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IT leaders adjust budget priorities as economic outlook shifts

CIO

Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. But the next eighteen months aren’t shaping up to be as challenging as some may fear.

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Prioritizing cloud security: Allocating the majority of CIOs’ cyber budgets

CIO

CIO’s cybersecurity budget allocations are too spread out across a myriad of single solutions. Cyber budgets get stretched too thinly across single solutions when they should match the organization’s IT and software spending priorities. the majority of its cybersecurity budget should go to protecting these investments.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

The numbers are higher from Foundry’s 2023 State of CIO survey , which finds that 91% of CIOs expect their tech budgets to either increase or stay the same in 2023. The company is embedding AI into each level of the tech stack it sells to customers, he says. “We

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DTN’s CTO on combining IT systems after a merger

CIO

DTN is more than just a weather forecaster: It also offers decision-support services to companies in agriculture, energy, commodities, and the finance industry. Over the years, DTN has bought up several niche data service providers, each with its own IT systems — an environment that challenged DTN IT’s ability to innovate. “We

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Companies to shift AI goals in 2025 — with setbacks inevitable, Forrester predicts

CIO

Noting that companies pursued bold experiments in 2024 driven by generative AI and other emerging technologies, the research and advisory firm predicts a pivot to realizing value. Forrester said most technology executives expect their IT budgets to increase in 2025. Others won’t — and will come up against the limits of quick fixes.”

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6 places where investors look for problems when you’re fundraising

TechCrunch

They have a basic accounting system, know how to construct a budget and have policies and procedures for accounts receivable and accounts payable. During due diligence, every investor is looking for an accurate view of your business performance, value and potential. What investors want to know.

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The IT complexity puzzle and how modernizing IT service management can help CIOs solve it and unlock growth

CIO

From bonuses to job perks, many companies spare no effort to keep employees from leaving. Yet, when it comes to technology, those same companies don’t hesitate to discard the old in favor of the latest tools on the market.