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OCTOBER 24, 2024

These advanced technologies will be “crucial for maintaining a competitive edge, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing the customer experience,” he says. These advanced technologies will be “crucial for maintaining a competitive edge, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing the customer experience,” he says.

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MARCH 17, 2025

The Munich-based startup accuses SAP of abusing its market power and harming competition, and thereby negatively impacting customers, according to the 61-page indictment filed by Celonis in San Francisco District Court on March 13. At issue is how third-party software is allowed access to data within SAP systems. Celonis was launched in 2011.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Changing consumer behavior and expectations, competition from major e-retailers, evolving cybersecurity challenges, inflationary pressures, sustainability and environmental concerns, and the pressure to take advantage of AI are all very real concerns for retailers today. Retailers have a lot of work to do, but their goals are achievable.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

The launch by SAP of new AI capabilities in its SuccessFactors HCM (human capital management) suite Monday is a case of “better late to the party than never,” according to an analyst with Info-Tech Research Group. Enhancements to SAP’s AI copilot, Joule, which allow it to guide employees through the onboarding process. he asked. “It

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MARCH 25, 2025

Corporate digital responsibility as a seal of quality Compliance can be a decisive competitive advantage in all industries today and a prerequisite for market participation tomorrow. With the Digital Agenda , the European Union is creating clear and uniform rules for the responsible use of data and artificial intelligence.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

With advanced technologies like AI transforming the business landscape, IT organizations are struggling to find the right talent to keep pace. The problem isnt just the shortage of qualified candidates; its the lack of alignment between the skills available in the workforce and the skills organizations need. Take cybersecurity, for example.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Following are seven steps to guide this transformation for competitive advantage. Ask IT leaders about their challenges with shadow IT, and most will cite the kinds of security, operational, and integration risks that give shadow IT its bad rep. That’s not to downplay the inherent risks of shadow IT.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Make the case on AI urgency Nothing motivates a board quite like competitive pressure. In our recent report examining technical debt in the age of generative AI , we explored how companies need to break their technical debt down into four categories. This creates a compelling “act now” narrative that boards understand.

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JUNE 11, 2024

A 1958 Harvard Business Review article coined the term information technology, focusing their definition on rapidly processing large amounts of information, using statistical and mathematical methods in decision-making, and simulating higher order thinking through applications.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

The economic and competitive landscape is extremely dynamic, and customers expect more seamless, personalized, and efficient experiences, Pappas says. As 2025 dawns, CIOs face an IT landscape that differs significantly from just a year ago. AI, once viewed as a novel innovation, is now mainstream, impacting just about facet of the enterprise.

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MARCH 26, 2025

From a business thats been stable and consistent for many years, its now in a position to review what the business model should look like in the future, and do whats necessary to transition in order to remain not just relevant but competitive. But despite that, we have to find new ways to be profitable in the future.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Officials at the North Carolina Department of Information Technology found themselves in a position familiar to most IT organizations: aware of the need to do more to attract IT workers given that they — like most employers — faced fierce competition for talent. We’re hoping that the interns will turn into full-time employees,” he says.

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JULY 23, 2024

Businesses rely heavily on software for innovation and competition, which tends to be riddled with bad-quality code, leading to mounting technical debt,” says Andrea Malagodi, CIO of Sonar. “ As a digital transformation leader and former CIO, I carry a healthy dose of paranoia. Is the organization transforming fast enough?

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MARCH 19, 2025

This alignment can drive both compliance and competitive advantage. By embedding sustainability into enterprise data strategies, CDOs can play a pivotal role in driving long-term environmental and social impact while ensuring their organizations remain competitive and compliant in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.

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MAY 17, 2024

Tech salaries slow, but remain competitive IT salaries have cooled since the pandemic boom, with the average salary dipping to $111,193 last year from $111,348 in 2022, according to Dice. IT is an ever-changing industry, a truism that 2023 underscored, thanks in large part to the meteoric rise of generative AI.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Some bad news for CIOs: Many C-suite leaders, including IT leaders themselves, have less confidence in your department’s ability to get the job done than they did a decade ago. The drop was the largest among the CEOs surveyed. Among the IT leaders surveyed, 69% had confidence in their departments a decade ago; now just 47% do. So what’s the deal?

