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Barriers and benefits: How CIOs are navigating the AI whirlwind

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Less than half of CIOs say they possess the required technical skills, only 4 in 10 believe they have the required security infrastructure, and just one-third think their organizations possess the right computing infrastructure. Just over 6 in 10 say that demonstrating ROI from any technology is very or extremely challenging.

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IT leaders adjust budget priorities as economic outlook shifts

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Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. explains that cloud has been a major focus for her company in the past several years.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

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To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2024

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To stay on top of both old and new challenges, IT chiefs should evaluate their current business and technology strategies and, when necessary, adjust them to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and economic practices. Work toward having the right cybersecurity team in place, Orlandini advises.

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7 ways an MBA will advance your IT career — and 5 ways it won’t

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While not every IT leader is likely to match King’s rapid success, there’s little doubt that earning an MBA can help many CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and other IT executives and high-level managers successfully straddle the technology and business worlds. Cohn, interim dean of the School of Management at the New York Institute of Technology.

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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

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I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said. In one, he mocked up a cover of the Financial Times , showing the company’s stock soaring and praising its technologically enabled innovations.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

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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. A fractional CIO thinks beyond technical needs and considers the needs of the organization from a strategic business perspective.”