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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO Business Intelligence

And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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Agile Procurement In Government Is Not An Oxymoron

Forrester IT

In my early research on Agile procurement in government (and Agile procurement in general), almost all of those conversations quickly devolved into what groups were doing Agile software development. But digital government is much broader […].

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Unearthing the Single Source of Truth for higher efficiency

TM Forum

From disaster recovery, to software development, even to ensuring compliance, SSOT is the pillar supporting the aggregation of data and the generation of real-time business insights. Similarly, chatbots extensively use SSOT to assist customers with relevant queries. The ‘Bible’ of all databases.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

The fields of customer service, marketing, and customer development are going to see massive adoption, he says. He expects the same to happen in all areas of software development, starting with user requirements research through project management and all the way to testing and quality assurance.

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Key skills for the role include resource allocation, risk and change management, quality assurance, communication, and leadership and team building. Relevant skills for DevOps Engineers include automation, software development, system administration skills, and cloud computing.

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JLR revs up AI and intelligent automation initiatives

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI has already made its entry into the company, with some software development teams using it in various parts of their coding schema and methodology, he says. “TCS and lots of other Tata organizations are already pushing the boundaries in many of these areas,” he says, so he’s looking at collaborations there.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

“It might cost us $1,000 per day per developer to outsource,” he says. And then there’s the extra complexity and costs associated with managing remote teams. When you outsource your software development team, they’re no longer your team,” he adds. And you have to partner with your vendors.”