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Generative AI gold rush drives IT spending — with payoff in question

CIO Business Intelligence

No company got out of 2023 without having a story about how much better their company was going to be, how much better their products were going to be, how much better their customers’ lives were going to be because of generative AI,” he said. growth in 2023. Another big change from 2023 comes in the devices category, which saw a 9.1%

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Expion Health revamps its RFP process with AI

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For Expion Health, a cumbersome manual process to determine what rates to quote to potential new customers had become a cap on the healthcare cost management firm’s ability to grow its business. Expion hasn’t yet calculated the potential new business created, but the tool will save the company the cost of about 1.5 data analyst FTEs.

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IT leaders look beyond LLMs for gen AI needs

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And the benefits of MakeShift’s use of AI are beginning to multiply. We can start to incorporate public data, such as weather forecasting, proximity to mass transit, and density of people in a store.” In 2023, it was really dominated by models with text and code,” Chandrasekaran says. You’re capturing anomalies.”

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Accenture to lay off 19,000 to cut costs amid economic uncertainty

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of its workforce, over the next 18 months to reduce costs amid uncertain macroeconomic conditions. The job cuts reflect stabilizing demand, following explosive post-pandemic growth, and prudent cost management, according to Ignacio Rasero, vice president for Moody’s Investors Service. billion to $16.7 billion to $16.7

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4 ways to ensure CEO support for your digital strategy

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Graded’s Ardolino says that when he presents a project to top management, he starts with a descriptive overview and then combines KPIs that can measure the estimated positive impact in different business areas, for example reduction in man hours or the benefits of data retrieval. C-suite support for investments is essential.

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Addressing cloud waste: 4 steps to cloud computing cost optimization

CIO Business Intelligence

Now, more than a decade later, business leaders recognize the advantages the cloud offers but are struggling with bloated cloud costs. Andreesen Horowitz coined the phrase the Cloud Paradox in a 2021 article , which posits that the pressure the cloud puts on company margins can start to outweigh the benefits over time.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

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It is estimated by the end of 2023, 31% of organizations expect to run 75% of their workloads 2 in the cloud. 1 The rapid migration to the public cloud comes with numerous benefits, such as scalability, cost-efficiency, and enhanced collaboration. 6 On top of that, the average cost of a data breach is over $4.4