CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

IT leaders are drowning in metrics, with many finding themselves up to their KPIs in a seemingly bottomless pool of measurement tools. Still, when all is said and done, some key metrics stand out above the rest for accurately measuring IT success. The result is wasted time, confusion, and, in some cases, conflicting insights.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Migration to the cloud, data valorization, and development of e-commerce are areas where rubber sole manufacturer Vibram has transformed its business as it opens up to new markets. Vibram certainly isn’t an isolated case of a company growing its business through tools made available by the CIO.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 25, 2024

To succeed, you need to understand the fundamentals of security, data storage, hardware, software, networking, and IT management frameworks — and how they all work together to deliver business value. IT managers are often responsible for not just overseeing an organization’s IT infrastructure but its IT teams as well.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 25, 2024

Here are some tips for getting the most value from using IT consultants and ensuring that the engagement is successful and aligned with your objectives. Based on my experience, the most favorable outcomes stem from referrals provided by trusted business associates.” Another consideration is having a clear definition of expectations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

High performance back then generally focused on delivery — a contrast to previous generations of IT where business and IT alignment was an issue, and teams struggled to deliver with waterfall project management practices. A good starting point is Dale Carnegie’s definition of high-performance teams exceeding their yearly goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 4, 2024

While artificial intelligence is a key focus at SAP’s user conference, Sapphire, this year, the company has announced that it is also enhancing its Business Technology Platform — application development and automation, data and analytics, integration, and AI capabilities — by adding features to extend its components’ functionality.

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CIO Business Intelligence

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. This creates a disconnect between the strategic role that CIOs are increasingly expected to play and how their success is measured.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Laggards must follow the pace of leaders with defined roles and responsibilities that align with business needs and transformation goals,” says Ram Palaniappan, chief technology officer at IT services company TEKsystems. Yet many IT departments are struggling to reshape themselves to better meet the mandates of today.

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DataKitchen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Why is the change necessary (alignment with business objectives or regulatory compliance)? Their role is to highlight problems and propose solutions, but the responsibility for actual changes often lies with data engineers or business units. However, this approach struggles to keep up with the pace of modern data environments.

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datapine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The process helps businesses and decision-makers measure the success of their strategies toward achieving company goals. How does Company A measure the success of each individual effort so that it can isolate strengths and weaknesses? Company A asks itself what its best resources are for attracting customers. What happens next?

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CIO Business Intelligence

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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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That’s unfortunate given how much of smooth business operations depends on the efficient delivery of IT services today. Provide an IT service that focuses on user experience,” advises Edgar Padua, business value architect at digital workplace provider Nexthink. The following nine tips will help get your there.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Winners, well before they think data or tool, have a well structured Digital Marketing & Measurement Model. This article guides you in understanding the value of the Digital Marketing & Measurement Model (notice the repeated emphasis on Marketing, not just Measurement), and how to create one for yourself.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Developing an IT Budget is Crucial for Data-Driven Businesses As big data technology leaps lightyears ahead , different industries are jumping on the wagon. It doesn’t matter if you own a manufacturing business, an ecommerce, or a retail shop, you have IT needs. This means you need to work out an IT budget with your financial plans.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 21, 2022

Not keeping pace with evolving business priorities. Business practices and priorities shift frequently to accommodate emerging technologies, customer expectations, and product and service delivery demands. By that time, governance structures are rushed and risk mitigation measures lose their effectiveness.”. Poor risk planning.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It is nearly impossible to separate the business strategy from the organization’s technology strategy. Given this, it is critical that the CIO drive technology innovation in order to drive the overall business strategy,” says Marcus Murph, head of CIO Advisory at professional services firm KPMG.

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DataKitchen

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Each of these improvements can be measured and iterated upon. . Your data consumers are focused on business objectives. They need to grow sales, pursue new business opportunities, or reduce costs. Data is the modern business decision apparatus (just ask Google, Target, Amazon, or Facebook).

