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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO

That’s when Ayala saw the opportunity to have an even bigger impact, by training and equipping people with the skills to launch careers in IT. Today, the once technology recycling program is now a robust nonprofit focused on offering tuition-free IT training to help diversify the tech talent pipeline. And we didn’t code for the first two years.

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Steps Gerresheimer takes to transform its IT

CIO

By mid-2023, Walldorf-based Gerresheimer had its IT strategy revised, and a central component of this was its cloud journey, for which CIO Zafer Nalbant and his team built a hybrid environment consisting of a public cloud part based on Microsoft Azure, and a private cloud part that runs in a data center completely managed by T-Systems.

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7 tough IT security discussions every IT leader must have

CIO

Talk may be cheap, but when it comes to IT security, strategic conversations with colleagues, business partners, and other relevant parties can be priceless. The discussions address changing regulatory and compliance requirements, and reveal vulnerabilities and threats for risk mitigation.” Are our systems adequately modernized for security?

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Salesforce IT injects generative AI to ease its massive datacenter migration

CIO

When you’re tasked with migrating 200,000 servers to a new operating system, a helping hand is very welcome indeed. This is going to change how infrastructure is managed.” The migration is still in its early stages. Before, it took humans a significant amount of time to pore through logs to try to figure out what was going on before moving forward.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

Join us to discuss how you can leverage Zia to accomplish your business goals such as increasing efficiency, increasing agent productivity, achieving cost-effectiveness, and streamlining IT operations.

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Transforming IT for digital success

CIO

CIOs and their IT teams have enjoyed a bump in power and prestige in recent years, as the C-suite has embraced continuous transformation, digital everything, and a host of emerging technologies — all enabled by IT. Yet many IT departments are struggling to reshape themselves to better meet the mandates of today. IT needs to go beyond that.

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6 IT rules worth breaking — and how to get away with it

CIO

There comes a time in every IT leader’s life when a key decision must be made: whether to follow an established rule or, as a matter of necessity, break precedent and embark on an alternate course. All are established to help the organization meet compliance and achieve essential goals. It should be, and usually is, a top IT priority.

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7 Trends in ESG: What PR Pros Need to Know in 2023

What does the evolution of ESG programs mean for communicators? As it turns out - a lot. New challenges are coming into focus, driven by the increasing attention to corporate sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs, and the evolving state of ESG reporting regulations.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.

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Can Businesses Meet Increasing Consumer Expectations?

This leaves room for businesses to fill in the gaps currently seen between consumer expectations and corporate ESG communication. This research reveals what issues consumers care about and how businesses can tailor their communications to different segments of consumers.

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Is Your ESG Communication a Walking Red Flag?

One moment, you're proudly releasing your annual report, and before you know it, six months have passed and attention has shifted. Not communicating your impact consistently to key stakeholders is what we call an ESG communication red flag. Think of red flags as common mistakes that hinder stakeholder engagement.

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What Consumers Are Saying About ESG – And What That Means for Your Business

A growing body of evidence shows that environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are important to business growth. And it all relies on a simple fact: ESG issues matter to consumers. Consumers see businesses as crucial change agents and are willing to take their business to the competition if their current brand comes up short on ESG.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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How ZoomInfo Enhances Your Database Management Strategy

It's quite a process for marketing teams to develop a long-term data management strategy. It involves finding a data management provider that can append contacts with correct information — in real-time. Not just that, but also ongoing data hygiene efforts to keep the incoming (and existing) information fresh.

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The Power of Conversation Intelligence

This eBook will answer all your questions and more by providing a complete overview of Conversation Intelligence and its importance in Revenue organizations, delivering impact from your Sales Development Representatives all the way to the C-Suite. Ready to learn more? In this eBook, we’ll cover: The history of Conversation Intelligence.