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Digital Transformation Success: It’s All About Simplicity Through Partnerships

CIO Business Intelligence

The pandemic has put digital transformation up front and center on the CIO’s agenda over the past few years. According to 2022 State of the CIO study , 85% of CIOs are focusing on transformational initiatives with pre-pandemic levels of technology budget growth. Complexity, the key barrier to digital transformation.

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Accenture to lay off 19,000 to cut costs amid economic uncertainty

CIO Business Intelligence

of its workforce, over the next 18 months to reduce costs amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions. The job cuts reflect stabilizing demand, following explosive post-pandemic growth, and prudent cost management, according to Ignacio Rasero, vice president for Moody’s Investors Service. billion to $16.7

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Cybersecurity Automation: Leveling the Playing Field

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital transformation has brought significant adoption of new technology and business models, including cloud solutions, e-commerce platforms, smart devices, and a significantly more distributed workforce. The result is a more efficient, cost-effective, and productive cyber workforce.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

But speaking to many IT leaders, there are often gaps between how IT runs Scrum, Kanban, or other agile practices and what CIOs need in order to achieve digital transformation objectives. Their comments offer insights as to what to do if your teams are “doing agile” but aren’t agile enough to deliver digital transformation results.

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IT leader’s survival guide: 11 ways to thrive in the years ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital disruption, global pandemic, geopolitical crises, economic uncertainty — volatility has thrown into question time-honored beliefs about how best to lead IT. CIOs are under even more pressure now to deliver practical business benefits,” Schlesinger says. Thriving amid uncertainty means staying flexible, he argues. .

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Top 9 challenges IT leaders will face in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Three years ago, IT leaders were squarely focused on how to adopt fledgling AI techniques and approaches into their business models in service of digital transformations that included plans for shifting some workloads to the cloud. How do you future-proof your business in the face of so much uncertainty?

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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.