TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

Yesterday, Amazon announced that Agility Robotics is one of the five initial startups benefitting from the company’s $1 billion innovation fund. This morning, however, the company raised a massive $150 million Series B , including funds from the aforementioned Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. That includes a $20.25

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2025

Innovator/experimenter: enterprise architects look for new innovative opportunities to bring into the business and know how to frame and execute experiments to maximize the learnings. There are trade-offs of consistency and maintainability versus agility that need to be carefully decided upon.

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Luis Goncalves

APRIL 11, 2025

This guide explores essential frameworks, common pitfalls, and proven strategies to transform your promising venture into a market leader. Attempting to scale before achieving product-market fit is a common reason for startup failure. Companies maintaining agility during scaling can seize opportunities rigid organizations miss.

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CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

IT leaders must understand how the business plans to compete, grow, and create value in the market to align IT initiatives within the company’s broader objectives. By staying ahead of market trends, the organization remains agile, adaptable, and ready to outperform rivals. Learn more about IDC’s research for technology leaders.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

In a global economy where innovators increasingly win big, too many enterprises are stymied by legacy application systems. The norm will shift towards real-time, concurrent, and collaborative development fast-tracking innovation and increasing operational agility.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

To drive change, a reworking of what defines CIO/IT success is needed, with a focus on strategic business goals, innovation, and market differentiation. Of the top seven metrics, only two — innovation and profit growth — are directly tied to digital transformation goals. It’s a case of “you get what you measure.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CDO’s mandate extends beyond mere technology implementation; it encompasses the development of comprehensive digital strategies and the cultivation of a culture that embraces continuous innovation. This includes fostering a culture that values innovation and agility. Prioritizing customer experience is crucial.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Upskilling programs and focusing on the employee experience are also crucial for businesses looking to hold onto talent and drive innovative transformations, and recruitment for tech talent is much more effective when IT leaders are actively involved in the process. You have to be innovative,” adds Balbo. million compared to about 3.6

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CIO

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The more strategic concern isn’t just the cost— it’s that technical debt is affecting companies’ abilities to create new business, and saps the means to respond to shifting market conditions. Rather than discuss “legacy systems,” talk about “revenue bottlenecks,” and replace “technical debt” with “innovation capacity.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

However, today’s startups need to reconsider the MVP model as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) become ubiquitous in tech products and the market grows increasingly conscious of the ethical implications of AI augmenting or replacing humans in the decision-making process. These algorithms have already been trained.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

At a time when technology innovation cycles are getting shorter, we will struggle to keep pace if we have to navigate around legacy systems that act as barriers to speed and agility. Over time the speed and agility barriers associated with the ERP spread to other systems as they, in turn, formed an expanding wave of technical debt.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A key way to facilitate alignment is to become agile enough to stay ahead of the curve, and be adaptive to change, Bragg advises. IT leaders also need to be agile enough to drive and support change, communicate effectively, and be transparent about current projects and initiatives. “It

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Perficient

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It’s not just a technological advancement; it’s a paradigm shift that’s democratizing innovation across industries. The Rise of the Citizen Developer Meet Alex, a marketing manager at a bustling retail company. Increased efficiency, better decision-making, and a newfound passion for innovation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

On a good day, this disconnect can lead to missed opportunities, slower decision-making and limited innovation. They are instrumental in navigating the complex intersection of technology and business, driving innovation, and accelerating decision-making in ways traditional leadership roles have struggled to do.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the State of Enterprise Architecture 2023 , only 26% of respondents fully agreed that their enterprise architecture practice delivered strategic benefits, including improved agility, innovation opportunities, improved customer experiences, and faster time to market.

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CIO

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Focused on digitization and innovation and closely aligned with lines of business, some 40% of IT leaders surveyed in CIO.com’s State of the CIO Study 2024 characterize themselves as transformational, while a quarter (23%) consider themselves functional: still optimizing, modernizing, and securing existing technology infrastructure.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

That’s great, because a strong IT environment is necessary to take advantage of the latest innovations and business opportunities. Ensure that your plan supports one or more of your organization’s key business strategy goals, such as improving agility, reducing costs, boosting security, or enhancing customer experience.”

