CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

Enterprises in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are accelerating their transition to cloud-based ERP solutions, with SAP playing a key role in their digital transformation strategies. However, there is a notable decline in organizations maintaining a stable SAP budget, with only 23% keeping spending unchanged compared to 32% in 2024.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

growth in ICT budgets specific to Italy, mostly in line with recent trends. Training, communication, and change management are the real enablers. Managing change and transformation Paolo Sicca, group CIO of manufacturing company Industria Grafica Eurostampa, is an example of how his role is evolving.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

Cloud computing architecture encompasses everything involved with cloud computing, including front-end platforms, servers, storage, delivery, and networks required to manage cloud storage. Its an advanced job title, with cloud architects typically reporting to the IT director, CIO, CTO, or other technology executives.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

AUGUST 17, 2018

“When it comes to change management, “implementation” isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning.” What is change management? Change management may be defined as a structured process that ensures that required changes are thoroughly and smoothly carried out, and that the long-term benefits of the change are realized.

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CIO

MAY 5, 2025

Our job is to think about technology and introduce technology, but were really here to solve business challenges, says Mills, executive vice president and chief technology, digital, and corporate strategy officer for Tractor Supply. Leading change efforts was also part of the mandate, cited by a quarter of respondents.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Top CIOs rebrand IT as part of a transformational vision that inspires the IT team, employees, stakeholders, and executives to experiment and drive change. These CIOs also avoid digital transformation’s change management mistakes by guiding IT teams to drive end-user adoption, capture feedback, and iteratively improve solutions.

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CIO

AUGUST 4, 2022

Whenever an organization implements a new process, updates an existing process, deploys new technology, or fine-tunes services, its leaders must be mindful that even a simple change to a single process can start a domino effect, introducing issues in a range of other processes that must also be addressed. AIM Change Management Certification.

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Capgemini

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Reflections from Climate Week 2024: Why workplace services deserve a bigger slice of sustainability budgets Alan Connolly 10 Oct 2024 Facebook Twitter Linkedin As sustainability budgets grow, many companies are making significant investments in decarbonization, renewable energy, and broader environmental initiatives.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. Cloud costs will often — and rapidly — become large line items on budgets.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

A recent study by the Association for Change Management Professionals (ACMP) shows that 73% of change management professionals surveyed also have other, non-change-related job duties. Using change management methods, HR can truly take on the role of facilitator of organizational success.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As a result, we embarked on this journey to create a cohesive enterprise data strategy. The role of a technology leader In my role, I am fortunate to have strong relationships with our senior executive team, which has been invaluable when discussing budgets, funding, and long-term strategic goals.

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CIO

MAY 4, 2025

CIOs annual State of the CIO Survey, now in its 24th year of publishing, highlights how IT leaders shaping enterprise strategy, enabling growth, and leading cultural change. Besides AI/ML, CIOs are focusing on cybersecurity, product innovation, and business strategy alignment. How is IT budget allocation changing?

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2024

And with infrastructure and application modernization cited as key reasons for CIOs’ budget increases this year, according to the 2024 State of the CIO Survey, that pace is not fast enough. Here veteran IT leaders and advisers offer eight strategies to speed up IT modernization.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Today’s CIOs inherit highly customized ERPs and struggle to lead change management efforts, especially with systems that [are the] backbone of all the enterprise’s operations,” wrote Isaac Sacolick, founder and president of StarCIO, a digital transformation consultancy, in a recent blog post.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. However, it’s important to remember that headcount and budget cuts are not the only strategies to streamline costs.

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CIO

MAY 20, 2024

Sfida numero due: il budget In altri casi, la trasformazione digitale non incontra resistenze, perché c’è la spinta dal basso: è l’utente che chiede di modificare un processo e introdurre innovazione. Quattro: attrarre le competenze Quando, però, la sicurezza è cruciale per il core business, le imprese mettono in campo budget adeguati.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Because Windows 11 Pro has new hardware requirements, your upgrade strategy must both address hardware and software aspects, not to mention security, deployment plans, training, and more. Also, include additional licensing costs in your budget planning to ensure you have adequate resources to support the upgrade.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Costs management: Estimate costs, determine budgets. Quality management: Identify quality requirements. Human resource management: Plan and identify human resource needs. Communications management: Plan stakeholder communications. Procurement management: Identify and plan required procurements.

