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6 Key considerations when orchestrating your Windows 11 Pro upgrade

CIO

Refer to Windows 11 Pro specifications and run Microsoft’s PC Health Check app to see if a laptop meets specific requirements. To inform your approach, consider factors such as technical expertise, how Windows 11 Pro features support their workflows, budget constraints, and willingness to upgrade hardware.

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Lean Budgeting – Foster Growth & Innovation in Your Organisation

Evolution4all

Your annual budget could be harming your business. Does your organisation’s budget system hinder growth and innovation? This may not be the soundest proposition, but budgeting, as it is currently practised by many companies, should be abolished. Budgeting as it Used to Be. Yet, very harmful. It is never, ever accurate.

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Selecting a Software Development Company in 2024

TechEmpower CTO

Were they finished on time and on budget? Budget and Deadlines: Determine if budgeting and deadlines are flexible. How does the percentage of their projects launched on-time and on-budget compare to upfront estimates? References: The company should willingly provide references. Are they publicly available?

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Reinforcement Learning for Budget Constrained Recommendations

Netflix Tech

by Ehtsham Elahi with James McInerney , Nathan Kallus , Dario Garcia Garcia and Justin Basilico Introduction This writeup is about using reinforcement learning to construct an optimal list of recommendations when the user has a finite time budget to make a decision from the list of recommendations.

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Government tech procurement takes three times longer than average

CIO

Some of the other reasons behind the delay include changes in scope, research and evaluation along with reaching an agreement around budgeting. A failure to conform to the rules can have serious consequences, from unwanted publicity to personal risk of prosecution,” Lacheca added. Government IT

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Balancing innovation with value, cost, and practicality: The CIO’s guide to future proofing technology investments

CIO

Embrace the future-proofing imperative Eighty-three percent of IT leaders and 88% of LOB leaders expect full-year spending in 2024 to be higher or in line with original 2024 budgets despite inflation and potential recession concerns, according to IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 3 (March 2024).

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO

We are giving our budget and proposed projects more scrutiny to invest in areas that have clear attribution toward generated increased revenue, more efficiencies, lower costs, and improved workplace experiences,” Srivastava says. He attributes the cautious attitude of tech leaders to elevated inflationary pressures and higher interest rates.

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