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7 signs it’s time to modernize your IT systems

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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. Kar advises taking a measured approach to system modernization. Here are seven signs it may be time to modernize.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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This underlines the need for organizations to embrace change and adopt a more agile and forward-thinking approach to digital transformation skills in order to overcome challenges and achieve digital transformation,” says Monika Sinha, research vice president in Gartner’s CIO Research group. And that is the rub.

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7 sins of digital transformation

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Over the past few years, CIOs have focused on enabling hybrid work, driving efficiencies through automation, modernizing applications, enabling machine learning predictions, and maturing the data-driven organization. There’s often ambition to address all or most problems, but that can leave the system user behind.

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11 ways to ensure IT-business alignment

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But the challenge many executives face is that they tend to focus on how their particular area aligns with overall goals, to the exclusion of other facets of the organization. Is your IT organization doing all it can to build strong alignment with business leaders and colleagues?

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Can the CIO role prevail over AI?

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“Generative AI does have the ability to replace CIOs who don’t embrace the innovative shifts coming for companies,” says Tim Crawford, a former CIO himself and now a CIO strategic advisor at AVOA, a technology consultancy. What the AI can do is advise the human on what decision to make, but even still, there are some significant limitations.

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6 IT rules worth breaking — and how to get away with it

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All are established to help the organization meet compliance and achieve essential goals. Code change management processes One rule that can occasionally be broken without outside repercussions is sending new code or a new capability into production without first following a required change management process, Chowning says.

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What it takes to win your first CIO role

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Primed by a rotational program that cycled through varied assignments to build a technology-plus-business foundation, Brown was able to develop a robust process orientation in addition to skills in communications, large-scale change management, even a Master Black Belt Six Sigma certification.