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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO Business Intelligence

To prepare themselves for that eventuality, enterprises should have a backup plan that allows them to continue to operate without that particular vendor. And a kill switch is more than just the technical ability to switch vendors without rebuilding an entire solution, says Nick Kramer, VP for applied solutions at SSA & Company.

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7 challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

“The recent news cycle has been flooded with organizations from airlines to banks and hospitals, even entire local governments, falling victim to ransomware attacks,” says Alan Conboy, office of the CTO at Scale Computing. Each step is critically important. Don’t assume you’re safe because you have the best cybersecurity software.