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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

CIO

It prevents vendor lock-in, gives a lever for strong negotiation, enables business flexibility in strategy execution owing to complicated architecture or regional limitations in terms of security and legal compliance if and when they rise and promotes portability from an application architecture perspective. First, the mean part.

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Mitigating cyber risks: the essential role of collaboration for Middle East organizations

CIO

The panelists identified three high-risk functions that organizations in the Middle East must prioritize—credential management, vendor management, and patch management. These areas, often neglected or poorly managed, can expose businesses to serious vulnerabilities.

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Strategies to mitigate AI security and compliance risks

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Strategies to mitigate AI security and compliance risks By William Reyor Posted in Digital Transformation , Platform Published on: November 7, 2024 Last update: November 7, 2024 According to McKinsey, 65% of executives report that their organizations are exploring and implementing AI solutions.

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Germany goes full throttle into the cloud

CIO

The decisive factors are responsibility for the transformation, mostly locating centrally the downstream management of the new IT operating models, and the inclusion of important departments such as legal, compliance and risk management. Around 13% of users say they’ll pursue a rigid cloud-only strategy in the future.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

However, this approach comes with its own sets of challenges such as compliance issues, misaligned workplace culture, and privacy concerns.” Seek cultural affinity and ethical alignment. Double down on vendor management. As technology evolves rapidly, ethical alignment also becomes essential.

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The CIO’s guide to smarter vendor negotiation: 10 tips

CIO

Prices are increasing, and negotiation is becoming more difficult,” agrees Melanie Alexander, senior director analyst on Gartner’s sourcing, procurement, and vendor management team. Vendors are not granting the same concessions they have in the past.” What’s more, technology contracts are often multilayered.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

This may include who owns the workload; its dependencies on other applications; who authored it or what vendors are involved; security, governance, compliance, and data requirements; and special integration or location requirements. Importantly, you should also indicate the goal for the workload (e.g.,

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