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The rise of the chief transformation officer

CIO

Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chief technology officer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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Some organizations have been innovating, transforming, and growing so fast that they haven’t had time to clear up older cost structures that start getting in the way,” says Stewart Buchanan, research vice president on Gartner’s CIO team. Contractors and vendors should be treated like your car insurance,” says Pratt.

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

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There is a need and realization by the business world to be more environmentally sustainable since organizations are seeing an impact on the bottom line as a direct result of climate change. Like anything, the hard work is the initial assessment,” says CGI director of business consulting and CIO advisor Sean Sadler.

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#738 The 2023 Tech Layoffs: Has the Dust Settled? with Brian Singer, Matt Peters, & Aaron Bare

Modern CTO

Today, we’re bringing you our first Modern CTO panel episode! All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Brian has successfully transformed technology teams in their efforts to position themselves for scale and growth through cultural, organizational, methodological, and technological changes.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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“For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps. Build trust and transparency. “In

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Many CIOs are better equipped to combat rising IT costs. Are you?

CIO

Rising prices have imposed tough challenges on IT budgets, operations and staffing, especially for global organizations with operations in countries where inflation has been running high, such as Poland (10%), India (8%) or Turkey (50%). They ended up bringing most of those people back, at consulting rates, for six months.”

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8 top priorities for CIOs in 2023

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As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. Achieving this clear end-state vision requires deep and successful business and technology alignment,” he says.