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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

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By definition, of course, the larger vendors offer a greater degree of capability – if organizations are reducing the number of vendors they choose to work with, it only makes sense to focus on eliminating those with the smaller functional footprints, even if there is some degree of preference for innovation. What’s next?

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The business value of social sustainability

CIO

It can help to unlock new markets, attract and retain customers, build trust and credibility, and spark innovation. trillion loss in human capital wealth from gender inequality. Innovation Social sustainability is good for business. For instance, the World Bank estimates a $160.2

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4 perils of being an IT pioneer

CIO

When I was leading the team in the capital market space, we invested in building in-house technology to ensure that our customers faced very low latency while doing trades. It can lead to wastage of a lot of time and money and even loss of trust of business leaders and resistance to change for anything new.

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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

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IoT gives businesses many advantages: enhanced efficiency, data-driven insights, reduced costs, and faster innovation. Manufacturers are increasingly adopting smart technology and converging IoT devices into existing OT systems in order to meet modern demands for faster supply chain fulfillment and innovation.

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Beyond growth: M&A as a strategic transformation enabler

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For instance, the increasing cost of capital has affected access to and use of money across all sectors; an increasing regulatory focus on competition and industry dynamics has driven increased scrutiny as a critical factor for uncertainty; geopolitical uncertainties, including unprecedented conflicts across many regions, have forced delays.

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Discovery Holdings explores the opportunities of multi-cloud without the complexity

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Some of the company’s most innovative developments include a digital weight loss assistant, an app to book discounted flights and an online portal to access and manage medical plans. Keeping pace with rapid digital innovation isn’t easy. In short, a lot is happening and it’s no different behind the scenes.

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10 tips for modernizing legacy apps for the cloud

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To fully capitalize on the cloud’s scalability and flexibility, most enterprises go beyond a simple lift-and-shift approach, instead injecting them with cloud-native capabilities — a strategy that sounds simple but can quickly prove complex. After all, as with many seemingly easy tasks, the devil is in the details.

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