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Navigating the complexities of security and compliance on the mainframe

CIO

As organizations look to modernize IT systems, including the mainframe, there’s a critical need to do so without sacrificing security or falling out of compliance. Balancing modernization in a complex regulatory landscape Modernization is essential, and organizations that put off doing so risk getting left behind. PCI DSS v4.0).

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Revolutionizing data management: Trends driving security, scalability, and governance in 2025

CIO

It has become a strategic cornerstone for shaping innovation, efficiency and compliance. For example, AI can perform real-time data quality checks flagging inconsistencies or missing values, while intelligent query optimization can boost database performance. In 2025, data management is no longer a backend operation.

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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

CIO

Today, data sovereignty laws and compliance requirements force organizations to keep certain datasets within national borders, leading to localized cloud storage and computing solutions just as trade hubs adapted to regulatory and logistical barriers centuries ago.

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Overcoming the 6 barriers to IT modernization

CIO

IT modernization is a necessity for organizations aiming to stay competitive. Organizations often struggle to justify the upfront costs of modernization projects, especially when the ROI is not immediately apparent. Solution: To address budget constraints, organizations should adopt a strategic approach to funding IT modernization.

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The Unexpected Cost of Data Copies

An organization’s data is copied for many reasons, namely ingesting datasets into data warehouses, creating performance-optimized copies, and building BI extracts for analysis. Read this whitepaper to learn: Why organizations frequently end up with unnecessary data copies.

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AI as a catalyst for ESG: Empowering CIOs to drive sustainable innovation

CIO

It provides CIOs a roadmap to align these technologies with their organizations’ ESG goals. These frameworks extend beyond regulatory compliance, shaping investor decisions, consumer loyalty and employee engagement. This challenges organizations seeking to balance technological innovation with their environmental sustainability goals.

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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO

Data architecture definition Data architecture describes the structure of an organizations logical and physical data assets, and data management resources, according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). An organizations data architecture is the purview of data architects. Curate the data. Optimize data flows for agility.