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Italian CIOs at the crossroads of transformation and sustainability

CIO

Digital transformation is a gradual journey, and for many CIOs, becoming more data-driven hinges on how sustainability practices are systematically adopted. These are two interconnected issues, because sustainability not only shows how we can use technology to be more sustainable, but also guides the paths of technological development.”

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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

CIO

Across the world, climate change has bitten hard into the economies of tech-centric California, again due to wildfires. There is a need and realization by the business world to be more environmentally sustainable since organizations are seeing an impact on the bottom line as a direct result of climate change.

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3 key digital transformation priorities for 2024

CIO

This year’s technology darling and other machine learning investments have already impacted digital transformation strategies in 2023 , and boards will expect CIOs to update their AI transformation strategies frequently. Despite all that, CIOs should add generative AI initiatives to the much longer secondary list of transformation programs.

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7 sins of digital transformation

CIO

As CIOs prepare for the next wave of digital transformation, they must demonstrate shorter-term business impacts from technology investments and achieve larger innovation goals that evolve the organization’s business model. It’s hard to deliver business outcomes from any technology investment without business executives as partners.

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A comparative assessment of digital transformation in Italy

CIO

It’s universally accepted that to thrive, enterprises must embrace transformation through technology. Lucio D’Accolti, CIO of AMA, the in-house company of the City of Rome in charge of waste collection and management, and street cleaning, agrees. Change management is the real heart of digital transformation, even before technologies.

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A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged

TechCrunch

We don’t need to tell you about the layoffs that are defining the tech landscape right now, concentrated particularly in late-stage companies that are struggling to raise extension rounds and grow into existing valuations. The first wave was in preparation and fear; this wave feels like a pullback after a surge. Some nuance.

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If there was ever a good time to be sure you have good governance, this is it

The Agile Manager

True, many firms (particularly nascent tech firms) expense their software development labor costs; yet development is still a capital allocation function if they're spending investor capital or retained earnings rather than cash flow from operations to finance the development. Strengthen the cost audit function.