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The great repatriation? IT leaders reset cloud strategies to optimize value

CIO Business Intelligence

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. Service-based consumption of compute/storage resources on-premises is still a new concept for enterprises, but awareness is growing. We were very thoughtful in our approach,” he says. “We

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Given IBM consulting’s genAI rollout, should CIOs rethink consulting strategies for 2025?

CIO Business Intelligence

I believe that managed business services-as-software — aka BPO — is a big driver of consulting revenues going forward. There is a cost arbitrage and a quality play that can be built into a well-structured managed services deal,” Schadler said. Schadler noted that this could be a critical area for CIOs to explore. “I

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Step-By-Step Guide To Deploying A Data Driven Strategy For Local Search

Smart Data Collective

The market for big data analytics in business services is expected to reach $274 billion by 2022. SEO is the strategy of having your web pages rank high on search engine searches. Big data is becoming more important to modern SEO strategies. Big data has led to a number of changes in the digital marketing profession.

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How to prioritize data strategy investments as a CDO

IBM Big Data Hub

My first task as a Chief Data Officer (CDO) is to implement a data strategy. Over the past 15 years, I’ve learned that an effective data strategy enables the enterprise’s business strategy and is critical to elevate the role of a CDO from the backroom to the boardroom. Understand your strategic drivers. Mitigating risk.

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Enterprise Architecture: Secrets to Success

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Here are some of the issues and questions being raised: Growth : How do we define growth strategies (e.g., M&A, new markets, products and businesses). Emerging Markets : What opportunities align to our business (e.g., operating strategy, global business services and shared services)?

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How MemorialCare confronts evolving risks along its modernization journey

CIO Business Intelligence

They also had to retrofit some older solutions to ensure they didn’t expose the business to greater risks. According to Torres, the strategy has proven to be successful. He says hackers have gone so far as to call the businessservice desk several times a week trying to trick people into resetting user passwords so they can get in.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

CIO Business Intelligence

API-first strategies on the rise APIs are ubiquitous within modern software architectures, working behind the scenes to facilitate myriad connected capabilities. “As APIs remain central to tech strategy and are more vital than ever due their use by LLMs, including OpenAI plugins,” says O’Neill.