CIO

APRIL 17, 2024

Salesforce’s reported bid to acquire enterprise data management vendor Informatica could mean consolidation for the integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) market and a new revenue stream for Salesforce, according to analysts. Informatica offers similar services via its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

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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APRIL 15, 2024

C-level, VP, director, and manager titles) from organizations with 100+ employees. Attendees must be involved in purchasing, evaluating, and recommending IT products/services; and/or have IT policy responsibility within their organization. All applications to attend are carefully reviewed.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Without revenue from sales of products or services, a business becomes little more than a hobby or a charitable organization. Building sales requires a well-equipped sales team, and in today’s digital world, that means IT must become a strong support partner. Data should be both insightful and actionable.

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Battle joined JLR as group chief digital and information officer in February 2022, after a long career managing IT for a succession of oil companies. Delivering the best user experience for future vehicles will require new digital services and new integrations with existing services.

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CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. What services do fractional CIOs provide? It’s not uncommon for a middle-market enterprise to operate without a CIO, Hartman says.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Accenture on Wednesday said that it was acquiring US-based supply chain management (SCM) software provider Inspirage for an undisclosed amount to expand its Oracle-focused business. In October 2018, it acquired DAZ systems along with its 300 employees to bolster its Oracle Cloud ERP services business.

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CIO

APRIL 22, 2024

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. Its market share had stayed around 40% since late 2018, with overall HCI sales increasing sharply during that timeframe.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Every enterprise needs a data strategy that clearly defines the technologies, processes, people, and rules needed to safely and securely manage its information assets and practices. Data is no longer just used by analysts and data scientists,” says Dinesh Nirmal, general manager of AI and automation at IBM Data.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A 2022 survey of 850 IT leaders by Foundry found more than two-thirds were accelerating their cloud migration and nearly three-quarters (72%) were defaulting to cloud-based services for upgrades or new IT purchases. Host Isaac Sacolick ( @nyike ) was joined by a bevy of consultants and practitioners who had no shortage of advice on the topic.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2023

As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. This is no longer true. “As

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CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

French IT services company Atos is floundering as it seeks to refocus its business. Negotiations over the sale of its legacy infrastructure services business are dragging on, and the company is contemplating the sale of more profitable activities such as its big data and security business to meet debt repayment obligations.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

There are several important metrics that can be used to achieve IT success, says Jonathan Nikols, senior vice president of global enterprise sales for the Americas at Verizon. “To To name a few — products and services that are delivered on time and on budget, and overall IT ROI.”

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CIO

JUNE 23, 2023

According to the MIT Technology Review Insights Survey, an enterprise data strategy supports vital business objectives including expanding sales, improving operational efficiency, and reducing time to market. The problem is today, just 13% of organizations excel at delivering on their data strategy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), embedded finance and open banking are among the hottest topics in fintech today. More recently, Hazlehurst served as head of Uber Money, chief operating officer at Postmates, senior director of product management at Google, CEO and board member of Google Payments Corporation and chief product officer at Yodlee.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Your products and services rely on software and data for nearly everything from product development to aftermarket support. It’s actually being delivered by a web service that’s run by IT. So congratulations!

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CIO

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Suppose a hospital develops an app for patients’ appointment and consultation. In due course of time, this app will gather a lot of patient (demographic) data that can be leveraged to offer new promotional features (discounts, for instance) or enhanced services,” he says. “If Embrace diversity of thought.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2023

He founded Inbenta to solve this, providing professional consulting services while simultaneously developing an internal AI toolkit for search optimization. In the chatbot space, the company has rivals in Quiq and Ada , which deliver customizable, AI-powered chatbot services to brands.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Grant Easterbrook Contributor Share on Twitter Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. Given the intense interest in the fintech sector, it’s worth examining three more concepts that initially seemed promising, but largely failed to change the financial services industry. But there’s more to the story.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

It currently has about 50 employees, including 20 salaried real estate agents (or consultants, as the startup calls them), and plans to hire 200 more people for its marketing, operations, product, engineering and sales and real estate teams. . co ,” said Jorge. “We co ,” said Jorge.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

With enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications at the heart of many a company’s operations, the consequences of a failed software rollout can be serious, including shareholder lawsuits and financial meltdown. For J&J, that was in February, usually a quiet period for snack sales.

