CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 8, 2024

To stay on top of both old and new challenges, IT chiefs should evaluate their current business and technology strategies and, when necessary, adjust them to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and economic practices. Doing so requires a robust data management strategy.

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Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Optimization Measurement 142

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CIOs have been able to ride the AI hype cycle to bolster investment in their gen AI strategies, but the AI honeymoon may soon be over, as Gartner recently placed gen AI at the peak of inflated expectations , with the trough of disillusionment not far behind. That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight.

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Sales Metrics Data-driven Unstructured Data 143

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

“The most pressing responsibilities for CIOs in 2024 will include security, cost containment, and cultivating a data-first mindset.” Here, we detail those and others that comprise eight of the top priorities for CIOs in 2024. Among the various strategies at our disposal, automation stands out as a pivotal solution,” she says. “In

Cost-Benefit 139

Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Consulting Strategy 139

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI)and, in particular, generative AI (GenAI)emerged as a defining theme at the CSO Conference & Awards 2024: Cyber Risk Management. Mark Skalny Mark Skalny (c)2024 Mark Skalny The operational implications of AI adoption were another key focus of the conference.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2024

CIOs are readying for another demanding year, anticipating that artificial intelligence, economic uncertainty, business demands, and expectations for ever-increasing levels of speed will all be in play for 2024. Here’s what they list as their 2024 resolutions. He sees 2024 as the year to have good answers.

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IT Cost-Benefit Statistics Consulting 144

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Paul Beswick, CIO of Marsh McLennan, served as a general strategy consultant for most of his 23 years at the firm but was tapped in 2019 to relaunch the risk, insurance, and consulting services powerhouse’s global digital practice. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

JANUARY 21, 2025

MongoDB has benefited from a focus on the needs of development teams to deliver innovation through the development of data-driven applications. adds support for vector quantization, which takes advantage of compression to reduce memory requirements for vector processing, leading to lower costs and improved performance.

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Data Lake IoT Cost-Benefit Enterprise 130

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This year’s technology darling and other machine learning investments have already impacted digital transformation strategies in 2023 , and boards will expect CIOs to update their AI transformation strategies frequently. Meanwhile, CIOs must still reduce technical debt, modernize applications, and get cloud costs under control.

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Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Machine Learning Risk Management 143

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Fast forward to 2024, and our data shows that organizations have conducted an average of 37 proofs of concept, but only about five have moved into production. But without a vision and enterprise AI strategy, backed with a use case roadmap and strong business cases, this cannot be recognized. Its been a year of intense experimentation.

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Experimentation Cost-Benefit Enterprise Strategy 97

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024. The resulting infrastructure of choice — a combination of on-premises and hybrid-cloud platforms — will aim to reduce cost overruns, contain cloud chaos, and ensure adequate funding for generative AI projects.

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Strategy Cost-Benefit Data Processing Data-driven 144

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 22, 2024

IT leader and former CIO Stanley Mwangi Chege has heard executives complain for years about cloud deployments, citing rapidly escalating costs and data privacy challenges as top reasons for their frustrations. They, too, were motivated by data privacy issues, cost considerations, compliance concerns, and latency issues.

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Optimization Strategy IT Cost-Benefit 128

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Paul Beswick, CIO of Marsh McLellan, served as a general strategy consultant for most of his 23 years at the firm but was tapped in 2019 to relaunch the risk, insurance, and consulting services powerhouse’s global digital practice. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

IT 105

IT Insurance Consulting Risk 105

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Infor’s strategy is to tailor software with a high percentage of specific capabilities and functionality for customers in its target industries, delivering a faster time to value. The main shortcoming I found in the software is that it does not take costs into account in its optimizing routines, but I expect that will be added shortly.

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Finance Prescriptive Analytics Cost-Benefit Manufacturing 130

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Those customers should be evaluating if, when and how they will tap into the benefits that AI and GenAI can provide to improve operational and financial performance. With a perception of limited or no benefit, not taking any action can appear attractive and may be the right choice.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. These external factors can have a dramatic impact on business operations and strategic planning.

IT 133

IT Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Strategy 133

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2024

That’s not hyperbole: TEKsystems’ 2024 State of Digital Transformation report found that 53% of organizations classified as digital leaders are confident that their digital investments will meet expected ROIs. Here veteran IT leaders and advisers offer eight strategies to speed up IT modernization.

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Strategy IT Digital Transformation ROI 140

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

As organizations worldwide prepare to spend over $40 billion in core IT (technology budgeted and overseen by central IT) on GenAI in 2024 (per IDC’s Worldwide Core IT Spending for GenAI Forecast, 2023-2027 , January 2024), there’s an urgent need to manage the risks associated with these investments.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As Windows 10 nears its end of support, some IT leaders, preparing for PC upgrade cycles, are evaluating the possible cloud cost savings and enhanced security of running AI workloads directly on desktop PCs or laptops. Melby points out there are numerous benefits and claims there is potential for AI PCs to disrupt some SaaS markets.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2025

In 2024, squeezed by the rising cost of living, inflationary impact, and interest rates, they are now grappling with declining consumer spending and confidence. From chatbots handling customer queries to algorithmic pricing strategies and automated inventory management, retailers are finding innovative ways to leverage AI capabilities.

