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How Toronto’s airport modernized its IT operations by changing the vendor relationship

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s no secret that travelers around the world have been demanding more seamless, convenient, and personalized experiences. It has done so with an unusual approach to vendor management. Consequently, airports are continually under pressure to adapt to the changing industry and meet the needs of the flying public.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

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.

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How Kimberly-Clark’s Zack Hicks heeds the call for innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

A lot of companies that did outsourcing have found themselves in a situation where they have a lot of vendor managers versus technologists. On this last trip to K-Cs global tech hub in India, a month before we locked in our travel, I said, I want to do a hackathon, and they said, We only have a month.

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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

CIO Business Intelligence

Rationalize and integrate For many IT leaders, mergers and decentralization on top of cloud migration strategies are significant contributors to SaaS management headaches, resulting in increased complexity and redundancies that can be challenging to uncover. Addressing the ensuing sprawl was no quick fix.

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The importance of converging the Security Service Edge

CIO Business Intelligence

Just a few short years ago we would talk about remote access for short periods due to travel, and typically for a small proportion of the workforce,” said Anand Ramanathan, chief product officer, Skyhigh Security. The rise of the secure access edge. A perimeter-less environment demands a new approach to cybersecurity.

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Travelex leverages cloud-based customer data platform to boost retention

CIO Business Intelligence

Money generated from prepaid travel cards is set to quadruple between 2022 and 2032, from $120.5 This sharp upward trajectory is due in large part to an increase in international travel as tourist numbers slowly climb up to pre-pandemic levels. billion to $492.80 billion, according to Allied Market Research.

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Project Engineer - Data Center Job Board

Data Center Knowledge

oAssist in coordinating vendor qualification programs and the vendor management process. Communicate and coordinate with senior management as required in written or verbal form. Maintain relationships with IT managers and coordinate support for their data center activities. Requirements.