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To gain advantage, IT leaders should turn competitors into collaborators

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Business leaders 10 years ago mostly focused on automation since the main objective of technology investment then was to drive down costs, decrease risk, and boost efficiency. So healthcare companies are now faced with having to get to grips with a new industry, new business models, and potentially new threats to their emerging business.

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How much advantage does edge offer? And how are organizations using it?

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Organizations are fast discovering the business benefits of edge solutions, such as edge computing. It all sounds attractive, but you may wonder to what extent edge computing actually provides an advantage – and how exactly organizations are using this technology. The answers can all be found in the 2023 Edge Advantage Report.

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Capital Group invests big in talent development

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For financial services company Capital Group, competing in tight IT talent markets is all about the long run. “We That focus includes not only the firm’s customer-facing strategies but also its commitment to investing in the development of its employees, a strategy that is paying off, as evidenced by Capital Group’s No. Capital Group.

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The business value of social sustainability

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Social sustainability is good for business. The United Nations defines social sustainability as, “Identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people.” trillion, underscores the financial advantages of prioritizing social sustainability. trillion loss in human capital wealth from gender inequality.

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Why entrepreneurs claim there’s no better place to do business than Puerto Rico

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There was a large gap between the capabilities of the software solutions that businesses could buy and the unique requirements that they had for automating key business processes. Business was good, and the company grew, mostly serving businesses located in Puerto Rico. The advantages of Puerto Rico were just too great.

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

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Business alignment is often heralded as a key tenet of successful IT strategies. Popular ways of ensuring IT efforts align with business goals range from co-developing strategic plans with executives on the business side of the company to actively collaborating with business users on projects aimed to derive more value from their efforts.

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IT to thank for most of Radisson Hotel Group’s business initiatives

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So now, he says, more than 90% of the company’s business initiatives are possible through the tech borne out of the IT area he leads. And we did it not only to be closer to operations, but to take advantage of the potential that Spain offers in human capital within the tourism sector. How have you rebuilt all the IT talent?

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