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Vendor management: The key to productive partnerships

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What is vendor management? Vendor management helps organizations take third-party vendor relationships from a passive business transaction to a proactive collaborative partnership. While working with IT vendors can help ease the burden on IT, it also raises concerns, especially around data, risk, and security.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance. Double down on vendor management. Invest in workforce planning.

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Automating compliance in software delivery

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Compliance requirements can add significant overhead to an organization. Fortunately, it is possible to automate compliance-related activities using continuous integration and third-party tools. Examples of software compliance requirements. Software compliance best practices. Comprehensive testing and change management.

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3 key roles for driving digital success

CIO

Data architects, who partner with data scientists and data governance specialists, ensure new data sources are cataloged, comply with enterprise naming conventions, and adhere to data security requirements. CIOs should look to revitalize their program management offices (PMOs) from top-down compliance drivers to bottom-up service providers.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO

There’s an ever-growing need for technical pros who can handle the rapid pace of technology, ensuring businesses keep up with industry standards, compliance regulations, and emerging or disruptive technologies. Companies can’t ignore digital transformation as technology continues to dominate nearly every aspect of business and daily-life.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

CIO

A fractional CIO’s responsibilities typically include IT team management, budget development and supervision, specifying technology investments, and providing guidance on IT systems and governance, he says. What types of organizations hire fractional CIOs? What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

This may include who owns the workload; its dependencies on other applications; who authored it or what vendors are involved; security, governance, compliance, and data requirements; and special integration or location requirements. Importantly, you should also indicate the goal for the workload (e.g.,

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