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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

CIO Business Intelligence

“It’s often the data in these silos [that needs] to be integrated between multiple sites, multiple systems, especially in the [real-time] world that we live in today versus the more batch-oriented architecture of a decade ago.” It’s unwieldy at times managing a detailed budget by vendor.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO Business Intelligence

As a foreigner, building trust with the IT team is extremely important, an aspect that proved to be “the most important and challenging issue” for David Berry, CIO of apparel and accessories manufacturer Boardriders, when he shifted from Häagen-Dazs in the US to become VP of IT at Grand Metropolitan Foods Europe in France.

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