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10 digital transformation roadblocks — and 5 tips for overcoming them

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Lack of vision A common reason digital transformation fails is due to a lack of vision, which along with planning is the foundation for digital success. 5, Insufficient budget Digital transformation can be expensive, and executive leadership teams that do not allocate enough budget to the initiative may struggle to succeed.

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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

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It’s easy to view these as competing priorities vying for CIO attention and budget that are unfairly dwarfed by boardroom interest in the new and shiny opportunities promised by gen AI. Data due diligence Generative AI especially has particular implications for data security, Mann says.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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“The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now. But it’s not the only one.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

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Exploring the digital impact in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system

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Although progress is being made that should be recognized and celebrated, Dan West, CDIO for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland’s Department of Health, understands that the pandemic still casts a lingering shadow over national health and care systems, contributing to continuing rampant fatigue among staff and subsequent strikes over pay.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO

Delivering on time and on budget Completing software projects in a timely manner while staying within budget is a long-time challenge of software development. One possible solution is to embrace the agile methodology of software development. Any number of things can happen to cause delays and drive up costs.

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The NIS2 Directive: why cyber-resilience is the new normal for European organisations

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Due to be adopted as law by member states by October 2024, the EU Network and Information Systems (NIS2) Directive is the most important cybersecurity legislation ever enacted across member states. Defending this was never going to be easy at a time of constricted budgets and a shortage of technical skills.