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CIO

MARCH 2, 2023

This move to the cloud lays the foundation for further expansion into other cloud-based applications to deliver deeper insights and better digital services, as well as drive cost savings for the company and the consumer. In the beginning, they were firmly focused on Infrastructure-as-a-Service.

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CIO

JUNE 26, 2023

Meyercord parlayed an engineering degree into a two-decade consulting track at Accenture, where a focus on large-scale transformation projects opened the door to the global CIO role at Salesforce during its critical revenue growth period. Neal Sample A transferable skill set Meyercord would certainly make that case.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

There are good reasons for that, says Valerie Di Maria, founder and principal of the10company, a strategic consulting firm that specializes in executive coaching. Stories can be personal or broader level or about someone else,” she adds, “but they have to service the purpose of crystalizing a message that you want your audience to hear.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

According to IDC’s July 2023 Future Enterprise Resiliency & Spending (FERS) survey of 856 senior IT and business managers in large enterprises, the IT line items most affected, in addition to rising tech salaries, include SaaS and PaaS costs. They ended up bringing most of those people back, at consulting rates, for six months.”

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CIO

MAY 9, 2023

Businesses can use it, as many already are, to enrich experiences, products, and services with virtual overlays for navigation and context. At last check, Nike had generated $185 million from NFT sales and trading royalties. Financial services also think the metaverse is “on the money.” How should companies proceed?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Businesses often encounter challenges in configuring their customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, whether because of requirements specific to their organization or industry or a lack of institutional technical knowledge. Sweep’s visual editor for sales funnels in Salesforce software. Image Credits: Sweep.

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CIO

AUGUST 9, 2023

Jason Strle joins Discover as CIO Jason Strle, Discover Discover Discover Financial Services is a digital banking and payment services company that issues the Discover card and operates Discover Global Network, PULSE, and Diners Club International. Strle joins Discover from Wells Fargo and he held previous roles at JP Morgan Chase.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The IT budget has just been slashed by colleagues who have no idea how their decision will damage essential services. Every CIO needs to develop their current IT strategy and roadmap in close consultation with business colleagues. Management resistance. Management change. It’s time to wake up. Limited growth potential.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Service delivery excellence is an attribute that far too many IT leaders fail to prioritize. That’s unfortunate given how much of smooth business operations depends on the efficient delivery of IT services today. But is your organization doing all it can to ensure service delivery excellence?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A DSS supports the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization in making better decisions by assessing the significance of uncertainties and the tradeoffs involved in making one decision over another. These systems help managers monitor performance indicators. These systems suggest or recommend actions to managers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

BeyondID , a cloud identity consulting firm, announced a $9 million Series A today led by Tercera. It marked the first investment from Tercera, a firm that launched earlier this month with the goal of investing in service startups like Beyond. Tercera launches with $225M to fund cloud consulting firms. It seems to be working.

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CIO

JULY 26, 2023

Worldwide ecommerce sales are at 20% of total retail sales, while the figure is 15% for the US. And yet, physical sales show no signs of letting down, for reasons of experience and convenience. Data means more satisfaction for customers, more sales for retailers Say you’re buying a rucksack for a short trip from Amazon.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

10 steps for managing layoffs respectfully. With the layoff product, each startup gets one hour of consultation for free, and then pricing is based on the size of a company’s current headcount. If a founder can’t afford to have employees, can they really manage a subscription that helps the inevitable workforce reduction go smoother?

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

He focuses primarily on investments in software and technology-enabled business services. How should SaaS companies deliver and price professional services? They often outsource this critical work to a consultant for more of a high-level overview, because technical diligence is often a blind spot for investors.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ultimate.ai , a virtual customer service agent builder, has closed a $20 million Series A round of funding, led by Omers Ventures with participation from Felicis Ventures and existing investors HV Capital, and Maki.vc — bringing its total raised to date to $25M+.

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