CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 11, 2025

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. Its essential to align the AIs objectives with the broader business goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

Dan Roberts: What can you tell us about your mission for Digital Technology Solutions, and the strategy thats laying the foundation for transformation at Kimberly-Clark? Part of our DTS strategy has involved realignment, with about 200 members of my central team re-focusing to be more aligned with the business functions.

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Network World

MAY 23, 2024

Multicloud network management poses significant challenges, primarily due to the inherent complexity and scale of handling diverse cloud environments, Wasim observes. Organizations adopting multicloud strategies often grapple with managing different technologies, architectures, and vendors across various cloud providers,” he explains.

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Forrester IT

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Forrester surveyed digital business strategy decision-makers globally on their priorities, investments, and organizational structures.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

The Enterprise FinOps staff handles contract negotiations, some compute purchases, and purchase agreements, while the business units focus on consumption management and optimization. CarMaxs strategy has also evolved.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 4, 2024

García’s response to these challenges includes some of the basic actions when there’s disruption to the supply of IT resources: looking for an alternative as quickly as possible, and maintaining a supplier strategy that’s not limited to a single company. So too are robust vendor management practices.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Thats why the CIO of today is no longer solely a manager of technology theyre also strategic business leaders balancing the fine line between long-term strategy and immediate implementation. From streamlining workflows to uncovering actionable insights, these advancements are reshaping software sourcing and vendor management.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2024

The decisive factors are responsibility for the transformation, mostly locating centrally the downstream management of the new IT operating models, and the inclusion of important departments such as legal, compliance and risk management. Around 13% of users say they’ll pursue a rigid cloud-only strategy in the future.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Management changes unfold at your vendor or company If a key company or vendor manager leaves who initially was highly supportive of your project, it’s time to see whether that project support will stay intact. In the vendor area, management changes happen most often when companies merge or are acquired.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

The second tactic is to leverage their established relationship strategy and credibility established with executives and the core project team to create uncertainty with transitioning to another vendor. Delivering these messages early and reinforced often will help to avoid “divide and conquer” strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience. Companies need qualified CTOs, CIOs, vice presidents, and directors who are focused on developing and overseeing the business’ overall technology strategy and goals.

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Forrester IT

MAY 19, 2020

Having the right HCM technology to transform your organization’s people and workforce strategies are no longer ‘nice […]. With COVID-19, this dissatisfaction is now acute and digital workforce transformation has accelerated.

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Forrester IT

OCTOBER 20, 2020

My colleague Joe Stanhope and I have previously written about how The Future Of Enterprise Marketing Technology hinges on marketing alignment with customer experience (CX) strategies. But brands must Align Strategy And Technology To Deliver Next-Gen Personalization, and […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2024

It emerged that there are major gaps in cloud cost management and optimization (CCMO) strategies, resulting in exceeded budgets and an overall loss cloud spend control. Overspend in cloud deployment Money wasted on an untargeted cloud strategy has serious consequences to the enterprise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 13, 2024

Mike Rawson, CIO of citizenM, is also emphasizing green IT as part of the global hotel chain’s IT strategy. By integrating sustainability into our core business strategy, we’re not only reducing our environmental impact but also creating long-term value for our stakeholders.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 26, 2024

IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance. Double down on vendor management. IT Skills, IT Strategy, Outsourcing

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. A fractional CIO develops and leads the execution of a company’s IT strategy,” he states. What does a fractional CIO do?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 5, 2023

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. For example, strategy building skills enable IT teams to unlock new business opportunities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 7, 2022

Here, experts say, are steps CIOs can take to streamline IT vendor onboarding. Automation is the most effective weapon that IT can leverage to onboard new IT technology vendors,” says David Linthicum, chief cloud strategy officer, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Vendor Management Leverage automation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2023

Prices are increasing, and negotiation is becoming more difficult,” agrees Melanie Alexander, senior director analyst on Gartner’s sourcing, procurement, and vendor management team. Vendors are not granting the same concessions they have in the past.” This tends to be driven by a position-based negotiation strategy.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2023

