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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

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In this conversation with Foundry, Kopal dives deep into her career progression, the challenges of marrying manufacturing with digitization and WABTEC’s commitment to sustainability. Since I was adept at project management, I was asked to head the IT department for one of the small subsidiaries of TATA organization.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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“The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now.

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

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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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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

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After marked increase in cloud adoption through the pandemic, enterprises are facing new challenges, namely around the security, maintenance, and management of cloud infrastructure. Cloud consultants are becoming more important to businesses as they embrace cloud to achieve “increased and sustainable revenue”, according to 50% of respondents.

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Agile vs Scrum Project Management: What You Need To Know

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This widely used project management approach is often a more natural way to keep cross-functional team members organised and on task. The team works on a project through a series of iterations using Agile, which is then prioritised based on the feedback of the end-user. The cons of Agile Project Management 1.

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4 Reasons to Outsource Large IT Projects During Economic Headwinds

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When selecting an outsourcer, validate what tools and project management structure they will bring to the table; validate past project success in terms of both budget and on-time delivery. How can we rapidly build, scale and sustain a cutting edge customer-centric tech stack?

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IT leaders tackle the high price of talent

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Since the onset of the pandemic, IT has risen in prominence as an engine for business sustainability and growth across all industries. As companies strive to transform their business models specifically in manufacturing, supply chain, project management, and sales, the uptick in hiring IT talent was seen as a natural progression.”

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