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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

CIO Business Intelligence

While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. However, it’s important to remember that headcount and budget cuts are not the only strategies to streamline costs.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s common knowledge among CIOs that disaster recovery investments are always de-prioritized by company boards — until disaster strikes. But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval.

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What the Digital Operational Resilience Act means for you

CIO Business Intelligence

This piece of legislation in the European Union (EU) requires companies to be compliant by January 2025, meaning businesses have just under one year to ensure they’re prepared. And how can businesses ensure they’re ready? But what exactly does this policy mean for IT security?

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Top 8 ways to improve cybersecurity for your organization

CIO Business Intelligence

As you plan your security budget, know that your recommendations to improve cybersecurity will be scrutinized more than ever before. No budget is unlimited. Align your cybersecurity program to business goals and financial impact. Now might be a good time to transform from a focus on cybersecurity to business security.

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How strategic partnerships are the key to AI-driven innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

To maximize the value of these investments, it will be critical for CIOs to take a page from digital native companies like Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb by linking technology development directly to customer experience and working together seamlessly between teams to prioritize technologies that have the biggest impacts. Artificial Intelligence

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

The past year was rough for the tech industry, with several companies reporting layoffs and the looming threat of a recession. For technologists with the right skills and expertise, the demand for talent remains and businesses continue to invest in technical skills such as data analytics, security, and cloud. as of January.