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Business Goals for 2019: Looking back over 2018 and forward

Jen Stirrup

As part of my MBA program, I’ve done lots of strategic analysis modelling for businesses, starting with the default SWOT and a PESTLE analysis through to different models: Porter, Business Canvas Model, SOAR, and so on. Markets, and businesses, do not like uncertainty. How was 2018 for you?

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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

CIO Business Intelligence

Its market share had stayed around 40% since late 2018, with overall HCI sales increasing sharply during that timeframe. Waiting for more changes Somerset Capital’s Cotter sees the rapid changes after the Broadcom acquisition as creating uncertainty for VMware customers.

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Powering the future: How Gen AI and AI illuminate utility companies

CIO Business Intelligence

While international conflict, economic uncertainty and climate change are affecting businesses of all kinds, energy companies and utilities are also dealing with aging infrastructure, constant cyberattacks, increased regulation and rising customer expectations.

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3 reasons why every real-time application needs AI

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s now critical to ensure that all of an enterprise’s real-time apps will be artificial-intelligence capable, while every AI app is capable of real-time learning. He specializes in removing fear, uncertainty, and doubt from strategic decision-making through empirical data and market sensing. Artificial Intelligence, IT Leadership

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How sport made CIO 100 winner Joanna Drake a better technology leader

CIO Business Intelligence

As she climbed the ranks, taking on more senior technology roles at Diageo, Accenture, Yahoo, Betfair, BBC and Skyscanner before joining The Hut Group in 2018, she realised that her sports background could shape her leadership style. Such uncertainty means Drake’s focus is now on efficiency. “[My

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Havmor’s VP IT Dhaval Mankad on ‘melting’ hurdles with a scoop of digital innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

To add perspective, since I joined Havmor, the company has grown significantly, but not the workforce, having reduced by 30% compare to our numbers in 2018, thanks to digital innovation and transformation. What are some of the unique data and cybersecurity challenges that Havmor faces as a vast customer-centric business?

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DORA and its impact on data sovereignty

CIO Business Intelligence

According to this paper, globally 145 countries have data privacy laws, up from 132 in 2018. These laws vary by country and region, requiring local experts and multiple clouds meaning businesses are feeling the pinch in resourcing and skills.

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