CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Noting that companies pursued bold experiments in 2024 driven by generative AI and other emerging technologies, the research and advisory firm predicts a pivot to realizing value. In addition, despite billions of dollars invested in AI infrastructure and generative AI in 2023, only 20% of businesses reported earnings benefits from AI in 2024.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. While security risks are daunting, therapists remind us to avoid overly stressing out in areas outside our control.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

As a business executive who has led ventures in areas such as space technology or data security and helped bridge research and industry, Ive seen first-hand how rapidly deep tech is moving from the lab into the heart of business strategy. The takeaway is clear: embrace deep tech now, or risk being left behind by those who do.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Rather than wait for a storm to hit, IT professionals map out options and build strategies to ensure business continuity. Following Broadcom’s late 2023 acquisition of VMware, numerous changes prompted customers and partners to reassess their strategies. A few years ago, Gregg Lowe the CIO of Boyd Gaming Corp.,

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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. Luckily, many are expanding budgets to do so. “94%

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Financial institutions have an unprecedented opportunity to leverage AI/GenAI to expand services, drive massive productivity gains, mitigate risks, and reduce costs. GenAI is also helping to improve risk assessment via predictive analytics.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Well also examine strategies CIOs can use to address these challenges, ensuring their organizations can recognize the rewards of GenAI without compromising financial stability. CIOs must develop a clear strategy for projecting and demonstrating ROI to ensure that innovation investments align with organizational goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2024

Amid that growth, a few key trends surfaced to impact CIOs’ cloud strategies, continuing to today: More flexible consumption models To increase spend within their ecosystems, hyperscalers marketed more flexible consumption programs to enable customers to increase their commitments, while mitigating consumption risk.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

AI and GenAI Regulatory Landscape, IDC, July 2024). China follows the EU, with additional focus on national security In March 2024 the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) published a draft Artificial Intelligence Law, and a translated version became available in early May.

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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

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BA Learnings

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

According to Deloitte Insights , the chemical industry experienced moderate growth in 2024 and is expected to continue recovering in 2025, driven by rising demand, cost-reduction efforts, and investments in decarbonisation and innovation. Well-trained employees are better prepared to handle risks and ensure compliance with safety practices.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Cybersecurity and systemic risk are two sides of the same coin. As we saw recently with the CrowdStrike outage, the interconnected nature of enterprises today brings with it great risk that can have a significant negative effect on any company’s finances. This should be no surprise since the global average cost of a data breach is $4.88

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

SpyCloud , the leading identity threat protection company, today released its 2025 SpyCloud Annual Identity Exposure Report , highlighting the rise of darknet-exposed identity data as the primary cyber risk facing enterprises today. billion passwords were recaptured in 2024, marking a 125% increase from the previous year.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

And in KnowBe4’s 2024 International Healthcare Report, the global healthcare sector experienced 1,613 cyberattacks per week in the first three quarters of 2023, nearly four times the global average. They also had to retrofit some older solutions to ensure they didn’t expose the business to greater risks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 1, 2024

Many small business leaders are still trying to build out an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy to drive efficiencies, supercharge automation and spark creative productivity among their people. What’s clear though, is that these organisations risk being left behind if they aren’t maximising the potential of AI.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

IDC’s Sustainability Readiness Index Survey (August 2024) found that 32% of businesses have created strategic road maps, while 26% have begun embedding sustainability into their operations and 20% say that sustainability has become the “new normal.” An operationalized carbon-neutral strategy requires end-to-end visibility on climate data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 21, 2024

million in 2024 1 – and thus take the necessary steps to reduce cyber risk. Defense in depth How the CSP attracts, trains, and retains security professionals is certainly an issue to raise when vetting providers, along with the company’s overall security strategy. 1] “Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024,” IBM.com.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 15, 2024

If 2023 was the year of AI exploration, then 2024 will be the year of action. With improving security, reducing risk, and driving revenue growth among organizations’ priorities for the use of AI, there are a number of factors CIOs will have to consider when outlining AI strategy. What does a good GenAI strategy look like?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 28, 2024

For CISOs to succeed in this unprecedented security landscape, they must balance these threats with new approaches by performing continuous risk assessments, protecting digital assets, and managing the rapid pace of innovation in security technologies. How do we CISOs adapt our strategies today?

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2024

] Forty-one percent of organizations adopted and used digital platforms for all or most functions in 2024, compared with just 26% in 2023, according to IDC’s May 2024 Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 5. million machines worldwide, serves as a stark reminder of these risks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2024

As workers at all levels put together their development plans for 2024, IT leaders, recruiters, researchers, and advisors share here what actions CIOs can take to advance their careers if they want to embrace a growth mindset. He says to do otherwise would risk being left behind. “AI Make 2024 the year to change that.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

Credit: The Business Impact of Downtime Across Operational Segments , IDC, September 2024; IDC IT/OT Convergence Survey, August 2024, n = 1,041 When ransomware strikes (a disaster almost all technology leaders will experience), the disruption can last for days or even weeks. See also: How resilient CIOs future-proof to mitigate risks.)

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 10, 2024

Results from Foundry/CIO.com’s 2024 State of the CIO survey enforce this finding, with AI vaulting to the top slot of enterprise CIO’s hardest-to-hire roles. And they need people who can manage the emerging risks and compliance requirements associated with AI. Yet 75% say they can’t find the talent they need.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 18, 2024

By all accounts, 2024 will be a good year on the CIO hiring front. 2024 seems to be trending higher for CIO demand,” Licciardello says. Between the clients that he works with, and the recruiters that try to lure him directly, Licciardello says he has some clear thoughts on what organizations are looking for in a CIO hire in 2024.

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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 average expected spend for 2024 is 3.7% For more relevant research on this topic , please read this Perspective by my colleague David Menninger.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2024

That spectrum of budget adjustments is being met by a range of strategies by IT leaders seeking to make the most of their 2025 IT spend. increase in IT spending overall in 2024, compared to 4% in 2023, software spending growth suggests CIOs need to adjust their budgets downward elsewhere. through 2027. With Forrester projecting a 5.3%

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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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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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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Why is this sector at such risk? As a result, OT systems that were previously isolated are now connected and therefore accessible from the outside world, making them more at risk of being attacked. Another factor that has increased the security risks in this sector is that critical infrastructure often relies heavily on legacy systems.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

And in an October Gartner report, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI by 2033, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling 15% of day-to-day work decisions to be made autonomously. Indicium started building multi-agent systems in mid-2024 for internal knowledge retrieval and other use cases.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 22, 2024

Moreover, these repatriations show how CIOs have a shrewder, more fluid cloud strategy today to ensure they don’t settle for less than what they want. IT leaders say they are adjusting their cloud strategies to incorporate that perspective and allow for more options. a private cloud).

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