Andrew White

JANUARY 29, 2020

It was titled, “ High Speed Seen Increasing Costs of Stock Trading ”. I guess that tells you all you need to know: There are benefits, and risks, to speed and access to information. I read an interesting article in today’s (Jan 28) US print edition of the WSJ. The article explores what is called “latency arbitrage”.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Some organizations have been innovating, transforming, and growing so fast that they haven’t had time to clear up older cost structures that start getting in the way,” says Stewart Buchanan, research vice president on Gartner’s CIO team. Each dollar of operational cost reduction drips directly to the bottom line.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

AWS also builds its own low-cost AI chips ( Inferentia and Trainium ) in limited volumes; the company is using the chips internally to power its gen AI capabilities, and it is making the chips available to customers. The gen AI gold rush — with little clarity on cost “It’s the year of AI,” declares Forrester Research.

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Smart Data Collective

MAY 28, 2019

There are a lot of benefits of using big data to simplify the accounting process. Cloud accounting software has not only made the logistics of bookkeeping less cumbersome but it has also reduced business costs and given business owners easier access to their financial information. The Dynamic Role of Cloud Technology in Accounting.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While there are many benefits of big data technology, the steep price tag can’t be ignored. We mentioned that data analytics offers a number of benefits with financial planning. In traditional definition, IT budgeting involves planning and tracking all the costs associated with your company’s IT infrastructure.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2024

Today, we have effective, cost-effective IT,” he says. “We Transformation should be completed quickly, without getting lost in the minutiae, says Ingo Elfering, group CIO of Fresenius. It’s better to do it quickly, like taking a Band-Aid off, even if it hurts for a short time,” he summed up at the recent Hamburg IT Strategy Days 2024.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Leaders who can establish financial- or time-related benefits to mitigate the risk of breaking the rule can show they have thought through the decision’s repercussions and have an objective view of the balance between risk and value, Chowning says. All are established to help the organization meet compliance and achieve essential goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

In the case of Asana, capitalizing on these will require a commitment to being cost conscious, with an eye toward achieving efficiencies wherever possible, and then strategically deploying the savings that come from reevaluating the company’s operations. “We Amid the restraints, however, Srivastava sees opportunities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Instead, failure today means an IT project doesn’t deliver some or all its expected benefits, according to CIOs, project leaders, researchers, and IT consultants. Instead, failure today means an IT project doesn’t deliver some or all its expected benefits, according to CIOs, project leaders, researchers, and IT consultants.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

One of the most important yet often overlooked benefits of AI is that it can help businesses bolster their digital security. With that in mind, businesses must do everything to ensure their processes and data are secured, as even the slightest problem can cost them financially. Financial health.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Jain says that starts by understanding the definition of “customer,” which Jain defines as “anybody who benefits from your services and products.” As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 13, 2024

But the biggest benefit was to new and lower-skilled workers, who saw a 34% improvement. In February, McKinsey released the results of a survey showing that 84% of telcos using gen AI for customer services were seeing cost savings, and 45% of them reduced costs by 6% or more. for every $1 spent.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 17, 2023

Then, identify opportunities to reduce run costs and free up funds to invest in transformation and new technology capabilities. So your usage and costs should be elastic, expanding and contracting with workload. That’s a core benefit of cloud. Not necessarily. Remember, you don’t own cloud servers, you just “rent” them.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Getting AI off the ground After several years of innovating in AI, Ferrovial can cite many examples of projects and services benefitting from it. “If So projects to analyze huge amounts of data in multiple formats already in production are now considerably more efficient and cost effective.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The technology talent gap continues to inflate labor costs, too, despite big layoffs in high tech, CIOs say, and they’ve seen double-digit increases in SaaS and cloud costs over the last two years. They weren’t communicating enough and it cost them a lot,” he says. in June, 2022, to 3.7% in June, 2022, to 3.7% Here’s how.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 5, 2023

While business leaders are highly focused on doing everything possible to maximize the operational and business benefits of their company’s cloud-native efforts, many of those benefits can be easily undermined by an inability to leverage synergies between projects and teams.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As an IT leader, being able to foster innovation not only benefits the IT itself, with greater efficiency, effectiveness and value, but the organization it serves and you personally, as it illustrates your ability to be an internal agent of change, a true business partner, and an asset at the strategy table. Think specificity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For companies whose business units have traditionally operated independently, centralizing IT operations under one strategy can reap significant benefits — especially when it comes to offering a holistic customer experience and establishing a unified data foundation for leveraging the latest emerging technologies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the business world, service desks are commonly designated as cost centers, a label that can sometimes limit their access to essential resources and support. Through leveraging these tactics, you can demonstrate how a fully equipped service desk can reduce financial impact and benefit the entire structure of your company.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2024

