CIO

MAY 16, 2024

With 43% of CTOs reporting up to another IT leader or LOB executive, according to the 2024 State of the CIO survey , and just 38% having a budget separate from IT, as change agents they can find themselves in a difficult spot. The CTO role also means different things in different organizations.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the age of digital transformation, the CIO’s role is increasingly central to business, focused on driving growth and establishing a new digital culture across the organization. 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. “The

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Among other accolades, he was named Consumer Goods Technology’s 2013 CIO of the Year and was the 2021 recipient of the Bay Area CIO of the Year ORBIE award for Leadership. Humility, Empathy, Adaptability, Resiliency, and Transparency) have become fundamental to his leadership style. Can you unpack those a bit? .

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Transformation efforts can be derailed for any number of reasons, but there are several common themes as to why digital initiatives fall short — and most revolve around leadership. IT leaders must work with business leadership to help establish a clear understanding of digital transformation goals and a practical roadmap for achieving them.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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. Rizwan, CIO of Z2C Ltd.,

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CIO

JANUARY 2, 2024

Here’s where CIOs can rethink their approach to the long-term benefit of their organizations. Reframing technical debt There is no magic potion that can eliminate all technical debt, but technical debt can be attacked via budgeting if technical debt is not just perceived as upgrading IT infrastructure. CIOs must change this thinking.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As countless organizations race to investigate or adopt artificial intelligence technologies, many are building out an AI skilled workforce. Indeed, new research from Foundry finds that 11% of midsize to large organizations have already designated such an individual in the role, and another 21% of organizations are actively seeking one.

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CIO

MAY 14, 2024

It’s because any Martian business will enjoy an insurmountable advantage: With a 687 earth-days long year, Martian enterprises will go through about half the number of budgeting cycles their terrestrial competitors do. What,” I asked him, “is the ROI for budgeting?” My friend would state, in response, “Your budget is your plan!

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CIO

JANUARY 25, 2024

Especially in IT organizations—where budgets came under more scrutiny in 2023—CIOs need to show they’re not using AI for AI’s sake. Get to know how HR, sales, and finance operate so they can be trusted advisors and improve IT decision-making for the organization.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The phases, processes and associated knowledge areas provide an organized approach for project managers and their teams to work through projects, according to the following outline: Initiating phase: Integration management: Develop project charter. Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Budget for surprises.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Despite national news about increased costs, economic uncertainty, and more reports of technology firm layoffs, respondents indicated that they were planning to spend more IT budget in 2023, not less. One contributing factor to managed services’ ongoing growth as a percentage of IT budgets is finding and keeping the right IT talent.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To keep ahead of cybercriminals, organizations must remain agile, pivoting to embrace new strategies and technologies whenever necessary in order to outrun attacks. This is the time when many CFOs trawl through every line item in the budget, looking for potential savings.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Some organizations have been innovating, transforming, and growing so fast that they haven’t had time to clear up older cost structures that start getting in the way,” says Stewart Buchanan, research vice president on Gartner’s CIO team. Zero-based budgeting can be a good approach for discretionary spending.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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. And they understand how IT interrelates with cybersecurity and the other functional areas of their organizations.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. It starts with establishing a clear set of agreed upon initiatives and outcomes for the organization,” he says.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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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CIO

MARCH 5, 2024

But that’s about to change, said Fleming, as executive leadership seeks to understand how AI and automation benefit the bottom line. Many organizations have been happy experimenting with AI and automation,” she said. So CIOs thinking about hardware budgets should factor in high-end servers that can accommodate GenAI workloads.”

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CIO

MAY 26, 2023

I was regularly interacting not only with the IT leadership but also with the other business teams such as SCM, HR, accounts and finance, strategy, and M&A of the Reliance Group. The IT in Reliance is not only cutting-edge, but it is also more organized. I knew how to engage with the leadership team.

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Palo Alto Networks

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A recent Deloitte and National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) study found five cybersecurity barriers working against state and local government organizations’ ability to improve their security posture. Lack of Sufficient Cybersecurity Budget. According to the study, only 36% of U.S.

