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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO

And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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Why CIOs should embrace the potential of data and analytics enablement platforms for a brighter future

CIO

In a recent Gartner data and analytics trends report, author Ramke Ramakrishnan notes, “The power of AI and the increasing importance of GenAI are changing the way people work, teams collaborate, and processes operate. Does the enablement platform solution provider offer analytics and data science consulting services to support a team?

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The STA is realizing potential in predictive analysis and automation

CIO

As an authority, we must look at and critically review the answers we receive and not blindly trust them,” he says. “An We’re looking at how we could use Teams, but there’s a lot that needs to be sorted out legally,” he says. We know the speed of technology development is exponential, and that balance is difficult,” he says.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance. Many of the new skills are in rare supply, as are team leaders experienced in this new development paradigm.”

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

Tenable

Cyber Safety Review Board published a 50-plus page report on the Log4j event, and a key takeaway was that Log4Shell is an “endemic vulnerability” that’ll be around for a decade — or perhaps longer. . Source: Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence team, December 2022). How long will this Log4Shell problem linger? Back in July, the U.S.

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All You Need to Know About Case Management

Newgen Software

Understanding Case Management Case management is a software-based approach that combines human action with intelligent automation to optimize diverse business activities. While both case management and BPM (business process management) focus on improving organizational processes, case management offers a more holistic approach.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO

Already this year, there are numerous smaller M&A deals, as enterprise software providers buy their way into new markets or acquire new capabilities rather than develop them in house. Perforce Software, a privately held provider of software development tools, has agreed to buy the infrastructure automation software platform Puppet.