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Zero-based budgeting: A proven framework for extending runway

TechCrunch

Enter zero-based budgeting. <span <span style="font-weight: 400;">Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a budgeting approach that requires companies to </span>build their budgets from zero<span style="font-weight: 400;"> every budget period to verify all of the line items are relevant and cost-effective.</span>

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Moderate IT budget increases have CIOs shaping 2025 strategies to suit

CIO

Despite those complications, a huge majority of IT leaders expect their organizations’ IT budgets to increase — at least moderately — in the next fiscal year, with IT talent and software spending leading the way. Talent, software spending lead the way According to Forrester’s guide, personnel accounts for nearly 35% of IT budgets.

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INE Launches Initiative to Optimize Year-End Training Budgets with Enhanced Cybersecurity and Networking Programs

CIO

This approach not only ensures wise expenditure of remaining budgets but also significantly strengthens organizational security postures. Addressing Training Budgets: Year-End Budget Scenario: It’s common for organizations to approach year-end with an unused budget designated for training.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO

IT leaders seeking to drive enterprise growth through technology investments are often saddled with budgets that make their tasks of increasing the top and bottom lines challenging. Despite an estimated increase to IT budgets of 5.1% The year 2023 seems to be no different.

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Discover How Senior Technology Leaders Can Secure the Budget That They Need

Speaker: Kevin Goldsmith, Chief Technology Officer at Anaconda | Peyman Pouryekta, CEO and Technology Advisor | Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

In order to successfully instruct and manage their teams, they must know how to evaluate tools, advocate for resources, and allocate them to the appropriate teams. With the ever-evolving technology landscape, CTOs are being presented with new services, technologies, and tools every day.

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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. These network, security, and cloud changes allow us to shift resources and spend less on-prem and more in the cloud.”

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Hungry for resources, AI redefines the data center calculus

CIO

The AI revolution is driving demand for massive computing power and creating a data center shortage, with data center operators planning to build more facilities. But it’s time for data centers and other organizations with large compute needs to consider hardware replacement as another option, some experts say.

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Success Story: Swiss Insurtech Company Hires a Remote CTO from Ukraine

Hiring top management resources is challenging for any organization no matter the size, and when the local job market is already overheated, companies need to become creative in attracting the top talent. Swiss Insurtech startup decided to go the 2nd way and found a trusted partner to build a dedicated development team in Ukraine.