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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

While the CIO role has expanded significantly, the metrics used to evaluate their performance often remain tied to traditional IT values like cost management, operational efficiency, and system uptime. Here are three key recommendations for CIOs to share with business management: CIO metrics should align with strategic business outcomes.

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CIO

APRIL 10, 2025

As a result, many organizations, including the US Army, UPS, and MasterCard, have turned to technology business management (TBM) to better align IT spending with business value. The US Office of Management and Budget has also pushed agencies to use TBM practices since 2017.

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CIO

APRIL 9, 2025

There are many challenges in managing a traditional data center, starting with the refresh cycle. Purchasing, deploying, provisioning, and maintaining all of these pieces is expensive, creating a complex budgeting puzzle thats difficult to manage. In addition, enterprise IT must build its infrastructure to manage a maximum load.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Many retailers are looking to AI for that competitive advantage. Enter Akeneo, a global leader in Product Experience Management (PXM) and AI tech stack solutions. Our customers and prospects face a growing challenge of managing vast amounts of product data across multiple channels and markets, adds Fouache.

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CIO

JULY 28, 2023

It all sounds attractive, but you may wonder to what extent edge computing actually provides an advantage – and how exactly organizations are using this technology. The answers can all be found in the 2023 Edge Advantage Report. Engage stakeholders to identify needs: Involve the users of edge solutions in the design process.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Startups need to take advantage of the latest technology in order to remain competitive. The success of your startup might depend on your ability to use big data to your full advantage. Unfortunately, startup management is not lenient when it comes to mistakes. But you have to know how to do so effectively.

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CIO

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To thrive, project managers need to have and hone a complex combination of technical, business, and interpersonal skills. Effective project managers must know how to define the scope of a project , identify necessary resources, and schedule those resources — all part of the technical aspect of the job.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

There is no single solution to success, but the research highlights some key plays UAE business leaders need to home in on to build a truly AI-driven enterprise. Having the right AI tools will help these employees manage the increasing volume and variety of data and find the competitive edge their organisations need.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Research shows that more than 60% of today’s corporate data is unstructured, and a significant amount of it is in the form of non-traditional “records,” like text and social media messages, audio files, video, and images. In fact, over a third of those surveyed reported ROT as the greatest threat to data management.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

There are many areas of research and focus sprouting from the capabilities presented through LLMs. You can use these agents through a process called chaining, where you break down complex tasks into manageable tasks that agents can perform as part of an automated workflow. In 2024, a new trend called agentic AI emerged.

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CIO

MAY 17, 2024

Project managers are the front-line officers of the modern white-collar workforce who plan and organize projects, and then shepherd them to completion, making sure they don’t take too long or run over budget. How much does a project manager earn? Project manager salaries vary widely by industry and geography.

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CIO

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Project management office (PMO) definition A project management office (PMO) is a group, or functional unit, that sets, maintains, and enforces the practices, policies, and standards for structuring and executing projects within an organization. A good PMO drives discipline, communication, and orchestration.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Changing consumer behavior and expectations, competition from major e-retailers, evolving cybersecurity challenges, inflationary pressures, sustainability and environmental concerns, and the pressure to take advantage of AI are all very real concerns for retailers today. And they are making progress.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To mitigate these threats, businesses are turning to a new generation of cybersecurity solutions – with research showing Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) at the forefront. In fact, the report found that more than half (52%) of respondents considered engaging a managed service provider (MSP) for rolling out SASE.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s our own version of Copilot, effectively,” Beswick says, explaining the other core advantage of the company’s standards approach. He estimates 40 generative AI production use cases currently, such as drafting and emailing documents, translation, document summarization, and research on clients.

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 30, 2023

CMap , a premier provider of specialized project and resource management software, has identified a tremendous opportunity for consultancies to enhance growth and profitability by leveraging technology in the burgeoning PSA market. In contrast, a mere 17% utilize a professional services automation (PSA) system to manage their operations.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

One of the biggest ways that data analytics is changing marketing is that it can help with marketing research. Startups require a solid foundation founded on extensive market research to flourish in this volatile climate. What are their advantages and disadvantages? Continuous Learning Market research is a never-ending activity.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s our own version of Copilot, effectively,” Beswick says, explaining the other core advantage of the company’s standards approach. He estimates 40 generative AI production use cases currently, such as drafting and emailing documents, translation, document summarization, and research on clients.

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CIO

JULY 31, 2023

Research from MIT has shown that integrating a knowledge base into a LLM tends to improve the output and reduce hallucinations. This means that AI and ML advancements, far from superseding the need for knowledge management, actually make it more essential. Users can post a direct question to the community.

