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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

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But overall, theres definitely a cost savings from not having to pay OpenAIs API charges. An abundance of choice In the most general definition, open source here refers to the code thats available, and that the model can be modified and used for free in a variety of contexts. So were still paying for usage.

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Product-based IT: 6 key steps for making the switch

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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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How to know a business process is ripe for agentic AI

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A successful agentic AI strategy starts with a clear definition of what the AI agents are meant to achieve, says Prashant Kelker, chief strategy officer and a partner at global technology research and IT advisory firm ISG. One factor to consider, as with any IT investment, is whether adopting agentic AI will add actual value to a process.

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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

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Salesforce, Workday, Atlassian, Oracle, Microsoft, GitHub, and ServiceNow are but a few of the many vendors whose cloud applications make up the new tech backbone for most enterprises today, in conjunction with customized in-house apps and niche offerings across public clouds. “It

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Key considerations to cancer institute’s gen AI deployment

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The whole department would have known I hadn’t written it, so I definitely made some edits.” Gen AI as an ally DFCI has about 5,000 direct employees and another 5,000 who are leased to it through sponsors or other contractual arrangements, or who are employees of vendors providing services such as housekeeping.

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

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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. 10X in 10 Years – can this continue?

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5 common consultant negotiation tactics and how to protect your interests

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Once the foundation of the above three tactics are set, providers may use traditional delay tactics as a response to the client’s request for further scope definition and consideration on commercial terms to apply pressure to the client. IT Management, Vendor Management Employing delay tactics and speed.

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