CIO

JANUARY 8, 2025

And for some organizations, annual cloud spend has increased dramatically. Cloud spending is going up and budgets are tightening, so theyre asking whats going on and how do we right this ship. For example, organizations that build an AI solution using Open AI need to consider more than the AI service.

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CIO

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Effective OCM will not only enable the successful execution of a project or transformation, but it can also make the transition smoother and easier for the organization to absorb, he says, adding that this is particularly true when projects result in process changes, including operational, employee support, or end-user impacts.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Youre under this pressure unless youve given up and relinquished responsibility for formulating the organizations technology vision to a chief digital officer, chief technology officer, or some other titled individual whose job is to make promises you as CIO are supposed to keep. To fix the challenges we face well need a bigger budget.

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CIO

APRIL 10, 2025

IT environments are constantly growing more complex, with organizations rolling out AI agents and LLMs, operating in multiple clouds, and anticipating breakthroughs like quantum computing. More than 90% of IT leaders, in fact, expected their 2025 budgets to increase when surveyed in 2024.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

Until now, many companies have cut costs in other areas, laid off staff, or raided the budgets of other departments to pay for AI projects. If you look at 23 and 2024 you had a lot of budget increases, you had a bunch of layoffs over the last couple of years, and not something thats sustainable.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Organizations need to prioritize their generative AI spending based on business impact and criticality while maintaining cost transparency across customer and user segments. Without a scalable approach to controlling costs, organizations risk unbudgeted usage and cost overruns.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Under pressure to deploy AI within their organizations, most CIOs fear they don’t have the knowledge they need about the fast-changing technology. If organizations charge ahead without the necessary AI expertise, they can encounter many problems, including costly AI mistakes and reputational damage, Tkhir adds. Blank says.

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CIO

MARCH 14, 2025

Procurement Takes Too Long, Slowing Innovation The Challenge: Traditional IT procurement cycles average three to six months, delaying critical projects and threatening your organizations competitive edge. See also: How to know a business process is ripe for agentic AI. )

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CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

For example, attacks like the SolarWinds and Kaseya incidents that happened in 2020 and 2021 that impacted many entities across the globe show how hackers can inject malicious code into software updates, affecting thousands of organizations. In this context, collaboration and continuous vigilance are essential.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Consider 76 percent of IT leaders believe that generative AI (GenAI) will significantly impact their organizations, with 76 percent increasing their budgets to pursue AI. While poised to fortify the security posture of organizations, it has also changed the nature of cyberattacks.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Ongoing layoffs in the tech industry and rising demand for AI skills are contributing to a growing mismatch in the IT talent market, which continues to show mixed signals as economic factors and the rise of AI impact budgets and the long-term outlook for IT skills. Several driving factors are behind the mass tech layoffs in recent years.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When addressed properly , application and platform modernization drives immense value and positions organizations ahead of their competition, says Anindeep Kar, a consultant with technology research and advisory firm ISG. Is your organization overdue for an IT systems update? Here are seven signs it may be time to modernize.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Free the AI At the same time, most organizations will spend a small percentage of their IT budgets on gen AI software deployments, Lovelock says. While AI projects will continue beyond 2025, many organizations’ software spending will be driven more by other enterprise needs like CRM and cloud computing, Lovelock says.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

IT budgets expand, SAP investments show mixed trends The report indicates that 40% of companies in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) are increasing their overall IT budgets, while SAP-specific investments are rising for 47% of enterprises.

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CIO

DECEMBER 10, 2024

According to AI at Wartons report on navigating gen AIs early years, 72% of enterprises predict gen AI budget growth over the next 12 months but slower increases over the next two to five years. These reinvention-ready organizations have 2.5 That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight. times higher revenue growth and 2.4

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

AI adoption is ubiquitous but nascent Enthusiasm for AI is strong, with 90% of organizations prioritizing it. AI skills remain a concern: investment is coming As AI evolves, organizations are recognizing the need for new skills and competencies. This allows organizations to maximize resources and accelerate time to market.

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

Cloud architects are responsible for managing the cloud computing architecture in an organization, especially as cloud technologies grow increasingly complex. As organizations continue to implement cloud-based AI services, cloud architects will be tasked with ensuring the proper infrastructure is in place to accommodate growth.

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CIO

MAY 19, 2025

The move is a major enterprise transformation with many moving parts, as well as significant implications for data, customizations, and budgets, not to mention cloud adoption where appropriate. Panic over end-of-life timelines can cause some organizations to skip key steps such as process mapping and gathering user input.

