CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 10, 2024

Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The most pressing responsibilities for CIOs in 2024 will include security, cost containment, and cultivating a data-first mindset.” But in 2024, CIOs will shift their focus toward responsible deployment, says Barry Shurkey, CIO at NTT Data, a digital business and IT consulting and services firm.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2023

As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. In a modern IT environment, security should be a built-in infrastructure element, not an add-on.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 3, 2024

After taking a hard look at their physical operations and staff capabilities as well as the fine print of cloud contracts, some are coming up with strategies that are delivering positive return on investment. It’s well within the budget.” It’s multimodal, but tiny. The number of parameters is approximately 300 million.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2023

The need to grow smartly Gil Westrich’s company, ClearML, is benefiting from increased adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) technology. But the CTO and co-founder says that scaling to meet that demand presents its own challenges, which require self-reflection. How do we grow our business responsibly?”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. We believe that smart technology still holds the biggest promise to improve our client’s operations,” he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2022

Today’s cloud strategies revolve around two distinct poles: the “lift and shift” approach, in which applications and associated data are moved to the cloud without being redesigned; and the “cloud-first” approach, in which applications are developed or redesigned specifically for the cloud. Embrace cloud-native principles.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“It seems to be an increasing worry — worry over whether the enterprise is secure and its data is protected, because everything else falls to the wayside if that’s not taken care of first,” says John Buccola, CTO of E78 Partners, which provides consulting and managed services in finance technology and other professional areas.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Every enterprise needs a data strategy that clearly defines the technologies, processes, people, and rules needed to safely and securely manage its information assets and practices. Guan believes that having the ability to harness data is non-negotiable in today’s business environment.

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CTOvision

MAY 22, 2014

Organizations are giving more priority to development of information security policies, as protecting their assets is one of the prominent things that needs to be considered. So an organization makes different strategies in implementing a security policy successfully. Security policies are tailored to the specific mission goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There are plenty of challenges involved in managing software projects, and IT executives who learn how to address these hurdles can help their organizations build better applications to drive business growth and enhance customer experience. What we can’t measure we can’t improve.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 20, 2023

So the CIO, the technologies they deploy, and the partnerships they form are essential to the future of a more environmentally sustainable way of doing business. Like anything, the hard work is the initial assessment,” says CGI director of business consulting and CIO advisor Sean Sadler.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 16, 2015

I sometimes find SAAS products being managed like traditional COTS applications and enhancements deployed infrequently. In my experience, the best team to operate a portfolio of SAAS applications is primarily composed of Business Analysts (BAs). In addition, PMs own the Vendor Relationship and are responsible for contract negotiation.

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A CIO's Voice

JULY 1, 2014

I get a first phone screen followed by a request to develop a one-year project plan with associated budgets and milestones. This was an odd request since I had very little insight into the process or applications. I requested an application list to begin research and got a fragmented list of software. I doubt it.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 13, 2023

As Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous, explains, “We do creative work. This is true for every technology company and, increasingly, for nontechnology companies seeking to implement technical solutions. People ask me why they aren’t getting applicants,” she says, “My answer is, ‘You’re not hanging out where these people live.’”

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Talk may be cheap, but when it comes to IT security, strategic conversations with colleagues, business partners, and other relevant parties can be priceless. Ongoing IT security strategy conversations should address the organization’s cyber risk and arrive at strategic objectives, Albrecht says. What would be the next steps?

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CTOvision

MAY 20, 2016

Join Bob Flores, Executive Partner of Cognitio, and Junaid Islam, CTO of Vidder, Inc, at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit for their session on How to Stop Catastrophic Cyber Failure in Your Organization. Junaid Islam , CTO, Vidder, Inc. Katie Kennedy. The session is presented by Vidder, Inc. .

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Cloud Musings

MARCH 13, 2012

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) released the white paper in conjunction with Government Executive magazine at a cloud computing panel discussion at the National Press Club in Washington. Cost savings must also consider the entire IT lifecycle, not periodic budget cycles. To learn more, visit www.njvc.com.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2022

A related concept, CloudOps, for “cloud operations,” has emerged as enterprises increasingly move application development and workloads to the cloud, and those cloud outlays become more complex. CloudOps: A multilayered framework for cloud operations. Where CloudOps fits in the enterprise.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 20, 2024

“Events like the UnitedHealthcare attack drives conversations around cybersecurity and whether companies are putting enough resources into their own security programs,” he says. And CIOs said the need for security improvements is the top driver of IT budget increases. Foundry / CIO.com 3.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 12, 2022

By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software The information technology that enables scientific and commercial breakthroughs, from precision medicine to digital transformation, demonstrates tech’s boundless potential to improve our world.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Lesson #1: Cybersecurity needs a larger portion of your IT budget (and focus). In 2017, the number of cyber-incidents DOUBLED,” says Robert Douglas, President of PlanetMagpie IT Consulting. Not only are security breaches becoming more prevalent, they’re expensive. What can we learn from last year’s security incidents?

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“If we considered the corporate workflow as a symphony orchestra and the business processes within it as the musicians, BPM would be the conductor coordinating them,” explains Ivan Kot, Solution Consultant at Itransition. Contracting tasks like this out to other suppliers is far less expensive in terms of direct expenses and resources.”.

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Chief Seattle Greek Blog

JUNE 28, 2009

I am writing about my biggest failure as CTO, hoping there is a lesson here for others. In 2005-2006 we tried to partially consolidate information technology in the City of Seattle. Yet in “good” budget times, when jobs can be preserved, the support from elected and appointed officials is less compelling.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

CIOs need to remain agile, proactive, and adaptive to navigate these challenges successfully,” says Michal Lewy-Harush, global CIO at cloud native security company Aqua Security. For tech, it means dedicated time, talent, and budget to consciously and constantly try out new things. Not knowing this is a serious red flag. “A

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Vox

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Rebellion Defense set out to disrupt the way the Pentagon handles new technologies. Silicon Valley’s elite and Washington’s national security leaders lined up behind the startup. Lee disputed this and said Rebellion “strictly complies with applicable government regulations.”. By 2021, it had secured over $150 million at a $1.15

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