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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

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.

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5 questions startups should consider before making their first marketing hire

TechCrunch

Jamie Viggiano is the chief marketing officer at Fuel Capital , an early-stage venture capital firm investing in consumer, SaaS and infrastructure businesses. “Who should my first marketing hire be?” The nature of the marketing function has expanded significantly over the past two decades.

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Overcome the Challenges of Cloud Optimization & FinOps to Drive Business Value

CIO

Cloud usage & costs Most enterprise companies have shared infrastructure, and managing cost allocation across marketing, HR, accounting, and other departments can be tricky. Overcoming these challenges goes back to KPIs and OKRs. This requires adopting the right FinOps tools, processes, and people.

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Are You Using a Cloud Experience to Boost Business Value?

CIO

When Diminishing Returns Become Budget Busters For years enterprises scrambled to build applications in public cloud environments; there was legitimate business value in rapid innovation, deployment and scalability, as well as unfettered access to more geographical regions. There is no setting them and forgetting them.

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Power BI Purchase Dashboards

Sunflower Lab

Negotiated savings: Calculates the cost savings achieved through negotiations with suppliers compared to previous agreements or market benchmarks. Budget Monitoring: Tracks spending against budget allocations to help organizations stay within budgetary constraints and identify areas of overspending or cost overruns.

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IA generativa, i tre utilizzi con cui i CIO italiani stanno generando valore

CIO

Nel breve periodo, i sistemi proprietari sono una scelta più prudente e danno un veloce time-to-market, ma non escludo i modelli aperti, anzi, immagino un futuro multi-modello sulla falsariga del multicloud”. Il paradigma MLOps Altrettanto importante per Ciuccarelli è l’aggiornamento del modello di IA generativa.

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Power BI Executive Dashboard: Actionable Insights for Leaders

Sunflower Lab

The dashboard also compares actual financial performance against budgeted targets, highlighting areas of concern or success and enabling stakeholders to make data-driven decisions to improve financial performance. The dashboard enables stakeholders to track spending patterns, identify areas for cost reduction, and improve budgeting accuracy.

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