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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

CIO Business Intelligence

Some enterprises turn to a fractional CIO to supply knowledge and expertise in one or more fundamental leadership areas, such as operations management, maintenance, strategic planning, risk, compliance/governance, vendor management, and other essential matters, Trzeciak notes. What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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ATMs Are IT Too!

Cloud Musings

These more sophisticated systems, requiring updates, patches, and support in real-time, along with software and hardware that can operate nimbly in an agnostic ecosystem. These teams must now deal with multi-vendor hardware, software, security, and services. IBM has proven to be a major player in this space.

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Nutanix acquisition rumors highlight need for managing vendor risk

CIO Business Intelligence

Buying another vendor in the same space isn’t out of the question, as Nutanix and SimpliVity target enterprises of different sizes. Prior to its acquisition by HPE, SimpliVity supported its hardware accelerator and software on servers from a variety of vendors. Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk Management, Vendor Management.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

trillion in 2021, according to financial market data provider Refinitiv. 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. Midmarket ERP vendor Sage closed its acquisition of Brightpearl on Jan.