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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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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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Companies taking a multicloud approach can experience ballooning OpEx numbers, says Barrett Schrader, managing director of the technology consulting group at Protiviti: “Organizations can take advantage of volume discounts with reduced complexity.

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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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One possible solution is to embrace the agile methodology of software development. Agile calls for collaboration among cross-functional teams as well as end users, and promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, continual improvement, flexibility in responding to changes in requirements and early delivery of products.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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And while CIOs are working to train internal candidates within IT and the business units for tough-to-fill tech jobs or are using contractors to fill in staffing gaps , Sengupta says those practices create talent challenges, too. Other executives haven’t gotten the memo, says Mikhail Papovsky, CEO and founder of Massaro Consulting.

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8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture

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Foster adaptability and flexibility Adaptable work environments and agile methodologies form the bedrock of a thriving IT culture, says Charman Hayes, executive vice president of people and capability for the technology group at Mastercard. Are you looking to build a winning IT culture?

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9 tips for achieving IT service delivery excellence

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Standardize processes and understand LOB needs Effective IT service delivery begins by creating and standardizing processes and documentation, says Patrick Cannon, field CTO at data center and cloud services firm US Signal. The benefit of having a well-trained team speaks for itself, Marcetic notes. “A