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

CIO Business Intelligence

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. They ended up bringing most of those people back, at consulting rates, for six months.”

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CIOs eye SaaS backup plans post-CrowdStrike

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO Business Intelligence

There’s also the ever-present threat of copyright lawsuits related to AI-generated text and images, accuracy of AI-generated content, and the risk of having sensitive information become training data for the next generation of the AI model — and getting exposed to the world. Unless the vendor did something special.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO Business Intelligence

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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7 challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders in 2020

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Can you remember a time when we had so many disruptive technologies converging on the business world at the same time? For the modern CIO and IT leader, these tech changes present both opportunities and challenges. The most obvious answer is pay a premium for the best talent, or hire consultants with modern skills.