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CIO

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While NIST released NIST-AI- 600-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile on July 26, 2024, most organizations are just beginning to digest and implement its guidance, with the formation of internal AI Councils as a first step in AI governance.So

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 19, 2022

According to research from Oberlo, 91% of businesses have invested in AI technology to achieve these benefits. One of the biggest benefits of AI in the workplace is that it can help improve time management. Using AI Technology to Improve Time Management within Your Company. Use AI to Track and Optimize Team Performance.

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CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Travel and expense management company Emburse saw multiple opportunities where it could benefit from gen AI. Open source isnt completely free as there are still infrastructure and management costs. They can provide highly refined, specialized solutions that benefit from significant investment in research and development, he says.

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Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

One of the biggest is that more financial institutions are using predictive analytics tools to assist with asset management. Predictive Asset Analytics, Riskalyze and Altruist are some of the tools that use predictive analytics to improve asset management for both individual and institutional investors.

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Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

However, it is most important in the realm of project management. The Cloud is Changing the State of the Project Management for the Construction Industry Forever. Construction project management is an extremely exciting profession. More project managers are going to invest in it accordingly. Adapt and Adjust.

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CIO

OCTOBER 1, 2024

They will oversee four working groups, each focusing on different aspects of AI governance — transparency and copyright, risk identification and assessment, technical risk mitigation, and internal risk management for general-purpose AI providers. The code will outline exactly how companies can comply with the broad set of regulations.

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CIO

OCTOBER 27, 2022

By going in for a standardized ERP solution, IT leaders can avoid these issues, and most are following suit,” says Abhishek Mundra, practice director for enterprise platform services at research firm Everest Group. For instance, the finance module is a key component of an ERP solution.

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CIO

JANUARY 12, 2024

Nearly two-thirds (62%) said their firms were waiting to see how new regulations around AI use develop, while 74% said that substantive change management would be needed to help cope with the advent of generative AI. It forces conversations like ‘what kind of data stores do we have,’ and ‘what can we really do with them?’”

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CIO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Where winning companies deviate from the norm is that they look for opportunities to attract and retain customers by making experience and service a signature competitive advantage. Research shows that almost nine-in-ten (88%) of customers say that the experience your company provides is as important as your products and services.

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CIO

JULY 15, 2024

Some companies might choose to do Scope 3 reporting, thereby gaining an ESG advantage by virtue of their cloud provider’s sustainability practices. Cloud services have proven to be a great advantage for most organizations with lower costs, improved efficiency, better reliability, etc.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Formerly known as Mathematica Policy Research, the Princeton, N.J.-based based research firm is proud of its mission to deliver accurate data to ensure goods and services are distributed with equity and precision in a socially just manner. We set the vision together,” Bell says.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As companies start to adapt data-first strategies, the role of chief data officer is becoming increasingly important, especially as businesses seek to capitalize on data to gain a competitive advantage. But you don’t need to feel intimidated when writing your executive-level CV; you just need to do a little research.

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CIO

MARCH 19, 2025

Most data management conferences and forums focus on AI, governance and security, with little emphasis on ESG-related data strategies. Insufficient resource allocation for ESG data initiatives Managing sustainability data requires robust governance, analytics capabilities and cross-functional collaboration.

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CIO

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Todd Cassidy, managing vice president and CIO of associate experience at Capital One, is in that camp. “We IT leaders, other executives, and management advisors acknowledge that it’s impossible to know for sure what the future will hold. Today’s CIOs need to be more than strategic, they should be visionaries, too.

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CIO

JULY 26, 2024

Here’s a summary of some key results of a recent cloud transformation study, published by the Custom Research Team of CIO, CSO and Computerwoche in collaboration with T-Systems, plusserver, Fortinet, and SPIRIT/21. In some places, this body is also called the cloud center of excellence (CCoE).

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CIO

OCTOBER 22, 2024

But managing multicloud environments presents unique challenges, especially when it comes to the interoperability and workload-fluidity issues at the center of more deliberate — rather than happenstance — multicloud strategies. This makes a much heavier lift, though, for CIOs and their teams.” Oracle is providing a different template.

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CIO

APRIL 24, 2024

In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, managing and securing the software supply chain is crucial for delivering reliable and trusted software releases. For large companies especially, managing the secure use of 10+ technologies can be a nightmare without the right tools and processes in place. Read the full report.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2025

Though there are some common goals every organization might want to achieve, there is a unique benefit or advantage each organization will seek to differentiate them from competitors. Sharing of resources, ideas and research between teams should not only be encouraged but should be bestowed with tangible rewards.

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