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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. Cloud costs will often — and rapidly — become large line items on budgets.

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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

CIO Business Intelligence

And with infrastructure and application modernization cited as key reasons for CIOs’ budget increases this year, according to the 2024 State of the CIO Survey, that pace is not fast enough. Here veteran IT leaders and advisers offer eight strategies to speed up IT modernization.

Strategy 140
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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO Business Intelligence

The need for efficient software development has taken on greater importance as enterprises introduce more and more digital services and add automation capabilities to enhance business processes. Managing software projects might not be at the top of CIOs’ priority lists , but it is something that IT leaders will have to master.

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Aligning security and business strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

To keep ahead of cybercriminals, organizations must remain agile, pivoting to embrace new strategies and technologies whenever necessary in order to outrun attacks. This is the time when many CFOs trawl through every line item in the budget, looking for potential savings. 1 That’s a number no CFO would want to ignore.

Strategy 105
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How to get your CFO to buy into a better model for IT funding

CIO Business Intelligence

Modern digital organisations tend to use an agile approach to delivery, with cross-functional teams, product-based operating models , and persistent funding. But to deliver transformative initiatives, CIOs need to embrace the agile, product-based approach, and that means convincing the CFO to switch to a persistent funding model.

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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

CIO Business Intelligence

Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. The Scrum master is the leader of a Scrum team and is responsible for championing a project, providing guidance to the team and product owner, and ensuring all agile practices are followed by team members.

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Empowering cyber resilience in education: Three strategies for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

This enables you to do more with less—a huge benefit for educational institutions—which typically do not have access to the same resources and budgets as large enterprises. It also offers the opportunity to leverage the latest innovations in cybersecurity, while improving your organization’s speed and agility.