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Private equity looks to the CIO as value multiplier

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PE investors have begun to realize they can achieve better returns with strong and empowered CIOs at portfolio companies, says John Buccola, CTO of E78 Partners, a managed services provider focused on the private equity market. The CIO role is front and center on all these topics that are really top of mind for an investor.”

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

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Review strategy before considering cuts To deal with rising costs, CIOs say they’re reviewing options such as staff cuts and downgrading service level agreements, as well as ways to increase productivity to combat labor cost increases and other price pressures. But despite such challenges, CIOs say they’re meeting them head on.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now. Revisit the project portfolio Strong demand management is essential for sustainable IT cost optimization, says Anja Allen, principal in EY Americas’ technology consulting practice. But it’s not the only one.

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

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Across the world, climate change has bitten hard into the economies of tech-centric California, again due to wildfires. So the CIO, the technologies they deploy, and the partnerships they form are essential to the future of a more environmentally sustainable way of doing business. But the climate emergency is steadily changing that.

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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. D ue diligence pays off.

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So much fintech M&A

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As reported by Life Insurance International: “Level has created a tech-driven underwriting process for early-stage fintech startups that is claimed to have brought new efficiency and speed to the debt-raising process. What happened to due diligence here??? Pagaya Technologies announces acquisition of Darwin Homes.

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Extra Crunch roundup: EU insurtech, 30 years of ‘Crossing the Chasm,’ embedded finance’s endgame

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Several European-based insurtech startups entered unicorn territory this year, such as Bought By Many, which offers pet insurance; London-based Zego; and Alan, a French startup that raised a $220 million round. Innovaccer founder and CEO Abhinav Shashank and CTO Mike Sutten write in a guest column that the U.S.