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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

CIO

Years into strategies centered on adopting cloud point solutions, CIOs increasingly find themselves facing a bill past due: rationalizing, managing, and integrating an ever-expanding lineup of SaaS offerings — many of which they themselves didn’t bring into the organization’s cloud estate.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

In addition to AI and machine learning, data science, cybersecurity, and other hard-to-find skills , IT leaders are also looking for outside help to accelerate the adoption of DevOps or product-/program-based operating models. D ue diligence pays off. Last June, for example, Dun & Bradstreet launched D&B.AI

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO

For technologists with the right skills and expertise, the demand for talent remains and businesses continue to invest in technical skills such as data analytics, security, and cloud. The demand for specialized skills has boosted salaries in cybersecurity, data, engineering, development, and program management. as of January.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

To gain that insight he monitors ongoing usage and meets weekly or biweekly with internal business leaders — and with Microsoft, the city’s primary cloud service provider, to review current and future needs. But there are also vendor-specific metrics we define, and we build telemetry using tools based on usage and needs,” the CIO says.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

Many organizations are due to revisit their cloud strategies, as their businesses have changed and vendor offerings have matured,” says Brian Alletto, technology director at digital services consultancy West Monroe. “The data, security, development, architecture) as well. How will we balance security, agility, and usability?

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Beyond Transactions: Nurturing Vendor Relationships with the Power of Self-service Portal

Newgen Software

Your restaurant relies on various suppliers (vendors) to provide fresh ingredients, including vegetables, fruits, meat, and spices, to curate delicious delicacies for your customers. A self-service vendor portal can greatly enhance the level of service provided by AP departments to vendors. And that’s not all!

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9 trends to watch in systems engineering and operations

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

If your job or business relies on systems engineering and operations, be sure to keep an eye on the following trends in the months ahead. This practice incorporates machine learning in order to make sense of data and keep engineers informed about both patterns and problems so they can address them swiftly. Kubernetes.