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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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Vendor management: The key to productive partnerships

CIO Business Intelligence

What is vendor management? Vendor management helps organizations take third-party vendor relationships from a passive business transaction to a proactive collaborative partnership. While working with IT vendors can help ease the burden on IT, it also raises concerns, especially around data, risk, and security.

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Unearthing the Single Source of Truth for higher efficiency

TM Forum

From disaster recovery, to software development, even to ensuring compliance, SSOT is the pillar supporting the aggregation of data and the generation of real-time business insights. Implementing an SSOT is a colossal organization-wide task and mandates the commitment of multiple resources. The ‘Bible’ of all databases.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO Business Intelligence

Such partnerships include long-standing ones such as business consultancies to advise on transformation efforts, software vendors with expertise in vertical or horizontal solutions, system integrators to help design and implement multi-vendor tech stacks, and managed service providers to run and optimize targeted IT domains.

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CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure Operators to Protect Supply Chains

SecureWorld News

This includes identifying procurement channels to avoid acquiring those items, robust hardware/software management, vulnerability scans, etc. The Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices outlined by CSRC/NIST can be part of a comprehensive third-party risk management program."

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

Those working in IT management, including the roles of CIO, CTO, VP, and IT Director, hold high-level positions that oversee an entire company’s technology infrastructure. The CIO typically ranks the highest in an IT department, responsible for managing the organization’s IT strategy, resources, operations, and overall goals.

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Skills such as software engineering, architecture, cloud, and program management are highly sought after as more companies explore creating both internal and external applications and solutions. Relevant skills for DevOps Engineers include automation, software development, system administration skills, and cloud computing.