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

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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. enterprise architects need to balance innovation with the practical realities of contracts and service agreements.

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4 recs for CIOs as they implement agentic AI

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The proactive leaders were working with are insulating their teams from hype by running controlled pilot environments with guardrails and budget thresholds, and are continuously learning as they iterate.

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Vendor consolidation a hot-button topic for CIOs as they try to manage the tensions between innovation and efficiency

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CIOs have always had to find a balance between the need to deliver innovation and the need to establish operational excellence. In a report , EY highlighted five steps towards delivering innovation in a way that also achieves cost efficiency. However, this tension has become even more challenging in recent years.

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Downer’s digital journey to deliver consistency to customers

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We have heads of IT that report to me in each unit, and we also support strategic programs of work, all with the aim to utilize innovation so we make it seamless to do business with our customers. One of our innovations has been a solution called Fault IQ, which uses an off the shelf detection product.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

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What IT executives are saying about vendor consolidation

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While there is little doubt that companies have been cutting back on expenses generally in response to economic uncertainty, startups in particular have been feeling the pain of contracting budgets and reluctant investors. 10X in 10 Years – can this continue? 10X in 10 Years – can this continue? What’s next?

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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Collaboration with external partners allows enterprises to enhance their IT prowess, drive innovation, and bridge skill gaps more effectively amid a swiftly evolving digital landscape,” says Arpita Dwivedi, practice director at Everest Group. Double down on vendor management. Staff augmentation and outsourcing are nothing new.