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. What’s the vision for IT?

Strategy 98

Strategy IT Cost-Benefit Finance 98

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.

IT 131

IT Management Risk Risk Management 131

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Digital transformation initiatives, for the most part, offer significant advantages—enhancing efficiency, agility, and innovation across the business. These systems are crucial to DORA’s mandate, yet many organizations lag in disaster recovery, relying on outdated strategies.

Risk Management 112

Risk Management Risk Management IT 112

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

You don’t have business leaders, or even IT leaders taking some basic AI literacy classes,” he says. AI projects should align with genuine business objectives and focus on delivering measurable results that support long-term strategic goals.” This trend is concerning,” he says. “AI

IT 138

IT Experimentation Measurement Risk 138

CIO Business Intelligence

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?

Risk 142

Risk IT Risk Management Cost-Benefit 142

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Without an AI strategy, organizations risk missing out on the benefits AI can offer. An AI strategy helps organizations address the complex challenges associated with AI implementation and define its objectives. What is an AI strategy? A successful AI strategy should act as a roadmap for this plan.

Strategy 71

Strategy Business Objectives Cost-Benefit Consulting 71

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.

Management 100

Management Strategy Risk Consulting 100

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2023

According to the MIT Technology Review Insights Survey, an enterprise data strategy supports vital business objectives including expanding sales, improving operational efficiency, and reducing time to market. The problem is today, just 13% of organizations excel at delivering on their data strategy.

Data Strategy 114

Data Strategy Strategy Visualization Consulting 114

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A successful business strategy dictates the allocation of resources and outlines how a company will achieve its strategic goals. Whether the organization is focused on developing new products or marketing an existing service to an under-served demographic, having a solid strategy will help an organization realize its long-term goals.

Strategy 69

Strategy Advertising Key Performance Indicator Consulting 69

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2024

Organizations that have made progress on environmental objectives to include circular economy principles have also made progress on broader business objectives of better asset management strategies and reduced procurement cycles.

Management 105

Management IT Cost-Benefit Metrics 105

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports. As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports.

IT 137

IT Consulting Scorecard Key Performance Indicator 137

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Freshworks CFO Tyler Sloat even touted a stock buyback program, to illustrate the company’s strong financials: “Given our strong financial position and improving cash profile, we have the opportunity to expand our capital allocation strategy. The company said the layoffs were part of “realigning our global workforce.”

IT 115

IT Cost-Benefit Business Objectives Reporting 115

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI are putting more pressure on analytics and IT leaders to get their houses in order when it comes to data strategy and data management. If you go out and ask a chief data officer, a head of IT, ‘Is your data strategy aligned?’

Data Strategy 135

Data Strategy Strategy Sales Data Governance 135

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. A procurement strategy is not merely a series of steps for acquiring goods and services. What is a procurement strategy?

Strategy 65

Strategy Cost-Benefit Key Performance Indicator Consulting 65

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As organizations accelerate their cloud migrations, they need both a strategy and a strategic partner, according to the Foundry 2022 Cloud Computing Study. The partnership capabilities they are most seeking include security expertise, better cloud management capabilities, and strategic guidance on overall cloud strategy or a roadmap.

Strategy 92

Strategy Business Objectives Forecasting Risk 92

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.

IT 131

IT Digital Transformation ROI Strategy 131

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2024

Build better business alignment Multiple CIOs plan to strengthen their ties to other functional areas in ’24, building on the work they’ve done in recent years to create even more synergy. To ensure results, some CIOs say they’re creating teams that can easily pivot as business needs change. We’re piloting, PoC-ing.

IT 144

IT Cost-Benefit Statistics Consulting 144

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 2, 2024

This scalability allows you to expand your business without needing a proportionally larger IT team.” Complex business decisions, such as fraud detection and price optimization, can now be made in real-time based on huge amounts of data,” Liddle states. Better employee engagement leads to employee retention.”

IT 143

IT Machine Learning Cost-Benefit Software 143

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To capture the most value from hybrid cloud, business and IT leaders must develop a solid hybrid cloud strategy supporting their core business objectives. To capture the most value from hybrid cloud, business and IT leaders must develop a solid hybrid cloud strategy supporting their core business objectives.

Strategy 93

Strategy Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Optimization 93

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.

IT 121

IT Data Governance ROI Business Objectives 121

Octopai

JULY 11, 2022

On business-critical questions like: Which product line should we invest in – or adjust – or market differently? Which sales strategies bring in the most customers, or the most loyal customers, or the highest revenue? Tie data quality directly to business objectives. BAAAAAAAAD data. Better data quality?

