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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. Sitting in this selling seminar, my persuasive difficulties with the CEO and CFO became immediately apparent to me. Why was I at this presentation, you ask? In other words, the IT resources needed for this project are substantial.

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Technology Integration Challenges: Solutions for Editorial Directors

Kitaboo

Cost of New Technology Investing in new technology requires proper planning and budgeting. Not all classrooms have the budget to accommodate the best kind of technology. Seminars on how to use technology responsibly as students are also very helpful to grow awareness.

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Pace of Tech Demands a Smarter Learning Approach. Bring On Community-Driven Learning

CIO Business Intelligence

Some conduct ever more advanced offsite or onsite seminars and training – but these are costly, take time, and don’t adapt fast enough to incoming needs of the business and teams. Hiring for new skills is expensive and also too slow. And skills from new hires are rarely properly shared. A fresh approach is needed.

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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders and CIOs have also long recognized the power of storytelling, but only recently has the phenomenon become formalized with many saying they’ve attended workshops or seminars on the topic with the express intention of improving their sense of narrative and power to communicate and persuade. Is this the promis’d end?

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More Spending on Cybersecurity Means More Attacks?

SecureWorld News

Many companies have noted that, as they have increased their cybersecurity budgets, the number of cyber threats has also increased. It's no wonder that many businesses are taking hard looks at their technology budgets. For example, cloud spending increased to nearly $500 billion in 2022 and will continue to increase this year.

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Has SSD put Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) On Endangered Species List.

Storage IO Blog

Likewise, I have done many events including seminars, keynotes including at a recent CMG event (the performance and capacity planning group that I have been a part of for many years), webcasts and other interactions with IT pros, vendors, vars and media. Ok, nuff said.

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