CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise. IT leaders at the 60-year-old fleet management firm determined that cloud could support its rapid growth without the challenges of maintaining data centers.

Strategy 145

Strategy Cloud Applications Agile 145

Forrester IT

MAY 17, 2022

More and more enterprises are opting for industry CRM solutions over its horizontal counterpart. These new solutions offer a vehicle for closer, more intentional relationships with the vendor's partners. This blog explores the top four benefits, as heard from the CRM vendors we spoke with.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this quarter, 74% of large enterprises report having FinOps teams and processes in place, up from 61% in 2022,” he says. Those enterprises reported a 30 to 35% cost savings in the first year after implementing FinOps teams and tools. Jensen says many large organizations already have built these organizations. “In

Cloud 124

Cloud CTO Hire Fractional CTO Budget 124

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

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. Equally telling is another statistic from that research: Just 35% of these enterprises have achieved their digital goals or are on track to do so.

Change Management 144

Change Management Healthcare Survey Groups 144

Forrester IT

APRIL 10, 2023

Plan Now for Major Changes to Oracle Java Licensing Costs Oracle has again changed licensing rules for its widely used Java product. On Jan 23, 2023, the company introduced a new license metric, the SE Universal Subscription. It offers all the benefits of the legacy Java SE subscription, plus universal use rights (desktop, server, and […]

Licensing 195

Licensing Oracle Company Vendor Management 195

Forrester IT

MAY 28, 2019

Early last week, Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced his approval of the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. This will result in a third mega-carrier in the US mobile wireless market, which is a good move for consumers like you and me. I am glad this deal will now […].

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Wireless Mobile Unified Communications Vendor Management 398

Future of CIO

AUGUST 10, 2014

How can the "competition" for finite dollars be structured so that the end game, best benefit for the enterprise, is achieved? Starting with the board sponsorship: Make the recognition by the BoD and officer team that the IT dollars are enterprise resource and are finite, and must be leveraged to the benefit of the enterprise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Goyal has 16 years’ experience in IT Innovation, activation, operation, project management, and systems management. Prior to joining Apollo Tyres, he spent 13 years at Unilever, where he managed the IT infrastructure of Unilever’s largest shared support centre and enterprise and technology solutions outsourcing facility in Bangalore.

Fractional CTO 98

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Banking 98

Future of CIO

MARCH 12, 2014

It will mean that the enterprise view, customer contact, GRC and vendor management are the most important elements of an IT organization. In this regard, digital IT should gain more strength as an innovation engine and governance champion. IT organizations need to focus on value and capability building.

Strategy 45

Strategy Vendor Management Cloud Government 45

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 3, 2024

An enterprise that bet its future on ChatGPT would be in serious trouble if the tool disappeared and all of OpenAI’s APIs suddenly stopped working. So enterprises looking for generative AI vendors have a lot of options to choose from. And it’s not just start-ups that can expose an enterprise to AI-related third-party risk.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2022

No company has the luxury of containing the enterprise IT environment within its four walls anymore. Gartner predicts that more than 40% of enterprises will have SASE in place or progress by 2024, up from fewer than 1% at the end of 2018. Transitioning to a full SASE environment is a long process for large enterprises.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2022

Even though Nvidia’s $40 billion bid to shake up enterprise computing by acquiring chip designer ARM has fallen apart, the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom of 2021 looks set to continue in 2022, perhaps matching the peaks of 2015, according to a report from risk management advisor Willis Towers Watson.

Enterprise 143

Enterprise Enterprise Oracle SAP 143