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B2B Data-driven Cost-Benefit Sales 105

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Developing generative AI implementation strategies will be imperative for technology leaders, prioritizing key areas such as business model building, internal operational improvements, risk mitigation, and overall organizational efficiency. The demand for sustainable technologies and tech-enablement of ESG strategies has gained speed.

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Cost-Benefit Risk Manufacturing Strategy 110

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

SAP customers have a lot to navigate in 2024. In addition, SAP customers should understand the benefits, protections, and limitations that SAP will provide in exchange for access to data. But referenceable flagship implementations across industries are limited, particularly at the enterprise customer level.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 30, 2024

Organizations are under pressure to demonstrate commitment to an actionable sustainability strategy to meet regulatory obligations and to build positive market sentiment. We examine the opportunity to lead both risk mitigation and value creation by helping advance the enterprise sustainability strategy.

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Strategy Scorecard Measurement Cost-Benefit 105

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Below, I recap my virtual event conversation with two IT leaders, who shared their first-hand experience of the benefits that BMC Helix solutions have delivered in respective use cases. They automated remediation and significantly improved MTTR and overall service quality.

IT 98

IT Insurance Cost-Benefit Optimization 98

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Challenge: Consumers want to shop on their own terms Recent research shows that 77% of consumers today buy through a mix of digital and physical shopping, while just 17% buy only online or only in physical stores (IDC Retail Insights: Consumer Sentiment Survey, 2024 — Findings and Implications, July 2024). IDC, June 2024).

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IT Cost-Benefit Manufacturing Sales 64

AWS Big Data

MAY 31, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce that AWS has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Analytic Stream Processing Software 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US51053123, March 2024). Get started today and see how Apache Flink can transform your data strategy, including powering the next generation of generative AI applications.

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Software Analytics Cost-Benefit Data-driven 109

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 23, 2024

But this kind of virtuous rising tide rent, which benefits everyone, doesn’t last. Back in 1971, in a talk called “ Designing Organizations for an Information-rich World ,” political scientist Herbert Simon noted that the cost of information is not just money spent to acquire it but the time it takes to consume it. “In

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Advertising Cost-Benefit Marketing Risk 338

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

In a report on enterprise resilience and IT skilling strategies , IDC predicts that by 2026, 90% of organizations worldwide will “feel the pain of the IT skills crisis,” ultimately costing businesses upwards of $5.5T Classroom training was ranked the least effective strategy, with only 11% saying they found this format beneficial.

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Strategy Digital Transformation Cost-Benefit Consulting 116

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

Similarly, Deloittes 2024 CxO Survey highlights that while CDOs prioritize AI and business efficiency, sustainability remains a secondary focus. However, embedding ESG into an enterprise data strategy doesnt have to start as a C-suite directive.

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IT Data Governance Data-driven Metrics 59

AWS Big Data

MARCH 13, 2025

At AWS re:Invent 2024, we announced the next generation of Amazon SageMaker , the center for all your data, analytics, and AI. In this post, we explore the benefits of SageMaker Unified Studio and how to get started. To identify the most promising opportunities, the team develops a segmentation strategy.

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Analytics Data Lake Data Warehouse Data-driven 88

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

According to IDC’s Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide (August 2024) , the global AI market is expected to surge from US$235 billion in 2024 to US$632 billion by 2028. Tencent Cloud stands to benefit, particularly in APAC, where market size is predicted to grow from US$45.4

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Marketing Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Data-driven 122

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 2, 2024

CIOs face the daunting challenge of driving innovation while managing costs and ensuring practical implementation in a rapidly advancing digital landscape. This article presents essential strategies for CIOs to strike the optimal balance among innovation, value, cost, and practicality in tech investments.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In 2024, sustainability is taking center stage. These efforts often go hand in hand with broader corporate sustainability initiatives and can lead to significant cost savings and improved environmental performance. trillion in economic benefits by 2030. trillion to the global economy by 2050.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 31, 2023

For those companies operating on a calendar year, the end of summer signals the start of annual planning and the mad dash to prepare their IT strategies. Your answers will lay the foundation for your strategy and highlight where your story needs work if you want to avoid fire drills in the eleventh hour. How much will it cost?

Strategy 98

Strategy IT Cost-Benefit Finance 98

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2024

The landscape of data center infrastructure is shifting dramatically, influenced by recent licensing changes from Broadcom that are driving up costs and prompting enterprises to reevaluate their virtualization strategies. Clients are seeing increased costs with on-premises virtualization with Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware.

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Cost-Benefit Data Processing Reporting Enterprise 124

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2024

This was one area addressed in the HP-sponsored IDC whitepaper on the benefits of integrating managed device services, published in April 2024 [1]. Register here to read the full HP-sponsored IDC whitepaper on the benefits of integrating managed device services. [1]

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Management IT Cost-Benefit Metrics 110

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 15, 2022

According to Gartner analyst Svetlana Sicular, by 2024, 60% of the data used for the development of AI and analytics solutions will be synthetically generated, up from 1% in 2021. Artificial data has many uses in enterprise AI strategies. Synthetic data use cases. That will lead to false positives,” he says.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 30, 2024

Increasingly, enterprise organizations are adopting a multicloud approach—the use of cloud services from more than one cloud vendor—to optimize performance, control costs and prevent vendor lock-in. billion in 2024, up from $563.6 Uncontrolled costs: More clouds and cloud services translate into more cloud bills.

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Strategy Cost-Benefit Risk Optimization 91