CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 16, 2025

A lot of companies that did outsourcing have found themselves in a situation where they have a lot of vendor managers versus technologists. And now with low- or no-code technology and some of the new AI tools, its important that they have a base understanding of some of these technologies. That has been super powerful.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

Second, from a cloud security perspective, Azure has a comprehensive cloud security tool that comes as a package and can seamlessly be integrated with its services, thus enhancing the cloud security posture without the need to buy an external tool. Investment in training and change management is critical to the success.

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Network World

MAY 23, 2024

Coping with complexity Several factors contribute to making multicloud network management a complex and, at times, frustrating task. Essential tools When deploying a multicloud network management platform, Orshaw advises using strong tools to detect, monitor, and manage all essential assets.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Many of the worlds leading technology companies are headquartered here, and many of them make their tools available here, he says. And that will bring with it a completely new stack of tools and development processes. If youre not using the proper tools, thats your first indication you arent the right person for the job.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 11, 2025

The IT department uses Asana AI Studio for vendor management, to support help-desk requests, and to ensure its meeting software and compliance management requirements. ISG is using agentic AI for some components of its ISG Tango tool.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 2, 2025

When possible, Akamai avoids using tools that require agents, though there are areas, including cybersecurity, where theyre necessary and the benefits outweigh the risks. After the CrowdStrike incident, Akamai began reviewing all its vendor agreements to make sure the contracts had all the necessary protections in place.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 3, 2025

Carhart recognized a significant gap in the market for affordable, flexible compliance automation tools that could serve the needs of a wide range of companies. The Value of Open Source Compliance Solutions Bubba AI was founded in late 2024 by Lewis Carhart.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2024

That included setting up a governance framework, building an internal tool that was safe for employees to use, and developing a process for vetting gen AI embedded in third-party systems. After all, in order to get good content out of the tool, you have to ask questions correctly and think about what you put into it to get a solid answer.”

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Forrester IT

JULY 13, 2021

I believe that GLaDOS (the evil AI from the Portal video game franchise) may have been trying to make a point about the state of security with her song “Still Alive.” The fictional, artificially super intelligent computer system from Portal once sang, “…But there’s no sense crying over every mistake.

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Network World

MAY 2, 2017

In other words, stand-alone point tools don’t make the purchasing cut in most cases. There is an element of simplifying purchasing and vendor management, but most CISOs want tools that work together so they can improve security prevention/detection while streamlining operations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Its not just another tool its a game-changer. From streamlining workflows to uncovering actionable insights, these advancements are reshaping software sourcing and vendor management. It addresses procurements most pressing pain points while powering a more strategic and visionary approach to organizational transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2024

Focus on automation and flexibility According to the study, around 37% of respondents believe their company is well or very well positioned for the future in terms of digitization, but some still see a clear need for action in further modernizing their tools, processes, and workflows.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Your vendor shows signs of pulling back on investments You’re working on a set of proprietary reports for a vendor-based system, and you’re utilizing vendor tools to build these reports. As the project proceeds, you notice that the vendor begins to slow down delivery on its fixes and enhancements.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 15, 2024

Cloud cost management tools are an answer. Budgeting, Cloud Management, Enterprise Buyer’s Guides, IT Management, Vendor Management Developer teams are learning that the pennies add up, sometimes faster than expected, and it’s time for some discipline.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2024

And there are thousands of gen AI-related open source tools, on top of the models themselves. Too many to choose from? Chatbot Arena ranks more than 160 top models both proprietary and open source and lists their licenses. GitHub lists more than 100,000 projects with LLM in their names, compared to 50,000 in May.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2024

However, the majority of IT managers admitted they can only handle cloud costs reactively, meaning only when services are rolled out or after they’ve been put into operation. Limitations of CCMO tools There’s a lot of room for improvement in cloud cost management. However, the problems aren’t only due to the tools themselves.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2025

Small vendors should be expected to do the same. Beyond productivity outcomes, its crucial that users like the tools, he says. If you dont make your success criteria clear from the beginning, you can waste six months to a year for an evaluation, only to find nothing coming out of it, he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2024

SAP draws on AI for new predictive capabilities SAP is targeting the desire for better demand forecasting with new composable tools being announced at NRF 2024. It’s using AI to simplify stock replenishment and order management in physical and online stores.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2023

2023 has been a break-out year for generative AI technology, as tools such as ChatGPT graduated from lab curiosity to household name. Splunk adopts generative AI to help with observability Splunk already uses AI in its suite of tools to analyze machine-generated data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 12, 2023

