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IT leader’s survival guide: 8 tips to thrive in the years ahead

CIO

One area of focus for Srivastava is how to stay in compliance with various regulations, already a heady task, when considering both privacy and cybersecurity. It can be difficult to adapt quickly as technology advances, while working to comply with varying regulations across state lines and borders.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

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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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps. Double down on vendor management.

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So you’re a new CISO? Let’s navigate your first 90 days

Lacework

It’s a world of competing priorities and constrained budgets. Security is not an end-state, it’s a commitment to effective behaviors. Here are some actionable tips I’ve learned that I hope will help you navigate your first 90 days as a CISO — injected with tips from some of my favorite security executives. Speed to deploy?

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Software project management challenges — and how to handle them

CIO

Delivering on time and on budget Completing software projects in a timely manner while staying within budget is a long-time challenge of software development. On time and on budget are much easier to judge with the finger on the pulse of expectations of both the users and the developers.” What we can’t measure we can’t improve.

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Lenovo’s Arthur Hu on the CIO’s customer-centric imperative

CIO

Arthur Hu ranks among the few IT leaders who wear the hats of both CIO and CTO. If you haven’t already done so, adopt a methodology that elevates customer experience as a top-level metric, on par with technical and functional requirements that technology teams have traditionally been responsible for.

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8 traits of highly efficient CIOs

CIO

Being efficient means producing high-quality, sustainable, and expected outcomes on time and on budget, says Christopher Kowalsky, an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. They banish breakdowns.