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Leading the digital charge: Inspiring innovation and fostering a culture of excellence

CIO

For the employees, this freed-up human capital helps to invest more time in activities that require human expertise, judgment and creativity, and obtain better work-life harmony. Go for small and solid wins Technologies in the digital realm are evolving day by day, some of them incrementally but a lot of them exponentially.

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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

CIO

In today’s competitive business setting, enterprises are constantly under pressure to maintain profitability amid challenging economic conditions. By leveraging data-driven methods, businesses can optimize and reclaim operating capital from their extensive technology budgets, reducing expenses without resorting to drastic measures.

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IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle

CIO

For almost a quarter of a century CIOs have been locked in a Sisyphean battle to attract and retain the IT talent necessary to create competitive advantage. I am not certain “war” is the appropriate metaphor for dealing with the massively complex human capital predicament CIOs are working through.

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Modernizing bp’s application landscape with AI

CIO

To guide that decision, bp applies consistent design governance principles to find the solutionsalways grounded in safetythat are most competitive, optimal in terms of cost, and likeliest to provide the company with a differentiating advantage. Along the way, the company decides whether to build or buy a solution for each use case.

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What most CIOs get wrong about strategic IT plans

CIO

In my younger and more sarcastic days I used to needle my friend the budgeting manager, who was also responsible for reviewing capital project proposals to ensure their projected ROI exceeded the hurdle rate. Tactics are how military forces win battles, and, therefore, campaigns. What,” I asked him, “is the ROI for budgeting?”

IT 416
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USPTO takes human-first approach to AI innovation

CIO

It launched a worldwide global coding competition in March, offering $25K in prize money and calling upon AI researchers and data scientists to write code for evaluating the semantic similarity of phrases. Anyone can seek information on companies, their patents, and funding sources such as venture capital.

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Unpacking Leroy Merlin’s marketplace strategy

CIO

It would’ve taken us years and a lot of resources to build up a team that could create something like this, which is why we went with Mirakl because we wanted to capitalize on what was already out there,” he says. Over the years, the retail industry has had to adapt quickly to the rise of ecommerce and omnichannel, says Anderson.

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