AI and IA Over the last five years, Battle says, JLR has learned it needs to pivot toward digital centricity, or, in other words, adopt a data-first approach and position the data, structured or unstructured, in a way that the company can adopt AI and intelligent automation tools to help it make informed decisions.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

There’s indeed a lot of hype around the latest wave of large language models (LLM) and associated tools, yet beneath the noise, there’s a whisper about how the technology will one day become indispensable. Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, IT Leadership, IT Skills, IT Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Supply Chain, Vendor Management

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Enterprise Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Training 328

Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Supplier Value Management platforms is a critical enterprise software category enabling enterprises to implement their source-to-pay processes. Enterprises seeking a system of record for all supplier spend and supplier information are busy unbundling ERP and other “procurement” tools such as Excel, and embracing SVM platforms.

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Enterprise Enterprise Software Software 243

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.” There may be alternative deal models that make sense.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2022

Three years ago, Gartner coined the term Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to describe an architecture that combines software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WANs) with a portfolio of cloud-based security tools —including secure web gateway (SWG) cloud access security brokers (CASB), and zero-trust network access (ZTNA).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s a role that has grown in demand as companies push to implement new tools, technologies, and programs to manage day-to-day operations — with the average salary for a DevOps engineer having grown 14% since 2021, according to Dice. Average salary: US$139,683 Increase since 2021: 12.9%

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2023

The agile methodologies and tools differ by organization and sometimes by team, but what team leaders really want is the autonomy to make quick decisions around priorities, solutions, and technologies. When working with teams, they should simplify vendor management and reporting, including financial and other KPIs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2024

These aren’t just the basic backup and disaster recovery protocols that already exist, but tools that measure every process and service on business-critical systems to verify they’re performing as expected. But Banca Etica’s IT team communicates the business requirements to the vendor.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The problem isn’t that organizations lack a wealth of data or advanced analytical tools. Self-service Can the platform and data be used on-prem and is self-service, avoiding vendor-managed services and costs? What’s missing is the ability to unlock their total, end-to-end values easily. Does it lower the cost of acquisition?

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Data Small Business Government Banking 287

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

McMasters takes full advantage of the analytical tools Microsoft provides with Azure Cloud Computing Services to assist with cost optimization analysis, but he doesn’t stop there. “We But there are also vendor-specific metrics we define, and we build telemetry using tools based on usage and needs,” the CIO says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 5, 2023

Technical skills topped the list but also crucial are key leadership and culture capabilities such as change management, strategy building, and business relationship management, as well as critical business skills such as cost, product, and vendor management, as shown in the graphic below.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2023

Both roles require a knowledge of cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services, as well as experience with ITSM , I&O, governance , automation, and vendor management. Program analyst/manager A program analyst or manager is tasked with developing and overseeing IT projects to ensure that they stay on task and on budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 13, 2024

Rawson’s focus on adopting innovative technologies that support sustainability includes implementing blockchain for transparent ESG reporting, AI for energy management, and IoT solutions to monitor and reduce resource consumption, he says.

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Hotels Energy Data Center Survey 321

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2024

Be ready to use generative AI to add speed Research and advisory firm Gartner has predicted that “by 2027, gen AI tools will be used to explain legacy business applications and create appropriate replacements, reducing modernization costs by 70%.” That’s the black swan for gen AI,” Gupta says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

Some enterprises turn to a fractional CIO to supply knowledge and expertise in one or more fundamental leadership areas, such as operations management, maintenance, strategic planning, risk, compliance/governance, vendor management, and other essential matters, Trzeciak notes. What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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How To Enterprise Enterprise Strategy 304

Spearline Testing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Improved vendor management and leverage to improve carrier pricing or apply SLA penalties. Spearline provides quality assurance tools for business communication services, allowing you to proactively manage your inbound and outbound voice, SMS and Fax services. Support for major change initiatives / migrations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 29, 2024

As far as I know, none of the tools will give you a response to that question at the moment.” Start out by finding ways of measuring the carbon footprint of AI tools, and then for each use case, compare that to the potential benefits. The best way to avoid ruffling feathers is to establish clear guidelines early.

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Energy Training Guidelines Report 272

Cloud Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

response tool were drawn from crowd sourced sites, like USHAHIDI and. recreation of the 2010 Haitian earthquake response, the outline of cloud computing as a disaster response tool will be further filled in. Cloud-based interoperable standards are a most important tool to. revolutionary tool in disaster response, Jackson said.

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