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Controlling cloud chaos: How to realign IT with the business

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, ‘putting data in the path of the engineer’ encourages them to take action and look for ways to optimize cloud costs. This initial phase is also the best time to implement the necessary technical plumbing to map cloud resources to business accounts for accurate allocation and reporting.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

While Silicon Valley still pays top dollar for IT pros, the war for talent has moved beyond the technology industry, with other verticals vying for talented IT workers who have the skills to enable digital transformation, process improvement, change management, and the development of apps and services.

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Data Virtualization is the CDO’s Best Friend

Data Virtualization

According to CIO magazine, the first chief data officer (CDO) was employed at Capital One in 2002, and since then the role has become widespread, driven by the recent explosion of big data. The CDO role has a variety of.