CIO

JANUARY 26, 2024

s wholesale pivot to technology has transformed not only the automaker’s business operations but its corporate identity. “We Mike Amend, Ford’s chief enterprise technology officer, was once CTO for Dell’s global online business. Ford Motor Co.’s People don’t think of a large, 100-year-old manufacturing company as high tech.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In contrast, US regulators must have a light touch with startups to maintain the country’s leadership position in innovation. Naturally, such guidelines are only effective in encouraging innovation if they are consistently applied. Regulation of AI research and development makes little sense, given the speed of innovation.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

According to its 2023 research paper Total Enterprise Reinvention , “only 8% of companies are moving to adopt a strategy of Total Enterprise Reinvention.” Meanwhile, 86% are what Accenture deemed “transformers,” meaning they’re “transforming parts of their business rather than the whole.

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mention

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Figures from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 70% of businesses fail before reaching their fifth year. . The factors that lead each business to close down depend on the business, owners, market, and external economic factors. That’s where a business plan comes in. Why you need a business plan.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Accenture on Wednesday said that it was acquiring US-based supply chain management (SCM) software provider Inspirage for an undisclosed amount to expand its Oracle-focused business. Accenture, which has been an Oracle partner for more than 30 years, has been on an acquisition spree to expand its Oracle business over the last few years.

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CIO

MARCH 5, 2024

Specifically, AWS will launch what it’s calling an AWS infrastructure Region in Saudi Arabia in 2026 to give technology developers, existing businesses, and startups and entrepreneurs a comprehensive, in-country data-center infrastructure for running their cloud-based technology solutions, according to a release by Amazon’s cloud unit. “The

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CIO

OCTOBER 26, 2023

While there is little doubt that companies have been cutting back on expenses generally in response to economic uncertainty, startups in particular have been feeling the pain of contracting budgets and reluctant investors. Of course, some startups will also shutdown. 10X in 10 Years – can this continue? What’s next?

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

SAP has appointed a new global head of artificial intelligence, Walter Sun, after the previous post-holder quit to found her own AI startup. For the past 18 years, Sun worked at Microsoft, most recently as VP of AI for its business and applications platform group. Sun replaces Feiyu Xu as SAP’s global head of AI.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2024

Le aziende capaci di offrire una customer experience superiore hanno tassi di crescita cinque volte più elevati dei loro concorrenti e, nella gestione della CX, il CIO ha un ruolo fondamentale, scriveva Forrester Research (“Improving CX Through Business Discipline Drives Growth”) nel 2019.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Are you launching a new AI startup? AI startups have a burgeoning market that they can serve. AI startups have a burgeoning market that they can serve. Unfortunately, they also have challenges, such as choosing the right business model for their AI startup. The demand for AI technology has surged in recent years.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

So how can IT pros prepare for success in the near future given the shifting business, technology, political, and economic landscape? Keep a level head With so many disruptive technologies emerging at once, and IT leaders pulled in to solving so many more business challenges , it’s easy to get caught up in the fervor.

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2024

Amid the turbulence of AI, technologies are emerging rapidly, startups are clamoring for attention, and hyperscalers are scrambling to corral market share. Brian Hopkins, vice president for emerging technology at Forrester Research, agrees. It’s an environment that taxes the decision-making skills of the even the most savvy CIOs.

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CIO

APRIL 7, 2023

Operational costs in Phoenix are 36% less than in California, according to the Phoenix Business Journal , making it an appealing spot for tech companies looking for a less expensive home base for headquarters. Tampa is also home to Embarc Collective, billed as the state’s “fastest-growing startup hub.”

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CIO

MARCH 21, 2024

Last year in September, market research firm IDC floated a quick survey globally sampling responses from 97 CIOs. A separate survey floated by Foundry in December last year, which polled 875 IT and business leaders globally, showed that 62 or 7% of the polled executives already had a CAIO.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Executive leaders of small businesses and startups frequently lament that they lack the same access to data and insights that enterprise competitors and other more entrenched players enjoy. Fortune Business Insights predicts that the global BI market will grow to $43 billion by 2028 , up from $24 billion in 2021.

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mention

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Not that long ago, unicorn startups were very rare entities. Less than 100 new unicorns were founded annually between the years 2011 and 2014, but the niche has been on a dramatic incline over the last decade, with 291 new unicorns registered in 2021 according to business research provider Crunchbase. What is a Unicorn Startup?

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CIO

JANUARY 12, 2023

Jermia Bayisa Lulu, CEO and co-founder of start-up Debo Engineering Agritech, has consolidated his knowledge and experience in computer networking, engineering, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) research to go all in on agritech to solve the problems that affect 85% of community life in his native Ethiopia.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There’s also the AABE Institute, which provides training, technical assistance, market information, supplier and partnership opportunities, and business solutions. The goal is to “give entrepreneurs knowledge, tools, and cutting-edge tactics to launch startups without relying on venture capital.”