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

For example, in the online job market, optimizing search algorithms and AI-driven candidate-job matching directly impacts user engagement and revenue. This ensures that our technology roadmap is fully aligned with our overarching business objectives and fosters a continuous cycle of innovation and efficiency.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

These leaders are essential for driving innovation and maintaining a competitive edge. Organizations must remain agile and forward-thinking to keep pace. Staying abreast of emerging technologies and market dynamics is crucial for guiding organizations through transformation.

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CIO

JANUARY 30, 2025

It has become a strategic cornerstone for shaping innovation, efficiency and compliance. As enterprises scale their digital transformation journeys, they face the dual challenge of managing vast, complex datasets while maintaining agility and security. In 2025, data management is no longer a backend operation.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

Divestitures can also help companies zero in on their potential and market relevance, the blog authors note. In addition to raising capital, we find divestitures tend to create more focused, agile and streamlined operations which are better suited to sustainable AI investing, according to Brundage and his colleagues.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sameer Purao, who joined Celanese as CIO and CDO in 2021, is keeping the team and company focused by making change management a core competency of his team, and ensuring a focus on value, agility, and purpose. We take a use-case focus to innovation, so we’re not implementing a digital twin here or some IoT there.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

These outdated systems are not only costly to maintain but also hinder the integration of new technologies, agility, and business value delivery. The compay fostered a culture of innovation by involving employees in the modernization process and addressing their concerns. A: Expensive, bad processes.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As telecom executives work to navigate these challenges, finding a balance between fostering innovation and managing operating expenses is no longer optional it is a necessity for survival. Faster time to market for new services Accelerate the deployment of new services by enabling rapid assembly and testing of solution components.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, many IT teams are considering whether it’s the right time to explore VMware alternatives, says Steve Carter, Nutanix’s product marketing director. Many are reframing how to manage infrastructure, especially as demand for AI and cloud-native innovation escalates,” Carter said.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

What companies need to do in order to cope with future challenges is adapt quickly: slim down and become more agile, be more innovative, become more cost-effective, yet be secure in IT terms. This makes their work easier and reduces new applications’ time-to-market. That’s why the issue is so important today.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As businesses grow and adapt to shifting market demands, the strength of the leadership team often dictates a company’s ability to scale and succeed. However, in today’s dynamic markets, past performance alone is no longer a reliable predictor of future success.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 9, 2025

Yet it’s manufacturing companies that turn these dreams into a reality innovating production lines and processes to fulfill tasks in the most cost-effective way possible. Lets examine how manufacturing startups and venture capitalists can navigate these changes and take innovation into their own hands. The latest round of U.S.

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CIO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For organizations seeking productivity and innovation gains, a best practice is to prioritize use cases based on value, feasibility, and breadth. Next, explore potential new workflows or processes that genAI can create to improve productivity, increase innovation, and/or provide competitive differentiation.

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CIO

APRIL 11, 2023

We spoke with Siddhartha Gupta, Global Head of Application Modernization on Azure at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) , about this trend and what financial services organizations need to do to improve their capacity for agility and innovation. They must adopt innovations as soon as they become available.

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In reality, many founders actively choose bootstrapping to retain control, prioritize market needs and grow sustainably, free from external pressures. Control and agility: Founders who bootstrap retain complete ownership and control over their companies.

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CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the early 2000s, Google made headlines for its PhD army – essentially highly skilled experts, ranging from a former rocket science to a former brain surgeon, who were dispersed throughout the business to support its innovation. At the time, they were effectively charged to “boldly go where no one has gone before”.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The latter option had emerged as a compelling solution, offering the promise of enhanced agility, reduced operational costs, and seamless scalability. Maintaining and upgrading outdated systems can be resource-intensive and hinder innovation. Time to market. Time to market got shortened by 15% on average. Vendor lock-in.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Failing to tap into its potential keeps IT teams trapped in maintenance mode instead of innovation mode. The report highlighted that a small shift from a well-executed AI-powered ITSM strategy—like 3% of developers’ time redirected from troubleshooting to innovation—could translate into significant business outcomes.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A cloud-first approach ensures better data security, compliance with regulations, and scalability for AI-driven innovation,” says Domingues. Software limitations are another concern, especially when it comes to scaling AI and data-intensive workloads. “A Check out this webinar to get the most from your cloud analytics migration.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The transformational leadership approach encourages, inspires, and motivates employees to innovate and create the change necessary to shape the future success of the company. It’s applicable across every industry, but it’s especially vital to the fast-paced tech industry where innovation and agility can make or break a company.

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