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Transforming distribution: How Ingram Micro is becoming a platform business

CIO Business Intelligence

They chain together with the transaction boundaries to create the experience, and we created abstraction in every layer of the architecture to create flexibility, and help scale and pivot business models. How would you categorize the new skills you needed to build the platform business?

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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.

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Protecting your business from unforeseen outages: Lessons from the recent CrowdStrike incident

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Safeguard contracts: Include clauses in vendor contracts that address service-level agreements (SLAs), response times, and penalties for prolonged outages. Continuous improvement and review Stay informed: Keep abreast of industry trends and incidents like the CrowdStrike outage to learn from the experiences of others.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. Roopesh Pujari has been promoted to CTO at marketing and advertising firm Publicis Groupe India. Gaurav Sharma becomes group CTO of Poonawalla Fincorp. February 2022. January 2022.

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The C-suite is expanding — and IT leaders are stepping up

CIO Business Intelligence

In addition to the established CIO, CTO, CISO, and chief digital officer (CDO) roles, Sharma says EY is seeing “additional instances” of chief innovation officers and chief experience officers. This includes defining and refining the company’s business processes and governance models — and going through a backlog of 1,000 AI project ideas.

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10 ways AI can make IT more productive

CIO Business Intelligence

Onboarding a new hire, for example, follows a set of known processes, such as location, role, hours, and so on, Orr says. He also believes that AI is poised to play an important role in translating legacy software into modern frameworks, facilitating smoother transitions while maintaining business continuity.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO Business Intelligence

Similar to disaster recovery, business continuity, and information security, data strategy needs to be well thought out and defined to inform the rest, while providing a foundation from which to build a strong business.” Overlooking these data resources is a big mistake. It will not be something they can ignore.

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