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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

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Fundamentals like security, cost control, identity management, container sprawl, data management, and hardware refreshes remain key strategic areas for CIOs to deal with. But rapid hardware advances may mean CIOs need to budget for much shorter hardware refresh cycles in future to stay up to date.

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Want to tackle technical debt? Sell it as business risk

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A recent example is Windows Server 2012, which was sunsetted by Microsoft in October 2023. Windows Server 2012 is not alone. Budget, Business IT Alignment, Infrastructure Management, IT Leadership, IT Strategy, Risk Management that don’t mean much to key financial decision-makers. It is up to CIOs to make it “real.”

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Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck

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A few years ago, AR car hardware company WayRay raised $80 million at a half-a-billion valuation in a Series C round led by Porsche, and I’m super excited to show off their pitch deck today! “Leadership in holography” — Platform description slide. WayRay Team — Hardware Engineering team slide. Cover slide.

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Manufacturing CIOs see bright future for the industry, thanks to IT

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CIO 100 award-winner Chris Nardecchia also wears multiple leadership hats in his role as senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest pure-play industrial automation and IoT company. Mackenroth: Everything was previously hardware-centric. Look at Tesla. We save lives.

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PepsiCo IT redefines direct-to-store business model success

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Until recently PFNA frontlines were using HH4 Intermec Windows-based devices that were heavy and bulky with limited memory and limited SKU processing capability. Digital Transformation, IT Leadership, Retail Industry One of the key requirements for this project was for the app to work offline.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Z?m CEO interview, Cisco’s M&A ethos, neoinsurance bad romance

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Fortunately, the window of opportunity for change is open right now.” Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). India’s path to SaaS leadership is clear, but challenges remain. ” India’s path to SaaS leadership is clear, but challenges remain. Future tech exits have a lot to live up to.

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

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WABTEC products and locomotives have numerous embedded digital pieces – both hardware and software, which allow us to track performance, and assess their reliability and warranty for the customers. What are the steps you’re taking as part of the leadership to ensure that the sustainability goals are met?