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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

At the same time, they are defunding technologies that no longer contribute to business strategy or growth. Fifty-two percent of organizations plan to increase or maintain their IT spending this year, according to Enterprise Strategy Group. This should secure our business strategy for the next five years and longer.”

Budget 218
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Digital KPIs: The secret to measuring transformational success

CIO

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.

KPI 211
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5 questions startups should consider before making their first marketing hire

TechCrunch

Here’s a sample of the marketing functions at a typical early-stage startup: Brand marketing: Brand strategy, positioning, naming, messaging, visual identity, experiential, events, community. Which channels are proving the most efficient from a customer acquisition, conversion, retention, engagement, whatever your key KPI is, perspective?

Marketing 273
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Are You Using a Cloud Experience to Boost Business Value?

CIO

When Diminishing Returns Become Budget Busters For years enterprises scrambled to build applications in public cloud environments; there was legitimate business value in rapid innovation, deployment and scalability, as well as unfettered access to more geographical regions.

Cloud 190
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Overcome the Challenges of Cloud Optimization & FinOps to Drive Business Value

CIO

In this article, I’ll explore common cloud optimization and FinOps challenges and strategies for overcoming them. Overcoming these challenges goes back to KPIs and OKRs. Organizations must define and track KPIs that meet efficiency and utilization objectives and deliver value-creation.

Cloud 137
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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

To name a few — products and services that are delivered on time and on budget, and overall IT ROI.” More on KPIs and metrics: 7 IT metrics that matter most The hard truth of IT metrics Misled by metrics: 7 KPI mistakes IT leaders make Bad metrics are worse than no metrics You’re probably focused on the wrong metrics.

Metrics 210
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IT Governance: le strategie dei CIO che rendono le loro aziende più competitive

CIO

Prima di far evolvere gli applicativi guardiamo agli obiettivi della banca e al livello di servizio da garantire, e ciò viene accompagnato da dati e KPI. Quali KPI ci possono aiutare? Con i numeri, ovvero definendo KPI e con le parole, evitando acronimi e tecnicismi.