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7 signs it’s time to modernize your IT systems

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The bad news, however, is that IT system modernization requires significant financial and time investments. On the other hand, there are also many cases of enterprises hanging onto obsolete systems that have long-since exceeded their original ROI. Kar advises taking a measured approach to system modernization.

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Digital transformation’s fundamental change management mistake

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Ask CIOs about their biggest digital transformation challenges, and they’re likely to cite people issues or what experts identify as gaps in change management practices. When CIOs can’t drive change, new digital products and technology capabilities can become shelfware, and the business value is delayed or diminished.

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Rethinking digital transformation for the agentic AI era

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For example, by analyzing customer feedback, including unstructured data such as reviews and social media comments, AI helps organizations operationalize that feedback to improve training, policies, and hiring, Mazur says. Employees are already experimenting with LLMs and uncovering ways to adapt their work with agentic AI.

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4 steps to connect change management and DevOps

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The challenge some companies face, however, is the change management of the structured approach for handling alterations within a development cycle. Change management is an enabling framework for managing people through a change, in this case, related to a product in production. But it’s not easy.

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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

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A second area is improving data quality and integrating systems for marketing departments, then tracking how these changes impact marketing metrics. The CIO and CMO partnership must ensure seamless system integration and data sharing, enhancing insights and decision-making.

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How Celanese makes people central to its digital transformation

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Sameer Purao, who joined Celanese as CIO and CDO in 2021, is keeping the team and company focused by making change management a core competency of his team, and ensuring a focus on value, agility, and purpose. I’ve always understood that people, not systems, create value. What is the business transformation underway at Celanese?

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Digital transformation 2025: What’s in, what’s out

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Transformational CIOs continuously invest in their operating model by developing product management, design thinking, agile, DevOps, change management, and data-driven practices. CIOs must also drive knowledge management, training, and change management programs to help employees adapt to AI-enabled workflows.