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CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience. Project manager The role of project manager is important for planning, executing, and completing IT projects on time and on budget.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

From there, you’ll have better insight into whether the product you’ve built fits into the overarching strategy the CIO has put into place. Most CIOs already suffer from tool fatigue, managing a budget that includes hundreds of SaaS applications. Make sure you have a clearly articulated plan for deployment and change management.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In tandem with his job as chief digital officer and senior vice president of strategy at Hussman, Seals got a Ph.D. More frequently, IT leaders are seeing the value of educating their peers and stakeholders as a win-win for increasing buy-in and budget for digital initiatives. At his company, anyway.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This year’s technology darling and other machine learning investments have already impacted digital transformation strategies in 2023 , and boards will expect CIOs to update their AI transformation strategies frequently. Luckily, many are expanding budgets to do so. “94%

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Because of this, IT leaders must take a proactive approach to change management , communicating the benefits of digital transformation and providing support and training to employees. Digital Transformation, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

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. It is thus, very essential for a CIO to rebalance these priorities while recalibrating their business strategies.

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CIO

JULY 5, 2024

“First, you end up allocating too much budget to business-as-usual infrastructure rather than investing in innovations that can drive real business growth.

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CIO

APRIL 15, 2024

The senior vice president and chief information and strategy officer at National Life Group, has spent years executing a technology roadmap to modernize the insurance company. Case in point: Mehta, who now has the responsibility of developing National Life’s three-year enterprise strategy.

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CIO

AUGUST 20, 2024

Early on, I observed that business strategy was rarely driving digital transformation, resulting in very little transformation occurring. Those that prioritize automation and cost-cutting strategies are limited to linear growth, at best. Instead, a vast majority of companies were investing in digitization.

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CIO

JANUARY 20, 2025

Implementare un sistema gestionale non significa soltanto introdurre un nuovo software, ma condurre unazione di change management che deve partire dal CEO e dagli altri executive. E siamo andati fuori budget. Poi il progetto andato bene, ma limpegno stato evidente.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 22, 2015

Delivering on strategic initiatives on time, every time, is the hallmark of organizations that are best in the world at executing strategy, and they’re rewarded with a premium put on the value of their company. Is a major change and departure from the current way of doing things. Organizational Change Management.

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CIO

JANUARY 23, 2024

For example, McKinsey suggests five metrics for digital CEOs , including the financial return on digital investments, the percentage of leaders’ incentives linked to digital, and the percentage of the annual tech budget spent on bold digital initiatives.

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CIO

MARCH 24, 2023

The Data Management Association (DAMA) International defines it as the “planning, oversight, and control over management of data and the use of data and data-related sources.” Data governance framework Data governance may best be thought of as a function that supports an organization’s overarching data management strategy.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Andy Thurai, VP and principal analyst at Constellation Research adds that AI is also used to help with budgeting, sourcing, and writing vision statements to present to the board. A focus on strategy Johar and Mandell aren’t the only IT leaders looking forward to their jobs becoming more dynamic as AI continues to evolve.

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CIO

JUNE 26, 2023

Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing out projects. They are accountable for the entire project scope , the project team and resources, the project budget, and the success or failure of the project. For more, see our 12 difficult project manager interview questions to prep for.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2013

That is a variation on a comment I heard recently from an executive who was speaking about the responsibilities that senior managers have to lead their organizations through change. Managers are expected to handle the workload; leaders are expected to determine what comes next. That’s what we call leadership.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But with the right technologies, strategies, processes, and partnerships in place, you can mitigate the mayhem, and better yet, avoid it all together. As I mentioned earlier, protecting your systems must involve both offensive and defensive strategies. It’s so important to prioritize innovation while protecting your environment.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

CIOs should be drivers of change — which can create stress — while taking proactive and ongoing steps to reduce stress in their organization and across the company. Be paranoid about third-party data breaches and security incidents,” warns Brad Hibbert, COO and chief strategy officer at Prevalent. “To

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