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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO Business Intelligence

The technology talent gap continues to inflate labor costs, too, despite big layoffs in high tech, CIOs say, and they’ve seen double-digit increases in SaaS and cloud costs over the last two years. We’ve seen 10 to 15% increases across the board for two years in a row,” says CTO and chief transformation officer Richard Wiedenbeck.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO Business Intelligence

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps. Double down on vendor management.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

He has assisted the top management in planning IT strategies and leveraging technologies for rationalizing manpower, enhancing organizational productivity, and improving the efficiency of operations. Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. February 2022. Kamal Goel Web Werks.

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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

CIO Business Intelligence

In July, New York City started enforcing new rules about the use of AI in hiring decisions. The world has flipped since 2022,” says David McCurdy, chief enterprise architect and CTO at Insight. Although written before gen AI, it has provisions that apply but it’ll most likely go through modifications before going into effect.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, companies should already ask what kind of security audits and standards vendors have in their cloud environments, says Gartner analyst Arun Chandrasekaran. Can I run it in my own virtual cloud?” Insight has a partner contract management team that looks closely at vendor agreements. “If

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7 challenges facing CIOs and IT leaders in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

The most obvious answer is pay a premium for the best talent, or hire consultants with modern skills. How can you address the skills gap if you can’t afford to hire a bunch of new employees? Now, this doesn’t mean you need a physical structure or need to hire a bunch of new people. How can you address this challenge?