CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. While security risks are daunting, therapists remind us to avoid overly stressing out in areas outside our control.

Risk 142

Risk IT Risk Management Cost-Benefit 142

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Middle East is rapidly evolving into a global hub for technological innovation, with 2025 set to be a pivotal year in the regions digital landscape. Looking ahead to 2025, Lalchandani identifies several technological trends that will define the Middle Easts digital landscape.

IoT 105

IoT Digital Transformation Internet of Things Data-driven 105

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Aligning ESG and technological innovation At the core of this transformation is the CIO, a pivotal player whose role has expanded beyond managing technological innovation to overseeing how these innovations contribute to ESG goals. It provides CIOs a roadmap to align these technologies with their organizations’ ESG goals.

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Metrics Optimization Strategy Technology 124

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Also center stage were Infor’s advances in artificial intelligence and process mining as well as its environmental, social and governance application and supply chain optimization enhancements. Typically, the technology will show there are many variations in how a process unfolds and the context in which those permutations occur.

Finance 130

Finance Prescriptive Analytics Cost-Benefit Manufacturing 130

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 21, 2024

It wasn’t just a single measurement of particulates,” says Chris Mattmann, NASA JPL’s former chief technology and innovation officer. “It Adding smarter AI also adds risk, of course. “At When it comes to security, though, agentic AI is a double-edged sword with too many risks to count, he says. “We

Risk 136

Risk Insurance Cost-Benefit Software 136

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

CIOs feeling the pressure will likely seek more pragmatic AI applications, platform simplifications, and risk management practices that have short-term benefits while becoming force multipliers to longer-term financial returns. CIOs should consider placing these five AI bets in 2025.

Cost-Benefit 142

Cost-Benefit Data-driven Strategy Marketing 142

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Developing and deploying successful AI can be an expensive process with a high risk of failure. Six tips for deploying Gen AI with less risk and cost-effectively The ability to retrain generative AI for specific tasks is key to making it practical for business applications. The possibilities are endless, but so are the pitfalls.

Risk 132

Risk Cost-Benefit Modeling Optimization 132

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?

Risk 119

Risk Risk Management Management Enterprise 119

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. It’s a full-fledged platform … pre-engineered with the governance we needed, and cost-optimized.

IT 122

IT Insurance Consulting Risk 122

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For example, many tasks in the accounting close follow iterative paths involving multiple participants, as do supply chain management events where a delivery delay can set up a complex choreography of collaborative decision-making to deal with the delay, preferably in a relatively optimal fashion.

Optimization 130

Optimization Machine Learning Software Interactive 130

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 13, 2024

As with any new technology, however, security must be designed into the adoption of AI in order to minimize potential risks. The combination of new technology with a short window makes security even more difficult than with traditional applications.

Risk 119

Risk Cost-Benefit Enterprise Modeling 119

O'Reilly on Data

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Training models isn’t well understood yet, at least not within companies that haven’t already invested significantly in technology (in general) or AI (in particular). With AutoPandas, and automated tools for optimizing database queries, we’re just starting to see AI tools that are aimed at software developers.

Software 271

Software Machine Learning Risk Data-driven 271

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has said it is unlikely to equip its new US plant in Arizona with its most advanced chip technology ahead of its Taiwan factories, raising concerns about supply-chain hurdles for tech companies. Delays in accessing modern technology may postpone those launch dates.

Manufacturing 116

Manufacturing Cost-Benefit Recreation/Entertainment Technology 116

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Adopting Operational AI Organizations looking to adopt Operational AI must consider three core implementation pillars: people, process, and technology. Technology: The workloads a system supports when training models differ from those in the implementation phase. To succeed, Operational AI requires a modern data architecture.

Data Architecture 128

Data Architecture Cost-Benefit Machine Learning Experimentation 128

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The company has already rolled out a gen AI assistant and is also looking to use AI and LLMs to optimize every process. One is going through the big areas where we have operational services and look at every process to be optimized using artificial intelligence and large language models. And we’re at risk of being burned out.”

IT 141

IT Consulting ROI Cost-Benefit 141

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Intelligent new services and infrastructure can optimize cost and performance, but the rapidly evolving technology environment also introduces complexity. Business transformation is a journey Great modern enterprises are only as good as their technology, which must keep pace with changing business demands.

Technology 116

Technology Digital Transformation Cost-Benefit Data-driven 116

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.

Risk 131

Risk Cost-Benefit Strategy Risk Management 131

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 1, 2024

What’s clear though, is that these organisations risk being left behind if they aren’t maximising the potential of AI. Recall is optimized for select languages (English, Chinese (simplified), French, German, Japanese, and Spanish). 6 Cocreator is optimized for English text prompts. Coming to more Entra ID users over time.

Strategy 141

Strategy Technology Optimization Reporting 141

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 5, 2025

Research from Gartner, for example, shows that approximately 30% of generative AI (GenAI) will not make it past the proof-of-concept phase by the end of 2025, due to factors including poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, and escalating costs. [1]

Enterprise 124

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Unstructured Data Data Quality 124

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. It’s a full-fledged platform … pre-engineered with the governance we needed, and cost-optimized.

