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The business value of social sustainability

CIO

The United Nations defines social sustainability as, “Identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people.” Directly or indirectly, companies affect what happens to employees, workers in the value chain, customers and local communities and it is important to manage impacts proactively.

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IT services company Atos finalizes plan for IBM-style split

CIO

IT services company Atos has found a buyer for its legacy managed infrastructure services business as it prepares for an IBM-style split between faster- and slower-growing activities. EPEI has little experience managing technology companies. billion; its net loss increased slightly to €600 million, from €503 million a year earlier.

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Step 1 to becoming a business-savvy CIO

CIO

On the ground, business awareness can take a variety of forms, but when I’ve seen it best in action, it was an IT manager or employee stepping up to say, “We’re losing market share in the Northwest region and this is how we’re going to fix it,” or “Our OPEX is up because of operational inefficiencies and here is how we’re going to solve them.”

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CIOs are worried about the informal rise of generative AI in the enterprise

CIO

A high-level CISO in capital management feared “ plagiarism, biased information impacting decisions or recommendations, data loss to numerous organizations, and reliance and economic waste on products that don’t prove short or medium value.” This includes documentation of the risks and potential impacts of AI technology.

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3 business benefits of stronger security using Zero Trust principles

CIO

Attacks against OT systems pose risks beyond financial losses. A platform approach can make integration with existing technologies simpler, facilitate automation, and reduce the complexity of creating and managing policies. All of these functions can lower capital expenditures and operating expenses.

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Atos contemplates fire sale as break-up plan falters

CIO

With EPEI unwilling to invest in Eviden, or to take on as much of the company’s debt as initially agreed, Atos is looking to raise capital in other ways, primarily by selling off even more of its activities than the $400 million target it announced in July 2023. It has billions in other obligations due in the next two years. billion and €1.8

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Data Analytics: Strategies to Demonstrate Value and Achieve Transformation

CIO

The discussion focused mostly on data management issues and opportunities around “supply” — its quality, ownership, access, and other matters. business, IT, data management, security, risk and compliance etc.) are engaged appropriately in sustained development and management of trusted data and insights.

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