David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The evolution from basic task automation platforms to advanced task orchestration and management marks a milestone in the journey toward Intelligent Automation. Enhanced analytics driven by AI can identify patterns and trends, allowing enterprises to better predict future business needs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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. These objectives might require short-term IT spending to help the business achieve its goals, but it’s not a trade-off,” she says. “If

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Clearing business strategy hurdles Choosing the right technologies to meet an organization’s unique AI goals is usually not straightforward. Business objectives must be articulated and matched with appropriate tools, methodologies, and processes.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Jayesh Chaurasia, analyst, and Sudha Maheshwari, VP and research director, wrote in a blog post that businesses were drawn to AI implementations via the allure of quick wins and immediate ROI, but that led many to overlook the need for a comprehensive, long-term business strategy and effective data management practices.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

For CIOs tasked with managing IT budgets while driving technological innovation, balancing these costs against the benefits of GenAI is essential. In this article, we will explore the cost-related barriers to GenAI adoption, including high implementation expenses, ineffective cost management, and infrastructure demands.

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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. But the enthusiasm must be tempered by the need to put data management and data governance in place.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2022

The days of one-off change management initiatives are over. Rather than tackle organizational change management with an end in mind, IT leaders and their organizations must now exist in an environment of persistent flux. . “In Execution eats strategy for breakfast,” Kocherlakota says. Low-performance organizations are up to 3.5

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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.

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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]. Data from IDC [2] noted that circularity and life-cycle management were very to extremely important for the organization (69%).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 25, 2024

IT managers are often responsible for not just overseeing an organization’s IT infrastructure but its IT teams as well. 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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A comprehensive regulatory reach DORA addresses a broad range of ICT risks, including incident response, resilience testing, third-party risk management, and information sharing. These agents perform critical services like discovery service mapping, capacity optimization, and more, acting as a copilot for teams managing DORA compliance.

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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.

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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? Which sales strategies bring in the most customers, or the most loyal customers, or the highest revenue? Tie data quality directly to business objectives. Better data quality?

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 6, 2021

Data and network access controls have similar user-based permissions when working from home as when working behind the firewall at your place of business, but the security checks and usage tracking can be more verifiable and certified with biometric analytics. 4) AIOps increasingly became a focus in AI strategy conversations.

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erwin

JULY 12, 2019

In light of recent, high-profile data breaches, it’s past-time we re-examined strategic data governance and its role in managing regulatory requirements. First you need to analyze and design your compliance strategy and tactics, and then you need to operationalize them. Manage policies and rules. Govern PII “in motion”.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2022

The move to Value Stream Management (VSM) is a prime example of this. In addition, a wireless network operator’s leadership was better able to connect strategy and work by employing VSM principles. Wherever you are on your VSM journey, this VSM Summit will provide useful strategies and tips for elevating your VSM game.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 26, 2022

In an organization’s pursuit of digital transformation and innovation, the onus largely falls on agile and development leaders, who must field requests from business leaders and manage expectations, all while speeding time to market. It’s for these reasons that Value Stream Management (VSM) has become increasingly prevalent.

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O'Reilly on Data

JULY 28, 2020

The Core Responsibilities of the AI Product Manager. Product Managers are responsible for the successful development, testing, release, and adoption of a product, and for leading the team that implements those milestones. Product managers for AI must satisfy these same responsibilities, tuned for the AI lifecycle.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

JUNE 17, 2022

Observability is a business strategy: what you monitor, why you monitor it, what you intend to learn from it, how it will be used, and how it will contribute to business objectives and mission success. The key difference is this: monitoring is what you do, and observability is why you do it. The new Splunk Enterprise 9.0

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Here is what each step in the process helps accomplish: Step one is to force us to identify the business objectives upfront and set the broadest parameters for the work we are doing. Step two is to identify crisp goals for each business objective. The business we are doing this for is a real estate company.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

IT managers increasingly find themselves oversubscribed, challenged, and in many cases floundering, and it’s little wonder why. Meanwhile, IT managers are increasingly feeling unfulfilled in their roles and suffering burnout, leading them to be far more open to finding a new job elsewhere. That suggests why they’re struggling.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

Business disruptions happen every day and can cause companies to lose millions of dollars and suffer reputational damage. When astute executives, including CIOs, cheat disruption by focusing on business continuity management (BCM) programs that build resilience, the enterprise transformation can prosper.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Yet navigating the complexities of building and managing a hybrid environment poses unique challenges. To capture the most value from hybrid cloud, business and IT leaders must develop a solid hybrid cloud strategy supporting their core business objectives.

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datapine

JULY 17, 2019

Let’s start by considering what KPIs are and what they mean in a business context. KPI is a value measured to assess how effective a project or company is at achieving its business objectives. Also, explore our guide to KPI management and learn from a host of helpful best practices. What Is A KPI?

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 26, 2023

What is a project manager? Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. To succeed in their role, project managers must be adept at coordinating resources, managing budgets, measuring and tracking project progress, and communicating with team members and stakeholders.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

Definitions and standard perspectives on these terms will be covered in this post: Business Objectives. Business Objectives: This is the answer to the question: "Why does your website exist?" " Or: "What are you hoping to accomplish for your business by being on the web?" Manageable.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The result: network managers now need to ensure that networks are both fit for remote working and able to cope with the demands of high bandwidth consumption in the workplace. On top of these challenges, Matthew Allen, Vice President, Service Offer Management – Networking at NTT, identifies a further difficulty.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Multicloud architectures, applications portfolios that span from mainframes to the cloud, board pressure to accelerate AI and digital outcomes — today’s CIOs face a range of challenges that can impact their DevOps strategies. Platform engineering is one approach for creating standards and reinforcing key principles.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 9, 2022

Value Stream Management (VSM) is certainly no exception. Broadcom Software recently hosted a Value Stream Management Summit , which highlighted real stories and proven lessons from some of the largest global enterprises. It would surprise absolutely no one if I were to say a lot’s changed in the past year. What’s New.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 28, 2022

In an organization’s pursuit of digital transformation and innovation, the onus largely falls on agile and development leaders, who must field requests from business leaders and manage expectations, all while speeding time to market. It’s for these reasons that Value Stream Management (VSM) has become increasingly prevalent.

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Jet Global

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to Gartner , CPM is “an umbrella term that describes the methodologies, metrics, processes and systems used to monitor and manage the business performance of an enterprise.”. Companies use CPM to measure their performance against their stated objectives, goals, and strategies. Clarify Your Objectives.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 23, 2022

The ripple effect of COVID-19 has really shone a spotlight on how much work still needs to be done when it comes to DEI, says Suraya Hamdulay, based in Johannesburg as VP for strategy and engagement at 2U, a US educational technology company. But times are changing.

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datapine

JUNE 15, 2023

2) The Importance of Performance Reports 3) Performance Report Examples 4) Performance Reporting Tips Performance reporting has been a traditional business practice for decades now. A performance report is an analytical tool that offers a visual overview of how a business is performing in a specific strategy, project, or department.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

“Good governance is the telemetry on that investment, from which operational and tactical plans can be adjusted and focused to achieve strategic objectives,” he says. API-first strategies on the rise APIs are ubiquitous within modern software architectures, working behind the scenes to facilitate myriad connected capabilities. “As

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Neglecting change management from the start Leaving communications as an afterthought and addressing change management just before new capabilities are ready to deploy is another recipe for transformation failure. In addition, business stakeholders often demand fast results.

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