That includes maintenance and upgrades deferred in favor of other projects or priorities, which can result in high future costs when those actions can no longer by avoided, often when a solution reaches end-of-life. Here’s where CIOs can rethink their approach to the long-term benefit of their organizations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ask IT leaders about their challenges with shadow IT, and most will cite the kinds of security, operational, and integration risks that give shadow IT its bad rep. That’s not to downplay the inherent risks of shadow IT. There are ample reasons why 77% of IT professionals are concerned about shadow IT, according to a report from Entrust.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2024

Companies buying the marketing hype about the benefits of AI need to look for proofs of concept, added Mark McDonald, a distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner. AI promises cost savings, productivity improvements, and better customer experiences, but CIOs need to figure out how to calculate the ROI , McDonald said.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 25, 2023

To fully harness the benefits of modern network architectures, network operations teams need a deep understanding of how these systems perform. Even by making small advances in this IT arena, teams can deliver large business benefits and demonstrable return on investment (ROI). million per year. Avoiding Downtime Yields $2.5M

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 21, 2022

That’s a fringe benefit. You might have heard that if you can’t measure you can’t manage. You might have believed it, too. And if you think you need metrics to manage you might be feeling guilty about not having enough of them. Guilt no more. Good metrics are hard to craft, harder to manage, expensive to maintain, and perishable besides.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

By one count, the average cost of handling a support ticket is roughly $1.60 By one count, the average cost of handling a support ticket is roughly $1.60 That means support tickets may cost you about $96 per hour. But if your firm is constantly overwhelmed by so many tickets that it feels like you’re drowning, that’s not normal.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2024

IT leaders say they’re discussing everything from the costs of AI implementations to whether AI is the existential threat to humanity some fear. “The CIO is at the nexus of those conversations,” says Tim Crawford, CIO strategic adviser at Los Angeles-based IT advisory firm AVOA. Which business cases actually need AI?

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The first carefully details every type of cost each cost center has incurred, from CPU cycles, to SAN and NAS storage (separate them, of course), to developer hours, to help desk calls billed out in 10-minute increments. What makes IT organizations fail? Tell everyone they’re your customer Looking to fail? You have two alternatives.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Service delivery excellence is an attribute that far too many IT leaders fail to prioritize. That’s unfortunate given how much of smooth business operations depends on the efficient delivery of IT services today. But is your organization doing all it can to ensure service delivery excellence? The following nine tips will help get your there.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 26, 2023

Irrespective of getting a small or a large IT budget, by managing it well, technology decision makers can put their organization’s resources effectively toward delivering great business benefits. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A key part of building experiences for our customers is doing it quickly and cost-effectively while delivering a great product.” An overall better measurement of how effective developers are is if we can get tools and experiences in our customers’ hands quicker, which will have an overall greater benefit,” he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

We’ve … heard from customers that while they enjoyed the benefit of skipping the checkout line with Just Walk Out, they also wanted the ability to easily find nearby products and deals,” spokesperson Jessica Martin said. Maybe as the technology matures and gets better from an AI perspective and better-optimized for lower-cost processors.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2023

According to the report: “Our qualitative interviews indicated many companies are looking to recycle devices at the end of their lifecycles if they don’t already, and they are open to reducing the time it takes to refresh if it reduces cost over time.” Furthermore, 49% believe outdated hardware hinders employee productivity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Burnout is quickly becoming a widespread problem for IT organizations. The wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, mass tech industry layoffs, and the demand to keep pace with constantly evolving technology are all prominent factors contributing to a state of exhaustion among IT pros, according to industry surveys. And it can be hard to spot.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But according to Michael Fagan, chief transformation officer of Australian cinema and theme park company Village Roadshow, the positive change of the role is about being less focused on cost and more around value-added delivery. Fagan has held many senior IT leadership roles for well known brands in Australia, Europe, USA and Asia.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2024

A new breed of AI assistant has set its sights on the enterprise user in recent months, with Microsoft and other vendors promising huge productivity gains that offset the cost. Its Copilot for Microsoft 365, a high-profile offering among the growing list of AI agents, costs $30 per seat per month, with a 300-seat minimum. No,” he says.

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