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5 common consultant negotiation tactics and how to protect your interests

CIO Business Intelligence

To execute a successful digital transformation initiative, you are likely to establish consulting provider relationships. Unfortunately, many organizations find themselves susceptible to the tactics used by consultants to manage their risk and optimize a commercial arrangement to their benefit. This takes planning.

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How to get the most out of IT consultants

CIO Business Intelligence

As enterprises continue to plan, expand, or evolve their digital transformation efforts and shifts to the cloud, many are likely relying on IT consultants or considering hiring them for help. 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.

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How IT leaders use agentic AI for business workflows

CIO Business Intelligence

An AI briefer could inform a sales pipeline review process, for instance, or an AI trainer could simulate customer interactions as part of an onboarding program, he adds. One area is personalizing on-page digital interactions. Expect tighter AI-human collaboration, where AI handles execution, and humans focus on strategy.

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IBM Consulting unveils Center of Excellence for generative AI

IBM Big Data Hub

IBM Consulting has established a Center of Excellence for generative AI. It stands alongside IBM Consulting’s existing global AI and Automation practice, which includes 21,000 data and AI consultants who have conducted over 40,000 enterprise client engagements. The CoE is off to a fast start.

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Escaping POC Purgatory: Evaluation-Driven Development for AI Systems

O'Reilly on Data

How synthetic data can accelerate iteration before real users interact with the system. They also realized that, although LlamaIndex was cool to get this POC out the door, they couldnt easily figure out what prompt it was throwing to the LLM, what embedding model was being used, the chunking strategy, and so on. We chose the latter.

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Beyond the hype: Do you really need an LLM for your data?

CIO Business Intelligence

As someone deeply involved in shaping data strategy, governance and analytics for organizations, Im constantly working on everything from defining data vision to building high-performing data teams. Tableau, Qlik and Power BI can handle interactive dashboards and visualizations. This article reflects some of what Ive learned.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. And it’s never too late for CIOs to reassess their cloud strategies.

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