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3 areas where gen AI improves productivity — until its limits are exceeded

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And we’re getting a more effective response with a better degree of traceability, with fewer people.” So based on early results, the three functional areas where companies see the biggest productivity improvements are in customer service, software development, and general creative and knowledge work. for every $1 spent.

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6 best practices for better vendor management

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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. Vendor partnerships are becoming increasingly vital to IT agendas today.

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6 ways CIOs sabotage their IT consultant’s success

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Once upon a time my consulting company offered a “Take the Blame” service. Understand, this service wasn’t for situations where we were at fault. Our logic: As consultants we’d probably be blamed anyway. Consultants do make convenient scapegoats. Recommended project management practices would suggest door #3.

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Transforming IT for digital success

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Consider the findings of a report from professional services firm Accenture. One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. Yet many IT departments are struggling to reshape themselves to better meet the mandates of today.

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Think you can ignore quantum computing? Think again.

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Many public and private organizations use these standards and require their partners to do the same. Organizations can also start testing the algorithms in their environments and check their supply chain partners are doing the same. “If Even before the algorithms are officially approved this summer, CIOs should start taking steps.

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Cengage Group CTO Jim Chilton on the P&L difference

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Jim Chilton: When I was at the enterprise software company Coda Financial in the ’90s, I was asked to be the professional services leader. I had joined as CIO, but the Americas president had asked me to step in, as we found we kept having technology consults as a larger part of the conversation.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. “For For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. Staff augmentation and outsourcing are nothing new.