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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

CIO Business Intelligence

While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. However, it’s important to remember that headcount and budget cuts are not the only strategies to streamline costs.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

Fifty-two percent of organizations plan to increase or maintain their IT spending this year, according to Enterprise Strategy Group. This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%).

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The extent Automic’s group CIO goes to reconcile data

CIO Business Intelligence

On the IT front, group CIO Marcelo Dantas and his team look after technology across the entire business, which includes product engineering, service, security and infrastructure. So by virtue of such complexity, it’s essential to align with like-minded and capable partners.

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Open Group goes modular with 10th edition of TOGAF standard

CIO Business Intelligence

The vendor-neutral Open Group Architecture Forum has launched the 10th edition of its TOGAF standard this week, with the latest edition of the popular enterprise architecture framework being given a modular redesign aimed at easing adoption for practitioners.

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IT budget shock: Global IT services firms continue to struggle

CIO Business Intelligence

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has said that C-suite executives across the world are prioritizing cost management in response to ongoing economic, financial, and geopolitical uncertainties. These developments, along with broader market reports, have cast a shadow over the growth prospects of the IT services sector.

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What The Clover Group does to address legacy-related challenges

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs have a lot on their plates right now with expanding roles, but in recent years, they’ve also been asked to move beyond managing IT and become a strategic business leader to leverage technology in order to create real value for the business. Making sure that business is aligned with your IT strategy is key.”

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SAP user groups see pick-up in migration to S/4HANA

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprise adoption of SAP S/4HANA continues to climb despite the obstacles in its way, according to new research by user groups in the US and Europe. In the UK and Ireland, 89% of SAP customers are either using or planning to use S/4HANA, up from 74% in 2021, according to a survey conducted for the UK & Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG).

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