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6 best practices for better vendor management

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To ensure vendor relationship help their organizations achieve their goals, IT leaders should establish a comprehensive technology vendor management strategy focused on maximizing fit and value. A few years ago, supply-chain snags had CIOs looking for new technology,” Beasley says.

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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

CIO

Once a vanguard business strategy, digital transformation has become a perennial objective for business survival. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations. Moreover, digital transformation means doing all that work on a continuous basis.

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What it takes to succeed as a CIO today

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The market for technology talent has been white hot over the past year. The four of us had a wide-ranging conversation about the broader environment and how it’s affecting the role of technology leaders. Dan Roberts: What are some of the macro trends you’re seeing that are affecting the technology industry and market for talent?

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What is SAFe? A framework for scaling business agility

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This accelerated feedback loop leads to higher engagement levels, increased productivity and job satisfaction, and improved work quality, as well as deliverables that reach the market faster. Assume market and technical variability by preserving choices and encouraging innovation.

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Microsoft and Cognizant team up to boost enterprise Copilot adoption

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Bernard Marr, author of the book Generative AI in Practice: 100+ Amazing Ways Generative Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business and Society , sees the partnership representing a significant shift in how CIOs approach digital transformation. “It Generative AI, IT Consulting Services

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10 ways to accelerate digital transformation

CIO

Veteran IT executives and executive advisors offer the following 10 strategies that CIOs can employ to increase the velocity of IT work and the delivery of transformative initiatives. That means shortening the expected lifespan on new technologies as well as the timelines for seeing returns.

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6 tough AI discussions every IT leader must have

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Few technologies have provoked the same amount of discussion and debate as artificial intelligence, with workers, high-profile executives, and world leaders waffling between praise and fears over AI. Here are the central AI conversations you should be having with your teams, line-of-business leaders, C-suite colleagues, and the board.