CIO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

He’s personally driven the transition of our entire company into an agile and safe methodology of software development, meaning he understands and expects empathetic, results-driven leadership out of all his respective department heads. C-Suite, CIO, IT Leadership, Relationship Building, Vendor Management

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Xebia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Great for our agility, but it also has consequences. An architect for an in-shop product engineering department requires different capabilities and attitudes compared to an architect that has to work with vendors and ensure successful integration. Gone are the days of creating large project plans and business cases.

Architecture 130

Architecture Organization Technical Review Software Review 130

Xebia

AUGUST 3, 2021

Great for our agility, but it also has consequences. An architect for an in-shop product engineering department requires different capabilities and attitudes compared to an architect that has to work with vendors and ensure successful integration. Gone are the days of creating large project plans and business cases.

Architecture 130

Architecture Organization Technical Review Software Review 130

Ivanti

AUGUST 4, 2021

A common theme running through a variety of management techniques and methodologies, everything from Agile to Lean to Six Sigma is the Pareto Principle – also known as the 80/20 rule. In an average month, an organization may spend 40 hours or more per SaaS vendor managing usage, overall spend, and contract renewals.

Software 98

Software Vendor Management Training Healthcare 98

Palo Alto Networks

MAY 22, 2020

With a cybersecurity landscape dominated by fragmented security vendors and tools, businesses struggle to protect themselves. I t takes a collaborative approach across cybersecurity vendors, managed security service providers (MSSP) and organizations to take up the global cyber threat challenge.

Malware 98

Malware Network Vendor Management Data Center 98

Honeycomb

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A lot of reasoning in content is predicated on the audience being in a modern, psychologically safe, agile sort of environment. The vendor management team would receive this feedback so they can escalate or find a new vendor for that service. It could also be an external API.

Software Review 105

Software Review Weak Development Team Systems Review Budget 105

Apiumhub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Cost Optimization: By providing insights into software usage and license compliance, software asset management tools enable organizations to optimize their software spending. This may involve reallocating licenses, negotiating better licensing agreements, or identifying opportunities to consolidate software vendors.

Tools 89

Tools Software Compliance AWS 89

Trigent

JUNE 27, 2022

Clear and effective communication is an integral component of QA, more so when DevOps, Agile, and similar collaboration-heavy initiatives are pursued to achieve QA at scale. Here are vital factors that you need to consider. Communication and people enablement.

Software Review 98

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Seerene

MAY 22, 2018

Vendor selections are typically based on hourly rates or perceived customer satisfaction, which is influenced more by the provider’s marketing and account management than by impartial data. As a result, hourly rates and cost cutting tend to drive the conversations and determine vendor selection. Measuring outsourcing value.

Software Review 40

Software Review Metrics Systems Review Vendor Management 40

CircleCI

JULY 18, 2022

Implementing well-known compliance best practices is a great way to measure your competence in internal corporate governance, risk management processes, organizational oversight policies, vendor management, and general security awareness. Comprehensive testing and change management.

Compliance 52

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CIO

MARCH 9, 2023

New Methodologies – Agile methodology is more needed than ever, so organisations can experiment, measure outcomes, and learn fast. Governance and Ownership – striking the right balance between retaining the right level of control while also allowing the Agile approach to thrive is critical.

Innovation 235

Innovation Agile Budget Vendor Management 235

The Agile Manager

MARCH 31, 2023

The captive corporate IT department was a relatively early adopter of Agile management practices, largely out of desperation. The first wave of Product Owners and Managers were lured away within a couple of years. The hard-learned software delivery management practices simply evaporated.

Weak Development Team 52

Weak Development Team Agile Delivery Management Recruiting 52

CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

If you’re not flexible and agile enough, your clients will move away,” he says. CIO, Data Privacy, Generative AI, IT Leadership, Vendor Management, Vendors and Providers They’re trying different foundation models for different things.”

Technical Review 321

Technical Review Generative AI Systems Review Software Review 321

The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The proto-CIO is a strong technologist with vendor management and negotiating skills, with a steady-as-she-goes disposition. The CIO's success is measured in terms of "levels of dissatisfaction" - the absence of delays, drag and downtime - more than it is measured in levels of satisfaction.

eCommerce 45

eCommerce Airlines Retail Leadership 45

Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 12, 2019

On one end of the continuum are VMs, which emphasize compatibility and control but require greater management effort. On the other end is serverless, which optimizes for density and developer agility but at the cost of control and backward compatibility. A Cloud-Agnostic Security Future.

Cloud 61

Cloud Serverless Lambda Weak Development Team 61

Tenable

AUGUST 18, 2023

Working with CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative ( JCDC ), a group of public- and private-sector collaborators participated in the creation of the “Remote Monitoring and Management Cyber Defense Plan,” which was released this week.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence How To 52

The Agile Manager

JULY 31, 2018

Aside from the fact that this serves the interests of a multitude of non-tech corporate functions such as human resources, vendor management and finance, it also provides a great deal of comfort to the individual. Enterprise tech labor is highly codified (bounded responsibilities) and stratified (seniority).

Organization 40

Organization Leadership Innovation Enterprise 40

The Agile Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Staff aug represents a substantial amount of revenue to firms ranging from the largest IT consultancies to local boutique shops. Body shopping is a big business: the margins are thin, but the volumes more than make up for it.

Software 40

Software Weak Development Team Retail Development 40

Kentik

MAY 17, 2021

And the cloud vendors’ management interfaces don’t make it easy to do simple things like figuring out traffic paths or visualizing traffic going over a VPN. This is happening at the same time that SRE and DevOps teams are actually speeding up and enjoying the agility of the cloud.

Network 52

Network Cloud AWS Architecture 52

CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Here are 12 other tips tech vendor CTOs have to offer CIOs embarking on a more software- and services-defined digital journey. Adopt the new agile Just as CIOs have begun ramping up their organizations on agile methodologies, it’s important for them to know that the days of Scrum masters and Kanban boards are already past.

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