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CIO

JULY 3, 2023

The 2023 State of the CIO survey reveals that 71% of CIO respondents anticipate greater involvement in business strategy over the next three years with 85% stating they were becoming more digital- and innovation-focused. These models can extract meaning from digital data at scale and speed beyond the capabilities of human analysts.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

So meeting challenges to compete is nothing new, but business all but came to a halt during the pandemic in 2020. We’re starting to think of Air New Zealand as a Petri dish for innovation where we can solve some long-standing challenges in the airline industry. Unfortunately, the startup didn’t go anywhere, but we learned a lot.

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CIO

AUGUST 9, 2023

Once a vanguard business strategy, digital transformation has become a perennial objective for business survival. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations. Amazon became a metaphor for markets upended in upstarts digitalization wake.

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CIO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Nearly every new technology is naturally accompanied by hype and/or fear, but at the same time there is almost always a core of merit and business value to that new tech. Quantum computing Tech giants, startups, research institutions, and even governments are all working on or investing in quantum computing.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

in business administration and wrote his dissertation on digital acuity and intelligence in “incumbent companies.” Digital technology is infiltrating our business in ways we never thought of ourselves,’’ he says. When it comes to fostering digital literacy in the C-suite, Michael Seals literally wrote the book. At his company, anyway.

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2024

And while all those moments-that-matter matter, there will be one that makes someone throw up their hands and say, ‘I’m out,’” says Nicholas Kozlo, senior research analyst in the people and leadership practice at Info-Tech Research Group. “So He went to a startup and now he’s back,” Smith says.

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CIO

JUNE 6, 2023

LGBT Tech conducts research on LGBTQ+ individuals’ personal experience with technology and the tech industry and works at the “national, state, and grassroots level on programs and policy informed by research.” The organization also offers resources to members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

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CIO

AUGUST 17, 2023

Generative AI is a key part of our business strategy, facilitating growth with AI-enabled processes already live in production,” he says. We ran workshops with every division of our business, educating them on the accelerating innovation in this area, brainstorming opportunities and risks.

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CIO

MARCH 28, 2024

Through the lens of serving on boards and advising startups, I’ve developed a more informed appreciation of, and greater empathy for, the challenges CEOs must navigate with a broad base of external stakeholders, including shareholders and analysts. Digitally inclined businesses don’t necessarily have digitally inclined boards.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2022

According to data from Crunchbase , Web3 startups attracted unprecedented levels of investor funding last year: almost $18 billion was invested across more than 1,300 Web3 startups in 2021 — more than the total funding invested in such companies in 2018, 2019, and 2020 combined. Which Industries are Embracing Web3 Startups?

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CIO

JANUARY 4, 2024

CIOs had to navigate a labyrinth of challenges in 2023: generative AI rewrote the rulebook of technological possibility, governments started to draft new regulatory frameworks for the tech sector, and global conflicts disrupted business operations. And then mainstreaming into your business the stuff that proves valuable.”

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CIO

MAY 18, 2023

and the owner of UX Magazine. “This is the technology book every business and technology leader needs to read,” says Comes. In The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (IT Revolution Press, 2013 ) , Bill — an IT manager — takes over a critical project that’s over budget and behind schedule.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Management rules typically exist to enable faultless decision-making, set a foundation for consistent operation, and provide protection from risk, observes Ola Chowning, a partner at global technology research and advisory firm ISG. Breaking a rule often happens after the CIO weighs the risk of removing or retaining a mandate,” she notes.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2024

One common scenario is you own a software or platform capability that solves a business problem, and suddenly, the vendor says, ‘Hey, we now do AI.’ AI is mainly used for convenience in most companies, like writing performance evaluations or researching specific topics. Many CISOs are missing a mindset for innovation.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This can lead less experienced managers to have difficulty balancing technical requirements and business objectives, he says. It might be time to conduct additional research if you observe regular project deadline delays, less teamwork, or an increase in personnel turnover,” Kaushik says. “A Staff Management

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Smart Data Collective

JUNE 23, 2022

Data analytics technology has become a pillar in modern business. You can do a lot to improve your business’ financial performance by using data analytics. This can greatly impact your ability to hire the best people, maintain staff’s salaries and effectively grow your business.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Once upon a time, startups with a billion-dollar valuation were so unique that they were deemed unicorns. However, the unicorn startup landscape has shifted dramatically since the term was coined by VC Aileen Lee in 2013. . Is there some sort of “unicorn blueprint” startups can follow to become the next industry giant?

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CIO

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The PMO also collaborates with business leaders to prioritize projects and ensure projects are aligned to the company’s strategic objectives. The PMO works with a project’s business sponsors to articulate expected outcomes, establish metrics for measuring success, and then report on the returns generated by the finished project.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. You worry you don’t have enough capacity, so you overprovision,” he says.

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