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The rise of the chief transformation officer

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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. Sometimes the strategies are at odds.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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According to The State of the CIO Survey,24% of CIOs view “reinventing infrastructure/applications to meet new requirements” as a challenge holding IT back. Cybersecurity Another significant challenge: Addressing security threats, which was cited by 43% of CIOs responding to the State of the CIO survey. 1 challenge listed.

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What is a CTO? The exec who sets tech strategy

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What is a CTO? The chief technology officer (CTO) is the senior executive who focuses on the technological requirements, opportunities, and challenges within an organization. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO do? Years ago, the CTO most often led the infrastructure function.

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

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According to IDC’s July 2023 Future Enterprise Resiliency & Spending (FERS) survey of 856 senior IT and business managers in large enterprises, the IT line items most affected, in addition to rising tech salaries, include SaaS and PaaS costs. But despite such challenges, CIOs say they’re meeting them head on. Here’s how.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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IT leaders have always needed to exercise fiscal responsibility while meeting business demands for technology. Revisit the project portfolio Strong demand management is essential for sustainable IT cost optimization, says Anja Allen, principal in EY Americas’ technology consulting practice.

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8 steps to turning around a toxic IT culture

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Sealock also advises conducting regularly scheduled anonymous team surveys, designed to reveal a budding toxic culture. Sealock believes that such a survey is “a great way to identify culture issues and to track the effectiveness of remediation efforts to improve culture.” Culture is a function of leadership execution.

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8 pressing needs for CIOs in 2024

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“With a focus on automation for customer service and telesales functions, we’re looking at intelligent automation solutions that can help improve customer engagement and self-help capabilities,” says Chris Pendergast, the company’s SVP and CTO.

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