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CIOs go green, vet IT investments for sustainability

CIO

Sustainability is on the rise as a CIO imperative, with most CIOs now central to their organization’s increasing focus on sustainability planning — a trend that’s shaking up what technologies IT leaders are investing in and the vendors and partners they are signing deals with.

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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

CIO

Otherwise, companies will struggle to realize business value with AI/ML capabilities left to endure high cloud cost expenses, as it has been for many companies in 2024 for AI solutions. An enterprise with a strong global footprint is better off pursuing a multi-cloud strategy.

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO

The gap has significantly narrowed in 2024, says Gartner analyst Arun Chandrasekaran. Finally, theres the question of long-term sustainability. Why open source AI lags behind commercial Lower costs, more flexibility, higher security whats not to love about open source? And the underlying base models are changing rapidly, he adds.

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Software vendors offer AI sales boost for retail at NRF show

CIO

As they take stock after the year-end frenzy of shopping the holiday season always brings, retail CIOs attending the National Retail Federation’s annual show, NRF 2024, may be wondering how they can improve their IT systems’ performance over the next 12 months. year on year in the first 11 months of 2023, AI or no AI.

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

CIO

While I expected this exercise to confirm that consolidation is real, I was pleasantly surprised with the degree to which the CIO Tech Talk Community confirmed it – and how they are taking steps to realign their procurement and vendor management strategies.

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Micromax, smartphone sales stalled, eyes a steer into electric vehicles

TechCrunch

“China-based vendors managed to get quality devices, high specifications and the latest technology at affordable prices with huge marketing and channel spends,” Singh said. “Indian vendors were just not able to compete in any of these levers — product, marketing, channel, etc.

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From Hype to Hope: Key Lessons on AI in Security, Innersource, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

Coveros

Result: Disrupted production led to product shortages and a 23-28% loss in net sales for Q1 2024. Result: Though the full scope remains unclear, the breach affected almost all Okta customers and highlighted the potential risks associated with third-party vendors managing sensitive data. What’s Next?