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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO

In our fast-changing digital world, it’s essential to sync IT strategies with business objectives for lasting success. Technology has shifted from a back-office function to a core enabler of business growth, innovation, and competitive advantage.

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AI in the C-suite: Using AI to shape business strategy

CIO

Jeff Schumacher, CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) software company NAX Group, told the World Economic Forum : “To truly realize the promise of AI, businesses must not only adopt it, but also operationalize it.” Lazarev agrees: “It’s one thing to have the technology, but it’s another to weave it into the fabric of your business strategy.

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

CIO

Still, CIOs have reason to drive AI capabilities and employee adoption, as only 16% of companies are reinvention ready with fully modernized data foundations and end-to-end platform integration to support automation across most business processes, according to Accenture. These reinvention-ready organizations have 2.5

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7 types of tech debt that could cripple your business

CIO

Even in the case of moderate to low risk, technical debt impacts can change quickly as business needs evolve. Another question is: What separates out debt thats fixed opportunistically versus critical debt that could cripple the business? Using the companys data in LLMs, AI agents, or other generative AI models creates more risk.

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Chief data officers step into the business strategist spotlight

CIO

With data central to every aspect of business, the chief data officer has become a highly strategic executive. Todays CDO is focused on helping the organization leverage data as a business asset to drive outcomes. Theres a checklist on what you should be asking them, so theres the risk education as well, she says.

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AI data readiness: C-suite fantasy, big IT problem

CIO

Business leaders may be confident that their organizations data is ready for AI, but IT workers tell a much different story, with most spending hours each day massaging the data into shape. It says our job as technology leaders can help educate our audience on what is possible and what it will take to get to their goal.

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Briefing the board on AI: Educate to tee up investment

CIO

Still, a 2023 McKinsey report corroborated this need for boards to be briefed on AI, finding that while 33% of businesses were already using AI and 40% were planning to aggressively invest in it, only 25% had AI on their board agendas. “They said they did not know what questions to ask,” the survey concluded.

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