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CIO risk-taking 101: Playing it safe isn’t safe

CIO Business Intelligence

As CIO, you’re in the risk business. Or rather, every part of your responsibilities entails risk, whether you’re paying attention to it or not. There are, for example, those in leadership roles who, while promoting the value of risk-taking, also insist on “holding people accountable.” You can’t lose.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Today we face the harsh reality of cloud costs, if not done right,” says Jay Upchurch, executive vice president and CIO at SAS. And the costs recur monthly or quarterly,” Upchurch says.

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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

CIO Business Intelligence

Most enterprises are committed to a digital strategy and looking for ways to improve the productivity of their workforce. This has spurred interest around understanding and measuring developer productivity, says Keith Mann, senior director, analyst, at Gartner.

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How to build a successful procurement strategy

IBM Big Data Hub

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. A procurement strategy is not merely a series of steps for acquiring goods and services. What is a procurement strategy?

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Business Strategies for Deploying Disruptive Tech: Generative AI and ChatGPT

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Third, any commitment to a disruptive technology (including data-intensive and AI implementations) must start with a business strategy. I suggest that the simplest business strategy starts with answering three basic questions: What? That is: (1) What is it you want to do and where does it fit within the context of your organization?

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The steep cost of a poor data management strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

Such is the case with a data management strategy. Without it, businesses incur steep costs, but the downside, or costs, are often unclear because calculating data management’s return on investment (ROI), or upside, is a murky exercise. Without it, organizations incur a significant opportunity cost.

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Is there a “right” cloud strategy for banking?

IBM Big Data Hub

As public cloud technology and hybrid multicloud architectures are being adopted in financial institutions at an increasing rate, we’re observing that their counterparts in the public sector— central banks—are a long way behind, due at least in part to a profoundly risk-averse approach.