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Driving 15 years of IT transformation in 5

CIO

To address the growing pains, Lovelady reinforced the importance of strategic planning for IT. It showed when he presented to them. Communication from corporate IT is proactive, includes regular site visits, frequent updates to demonstrate progress against the strategic plan, and plentiful impromptu calls and drop-ins.

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Navigating the future: the rise of SD-WAN in India

CIO

The overwhelming consensus is that SD-WAN presents a compelling solution, addressing both technical and operational challenges. Strategic Considerations for SD-WAN Implementation For organizations in India contemplating SD-WAN adoption, meticulous planning is imperative.

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What business executives don’t understand about IT

CIO

The title of my presentation has been “Digital Transformation Strategy,” subtitled “How to effectively exploit the IT resource to gain sustained competitive advantage.” When I present to future MBAs, I focus on four central issues that business executives most often get wrong about IT.

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Crisis Management in the Digital Age: Lessons for 2024’s Unpredictable Economy

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Economic Landscape of 2024 2024 presents us with a complex economic landscape where various challenges intersect. Digital technology has become a guiding light in these uncertain times, taking on a more prominent role in companies’ strategic plans.

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

CIO

Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts. Budgeting, Business IT Alignment, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

CIO

Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value. Good governance is the telemetry on that investment, from which operational and tactical plans can be adjusted and focused to achieve strategic objectives,” he says.

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Tidal wave of new digital solutions demands a new approach to the customer-vendor partnership

CIO

I’ve been leading these roundtables for nearly two decades, and it is clear that the present state is very different from the past. Having an effective strategic plan in place, in cooperation with your critical vendors will be central to success. It all adds up to growing need for skilled human resources.