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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO Business Intelligence

And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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Forecasting In Uncertainties: Are Software Vendors Too Optimistic, Or Are We Too Pessimistic About The Software Market Outlook?

Forrester IT

As I work on updating Forrester’s tech market forecasts for the US and the world, I have been struck by the disconnect between how I see the software market outlook and how vendors and investors see it. In my forecast work on the tech market over the past two decades, I have found a generally […].

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Why Now Is The Perfect Time To Negotiate Cost Reductions With Software Vendors

Forrester IT

For companies looking for short-term cost reductions during the economic slowdown, negotiating lower prices on software contracts with vendors can provide much-needed relief.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

They can code, write poetry, draw in any art style, create PowerPoint slides and website mockups, write marketing copy and emails, and find new vulnerabilities in software and plot holes in unpublished novels. This is the largest change management project in history,” says Greenstein. Gen AI took a few months.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

For technologists with the right skills and expertise, the demand for talent remains and businesses continue to invest in technical skills such as data analytics, security, and cloud. It’s a role that typically requires at least a bachelor’s degree in information technology, software engineering, computer science, or a related field.

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Dell Divests VMware: Investors Cheer While Customers Yawn

Forrester IT

More precisely, it gained 80% of VMware, making the software dynamo a mostly autonomous company in the Dell Technologies family of companies. When Dell Technologies completed it acquisition of EMC in 2016, it gained a sweetheart of an asset: VMware.

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6 ways to streamline IT vendor onboarding

CIO Business Intelligence

It might take anywhere from three to six months to onboard a new IT vendor, and during that time, the clock is ticking. Whatever problem the vendor is being brought on to solve is only getting worse. Meanwhile, the trend seems to be toward a more complex and burdensome approvals process. Vendor Management