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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO

And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance. Double down on vendor management. IT Skills, IT Strategy, Outsourcing

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

CIO

Danielle Phaneuf, partner, Cloud & Digital Strategy at PwC, says that inflation will probably be the leading threat to business for at least the next six months — an assertion 40% of CEOs agreed with in PwC’s 2023 CEO Survey. But it’s a long-game strategy: That cycle can take 10 years to play out, he says. Here’s how.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

Tenable

With the “Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks” framework project, OWASP seeks to help DevSecOps teams fine-tune their security strategies by not only identifying and defining each challenge, but also explaining their impact and offering recommendations. 6 Ways to Optimize Vendor Management Programs ” (IANS Research).

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CIOs step up to fill plus-size leadership roles

CIO

Hill’s cross-over experience in both technical and nontechnical roles, coupled with CIO stints in apparel and insurance companies , gave him a breadth of leadership prowess in supply chain and strategic planning.

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Fleet Management Software: Key Functions, Solutions, and Innovations

Altexsoft

Rates and quotes management. As a part of shipment management, FMS assists long haul shippers in gathering carrier rates and quotes. Licenses, tax reports, fleet insurance, including restrictions and due dates, and fuel transactions are carefully stored in FMS. Compliance documents. Security and safety features.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO

NetApp added some new functionality to its portfolio of cloud management tools in late February with the acquisition of Fylamynt, a young low-code cloud ops automation company. SaaS vendor management platform Vendr is buying SaaS management platform vendor Blissfully.