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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

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Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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Skills-first hiring has CIOs rethinking talent strategies

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Some researchers and tech leaders are using the strategy. Nor does today’s interest in skills-first hiring imply that human resources and departmental hiring managers discount skills when evaluating candidates as part of traditional recruitment and hiring practices. The strategy moves away, to varying degrees, from using job titles.

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Today’s best CIOs are strategy wranglers

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Twenty-plus years in, CIOs have discovered that, when it comes to IT, everything is going to need a strategy. As CIO, you need a data strategy. You need a cloud strategy. You need a security strategy. Just this past year another strategy must-have arrived to upend nearly every organization.

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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

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Here veteran IT leaders and advisers offer eight strategies to speed up IT modernization. Focus on the foundation for modernization CIOs who can pinpoint which modernization efforts will drive business value, and rally the resources required to move fast, are those who stand on a good foundation for such efforts, TEKsystems’ Madan says.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. As buyer expectations to receive this type of relevant engagement continues to heighten, database management strategies are of high importance. Database benchmarks for education and resource prioritization.

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4 ways to ensure CEO support for your digital strategy

CIO

Following are ways CIOs can help overcome disconnect in the C-suite on the evolving nature of their role in an effort to better enable support for their digital strategies. The dialogue with the board and with human resources is fruitful, and the managers are receptive, which greatly facilitates the digital strategy.”

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Optimizing IT resources through infrastructure, people, and processes

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An organization’s ability to maximize its IT resources will directly impact its overall operations and bottom line. Optimization also rose to the top of IT leaders’ lists: 67% measure success within their IT organization by better optimizing resources. Recently, Rocket Software surveyed 275 U.S.-based

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16 Go-to-Market Plays for Your Entire Sales Funnel

But personalized prospecting is possible at scale with the right resources in place. Try them in your next salesflow or use them as inspiration to formulate your own winning sales engagement strategy. At ZoomInfo, we’ve found that a rock-solid go-to-market playbook is key.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue.

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Success Story: Swiss Insurtech Company Hires a Remote CTO from Ukraine

Hiring top management resources is challenging for any organization no matter the size, and when the local job market is already overheated, companies need to become creative in attracting the top talent. Swiss Insurtech startup decided to go the 2nd way and found a trusted partner to build a dedicated development team in Ukraine.

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Capitalize on Digital Opportunities: From Transformation to Optimization

With this free resource from UserTesting, see how other organizations drive successful digital products, services, and experiences by doing things like: Prioritizing multichannel experiences. Doubling down on the agile method in strategy and process. Enabling teams to validate their decisions, even with hard-to-find audiences.