeing the IT department, staff, and infrastructure to support everyday operations and working with business leaders to align IT with business goals, the CTO is responsible for the overall technology strategy. Indeed lists a number of tasks a CTO might be expected to carry out.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As a result, we embarked on this journey to create a cohesive enterprise data strategy. The role of a technology leader In my role, I am fortunate to have strong relationships with our senior executive team, which has been invaluable when discussing budgets, funding, and long-term strategic goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In fact, research firm Gartner named IT talent strategy as one of five common CIO pain points that will persist through 2025. Here are 10 common reasons why IT managers fall short — and proven strategies to address root causes. Building a great team is one of the most critical tasks for any CIO. It’s also one of the most challenging.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This year’s technology darling and other machine learning investments have already impacted digital transformation strategies in 2023 , and boards will expect CIOs to update their AI transformation strategies frequently. Luckily, many are expanding budgets to do so. “94% Luckily, many are expanding budgets to do so. “94%

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 1, 2024

1) GenAI budgets are growing exponentially Adoption of GenAI varies significantly across roles and company sizes. Technical leaders are at the forefront, demonstrating higher adoption rates and driving budget increases. While 34% of all respondents reported a 10-50% budget increase for GenAI, 22% witnessed a 50-100% rise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

CIOs have the daunting task of educating it on the various flavors of this capability, and steering them to the most beneficial investments and strategies. When I joined RGA, there was already a recognition that we could grow the business by building an enterprise data strategy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2023

Data governance framework Data governance may best be thought of as a function that supports an organization’s overarching data management strategy. The program must introduce and support standardization of enterprise data. The program must introduce and support standardization of enterprise data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience. Project manager The role of project manager is important for planning, executing, and completing IT projects on time and on budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 2, 2024

This article presents essential strategies for CIOs to strike the optimal balance among innovation, value, cost, and practicality in tech investments. It’s crucial to ensure that these activities align with the organization’s overall technology strategy and accelerate plans rather than conflict with them.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 27, 2024

As companies embrace multicloud strategies to avoid vendor lock-in and ensure business continuity, they often face challenges in managing and optimizing costs across different platforms,” he adds. There’s a bit of an irony here, says Gayathri Rajendran, enterprise applications and programming manager at TransUnion, the credit ratings firm.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In tandem with his job as chief digital officer and senior vice president of strategy at Hussman, Seals got a Ph.D. More frequently, IT leaders are seeing the value of educating their peers and stakeholders as a win-win for increasing buy-in and budget for digital initiatives. At his company, anyway.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Because Windows 11 Pro has new hardware requirements, your upgrade strategy must both address hardware and software aspects, not to mention security, deployment plans, training, and more. Some programs include upgrade rights to new OS versions, while others may require additional licensing fees.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 4, 2022

Ceridian SVP and CIO Carrie Rasmussen got a 7% bump in her IT budget for 2022, with her company’s growth, its ongoing digitalization drive, and security mindfulness driving the boost. This comes after years of transformational initiatives being cited as the top reason driving budget increases. Top 10 business needs driving IT spend.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2024

In contrast, traditional organisations use a project-based approach to delivery, with temporary teams created on an as-needed basis for a specific purpose with budgets based on up-front funding estimates. If the scope is clear and easy to define up-front, it’s a great way to keep everyone on track and ensure teams are delivering to budget.

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Network World

JUNE 13, 2024

No CISO has ever told me that they had more than enough resources (people, time, or budget). We’re not fighting alone when we use threat intelligence data to improve our programs. Improve incident response: We can tailor our response strategies to specific attacker behaviors, leading to faster and more effective mitigation.

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