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7 ways an MBA will advance your IT career — and 5 ways it won’t

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While not every IT leader is likely to match King’s rapid success, there’s little doubt that earning an MBA can help many CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and other IT executives and high-level managers successfully straddle the technology and business worlds. Cohn, interim dean of the School of Management at the New York Institute of Technology.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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On the one hand, artificial intelligence has helped both technology departments and the business units to work better, faster, and cheaper. In fact, CIOs listed numerous roadblocks to IT strategic success in the 2024 State of the CIO Study from Foundry, publisher of CIO.com.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. Equally telling is another statistic from that research: Just 35% of these enterprises have achieved their digital goals or are on track to do so.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

CIO

A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. A fractional CIO thinks beyond technical needs and considers the needs of the organization from a strategic business perspective.”

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

But partnering for expertise, experience, and strategic insight demands a different approach than old-school outsourcing. 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.

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A Guide To Software Consulting: Role, Benefits, Process, and Tips

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Almost every business today relies on technology, and software consultation plays a key role in advancing and innovating. It is not always easy to follow plans when things change. It can be risky to experiment and change plans in a fast-growing industry. In the process of developing software, many steps are involved.

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Secrets of business-driven IT orgs

CIO

Scavuzzo, partner and chief information and digital officer, ensures it acts like one, with his technology team identifying and seizing on opportunities that drive company growth. We’re introducing technology that reinvents how we do business, and in a lot of cases, it has led us to generate revenue,” Scavuzzo explains.