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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO

IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% Bob Cournoyer, senior director of data strategy, BI, and analytics at Richmond, Va.-based

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Industry Leaders Forum: Budgeting Tactics and Strategies, Part 2

Praxent

Often, the differentiator has something to do with the member experience, yet we commonly see credit unions select off-the-shelf software for member-facing digital interactions. While off-the-shelf products have a place, such as for back-office functions, they often fail to spark strong member loyalty or engagement.

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DIY cloud cost management: The strategic case for building your own tools

CIO

He and his teams tried a few off-the-shelf tools but were never satisfied with the support for linking a cloud resource to a line of business to determine ownership. And that’s all before considering the need to fuel new AI initiatives , which can push cloud costs up further.

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10 things keeping IT leaders up at night

CIO

CIOs are hardly Luddites, but even some technologists fret about artificial intelligence, the rapid pace of tech evolution, and their ability to keep up. That’s not to say they’re looking to ditch their roles or smash machines, as the real Luddites had. Yet CIOs do admit that they’re worried about multiple issues these days.

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Guide to Digitizing Hotel Upselling and Cross-Selling: Strategies and Tools

Altexsoft

This post aims at explaining the key hotel upselling and cross-selling strategies, ways to digitize them effectively, and examples of existing software serving that purpose. Upselling and cross-selling provide hotel owners and managers with the ability to drive greater profit from the same guest by timely offering valuable services.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

Understanding corporate travel management and its unique needs Corporate travel management is a specialized function within businesses that involves managing, coordinating, and optimizing an organization’s strategy to travel. Corporate travel management comes with its unique set of needs and challenges. Different booking flow.

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO

CIO.com spoke with top IT leaders who have taken up international roles about the key challenges they encountered and the strategies they adopted to become successful abroad. When Richard Ventre got an opportunity to move to India from the Netherlands, he latched on to it. “We