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State of the CIO, 2025: CIOs set the AI agenda

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Outside of AI/ML, companies are directing more dollars to security and risk management technologies (34%) and data/business analytics (31%). Talent challenges remain while IT budgets stay strong Despite global business uncertainty, few companies are pulling back on technology investments.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

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Business analyst job description BAs are responsible for creating new models that support business decisions by working closely with finance and IT teams to establish initiatives and strategies aimed at improving revenue and/or optimizing costs.

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Business Analytics: ML in Action

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This information can direct investment decisions to increase or decrease budgets, select new vendors, or hire more workers. The post Business Analytics: ML in Action appeared first on Datavail. Contact an Expert ».

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Rebalancing through Recalibration: CIOs Operationalizing Pandemic-era Innovation

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According to Foundry’s 2023 State of the CIO Research, technology budget growth is seeing pre-pandemic levels. 91% of CIOs expect their tech budget to either increase or stay the same in 2023. This number increases for enterprises to $122 million and decreases for small businesses at $16 million.

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State of the CIO, 2023: Building business strategy

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Foundry / CIO.com In a similar vein, IT retains direct control over a good portion of the IT budget at most companies — on average, around 43.5% — with respondents expecting that ratio to tick up to about 50% over the next three years. Leveraging data, advanced analytics, and AI is top priority across the board.

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How Much Should I Be Spending On Observability?

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Companies where software is a means to an end, or where the observability budget rolls up to IT or the CIO, are more likely to treat observability as a cost center. Having everything in one place is a better experience, which helps developers ship faster and devote more of their cognitive cycles to moving the product forward.

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NCMS CIO exploits ‘Great Resignation’ to slash costs, streamline IT operations

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The company’s IT department comprised 27 employees, with one person each handling business analytics and cybersecurity, and the rest of the team split between handling infrastructure and applications. This would have not only impacted our budget but would have also created an imbalance in the IT department.

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