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Vendor management: The key to productive partnerships

CIO

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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Automating compliance in software delivery

CircleCI

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.

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3 key roles for driving digital success

CIO

Product leaders are most responsible for a digital transformation initiative’s scope, priorities, and change management. They partner with agile delivery leaders responsible for delivering releases on time and meeting quality standards, including non-functional security, performance, and reliability acceptance criteria.

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

CIO

As companies vie for talented tech workers to meet skills gaps in their organizations, the demand for certain tech roles has increased. Program analyst/manager Working closely with project managers, program analysts and managers oversee programs and projects within an organization to ensure they’re on track and on budget.

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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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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. However, this approach comes with its own sets of challenges such as compliance issues, misaligned workplace culture, and privacy concerns.” Double down on vendor management.

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The CIO’s guide to smarter vendor negotiation: 10 tips

CIO

“Prices are increasing, and negotiation is becoming more difficult,” agrees Melanie Alexander, senior director analyst on Gartner’s sourcing, procurement, and vendor management team. Vendors are not granting the same concessions they have in the past.” What’s more, technology contracts are often multilayered.