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The CIO’s fatal flaw: Too much leadership, not enough management

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Because what’s frequently missed in the perennial leadership vs. management fracas is that management is about getting work out the door. Leadership is an important collection of techniques managers use to get the people in their organization to embrace the direction they’re trying to set. So why does leadership get all the buzz?

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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. growth,’’ the firm wrote in a newly-published report on worldwide IT spending in Q4 22. The unified communications market’s meager 1.6%

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Illuminating the black box: why CIOs should consider publishing an annual IT report

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One vehicle might be an annual report, one similar to those that have been published for years by public companies—10ks and 10qs and all those other filings by which stakeholders judge a company’s performance, posture, and potential. Such a report has a legacy already, if only a short one. Good question. Let’s start with Performance.

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Managed services projections increase through 2023

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In this report, the news about technology investments was surprisingly upbeat. 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. IT Leadership

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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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3 key digital transformation priorities for 2024

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The analyst reports tell CIOs that generative AI should occupy the top slot on their digital transformation priorities in the coming year. Moreover, the CEOs and boards that CIOs report to don’t want to be left behind by generative AI, and many employees want to experiment with the latest generative AI capabilities in their workflows.

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Chief AI officer: What it takes to land the C-suite’s hottest new job

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Assuming the candidate passes muster on those counts, the individual can expect very positive short- and long-term impacts on their careers by taking up this emerging IT leadership role, he says. Ozzie Coto reports directly to the CEO. Some will state that they go by the CEO/CFO-set budget, and still seek sign-off at the board level.

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