IT Strategy: Page 24


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    What Forrester expects CIOs will encounter in 2024

    CEOs will emphasize the need for growth through technology next year, according to the analyst firm.

    By Oct. 24, 2023
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    MassMutual more than halfway done with multicloud journey

    While migration is the end goal, modernization is the means, regardless of where an application lives, Head of Product and Platform Technology Sherriff Balogun said.

    By Oct. 24, 2023
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    CIO Priorities

    Companies task their CIOs with balancing the company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    How CIOs can declutter customer experiences

    IT leaders instinctively add new features to improve end-user experiences, but there’s power in taking away capabilities, too, Gartner’s Michael Chiu said.

    By Oct. 23, 2023
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    Opinion

    Why companies must prepare for future AI regulation

    As governments worldwide mount legal structures around the technology, transparency is key to organizations.

    By Adnan Masood • Oct. 23, 2023
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    How 3 IT leaders attract and retain diverse tech talent

    Fannie Mae, Burberry and Oregon State Treasury leaders shared how they broadened talent pipelines and prioritized fostering a sense of belonging.

    By Oct. 23, 2023
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    4 forces shaking up service management

    Learn how I&O leaders are leaving legacy tools and archaic mindsets in the past to provide exceptional service at scale, fast.

    By Edwin Wong, Head of Product, IT Solutions, Atlassian • Oct. 23, 2023
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    CISA’s top 10 misconfigurations reveal ‘systemic weaknesses’

    Poor credential management, lackluster patching and other common security mistakes continue to harm large enterprises.

    By Matt Kapko • Oct. 20, 2023
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    4 CIO culture hacks to improve hybrid work

    In the push to bring workers back to the office, tech leaders have a role to play in improving efficiencies and supporting culture.

    By Oct. 20, 2023
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    Data stacks haven’t caught up with generative AI enthusiasm

    Few enterprises have reached the production stage, chief data officers said in an AWS survey.

    By Oct. 19, 2023
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    Bank of America to spend $3.8B on innovation next year

    North American banks hold a global edge in AI investments, according to industry research firm Evident.

    By Oct. 19, 2023
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    How P&G rolled out its internal generative AI model

    Built on OpenAI's API, the solution supports over 35 use cases, CIO Vittorio Cretella said.

    By Oct. 18, 2023
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    Tech spend to top $5 trillion in 2024 as CIOs contend with change fatigue

    Cloud vendor price hikes and deferred projects will push 2024 IT spend above $5 trillion for the first time in Gartner's forecast.

    By Oct. 18, 2023
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    It’s time for CIOs to think about prompt engineering

    When companies purchase user-facing AI solutions, "do not think of it as just buying a piece of software but as hiring a teammate,” Gartner’s Don Scheibenreif said.

    By Oct. 18, 2023
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    CIOs to boost cyber, data spending next year as IT expectations rise: Gartner

    Technology executives primarily expect the increased spending to yield improved customer and citizen experiences, according to the analyst firm.

    By Oct. 17, 2023
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    10 trends Gartner expects to shape enterprise tech in 2024

    AI will take an oversized role in enterprise technology strategies in the coming year, according to the analyst firm.

    By Oct. 16, 2023
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    Citi pumps another $3B into tech modernization

    “At the end of the work, we will have a simpler firm that can operate faster, better serve our clients and unlock value for our shareholders,” CEO Jane Fraser said Friday.

    By Oct. 16, 2023
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    Gartner urges CIOs to create a generative AI strategy

    The technology is changing how work gets done and how employees interact with machines. Success will hinge on preparation as CIOs lead the efforts.

    By Oct. 16, 2023
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    CIOs prioritize data upgrades as AI adoption intensifies

    Most organizations favor a hybrid AI strategy, building on open-source models while also leveraging off-the-shelf tools, according to an MIT Technology Review report.

    By Oct. 16, 2023
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    SMBs seek efficiency, customer connections in tech upgrades

    Two-thirds of companies reported cost-cutting benefits as a result of tech stack enhancements, according to Verizon.

    By Oct. 13, 2023
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    Ocean Spray targets core processes in digital transformation effort

    Called xELERATE, the project seeks to enable technology across the business, according to Chief Digital and Technology Officer Jamie Head.

    By Oct. 13, 2023
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    How the VA closed a 66% pay gap between public and private IT jobs

    The agency moved to raise pay using a “people first, mission always” approach, according to Veterans Affairs Office CIO and CPO Nathan Tierney.

    By Ryan Golden • Oct. 13, 2023
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    IT outages cost companies up to $1M per hour: report

    Core business systems failures run companies nearly $8 million each year, according to New Relic.

    By Oct. 12, 2023
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    Unilever taps Google Cloud, Accenture for custom enterprise app

    The solution links more than 53,000 factory-based associates to Google collaboration tools and third-party learning and payroll systems, the consumer goods giant said.

    By Oct. 11, 2023
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    Businesses using generative AI task CIOs with governance

    One in 5 organizations adopting AI say no one is held accountable for the technology yet, according to Info-Tech Research Group data.

    By Oct. 11, 2023
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    The top technology conferences to attend in 2024

    The coming year will offer IT leaders plenty of opportunities to swap stories and learn about new technology use cases across multiple conferences and events.

    By Oct. 11, 2023