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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO

Inflation may have dropped from its high in 2022, but the price pressures on IT budgets have continued unabated. Forty-one percent of the CIOs in the survey said they’ve changed their cycle for revisiting IT budgets to at least every month, says Tony Olvet, IDC’s VP of worldwide C-suite and digital business research.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

CIO

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. It’s not uncommon for a middle-market enterprise to operate without a CIO, Hartman says. What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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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 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. And the costs recur monthly or quarterly,” Upchurch says.

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Leadership in Cybersecurity

N2Growth Blog

Defining the position of the lead security person in an enterprise can be a challenging and sometimes confusing task. Below is a list of security initiatives that a security leader would either manage or have parallel impact upon within a business: Data security. Vendor management. Budgeting & forecasting.

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Organizing for Innovation, Part V: The Leadership Challenge

The Agile Manager

The majority of people working in enterprise IT today, that's who. Enterprise tech labor is highly codified (bounded responsibilities) and stratified (seniority). Over-exposure to enterprise change programs - or more likely, over-exposure to failed enterprise change programs - won't inspire enthusiasm for yet another one.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

This perspective is a shift from existing strategy perspectives as it affects nearly every major decision a company makes, from growth initiatives, portfolio strategy, and M&A opportunities to its approach to budgeting and cost cutting. SD : Why now? Second, a coherent system focuses strategic investment on what matters.