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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO

It’s no secret that having the right capabilities is essential to digital success, but given the dynamic nature of digital business, these capabilities go beyond technical know-how. The market is tight, but we are not short of people with technical skills; people who can develop, build infrastructure, and understand the cloud,” says Fox.

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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.” Deals done by business users alone may be technically unsound.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

“But there are also vendor-specific metrics we define, and we build telemetry using tools based on usage and needs,” the CIO says. For example, if a cloud vendor hosts a data lake that requires operational technology data to synchronize and feed back into a decision algorithm on the production line, we measure latency.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

CIO

Let data drive decision-making Many CIOs get to where they are because they have significant experience and intuition, Porter says. If you aren’t using data analytics tools, you are going to make mistakes and leave money on the table for your organization.” Invest early and often in addressing your technical debt.