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CIO

APRIL 9, 2025

In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) and other resource-intensive technologies demand unprecedented computing power, data centers are starting to buckle, and CIOs are feeling the budget pressure. To address these issues, IT organizations are increasingly migrating workloads to the cloud to gain operational efficiency and agility.

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CIO

MARCH 3, 2025

Old rule: Train workers on new technologies New rule: Help workers become tech fluent CIOs need to help workers throughout their organizations, including C-suite colleagues and board members, do more than just use the latest technologies deployed within the organization. They need to make them tech fluent, says Lou DiLorenzo Jr.,

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CIO

APRIL 30, 2025

Surely, dedicated teams backed by real budgets were mobilized to deliver a seamless journey, define the target architecture and drive change management at scale. Business units prioritize their own roadmaps, KPIs and budgets. The union didnt just require backend alignment. And when everyones in charge, no one is.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Having the right modernization strategy and approach in place can move an organization forward and establish a competitive edge by increasing flexibility, efficiency, and potential. This allows organizations to stay ahead of the game no matter what’s coming down the pike.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2025

When everythings called an agent, CIOs can waste budget on software that doesnt deliver true autonomy leading to frustrated teams, wasted resources, and a loss of confidence in AI, Bartholomew says. To Lloyd, defining agentic AI is less important than finding the right uses for AIs that organizations are adopting.

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CIO

APRIL 21, 2025

CIOs have long been adept at the art of the pivot a skill that will serve them well as they cope with the fallout of global tariffs that have sent organizations into a tailspin over the past few weeks. To cover these rising costs and adjust for potential supply chain issues, we might need to increase our budget by around 10% to 15%, he says.

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CIO

APRIL 15, 2025

Even as CIOs report major cloud spending increases , eight in 10 say their reliance on the cloud still saves their organizations money, placing the cloud market in a Jevons paradox , says Scott Sellers, president and CEO at Azul. Organizations should also look at the types of cloud resources they consume, he advises.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2024

To help mitigate these risks, it’s necessary for IT leaders to increase their profile and visibility across the organization, and make sure they educate all potential users. “As Business leaders can’t wait until next year for another budget to get approved.” This has a number of benefits, but also presents challenges.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Chief Digital Officer has emerged as a pivotal figure in the C-suite, steering organizations through the complexities of digital transformation. This role requires a deep understanding of market dynamics, consumer behavior, and technological trends, enabling the organization to adapt to changes and lead them.

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CIO

MARCH 18, 2025

Now its seeking to parlay that trust and enterprises rapid adoption of agentic AI into a new role, helping organizations facilitate the collaboration between agents and human employees. PwC, in fact, estimates gen AI could contribute between $2.6 trillion and $4.4 trillion annually to global GDP across various industries by 2030.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2025

When using these services, it is imperative that we keep an eye on the consumption as cost overhead in using AI services can be costly for an organization. By leveraging granular cost data, organizations can identify cost drivers, allocate expenses accurately and make informed financial decisions.

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Xebia

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Today, tools like Databricks and Snowflake have simplified the process, making it accessible for organizations of all sizes to extract meaningful insights. They provide unparalleled flexibility, allowing organizations to scale resources up or down based on real-time demands.

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Xebia

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Today, tools like Databricks and Snowflake have simplified the process, making it accessible for organizations of all sizes to extract meaningful insights. They provide unparalleled flexibility, allowing organizations to scale resources up or down based on real-time demands.

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CIO

JANUARY 13, 2025

And theyll get this level of granularity without needing a thousand-person operation or a billion-dollar data analytics budget. In a world with thousands of categories, millions of products and hundreds of millions of consumers, when an individual walks into a virtual storefront, a company will be able to make remarkably specific predictions.

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CIO

MAY 5, 2025

Let use cases and enterprise complexity guide you Marcus Murph, head of technology consulting at KPMG, is seeing a hybrid approach among clients where most organizations look to balance agility with caution. Many are starting in lower-risk domains where they can show early ROI and build the foundations needed to scale agentic AI over time.

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Luis Goncalves

APRIL 11, 2025

Companies maintaining agility during scaling can seize opportunities rigid organizations miss. Evolution: Building an Organization That Can Scale Your organizational structure must evolve as you scale. As you scale, these silos amplify, making the organization increasingly inefficient.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Specifically, some organizations have griped that while they asked for renewal terms six months or more before their deadlines, those requests went into a dark hole until as little as 30 days remained on their current agreement. First, separately licensed products are now “features” within a universal license.

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