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How top IT leaders create first-mover advantage

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In a business environment defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), the most successful CIOs are more than technology leaders; they’re “chief intentional officers.” Before jumping on a new technology, Sample suggests mapping the characteristics of the solution against the specific problems you need to solve.

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Rackspace technology—Award-winning, multi-cloud modernization powered by VMware

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“Every company today is a technology company. The question is, how do we provide the right technology and ease of use so our customers can gain a competitive advantage and solve their business challenges?” says Adrianna Bustamante, vice president of global channel and alliances for Rackspace Technology.

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How to incubate a winning innovation program

CIO

When leaders consider how technology has enabled the transformation of business models over the past several years, few would disagree that the world has changed dramatically. Tesla, Uber, and many other stories of business innovation have this in common: Their business models have technology at their cores.

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How CIOs Can Transform Data From a Cost to an Advantage

CIO

The CIO has a real ability to achieve a competitive advantage for its business through data. For the CIO to be successful with this, there needs to be a comprehensive strategy that extends far beyond simply deploying new technologies. The four steps to data advantage. 1) Match the tech strategy to the business strategy.

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How to Pinpoint Where Your Organization Wins (and Loses) with Data

CIO

Increasing ROI for the business requires a strategic understanding of — and the ability to clearly identify — where and how organizations win with data. Layering technology on the overall data architecture introduces more complexity. All this change requires technology leadership to refocus vision and strategy.

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Marsh McLennan IT reorg lays foundation for gen AI

CIO

His first order of business was to create a singular technology organization called MMTech to unify the IT orgs of the company’s four business lines. It’s our own version of Copilot, effectively,” Beswick says, explaining the other core advantage of the company’s standards approach.

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Top 10 reasons to modernize technology now

CIO

The big picture: Modernizing applications can help companies take advantage of the latest technologies, streamline their operations, and stay ahead of the competition. A focus on the why — anticipated outcomes and specific impacts to clearly-defined personas — goes a long way to making a winning case for a modernization program.