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CIO

MARCH 12, 2024

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. There’s a trick to this, and it’s one that, ultimately, your organization will thank you for. Here are three strategies for getting it done.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Because data and digital technology have become so integral into any enterprise’s lifeblood, senior leadership teams must differentiate between the strategic aspects of IT and the tactical parts of IT cost centers. The following are three practical ways to make enterprise storage a strategic asset for your organization.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

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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CIO

JULY 26, 2023

Dr Setia, also the chairperson of the centre for digital transformation at the business school, teaches graduate-level courses on the leadership of digital organizations, strategic management of digital innovations, and digital transformation. How should CIOs tackle each of these to ensure smooth and effective digital transformation?

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Luckily, many are expanding budgets to do so. “94% As every CIO can attest, the aggregate demand for IT and data capabilities is straining their IT leadership teams. Meanwhile, CIOs must still reduce technical debt, modernize applications, and get cloud costs under control.

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CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

As companies vie for talented tech workers to meet skills gaps in their organizations, the demand for certain tech roles has increased. Project manager The role of project manager is important for planning, executing, and completing IT projects on time and on budget. percent since 2021, according to Dice.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Deep, unreasonable budget cuts. The IT budget has just been slashed by colleagues who have no idea how their decision will damage essential services. In the event a negative budget change is proposed, the CIO should be asking tough questions and paying close attention to the replies. It’s time to wake up. Management resistance.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Generative AI continues to dominate IT projects for many organizations, with two thirds of business leaders telling a Harris Poll they’ve already deployed generative AI tools internally, and IDC predicting spend on gen AI will more than double in 2024. But the usual laundry list of priorities for IT hasn’t gone away.

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CIO

MARCH 27, 2023

Chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) are poised to be of increasing strategic importance to their organizations, but many are struggling to make headway, according to data presented last week by Gartner at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2023. But that’s not helping move the value of the organization as a business forward.”

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CIO

JANUARY 30, 2024

Just this past year another strategy must-have arrived to upend nearly every organization. In the aughts (2000s), the leadership focus for IT was “strategic alignment” — that is, linking IT’s strategy to the business. Organizations need to decide what problems they want to solve. IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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CIO

APRIL 27, 2023

Solutions architect Solutions architects are responsible for building, developing, and implementing systems architecture within an organization, ensuring that they meet business or customer needs. Relevant skills include Java, JavaScript, organizational and leadership skills, technical knowledge, project management, and architecture design.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This blog will examine how enterprises can take stock of their systems, and offer best practices for IT teams with small budgets looking to re-tool. This can create knowledge gaps where leadership thinks a system is performing fine. Getting by on Small Budgets. Enterprise, HPE, IT Leadership

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CIO

MAY 1, 2024

As Empath-IA took shape, Ingesan allocated 5% of the innovation budget to implement it and to explore other opportunities — an investment already with measurable ROI. This approach is based on recognizing the critical importance of health and safety in any organization, and being able to offer further value-added services. “By

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CIO

APRIL 23, 2024

There are, for example, those in leadership roles who, while promoting the value of risk-taking, also insist on “holding people accountable.” The other: structural risks — situations that might become real and would cause serious damage to the IT organization and its business collaborators if they do. IT Leadership, Risk Management

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CIO

JANUARY 19, 2023

Two events influenced Schneider Electric CIO Elizabeth Hackenson to distribute more decision-making authority throughout the company’s IT organization. What’s unusual is that these organizations are delegating more financial as well as technical decisions, says Daniel Sanchez-Reina, VP and analyst at Gartner.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The Role that Executive Search Plays in Effective Nonprofit Organizations Executive search is essential for the success of large nonprofit organizations. The nonprofit sector has unique challenges and goals and requires leaders with exceptional managerial leadership skills and experience.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

OCTOBER 12, 2022

What steps can a CIO take in order to avoid spending their budget buying technology that will just end up going to waste? Currently everyone’s seeing CIOs causing digital acceleration, but very few organizations are tracking what they’re getting in terms of business outcomes. This could result in a big budget drain.

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CIO

APRIL 25, 2023

Leadership is what makes the difference between dragging employees along and their moving in the right direction on their own. Leadership is a useful tool for making that happen (see “dog,” above). Leadership is a useful tool for making that happen (see “dog,” above). IT Leadership, IT Management, IT Strategy

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