CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The typical reaction is to ban any use of it until you can figure out what it is, what it does, how it will benefit your business and how you can safely and securely deploy it. Do you really benefit by awaiting others to figure it out for you and then sell you their services — when they know little to nothing about your business?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2024

GRC certifications validate the skills, knowledge, and abilities IT professionals have to manage governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) in the enterprise. Enter the need for competent governance, risk and compliance (GRC) professionals. What are GRC certifications? Why are GRC certifications important?

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Today we face the harsh reality of cloud costs, if not done right,” says Jay Upchurch, executive vice president and CIO at SAS. And the costs recur monthly or quarterly,” Upchurch says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 21, 2024

The previous state-of-the-art sensors cost tens of thousands of dollars, adds Mattmann, who’s now the chief data and AI officer at UCLA. Adding smarter AI also adds risk, of course. “At The big risk is you take the humans out of the loop when you let these into the wild.” They also had extreme measurement sensitivity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 22, 2024

IT leader and former CIO Stanley Mwangi Chege has heard executives complain for years about cloud deployments, citing rapidly escalating costs and data privacy challenges as top reasons for their frustrations. They, too, were motivated by data privacy issues, cost considerations, compliance concerns, and latency issues.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As CIOs seek to achieve economies of scale in the cloud, a risk inherent in many of their strategies is taking on greater importance of late: consolidating on too few if not just a single major cloud vendor. This is the kind of risk that may increasingly keep CIOs up at night in the year ahead.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 23, 2024

As CIO, you’re in the risk business. Or rather, every part of your responsibilities entails risk, whether you’re paying attention to it or not. There are, for example, those in leadership roles who, while promoting the value of risk-taking, also insist on “holding people accountable.” You can’t lose.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Third, any commitment to a disruptive technology (including data-intensive and AI implementations) must start with a business strategy. I suggest that the simplest business strategy starts with answering three basic questions: What? That is: (1) What is it you want to do and where does it fit within the context of your organization?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

In my view, companies that split up these functions are seeing second-order consequences around communication, costs, and conflict, and are bringing these roles back together. Our analytics capabilities identify potentially unsafe conditions so we can manage projects more safely and mitigate risks.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2024

That includes maintenance and upgrades deferred in favor of other projects or priorities, which can result in high future costs when those actions can no longer by avoided, often when a solution reaches end-of-life. Here’s where CIOs can rethink their approach to the long-term benefit of their organizations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The newly launched guide, “5 Practical Steps to Reduce Cyber Threats,” offers actionable strategies for cybersecurity leaders to enhance their team’s preparedness and response capabilities. While state-of-the-art tools are vital, the true backbone of our defense strategy lies within our trained professionals—the human firewall.”

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Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

We talked about the benefits of AI for consumers trying to improve their own personal financial plans. One of the most important changes pertains to risk parity management. We are going to provide some insights on the benefits of using machine learning for risk parity analysis. What is risk parity?

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Smart Data Collective

JUNE 19, 2022

AI is particularly helpful with managing risks. How AI Can Help Suppliers Manage Risks Better. The benefits of AI stem from the need to manage close relationships with business stakeholders, which is a difficult task. Failure or Delay Risk. Brand Reputation Risk. Competitive Advantage Risk.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Those customers should be evaluating if, when and how they will tap into the benefits that AI and GenAI can provide to improve operational and financial performance. With a perception of limited or no benefit, not taking any action can appear attractive and may be the right choice.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Because organizations with strategic sourcing mindsets look beyond price and cost savings-centered supplier selection initiatives. Successful strategic sourcing often results in process optimization, cost management, customer satisfaction, risk management , increased sustainability and other benefits.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 9, 2023

Such is the case with a data management strategy. Without it, businesses incur steep costs, but the downside, or costs, are often unclear because calculating data management’s return on investment (ROI), or upside, is a murky exercise. Without it, organizations incur a significant opportunity cost.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Leaders who adopt a crawl-walk-run approach, with thoughtful risk-taking and a strategic focus on actions and results, maximize the business value from IT modernization.” Rasmussen says the modernization process should begin by forming a strategy team and directing it to build the business case for why change is needed. “As