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With more and more businesses moving to the Cloud, FinOps is becoming a vital framework for efficiently controlling Cloud expenses. Given that SaaS accounts for a sizable amount of Cloud expenses for businesses of all kinds, including small and medium-sized firms, this addition is essential.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This can lead less experienced managers to have difficulty balancing technical requirements and business objectives, he says. This can lead less experienced managers to have difficulty balancing technical requirements and business objectives, he says. Here are some of the red flags.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Taking an IT project mentality over a cultural transformation one DevOps requires culture alignment between dev and ops to improve customer experiences, drive business agility, and improve operational resiliency. It may surprise you, but DevOps has been around for nearly two decades.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 13, 2022

One of the most important parameters for measuring the success of any technology implementation is the return on investment (ROI). Providing a compelling ROI on technology initiatives also puts CIOs in a stronger position for securing support and funds from the business for future projects. Align projects with business goals.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The primary goal of any data governance program is to deliver against prioritized business objectives and unlock the value of your data across your organization. Realize that a data governance program cannot exist on its own – it must solve business problems and deliver outcomes.

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Cloudera

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Data strategy begins and ends with business value. Without well-defined objectives, spearheaded by your CDO, the insights you expect from your data may never come to light. Those returns are often measured in business value. Watch this video to find out how one CDO helped to transform their business.

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datapine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

When setting up a business strategy for your IT department, you need to craft a vision, identify goals to achieve and a clear path of how to get there. If what you are reporting does not align with the wider business objectives, you might end up driving the IT department – and sometimes even the rest of the business – further apart.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The difference is in using advanced modeling and data management to make faster scenario planning possible, driven by actionable key performance measures that enable faster, well-informed decision cycles. Moreover, because of the sole focus on money, budgets have limited value in managing business operations.

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BA Learnings

DECEMBER 28, 2020

How can we aim for, or even define, business success, if we don't know what it is? Critical success factors (CSFs) are an important element in business, and essentially entail identifying what really matters. In this blog post, we will explain exactly what critical success factors are, and take you through some of the different types.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 21, 2024

A service-level agreement (SLA) defines the level of service expected by a customer from a supplier, laying out metrics by which that service is measured, and the remedies or penalties, if any, should service levels not be achieved. Ideally, SLAs should be aligned to the technology or business objectives of the engagement.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Source: [link] Every business wants to get on board with ChatGPT, to implement it, operationalize it, and capitalize on it. I suggest that the simplest business strategy starts with answering three basic questions: What? It is important to realize that the usual “hype cycle” rules prevail in such cases as this.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 30, 2024

And with AI used in almost every part of the business, stakeholders have become much more tech savvy, reducing their dependency on IT departments. These client technologists need the tools and governance to create digital products at the speed of business.” But as a result, anybody could then expose a lot of company data inadvertently.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 14, 2024

Sustainability and Social Impact Champions : Recognizing CIOs who have harnessed technology to address environmental or societal challenges, driving positive change and making a meaningful impact beyond business objectives. The Awards will take place at the Hotel Fairmont Riyadh on 19th September.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While the need for reliable, resilient, recoverable and corruption-free data governance has long been achieved by a backup and recovery routine, more modern techniques have been developed to support proactive measures that protect against threats before they occur. Cyber resiliency goes beyond mere cybersecurity measures.

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Octopai

JULY 11, 2022

On business-critical questions like: Which product line should we invest in – or adjust – or market differently? Tie data quality directly to business objectives. Stakeholders might include data owners, senior business data experts, senior data architects, and IT program managers. BAAAAAAAAD data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 23, 2022

They require simple platforms that enable rapid access to new technology to ensure the network meets the needs of their business. . planning and downtime, overtime, expedited freight) associated with your current network, along with specific business processes to be avoided. Obtaining more insight into hidden costs (e.g.,

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Cost-Benefit Business Objectives ROI Risk 105

datapine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As a content manager, you most likely spend most of your time writing quality blogs, email newsletters, and social media posts, all in an effort to ensure the business is growing and achieving its goals. Enter modern content reports. Enter modern content reports. Why Is Content Report Analysis Important?

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 13, 2024

Unlike siloed or shallow automation efforts, deep automation architects a perspective that integrates customer experiences, value streams, human-machine collaboration, and synergistic technologies to create intelligent, self-adjusting businesses. Indeed, according to the 2023 survey (September 2023), 71.1%

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

IT leaders must work with business leadership to help establish a clear understanding of digital transformation goals and a practical roadmap for achieving them. IT leaders must work with business leadership to help establish a clear understanding of digital transformation goals and a practical roadmap for achieving them.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2022

While CIOs and business leaders have often had time to understand the rationale and wisdom of an initiative and what it will mean for them personally, others will also need some space to understand the impact. In this era of continuous disruption, the goal should not be to build an organization that reacts quickly to change.

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