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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

CIO

That’s not hyperbole: TEKsystems’ 2024 State of Digital Transformation report found that 53% of organizations classified as digital leaders are confident that their digital investments will meet expected ROIs. But as a CIO, I don’t need an IT organization that’s writing apps. That’s the black swan for gen AI,” Gupta says.

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5 rules that transform outsourcing outcomes

CIO

For organizations seeking a collaborative win-win approach to outsourcing, the Vested sourcing business model is worth consideration. For example, a buying organization might want “outcomes,” but the contract spells out dozens or even hundreds of service level agreement metrics instead.

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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.” If what you’re looking for isn’t in the contract, it won’t happen.

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Micromax, smartphone sales stalled, eyes a steer into electric vehicles

TechCrunch

“China-based vendors managed to get quality devices, high specifications and the latest technology at affordable prices with huge marketing and channel spends,” Singh said. “Indian vendors were just not able to compete in any of these levers — product, marketing, channel, etc. .

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Defensive Instrumentation Benefits Everyone

Honeycomb

The advanced premise: if your organization doesn’t follow every best practice and cascading failures emerge when multiple downstream systems act oddly but none report errors, your app could be to blame—or, it could be a confluence of other issues making it fail. It could also be an external API. This thing needs attention.”

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Managed Services: Everything You Need to Know

Kaseya

It is often a non-revenue generating function of an organization that runs in the background, such as workforce management, payroll, IT management, etc. But more often than not, when we talk about managed services, we usually mean managed IT services. It costs them their reputation and the trust of their customers.

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Fleet Management Software: Key Functions, Solutions, and Innovations

Altexsoft

Incorporating a software system into fleet management improves the regulation of the emissions, as it provides a comprehensive analysis of energy/fuel economy, idling, eco-driving behaviors, and emissions for each vehicle. Drivers management. Dashboard for monitoring accident status’ within your organization, Source: Chevin.