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Transforming IT for digital success

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One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. This reinvention goes beyond the adoption of cloud, agile development principles, and cutting-edge technologies. Strategies to transform IT for digital success include the following.

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6 signs it’s time to restructure your IT organization

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“The goal isn’t to restructure with nothing remaining from what was valuable and meaningful,” says Andrew Sinclair, a managing director in consulting firm Accenture’s technology strategy and advisory practice. He notes that IT organizations can usually work through almost any problem as long as the parties grow together.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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Some organizations have been innovating, transforming, and growing so fast that they haven’t had time to clear up older cost structures that start getting in the way,” says Stewart Buchanan, research vice president on Gartner’s CIO team. Ensuring all IT spend is directly tied to business demand acts as an automatic cost optimizer.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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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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Aligning security and business strategies

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It attributed the rise to the proliferation of new technologies in regions around the world, with many more people than ever before possessing IT skills. To keep ahead of cybercriminals, organizations must remain agile, pivoting to embrace new strategies and technologies whenever necessary in order to outrun attacks.

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

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There are plenty of challenges involved in managing software projects, and IT executives who learn how to address these hurdles can help their organizations build better applications to drive business growth and enhance customer experience. One possible solution is to embrace the agile methodology of software development.

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Creating Agile Manifesto

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How The Agile Manifesto Came To Be. At that meeting, we created the four values and 12 principles better known as the Agile Manifesto. At that meeting, we created the four values and 12 principles better known as the Agile Manifesto. I’d also like to thank all of you who are implementing Agile processes.

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