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2024 CIO50 Saudi Arabia Awards: Nominations are now open

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CIO is proud to launch the third edition of CIO50 Awards in Saudi Arabia, recognising the top 50 senior technology executives driving innovation, strengthening resiliency and influencing rapid change. The Awards will take place at the Hotel Fairmont Riyadh on 19th September.

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How Palladium targets tech to better serve the business

CIO

The result was what is now the Palladium Hotel Group, a hotel chain with 10 different brands spread across Spain, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. But the company’s history and growth wouldn’t have been possible without a clear commitment to innovation.

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CIOs set their agendas to achieve IT’s ultimate balancing act

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Achieving operational excellence while deploying innovative technologies is not an either/or proposition as far as Christian Mate is concerned. Both are critical for meeting the responsibilities of the job of CIO, which requires the staid mantra of “keep the lights on” while concentrating on the more exciting innovating for growth, he says.

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Top 9 challenges IT leaders will face in 2023

CIO

And while their staffs are more distributed than ever, these leaders are committed to making positive changes in workplace culture, including diversifying their workforce, and creating a post-pandemic work dynamic that enables their colleagues to connect with one another across distances to do their best work.

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Innovation – Between Chaos and Standardization

Modus Create

Innovation is such a beautiful thing. Without a doubt, innovation has made a lot of headlines in the past few years. “Innovation is our response to the market challenges, it’s the way we’ll overcome our competitors and create new revenue streams.” Is innovation the way? What is Innovation? Or like both.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

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Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. You need a leadership team that is supportive, and a board that will back them up. At Vuori, everything is in the cloud.

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Leading Sprinkles People

Let's Grow Leaders

Creating a Customer-Focused Culture. I had a mid-afternoon keynote in Alexandria, VA and strolled down the street from my hotel to find lunch at a local restaurant. The consultant inside me demanded I learn a bit more about the restaurant manager whose leadership no doubt contributed to her ingenuity and warmth.

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