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Software vendors offer AI sales boost for retail at NRF show

CIO

As they take stock after the year-end frenzy of shopping the holiday season always brings, retail CIOs attending the National Retail Federation’s annual show, NRF 2024, may be wondering how they can improve their IT systems’ performance over the next 12 months.

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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

CIO

And with infrastructure and application modernization cited as key reasons for CIOs’ budget increases this year, according to the 2024 State of the CIO Survey, that pace is not fast enough. To illustrate how the framework helps IT move faster, Bradshaw points to how his team approached modernizing the core business systems it had inherited.

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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. I can’t stress enough focus on data — and how it will be used — as most digital transformation programs will be a tapestry of systems.”

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9 trends to watch in systems engineering and operations

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If your job or business relies on systems engineering and operations, be sure to keep an eye on the following trends in the months ahead. A recent O’Reilly survey found that less than 40% of respondents have actually implemented Kubernetes, suggesting that the hype currently outweighs the reality. Containers.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

We also use Microsoft Power BI, a customer experience platform to survey customers, and we review support tickets to determine where any problems may lie,” he says. “We For CIOs, that means building strong relationships with the C-suite and business unit managers so they can plan for and optimize cloud spend, says McMasters.

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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

CIO

“This is the largest change management project in history,” says Greenstein. Embedded AI Embedding AI into enterprise systems that employees were already using was a trend before gen AI came along. We’ve never had a technology touch everyone so rapidly.” Gen AI took a few months. The oversight piece hasn’t been figured out yet.”

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Why Use a CRM in the Cloud?

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In fact, recent survey showed that customers want a lot from their CRM in 2019. System Integrations. Businesses want to integrate their ERP and BI systems into their CRM to streamline operations and improve customer service. It’s also necessary to either train or hire technicians with the expertise to manage the system.

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