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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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The numbers are higher from Foundry’s 2023 State of CIO survey , which finds that 91% of CIOs expect their tech budgets to either increase or stay the same in 2023. For example, pricing and underwriting are two key areas where life insurance carriers can bring market-differentiating product offerings to customers, Seetharaman explains. “At

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CIO risk-taking 101: Playing it safe isn’t safe

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There are, for example, those in leadership roles who, while promoting the value of risk-taking, also insist on “holding people accountable.” And if by some chance your preventive measures are completely successful you’ll be blamed for wasting budget and effort on unnecessary mitigations. Insurance: You know how this plays out.

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Why Jackson CIO Mike Hicks had to flip the script on his proven 100-day plan

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Finally, we were two months away from submitting this year’s budget, which is always a challenge because of the legwork that goes into a budget cycle. But I also needed to focus on strategy to make sure we had capacity in the budget for new initiatives. Budgeting, CIO, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

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But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval. Budgeting, Business Continuity, Data and Information Security, Disaster Recovery, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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6 legal ‘gotchas’ that could sink your CIO career

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Lack of liability insurance can leave you exposed You might be thinking that your company will defend you for liability, and you might be right if your company has liability coverage for its officers, and you are an officer. But does your company have liability insurance for its executives? Careers, IT Leadership, Legal

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Building digital fluency in the C-suite and beyond

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More frequently, IT leaders are seeing the value of educating their peers and stakeholders as a win-win for increasing buy-in and budget for digital initiatives. Leadership “puts their money where their mouth is.” Those sessions have also been integrated into various learning events for the leadership.

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9 traits of great IT leaders

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Here, veteran CIOs and executive leadership experts highlight the essential traits required to be a standout IT leader today. In other words, they excel at managing IT budgets, projects, staffing needs, and so on. It allows them to set up their teams for success,” Bloom says — a mark of real leadership.