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

While every data protection strategy is unique, below are several key components and best practices to consider when building one for your organization. What is a data protection strategy? Why it’s important for your security strategy Data powers much of the world economy—and unfortunately, cybercriminals know its value.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 30, 2024

Increasingly, enterprise organizations are adopting a multicloud approach—the use of cloud services from more than one cloud vendor—to optimize performance, control costs and prevent vendor lock-in. Data silos: With data spread across multiple clouds and platforms, an organization risks creating data silos. to total $678.8

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the business world, service desks are commonly designated as cost centers, a label that can sometimes limit their access to essential resources and support. Additionally, employ the business case as a tool to tackle potential risks and develop strategies for their mitigation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2024

CIOs are under increasing pressure to deliver meaningful returns from generative AI initiatives, yet spiraling costs and complex governance challenges are undermining their efforts, according to Gartner. hours per week by integrating generative AI into their workflows, these benefits are not felt equally across the workforce.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 19, 2024

Disaster recovery strategies provide the framework for team members to get a business back up and running after an unplanned event. Worldwide, the popularity of disaster recovery strategies is understandably increasing. A disaster recovery strategy lays out how your businesses will respond to a number of unplanned incidents.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 12, 2023

As public cloud technology and hybrid multicloud architectures are being adopted in financial institutions at an increasing rate, we’re observing that their counterparts in the public sector— central banks—are a long way behind, due at least in part to a profoundly risk-averse approach.

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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?

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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. This year, many CIOs have focused on getting AI prototypes up and running without fully considering the long-term operating costs , he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

Dovico just hit the 90-day mark in her CIO role at Beyond Bank, so she’s still in the listening phase while new a new executive team and business strategies are launched and formalized across the broader organization. Being very action and people oriented certainly helps, to benefit both outside and inside the company. “I

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

High costs Failing: The infrastructure and computational costs for training and running GenAI models are significant. Key takeaway: Cost management strategies are crucial for sustainable AI deployment. Key takeaway: A well-planned integration strategy can smooth the transition and maximize AI benefits.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 6, 2024

Businesses are increasingly embracing cloud infrastructure due to its scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness, among other benefits. Recent statistics indicate a significant rise in companies adopting cloud services to meet their operational and cost saving needs.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The pandemic and its aftermath highlighted the importance of having a robust supply chain strategy , with many companies facing disruptions due to shortages in raw materials and fluctuations in customer demand. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2023

And that’s why companies need an effective data center consolidation strategy. What is a data center consolidation strategy? A data center consolidation strategy is a plan an organization creates and implements to shrink its data-storage processes and streamline its system of data management. What is a data center?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 28, 2023

At the same time, it reduces risk by ensuring that all data is under control, avoiding inconsistencies, and adhering to a single source of truth. In a recent IDC Infobrief , more than half of respondents report that regulatory compliance is a primary factor in deciding how and where they store enterprise data.

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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. Building a successful hybrid cloud strategy Every organization must contend with its own infrastructure, distinct workloads, business processes and workflow needs.

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Smart Data Collective

MARCH 23, 2023

Some companies are interested in taking advantage of the benefits of existing AI tools like ChatGPT. The ROI of creating their own AI applications can be massive, but they still need to use them cost-effectively. A study done by Deloitte in late 2022 showed that cost reduction is the top priority for CFOs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 4, 2024

But building an AI strategy is more than just deploying the newest GenAI tools. Employees who wish to boost their efficiency through AI can benefit not only from upskilling, but also be supported with the right data, applications, and collaboration tools. Security risks are another AI bugbear that businesses should keep in mind.

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Cloudera

AUGUST 30, 2022

Data-fuelled innovation requires a pragmatic strategy. Renovating it while realizing incremental ROI — customer or operational benefits — is the pragmatic approach to moving forward. Financial service providers continue to grapple with technology challenges and rising costs associated with legacy platforms.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It all comes down to cost benefit, and having a set of priorities. To make the process consistent and repeatable, I like to use a well-defined and balanced set of voting criteria, which helps place each idea into a cost-benefit matrix, often called a project prioritization matrix.

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