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It is time to stop blaming others

Eric D. Brown

Here’s a list of some of the ways, in no particular order, that CIO’s can change themselves and their organizations to create an operating environment where their IT suppliers will partner in a predictably productive fashion. To change our vendor’s, we need to change ourselves. The New CIO CIO Leadership vendor management'

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Running a Business-Driven Digital IT Organization

Future of CIO

Internally, IT management and staff should learn to listen to the business partner’s pain points and develop a collaborative approach to co-solve common business issues; Externally, IT needs to build a solid partnership with vendors - manage a mixed bag of diversified vendors, multifaceted partnerships, co-ownership of ventures and companies, etc.

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Three Aspects of Digital IT Assessment

Future of CIO

It is also critical to have IT resources refined to the point that they are nimble, they can adapt to changing business demands in a timely fashion and it can be reapplied to altering business priorities and be effective (doing the right things) and doing more with less (IT efficiency).

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Measuring CIO Performance

A CIO's Voice

Technology vendor management. GOAL – Maintain a portfolio of vendors that can provide services/products in a timely fashion. GOAL – All requests for purchases generate a purcahse order. Measurement – All equipment purchased is tracked. Application development to support business goals.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

NetApp added some new functionality to its portfolio of cloud management tools in late February with the acquisition of Fylamynt, a young low-code cloud ops automation company. SaaS vendor management platform Vendr is buying SaaS management platform vendor Blissfully.