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5 IT risks CIOs should be paranoid about

CIO Business Intelligence

One approach is to define and seek agreement of non-negotiables with the board and executive committee, outlining criteria of when upgrading legacy systems must be prioritized above other business objectives. Many want all the benefits from analytics and machine learning but are slow to adopt proactive data governance.

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Top 10 governance, risk, and compliance certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

Professionals with a GRC certification must juggle stakeholder expectations with business objectives, and ensure that organizational objectives are met while meeting compliance requirements. That significant amount of responsibility is critical in today’s business climate, and certification can prove you are up to the task.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

In our fast-changing digital world, it’s essential to sync IT strategies with business objectives for lasting success. Technology has shifted from a back-office function to a core enabler of business growth, innovation, and competitive advantage.

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Cloud analytics migration: how to exceed expectations

CIO Business Intelligence

If expectations around the cost and speed of deployment are unrealistically high, milestones are missed, and doubt over potential benefits soon takes root. The right tools and technologies can keep a project on track, avoiding any gap between expected and realized benefits. But this scenario is avoidable.

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Still, CIOs have reason to drive AI capabilities and employee adoption, as only 16% of companies are reinvention ready with fully modernized data foundations and end-to-end platform integration to support automation across most business processes, according to Accenture. Below are five examples of where to start.

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6 enterprise DevOps mistakes to avoid

CIO Business Intelligence

Rick Boyce, CTO at AND Digital, underscores how a typical IT project mentality toward DevOps can undercut the CIO’s ability to deliver on business objectives. The top benefits of platform engineering for developers include increased productivity, better quality software, reduced lead time for deployment, and more stable applications.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Equally important, the documented vision is a tool for agile teams to make implementation decisions when there are multiple ways to solve problems, each with different benefits and tradeoffs. Business leaders get scared and say, ‘Tell me the plan so I can sleep at night,’” said Ronica Roth, co-founder and principal of The Welcome Elephant.