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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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The economy may be looking uncertain, but technology continues to drive the business and CIOs are investing big in 2023. At the same time, they are defunding technologies that no longer contribute to business strategy or growth. The company is embedding AI into each level of the tech stack it sells to customers, he says. “We

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How to get your CFO to buy into a better model for IT funding

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And they want to know exactly how much return on investment (ROI) can be expected when IT leaders make technology-related changes. Continuous and dependable funding facilitates IT leaders’ ability to deliver leading-edge technology solutions while not increasing technical debt. For CFOs, persistent funding can raise concerns.

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

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Inflation may have dropped from its high in 2022, but the price pressures on IT budgets have continued unabated. The technology talent gap continues to inflate labor costs, too, despite big layoffs in high tech, CIOs say, and they’ve seen double-digit increases in SaaS and cloud costs over the last two years. Here’s how.

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4 ways to ensure CEO support for your digital strategy

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It’s then up to the CIO to sound less like a technical guru and more like the finance, marketing, and payroll people, making it clear that every activity takes place on the IT infrastructure. To help earn this, at the end of each year, Ardolino prepares his own budget forecast document, which he then reviews with the CFO and CEO.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. Last June, for example, Dun & Bradstreet launched D&B.AI

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4 hidden risks of your enterprise cloud strategy

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And those massive platforms sharply limit how far they will allow one enterprise’s IT due diligence to go. When performing whatever minimal due diligence the cloud platform permits — SOC reports, GDPR compliance, PCI ROC, etc. When Blauner worked at Citi, for example, that MVP was international funds transfers. “If

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Microsoft can’t keep up with demand for AI in the cloud — for now

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Many features have been developed for Windows and Office copilots without having been deployed due to the lack of compute. IDC’s Wave surveys have revealed that supply chain constraints were one of the top concerns, at least for Asia-Pacific IT leaders, affecting their tech strategies and budgets,” Thomas said.