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$10 Million AI on a $2 Budget

Information Week

The recent consumerization of artificial intelligence means that companies can unlock valuable new use cases, even if they lack pricey data scientists and high-performance infrastructure.

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The art of selling: IT budget approval made easier

CIO Business Intelligence

Because as a young CIO, I was struggling with obtaining budget approvals for a range of IT initiatives. A majority of CIOs I speak with dread the budget approval process and breathe a welcome sigh of relief when annual budgeting comes to an end. These days artificial intelligence has the full attention of the C-suite and board.

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CIOs Search For Ways To Help Their Companies Become More Efficient

The Accidental Successful CIO

No matter if it is dealing with trying to decide what applications we should be moving into the cloud, trying to secure the company’s networks, or working out hybrid-work arrangements with our staff, very clearly our plates are quite full. Many companies have been exclusively focused on generating growth.

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Former Tableau execs launch new Seattle startup that helps companies manage cloud costs

GeekWire

(Millworks Analytics Photo) Former Tableau CFO Damon Fletcher is coming out of retirement to launch a startup that helps tech companies get a hold of their cloud costs amid a surge in spending driven by artificial intelligence. Arvold was a former senior director at Tableau who worked in the office of the CTO.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%). The company is embedding AI into each level of the tech stack it sells to customers, he says. “We

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Cloud ROI: Getting innovation economics right with FinOps

CIO Business Intelligence

These are questions IT and finance leaders are wrestling with today because the cloud has left many companies in a balancing act—caught somewhere between the need for cloud innovation and the fiscal responsibility to ensure they are investing wisely, getting full value out of the cloud. Thus, cloud waste is now a thing.

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Barriers and benefits: How CIOs are navigating the AI whirlwind

CIO Business Intelligence

Perhaps no statistic shows just how much pressure CIOs are under to enable artificial intelligence (AI) than this: AI is now tied with cybersecurity as the top priority for CIOs, according to a recent Lenovo survey. However, though AI deployment is an urgent issue, most CIOs don’t believe their organizations are ready.