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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

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A fractional CIO is typically an experienced IT leader who is external to the enterprise yet acts as an accountable leader and extension of the executive team, says Dave Hartman, president of IT management consulting firm Hartman Executive Advisors. “A What services do fractional CIOs provide?

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Equally telling is another statistic from that research: Just 35% of these enterprises have achieved their digital goals or are on track to do so.

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

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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

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In this quarter, 74% of large enterprises report having FinOps teams and processes in place, up from 61% in 2022,” he says. Those enterprises reported a 30 to 35% cost savings in the first year after implementing FinOps teams and tools. Know what’s the bigger win for them and what’s on their roadmap,” he advises.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

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Louis-based KnowledgeLake, a cloud-native enterprise content management (ECM) platform provider. Brad Porter, CTO, KnowledgeLake KnowledgeLake He advises CIOs to listen to the data and use it to drive decisions. Technical debt can start slow — so slow, in fact, that it’s easy to defer addressing it to the next sprint.”