IT 105

IT Insurance Consulting Risk 105

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Adopting emerging technology to deliver business value is a top priority for CIOs, according to a recent report from Deloitte. As technology rapidly evolves, the need for the number of developers will undoubtedly decrease, especially with entry-level roles over time,” Hafez says. But that will change. “As

IT 128

IT Testing Software Data-driven 128

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. Lets begin by examining the specific cost-related concerns CIOs face when adopting GenAI technologies. million in 2025 to $7.45

Cost-Benefit 98

Cost-Benefit ROI Measurement Strategy 98

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 9, 2025

Iceberg offers distinct advantages through its metadata layer over Parquet, such as improved data management, performance optimization, and integration with various query engines. Also, the time travel feature can further mitigate any risks of lookahead bias.

Metadata 111

Metadata Snapshot Cost-Benefit Optimization 111

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 21, 2024

While 2023 saw its emergence as a potent new technology, business leaders are now grappling with how to best leverage its transformative power to grow efficiency, security, and revenue. With the near-universal integration of AI into global technology, the need for AI-ready cybersecurity teams is more critical than ever.

Optimization 122

Optimization Gap analysis Strategy Data-driven 122

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

The product — a building or bridge — might be physical but it can be represented digitally, through virtual design and construction, she says, with elements of automation that can optimize and streamline entire business processes for how physical products are delivered to clients. My team is very proactive and customer-focused.

Risk Management 118

Risk Management Risk Management Digital Transformation 118

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This shift not only reduces the chances of human error but also elevates the quality of outputs across various departments, which reflects a broader trend of harnessing technology to drive meaningful transformation in the workplace. Such investments position enterprises to respond more effectively to market changes and customer demands.

Cost-Benefit 130

Cost-Benefit Data-driven Enterprise Business Objectives 130

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The right tools and technologies can keep a project on track, avoiding any gap between expected and realized benefits. Clearing business strategy hurdles Choosing the right technologies to meet an organization’s unique AI goals is usually not straightforward. But this scenario is avoidable.

Analytics 97

Analytics Cost-Benefit Finance Data-driven 97

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 2, 2024

Imagine navigating a rapidly changing landscape, where technology seems to evolve at the speed of light and the pressure to keep up is relentless — this is the reality for today’s CIO. Future proofing technology investments has become a critical imperative for organizations seeking to maintain their competitive edge.

Technology 111

Technology Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Optimization 111

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The need to manage risk, adhere to regulations, and establish processes to govern those tasks has been part of running an organization as long as there have been businesses to run. Best practices, framework and technology have been developed to support this work. GRC is overarching.

Risk 115

Risk Risk Management Strategy Enterprise 115

AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We outline cost-optimization strategies and operational best practices achieved through a strong collaboration with their DevOps teams. We also discuss a data-driven approach using a hackathon focused on cost optimization along with Apache Spark and Apache HBase configuration optimization. This sped up their need to optimize.

Optimization 128

Optimization Testing Data-driven Strategy 128

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2025

Open to interpretation Chirag Dekate, a VP analyst at Gartner who specializes in quantum technologies, AI, digital R&D, and emerging tech, believes the market is overreacting to both technical details of what was required to train DeepSeek, and the source of the innovation itself.

Modeling 117

Modeling Data-driven Technology Strategy 117

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The core of their problem is applying AI technology to the data they already have, whether in the cloud, on their premises, or more likely both. As the next generation of AI training and fine-tuning workloads takes shape, limits to existing infrastructure will risk slowing innovation. Imagine that you’re a data engineer.

Management 116

Management Unstructured Data Deep Learning Metadata 116

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Almost always, it takes time for organizations to absorb new technology, so earlier adopters can exploit the benefit of having addressed the people and process challenges sooner and gain a competitive advantage, greater profitability, access to talent and other benefits. Waiting too long to start means risking having to play catch-up.

Cost-Benefit 204

Cost-Benefit Risk Forecasting Software 204

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 22, 2024

As a result, organizations were unprepared to successfully optimize or even adequately run their cloud deployments and manage costs, prompting their move back to on-prem. There are optimization opportunities for companies who have already lifted and shifted to the cloud.” a private cloud). That isn’t always the case.

Optimization 128

Optimization Strategy IT Cost-Benefit 128

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

Credit: The Business Impact of Downtime Across Operational Segments , IDC, September 2024; IDC IT/OT Convergence Survey, August 2024, n = 1,041 When ransomware strikes (a disaster almost all technology leaders will experience), the disruption can last for days or even weeks. See also: How resilient CIOs future-proof to mitigate risks.)

Testing 64

Testing Risk Consulting Risk Management 64

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 24, 2024

This stark reality underscores a critical challenge facing CIOs: building and maintaining a technology portfolio that’s not just cutting-edge but also delivers tangible value. Enter the Technology Investment Matrix — a holistic approach that spans four key phases: exploration, exploitation, evolution, and elimination.

Technology 98

Technology Experimentation Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 98