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Your CEO has little idea who IT is or what IT does

CIO

Executives need to understand and hopefully have a respected relationship with the following IT dramatis personae : IT operations director, development director, CISO, project management office (PMO) director, enterprise architecture director, governance and compliance Director, vendor management director, and innovation director.

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

CIO

Ecosystem warrior: Enterprise architects manage the larger ecosystem, addressing challenges like sustainability, vendor management, compliance and risk mitigation. This article was made possible by our partnership with the IASA Chief Architect Forum.

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

CIO

Cloud cost visibility, cost insights, cost governance, defining a cloud baseline infrastructure and vendor management are essential components of a comprehensive cloud financial management strategy. This article was made possible by our partnership with the IASA Chief Architect Forum.

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Flipping the sales script: How to break biases and diversify sales teams

TechCrunch

Enablement includes everything from access to additional resources, volume discounts and navigating security, to vendor management, procurement and understanding product roadmaps. All this has less to do with selling and more to do with giving customers a well-managed buying process.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Shame-free down rounds, checkout flow tune-up, SaaS tsunami

TechCrunch

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Startups that don’t use a vendor management framework to oversee their tech stack are flying in a dense fog: There’s no easy way to know how much they’re spending each month or on what. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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What CIOs are in for with the EU’s Data Act

CIO

From cloud to privacy: the laws highlights There are some particular articles of the Data Act that would pique the interest of the CIO. Articles 4 to 6, for instance, establish that companies adopt tools and processes to guarantee access to user data directly or through authorized third parties, and support their access requests.

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5 rules that transform outsourcing outcomes

CIO

In a follow up article we will explore why IT outsourcing has been slow to adopt Vested and how Vested can be a game changer for IT outsourcing. Outsourcing, Vendor Management The Vested movement has become a model for best practices in outsourcing globally — but has yet to get traction for IT outsourcing.