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

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McKee, tech founder and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies, acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe. One client cut staff earlier this year, only to discover that another part of the business needed their institutional knowledge for a strategic project.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. World Insurance’s Corrigan advises asking what skillsets, certifications, and personality types they look for when hiring. Double down on vendor management.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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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

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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slides and website mockups, write marketing copy and emails, and find new vulnerabilities in software and plot holes in unpublished novels. In July, New York City started enforcing new rules about the use of AI in hiring decisions. Gen AI took a few months.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

CIO Business Intelligence

According to G2’s latest state of software report, AI is the fastest-growing software category in G2 history. The company now tracks a total of 1,078 AI vendors, and AI categories gained 643 new products over the previous year. 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

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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? Don’t assume you’re safe because you have the best cybersecurity software. Connecting decentralized software.