Remove Metrics Remove Strategy Remove Technical Review Remove Vendor Management
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. D ue diligence pays off.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. And it’s never too late for CIOs to reassess their cloud strategies.

Strategy 362
article thumbnail

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.

Cloud 309
article thumbnail

Don’t Let Strategic Debt Suffocate Your Organization

GreenBar

What had started as a technology gap analysis had turned into more of a venting session about the growing pains he was seeing in his organization. They were smart, successful managers focused on operating their business day-to-day. For example, a marketing person is responsible for technical issues (or vice versa).

article thumbnail

Cloud Leaders Sound Off on Key Challenges

Tenable

When it comes to areas of investment related to deploying technology in the cloud, respondents identified serverless functions, virtual machines and containers as the top three technology types where they plan to expand adoption in the next 12 months. In which of the following areas is your risk exposure the highest?

article thumbnail

The Six Pillars of Effective Security Operations

Palo Alto Networks

Despite a wide range of cybersecurity strategies and investment levels, we’ve found that most enterprise security programs have lots of room for improvement to better prevent, identify, investigate and mitigate threats with speed and confidence. Governance: How are we going to manage what we are doing? Technology. Visibility.