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MARCH 5, 2025

Enabling a competitive but compliant financial organization In a competitive landscape where technology agility is essential to thrive, BFSI organizations have little choice but to design innovative, technology-driven services. As a result, many ordinary financial transactions now rely on multiple types and ages of technology.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

This approach is vital for staying competitive and responsive in an era where technological advancements, particularly in AI, are rapid and transformative.” As Lee Boelens, CIO of workforce solutions provider GDH, says: “IT is more than a department; it is an important resource that should be woven into each of the other departments.”

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APRIL 29, 2024

To Carm Taglienti, the explosion of all things AI over the past few years has been both a pro and a con to IT teams. On the one hand, artificial intelligence has helped both technology departments and the business units to work better, faster, and cheaper. It hit us all and kept us from looking at the things we were working on,” he says. “We

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Agentic AI, the more focused alternative to general-purpose generative AI, is gaining momentum in the enterprise, with Forrester having named it a top emerging technology for 2025 in June. Since then, several organizations have begun using the technology , and major vendors such as Salesforce and ServiceNow have offered AI agents to customers.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Companies seeking to align their technology investments with ESG goals can draw inspiration from global frameworks like the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , which offer a blueprint for addressing environmental and social challenges worldwide. It allows them to create more sustainable products and reduce resource consumption.

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MAY 30, 2024

Following a legislative review of state purchases in fiscal year 2022, the state of Oklahoma discovered that its agencies had procured more than $3 billion worth of goods and services outside the oversight of its Office of Management and Enterprise (OMES) Central Purchasing division. That figure polled No. The analysis posed several challenges.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As digital transformation becomes a critical driver of business success, many organizations still measure CIO performance based on traditional IT values rather than transformative outcomes. To drive change, a reworking of what defines CIO/IT success is needed, with a focus on strategic business goals, innovation, and market differentiation.

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APRIL 1, 2024

There is a ton of competitive pressure to move fast, because those who can do things quicker, better, faster are the ones winning the market share,” says Ricardo Madan, senior vice president of TEKsystems Global Services. Consider how fast generative AI went from avant-garde to ubiquity: At under two years, it may be a record.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Here are the 10 highest-paying IT skills that can help you earn a higher salary and land a job in a competitive market, according to data from Indeed. IT has always been known as a lucrative industry for job seekers, but in the past year, with increased layoffs, some of that confidence has wavered.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

I reviewed some of these agents, and found several AI capabilities that can become competitive differentiators. According to AI at Wartons report on navigating gen AIs early years, 72% of enterprises predict gen AI budget growth over the next 12 months but slower increases over the next two to five years.

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MAY 13, 2024

Lawrence Bilker can easily articulate the business values that his IT initiatives should deliver: better experiences for both employees and customers, more insights from data to enable smarter decision-making, and more intelligence for improved operations. I believe we’re in a post-alignment world.

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MAY 29, 2024

Jennifer Hamel, research director on the IDC Enterprise Intelligence Services team, said that the partnership puts PwC in a good place, competitively. PwC consultants are leveraging the capabilities of ChatGPT Enterprise as a valuable tool in their work,” said partner and GenAI leader at PwC, Bret Greenstein.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

In a world where most of the most valuable companies are IT companies and where IT is singled out as decisive for the competitiveness of entire continents ? Last week, a report came out citing research from IBM that showed that company management’s trust in the IT department has decreased over the past decade. But I’m not so sure.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Next time you settle into your airline seat, it might be worth setting aside the reports and spreadsheets and instead turn this time into an opportunity for big-picture thinking. I asked CIOs and other high-level IT leaders what they have read that they think other leaders would benefit from. Find fulfillment in what you do.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s not to say they’re looking to ditch their roles or smash machines, as the real Luddites had. Yet CIOs do admit that they’re worried about multiple issues these days. Here are 10 worries keeping IT leaders up at night. For example, it highlighted a 153% rise in global ransomware attacks from September 2022 to September 2023.

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MAY 10, 2024

If you have experience in any of these 10 skills, it might be worth upskilling to expert proficiency to gain a competitive edge in the market. The list of highest-paying IT skills is always shifting as technology evolves, but some skills have consistently maintained earning power for IT pros over the years.

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JUNE 20, 2024

These methods are fundamental to a player’s ability to succeed but, more importantly, their ability to adapt as their competition evolves. Afterwards, Shield spent some more time talking about some of the attributes of great leaders and how to build a world-class IT team. What follows is that Q&A, edited for length and clarity.

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