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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO

And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Cloud isn’t that shiny new object in the distance, full of possibility. Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise.

Strategy 363
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Travelex leverages cloud-based customer data platform to boost retention

CIO

It’s bad news for us because we aspire to have repeat customers, and it’s bad news for our customers because they just waste money servicing an inactive or idle card.” The decision to host the platform in the cloud, in particular on AWS, was a question of efficiency, he says.

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From Hype to Hope: Key Lessons on AI in Security, Innersource, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

Coveros

Result: Though the full scope remains unclear, the breach affected almost all Okta customers and highlighted the potential risks associated with third-party vendors managing sensitive data. Open source developers merged 60% more automated Dependabot pull requests for vulnerable packages than in 2022.

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Leadership in Cybersecurity

N2Growth Blog

Below is a list of security initiatives that a security leader would either manage or have parallel impact upon within a business: Data security. Vendor management. Identity & Access Management (IAM). Vulnerability Management (VM). Cloud enabled solutions – SaaS, IaaS, PaaS. Disaster Recovery (DR).

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Free Migrations Break the Stalemate Between Inertia and Modernization

Infinidat

Migrations consume scarce staff resources; they are time-consuming, create financial and operational risks, and complicate vendor relations. Free migrations are the easiest and safest way to bound the risks and costs of changing storage vendors. Why are data migrations painful? Let’s talk.

Storage 52
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Free Migrations Break the Stalemate Between Inertia and Modernization

Infinidat

Migrations consume scarce staff resources; they are time-consuming, create financial and operational risks, and complicate vendor relations. Free migrations are the easiest and safest way to bound the risks and costs of changing storage vendors. Why are data migrations painful? Let’s talk.

Storage 52