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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

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But strategically important digital transformations should be protected “because they set you up over time and create more flexibility and adaptability,” says Andrew Blau, MD and US leader, eminence and insights, at Deloitte Consulting. IT organizations can save substantial amounts on SaaS contracts by lowering service levels, CIOs say.

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

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Travel and expense management company Emburse saw multiple opportunities where it could benefit from gen AI. It could be used to improve the experience for individual users, for example, with smarter analysis of receipts, or help corporate clients by spotting instances of fraud. Thats not the case with open source.

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CIOs eye SaaS backup plans post-CrowdStrike

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One such area that’s getting more thought today is SaaS backup and recovery, something many CIOs have to date taken for granted, leaving it to their SaaS vendors to not only deliver better than five-nines uptime but also be the sole entities backing up and recovering SaaS-siloed data that is increasingly vital to companies’ data-driven operations.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

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And in regulated industries, vendors must also comply with specific regulations, such as HIPAA or PCI. The same approach can be extended to include generative AI vendors, products, and services, but there are some new twists. Insight has a partner contract management team that looks closely at vendor agreements. “If

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps. Double down on vendor management.

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IT leaders rethink the people part of business continuity

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Wright’s IT department has four staffers in Russia, and he works with a consulting firm that supplies him with about 25 workers — half from Russia and half from Ukraine. Monish Darda, CTO and co-founder of software company Icertis, says his executive team thought about such topics in response to the pandemic. Monish Darda.