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CIOs eager to scale AI despite difficulty demonstrating ROI, survey finds

CIO

However, barriers such as adoption speed and security concerns hinder rapid AI integration, according to a new survey. Of the 750 CIOs around the world surveyed by Lenovo, 81% said they are already leveraging third-party AI Tools or deploying a mix of third-party and proprietary AI.

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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. This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says.

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Why IT surveys can’t be trusted for strategic decisions

CIO

One reason is that surveys dominate research into IT practices, and their results generally follow the well-worn template: X percent of Y does or is planning to do Z. Surveys, that is, only reduce our uncertainty about how many people or organizations are doing something we care about (or are supposed to). Why do I say that, you ask?

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO

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. Others include preparation for zero-day attacks, almost anything having to do with data stewardship, as well as IT training and social engineering audits.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO

“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. But it’s not the only one.

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With fresh capital, Symend aims to build a better debt collection system

TechCrunch

According to a September 2021 survey from Bankrate.com, 42% of U.S. As Joshaghani explained to me, Symend works with a company’s existing systems to “optimize engagement” with customers falling behind on bills due to illness, job loss, family trouble and other foreseen and unforeseen circumstances.

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2021 IT Operations Survey Highlights – Trends Impacting Small and Midsize Businesses

Kaseya

Kaseya’s 2021 State of IT Operations survey findings reveal the top priorities, challenges, areas of investment, cloud strategy trends, IT budget growth trends and more for small to midsize businesses. Let’s take a look at some of the major highlights of the 2021 IT Operations Survey Report. Noteworthy IT Budgets Trends.

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