The CIO typically ranks the highest in an IT department, responsible for managing the organization’s IT strategy, resources, operations, and overall goals. Meanwhile, the CTO focuses on technology research and development efforts, often working closely with the CIO to develop a strong IT strategy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Danielle Phaneuf, partner, Cloud & Digital Strategy at PwC, says that inflation will probably be the leading threat to business for at least the next six months — an assertion 40% of CEOs agreed with in PwC’s 2023 CEO Survey. But it’s a long-game strategy: That cycle can take 10 years to play out, he says. Here’s how.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

“Although not implemented yet, we will be making it part of our vendor management and selection processes. We also plan on expanding our ERM [enterprise risk management] evaluations to include a more comprehensive SaaS vendor’s DR to determine which platforms we need to ensure have a mitigation strategy.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2022

Cybersecurity strategies for years have been grounded in protecting the perimeter of the corporate network. The approach also speeds time-to-market, since vendors can deliver – and users can implement – individual components faster, and thereby realize more immediate results. “A By Paul Gillin. Convergence of Security Solutions.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2023

As such, organizations must evolve their digital strategies with market changes, such as the shift to remote work in 2020, the evolution to hyperautomation in 2022, and how generative AI will now require CIOs to overhaul their roadmaps. “You Agile PMOs take on these responsibilities and reduce the frictions that slow teams down.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2024

Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, IT Strategy, Microsoft, Predictive Analytics, Retail Industry, Vendor Management, Vendors and Providers

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The global standard at lightning speed Based in Dublin, Ireland, Accenture specializes in digital, cloud, and security technology strategies, consulting, and operations, serving more than 40 industries in more than 120 countries.

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Tech Republic Cloud

JULY 31, 2022

Sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders should use this research to support cloud leaders as they decide which platform is best for their workloads. The post Is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Ready for Use in Your Multicloud Strategy? Download now to get the full report. appeared first on TechRepublic.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

When Strickland joined Wyndham in 2017, he served as a traditional CIO, but he soon expanded his portfolio with vendor management, selling the argument that because IT constituted the bulk of the spend, it made sense to centralize under one organization and management.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

NVIDIA just announced it plans to acquire Arm Limited from SoftBank Group for $40B. The combination aims to conquer the enormous compute market that has long been dominated by the x86 architecture (and thus, Intel and AMD). The x86 platform remains the leader in PCs and data centers, but the future growth prospects lie in […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2023

Sourcing and Partnerships – revisiting and improving the sourcing strategy is critical for minimising the total cost of ownership while maximising the value of the investment. One of the key steps in achieving all of the above will be vendor consolidation, and there will be a strong trend towards this in the year ahead.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2022

Many other executives are devising strategies for responding in such scenarios, says David Groombridge, a distinguished vice president analyst within the sourcing, procurement and vendor management team at Gartner Research. Not all companies are following that strategy. The limits of flexibility.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, IT Leadership, IT Skills, IT Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Supply Chain, Vendor Management It’ll help consolidate, optimize, and integrate industries, which will result in new industry performance benchmarks that raise the bar and create greater shareholder value.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

FinOps is part of the equation, but from a CIO perspective, you need a top-down view that starts with the strategy before you talk about the components of it,” McMasters says. For CIOs, that means building strong relationships with the C-suite and business unit managers so they can plan for and optimize cloud spend, says McMasters.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 13, 2020

Cisco Systems stock fell over 11% today after it delivered its latest quarterly earnings yesterday. Cisco beat street estimates, but it fell based on a 9% YoY decrease in revenue and a weak outlook for coming quarters. Our research indicates a coming drought in infrastructure tech spending, so the next few quarters – likely to […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 25, 2024

The certification covers business frameworks, IT frameworks, software, database management, information systems, corporate IT strategy, corporate governance, risk, finance, and management of technology personnel. GAQM offers an e-course that takes 30 to 35 hours on average to complete that you can take prior to taking the exam.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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.

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