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The dark arts of digital transformation — and how to master them

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Form strategic alliances If you’re hoping to prevail over the Trolls and Goblins, you’re going to need help from the Elves and the Dwarves. Etkin, an early employee at Atlassian who was the original architect of Jira, admits that he wasn’t always good at building alliances with his peers.

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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

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Christian Spannbauer, CTO for the Digital Hangar, spoke with CIO.com from Barcelona about the impact of this new initiative for the official flag carrier airline of Germany, which, as a founding member of the Star Alliance network, has become a truly global airline. “We

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Beyond growth: M&A as a strategic transformation enabler

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Prior to her current role, Alizabeth was CIO at firms including IBM, Loyalty Group (a Division of Alliance Data), and CML Healthcare. She focuses on bridging the gap between the technology sector and the leaders who provide the governance and investment needed to succeed.

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Weighing risk and reward with gen AI vendor selection

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Megan Amdahl, SVP of partner alliances and operations at Insight, an Arizona-based solution integrator, says her company evaluates generative AI vendors both for internal use and on behalf of its clients. A startup can easily become obsolete in any area of technology. How is the prompt data stored in their environment?”

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What it takes to land a CIO gig in 2024

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In your entrepreneurial, niche market, startup companies will be going after that forward-thinking, innovative, born-in-the-cloud, data analytics– and AI-driven type business and technology risk-seeking expert.” I think this becomes a question of the industry, company size, and direction,” Licciardello explains. “In

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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“There’s absolutely an overarching trend we’re witnessing of organizations entering into more strategic partnership agreements to ensure access to critical talent and expertise,” says Greg Sarafin, global alliance and ecosystem leader at EY.

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Rethinking the IT talent pipeline

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She encourages her management team to get actively involved in the tech community and universities in the Charlotte, NC, area, has established a robust labs innovation program to stay connected to neighboring startups, and participates in local alliances to position the region as attractive to both employees and potential new employers.

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