Data Quality 98

Data Quality Strategy Business Objectives Sales 98

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Avila says it’s also important to understand that that the rate-of-change metric doesn’t only live within the IT department — it also informs business leaders. Businesses should work hand in hand with their IT department to pivot quickly in order to maximize success,” he concludes. Metrics provide a means to monitor progress.”

Metrics 139

Metrics IT ROI Measurement 139

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

To fully leverage AI and analytics for achieving key business objectives and maximizing return on investment (ROI), modern data management is essential. It’s impossible,” says Shadi Shahin, Vice President of Product Strategy at SAS. Trying to clean the data and make it perfect is not going to work.

Data-driven 107

Data-driven Machine Learning ROI Uncertainty 107

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.

IT 139

IT Testing Metrics Optimization 139

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Moreover, only 54% of companies have a clear innovation strategy, according to a 2023 report on innovation from consulting firm Protiviti , with 41% still developing one and 5% having neither a strategy nor plans to create one. It is nearly impossible to separate the business strategy from the organization’s technology strategy.

IT 136

IT Digital Transformation Risk Cost-Benefit 136

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2024

In this case, the candidate’s original executive summary was short and redundant in the context of the rest of the document, and the experience section “came across as a laundry list of duties,” positioning the candidate as an “IT manager focused on tactics instead of a CIO focused on strategy and organizational value,” Van Vreede says.

IT 122

IT Visualization Business Objectives Management 122

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. This shift in focus requires teams to understand business strategy, market trends, customer needs, and value propositions.

IT 140

IT Digital Transformation Experimentation Risk 140

Smart Data Collective

APRIL 20, 2023

One of the many reasons that they are using big data is to create better content marketing strategies. A content marketing strategy can help businesses establish brand awareness, increase conversions, and connect with their target audience. Why Is Data Important in Content Marketing?

Marketing 81

Marketing Strategy Big Data ROI 81

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.

Data-driven 109

Data-driven IT Cost-Benefit Big Data 109

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.

Consulting 114

Consulting IT Metrics Key Performance Indicator 114

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2023

The right data architecture can help your organization improve data quality because it provides the framework that determines how data is collected, transported, stored, secured, used and shared for business intelligence and data science use cases. Steps for developing an effective data strategy include: 1.

Data Quality 52

Data Quality Data Architecture Strategy Data Lake 52

FineReport

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Business intelligence strategy is seen as a roadmap designed to help companies measure their performance and strengthen their performance through architecture and solutions. Therefore, creating a successful BI strategy roadmap would have a great positive impact on organization efficiency. How to develop a smart BI strategy?

Strategy 98

Strategy Business Intelligence KPI Key Performance Indicator 98

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 30, 2022

The rise of data strategy. There’s a renewed interest in reflecting on what can and should be done with data, how to accomplish those goals and how to check for data strategy alignment with business objectives. The evolution of a multi-everything landscape, and what that means for data strategy.

Data Strategy 56

Data Strategy Strategy Business Objectives Data-driven 56

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 6, 2024

Businesses are increasingly embracing cloud infrastructure due to its scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness, among other benefits. Types of cloud migration The specific strategies and scenarios for cloud adoption and migration depend on the needs of the organization and its current IT infrastructure. Why migrate to the cloud?

Optimization 73

Optimization Strategy Cost-Benefit Testing 73

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Two-thirds of CEOs surveyed by the IBM Institute for Business Value acknowledge raiding long-term IT projects to achieve short-term goals. But shortsighted IT strategies, often pushed by CEOs seeking short-term gains, can saddle CIOs with increasing tech debt that can further undercut long-term outcomes and innovation.

Cost-Benefit 116

Cost-Benefit Risk Business Objectives Data-driven 116

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 24, 2023

To deliver on that growth objective, Herlihy has been focused on enabling digital sales channels and maximizing the use of the data derived from them. 4 on the list of priorities cited by CIOs, after business process improvements, digital transformation, and modernization. Much of that work started in response to the pandemic.

IT 97

IT Sales Business Objectives Marketing 97

Paul Blogs on BI

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I have a had a lot of conversations about data strategy this year. With both the rise in organizations looking to move their data to the cloud and the increasing awareness of the power of BI and generative AI, data strategy has become a top priority. Yet, all these items are within the realm of a Data Strategy so where do you start?

Data Strategy 52

Data Strategy Strategy Gap analysis Data Warehouse 52