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IBM to acquire Octo to boost its US government business

CIO Business Intelligence

IBM has announced it is acquiring US-based digital transformation services provider Octo for an undisclosed amount from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners. In the consulting line of business, which includes business transformation, technology consulting and application operations, IBM reported a total revenue of $4.7

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Paul Martin: CIOs don’t retire, they go work on boards

CIO Business Intelligence

Two years of pandemic uncertainty and escalating business risk have sharpened the focus of corporate boards on a technology trend once dismissed as just another IT buzzword. And investment in digital transformation “has increased by more than 10%” during the past two years, according to Deloitte.

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AI in retail and the rise of the purpose-driven consumer

IBM Big Data Hub

But these challenges also represent opportunity, and harnessing the power of digital transformation will remain central to every business leader serious about thriving in the post-Covid world. trillion in the US in 2021. But amidst all this uncertainty just what trends should business leaders be focused on?

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Are You Using a Cloud Experience to Boost Business Value?

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud-first strategy” became a cure-all for datacenter impediments, as well as an IT leader’s tentpole for digital transformation. This planning is part of a multicloud-by-design strategy that will enable you to run your IT estate with a modern cloud experience. There is no setting them and forgetting them.

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Covid Data: An anomalous blip, or the new normal?

Cloudera

COVID-19 has forced virtually every industry to embrace an acceleration in digital capabilities. While it can be argued that digital transformation was already underway; it’s hard to dispute that it has accelerated in recent months. This will only become more important as we move into 2021 and a post-pandemic new normal.

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It’s Time to Listen More to Your Employees!

Cloudera

Much of 2020 and 2021 were spent coping with new demands of remote work while negotiating the multitude of disruptions resulting from the pandemic. The success of a new digital transformation strategy or entry into a new market hinges on how well change is managed in all dimensions. Now is the time to sit up and listen.

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Top 10 business needs driving IT spending today

CIO Business Intelligence

The State of the CIO report found that 59% of CIOs are planning to spend more in 2022 than they did in 2021. Compare that to last year’s findings, in which only 49% of CIOs entered 2021 saying they planned to get a budget increase for the year. Top 10 business needs driving IT spend.

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