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

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Rising software costs create headaches Another example is Ameritas Life Insurance, which has operations in the US, but the current 3.7% You can recruit more senior people, where one person can replace three and make fewer mistakes, or downsize the teams, wait for the situation to change and rebuild later.

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CIOs step up to fill plus-size leadership roles

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CIOs’ expanding remit Hill was recruited to MSC specifically for the newly created role, which merged the different business functions into a digital organization better equipped to operate and scale at the pace of modern business.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

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This also means offering efficient and streamlined recruiting practices,’’ he says. “Go Democratize — and take care of your users The transition to cloud offerings means yielding some control to external vendors, but security, of course, remains paramount, says Porter. Go from interview to offer in a low-friction timely manner.