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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

“Collaboration with external partners allows enterprises to enhance their IT prowess, drive innovation, and bridge skill gaps more effectively amid a swiftly evolving digital landscape,” says Arpita Dwivedi, practice director at Everest Group. D ue diligence pays off. Double down on vendor management.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

Many organizations are due to revisit their cloud strategies, as their businesses have changed and vendor offerings have matured,” says Brian Alletto, technology director at digital services consultancy West Monroe. Communicate and negotiate with other groups to create a successful cloud strategy.”

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IT Leaders’ Top 5 Outsourcing Headaches

Seerene

Companies increasingly rely on software to run their business, yet it often requires expertise and specialization that is outside their wheelhouse. They find it’s faster and less risky to pull in providers who know how to implement and manage the systems at scale. Measuring outsourcing value.

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Fleet Management Software: Key Functions, Solutions, and Innovations

Altexsoft

In this article, we’ll describe the fleet management software (FMS), its core modules and functions, overview the major FMS providers, ending up with what is currently trending in this industry. What is fleet management software? Fleet management information workflow, Source: Exeros Technologies. proper routing).

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Don’t Let Strategic Debt Suffocate Your Organization

GreenBar

He was losing sleep about his company’s challenges arising from: Poor vendor management A hodgepodge of tech that wouldn’t scale Inability to keep up with new leads Stagnant R&D Lack of focus A week later I found myself in a similar conversation, this time with a VP of Engineering looking for an outside perspective.

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Just Exactly What Should A CIO Do During Their First 100 Days?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Once you have been successful at completing your large and small group conversations, your next task is to develop an IT strategy , along with a detailed integration roadmap with clear milestones for integrating teams, processes, systems, and infrastructure. At the same time you will need to focus on reviewing existing contracts.