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How to evolve IT systems into innovation engines

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Unfortunately, for most organizations that’s rarely the reality as they’re often left struggling to achieve the innovation that their vendors are supposed to enable. Today’s IT leaders, working closely with business leaders, want to enable business initiatives critical for competitive advantage and growth.

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7 steps for turning shadow IT into a competitive edge

CIO

Following are seven steps to guide this transformation for competitive advantage. Ask IT leaders about their challenges with shadow IT, and most will cite the kinds of security, operational, and integration risks that give shadow IT its bad rep. That’s not to downplay the inherent risks of shadow IT.

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How strategic partnerships are the key to AI-driven innovation

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Innovate or die,” Peter Drucker’s 1985 exhortation on the importance of constant reinvention, was great business advice for the last 40 or so years. Budgets to build new innovations It’s always a challenge to find the budget to build new innovations and platforms when the primary focus of the CIO is to keep the business running.

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IT leaders weigh the case for innovation in industry clouds

CIO

And perhaps more importantly, they’re freeing up many industry leaders to innovate new services for customers. “In As a leadership team, we needed to build a platform that would allow visibility across the organization because we felt it was going to be advantageous in our speed to market with our own robots, and we’ve seen that. “The

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How to incubate a winning innovation program

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Tesla, Uber, and many other stories of business innovation have this in common: Their business models have technology at their cores. They recognize that innovative use of technology is enabling new business models with competition-crushing advantages built right in.

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CEOs’ top priorities for IT leaders today

CIO

In response, Juliano says his IT team — which includes a director of customer experience, a role added three years ago — is tasked with continually improving experiences by integrating with key partners and taking advantage of new technologies. I believe we’re in a post-alignment world. And CEOs are looking to CIOs to create those products.”

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Why companies with a data-driven culture achieve competitive advantage

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For many, building a culture of innovation remains elusive. Companies that commit to clear and focused action now will achieve a competitive advantage. Leaders that want to create a culture of innovation should start by looking at their current processes with a critical eye. We’re seeing it across every industry.

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