N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As enterprises at every stage of maturity strengthen their digital capabilities, the Chief Digital Officer has emerged as a strategic force within the executive suite. This role is no longer confined to technical oversight or incremental operational improvements.

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DECEMBER 26, 2024

Enterprise infrastructures have expanded far beyond the traditional ones focused on company-owned and -operated data centers. This increased complexity means more companies will be relying on IT consultants to help navigate the changes and develop short-term and long-term strategies. What is an IT consultant?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Every enterprise needs a data strategy that clearly defines the technologies, processes, people, and rules needed to safely and securely manage its information assets and practices. Here’s a quick rundown of seven major trends that will likely reshape your organization’s current data strategy in the days and months ahead.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As a result, technical debt starts to accumulate. I think the really key thing is to recognize it, find a strategy to work with it, and don’t let it build to a point where it just feels like you’re going to take a massive hit on productivity.”. Any suggestions on strategies and how to help our company stand out? And accumulate.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

When I started at Novanta about five years ago, my first mission was to bring scalability to our Enterprise solutions, as well as developing a digital roadmap to modernize the technology footprint, reduce technical debt, and explore strategies to ensure that we’re growing at scale. Now, how do you get there?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

9 strategies that will help you overcome your fear of fundraising. Crafting an XaaS customer success strategy that drives growth. “They usually vary by customer segment, business versus technical focus and sales motion focus: adopt, renew, upsell and cross-sell.” Thanks very much for reading! Walter Thompson.

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CIO

AUGUST 1, 2024

Looking ahead to the next 12-18 months, two top priorities emerge for IT leaders: developing a strong business case for AI infrastructure spending (cited by 35% of respondents to IDC’s Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 3 , March 2024) and increasing cyber resilience and security (34%).

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CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

Finding the right fit Women should, can, and do take action to thrive in their technical careers and studies, analysts or expert sources arent suggesting otherwise. Facilitate mentorship and networking: Benoit-Kurtz advises IT execs to ensure that women on their team have mentors, networks, and advocates as well as development plans.

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CIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

The best cybersecurity leaders are not only intensely aware of this reality; they’re also intentionally focused on developing and implementing strategies for thriving in a VUCA world and creating a pipeline of future-ready cyber leaders to stay ahead of ongoing disruption. Be clear, unambiguous, and direct,” Noaman advises. “If

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CIO

JULY 22, 2024

Moreover, these repatriations show how CIOs have a shrewder, more fluid cloud strategy today to ensure they don’t settle for less than what they want. It noted decreased repatriation plans for engineering/technical workloads. “We I’d caution [enterprise] leaders to think carefully before considering cloud repatriation,” Minaie says.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Form a strong partnership Forming an effective IT-sales partnership requires embracing a startup mentality, even at large, long-established organizations, advises Amit Vashisht, assistant vice president at retirement services firm Jackson Enterprise Technology.

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CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

A fractional CIO is a technology leader hired on a temporary or part-time basis, explains Peter Kirkwood, corporate strategy leader at management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov. It’s not uncommon for a middle-market enterprise to operate without a CIO, Hartman says. What does a fractional CIO do?

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Helping enterprise business leaders, C-suite colleagues, and boards understand the value inherent in complex new technologies is a challenge most CIOs face from time to time. According to Gill, recent research indicates that tech-savvy enterprise boards perform better than their less knowledgeable counterparts. Advise and collaborate.

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CIO

JANUARY 23, 2023

A move that is likely to unlock similar investments from competitors — Google in particular — and open the way for new or improved software tools for enterprises large and small. Up to that point, OpenAI had only allowed enterprises and academics access to the software through a limited API.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2024

To stay on top of both old and new challenges, IT chiefs should evaluate their current business and technology strategies and, when necessary, adjust them to address rapidly evolving technology, business, and economic practices. As a large enterprise, we have vast amounts of data from disparate sources,” she says.

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CIO

JUNE 6, 2024

Perkins advises IT leaders to adopt three principles to strike the right balance between cost, productivity, digital maturity, and the means to build long-term capabilities. These principles, Perkins contends, can catalyze digital transformation when prioritized across the enterprise. So how do you forge a different path?

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CIO

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A lack of personal branding can limit a CIO’s ability to move up the industry ladder, since they remain a secret, unknown to anyone beyond the enterprise. Generally lacking visibility beyond their enterprise, CIOs seldom focus on personal career strategies and opportunities. The result is a winning outcome for all parties.

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CIO

MARCH 29, 2023

But for some “without a concrete strategy, it has led to some obvious challenges with respect to measuring the real value from their cloud investments,” says Ricky Sundrani, a partner in the pricing assurance practice at Everest Group. Cut to one of the most significant concerns across enterprises today: rising cloud costs.

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CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

Digital transformation is indeed a cornerstone of business strategy today, as 89% of enterprises see digital business as core to their growth, according to Gartner’s Board of Directors 2023 Survey. And that is the rub.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

A strong CDO who can communicate and drive the strategy is essential for getting value out of these AI investments. Collins Aerospaces Kapoor shares, When ChatGPT came out, that created a lot of demand across the enterprise. Its been very helpful as we develop the strategy because we can ask, Does it fit for the vision of the company?

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CIO

MARCH 21, 2023

Poor planning Enterprises risk running into trouble if they lack a detailed cloud strategy. “A A pragmatic and structured architectural approach when moving to the cloud is critical,” says William Peldzus, senior director and Center of Excellence head with enterprise consulting firm Capgemini Americas.

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CIO

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Our strategy is very solid,” she says. The persona approach Cushman & Wakefield’s strategy to inject AI into every facet of its workflows hinges on its team of 500 dedicated technologists and thousands of contractors, who are working to develop solutions for various “persona” groups within the enterprise, Companieh says.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

US regulatory agencies are watching for exaggerated AI claims, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission announcing a settlement in March with two investment advisors. Intelligent chatbots to handle customer complaints are taking hold, as are virtual assistants with enterprise search features, according to Carlsson.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Plus, learn why GenAI and data security have become top drivers of cyber strategies. Understanding these drivers is essential for organizations to develop proactive and adaptive cybersecurity strategies that address the evolving threat landscape and safeguard their digital assets,” reads a CompTIA blog about the report.

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CIO

MARCH 27, 2023

When he’s not immersed in cybersecurity, hybrid cloud strategy, or app modernization, David Reis, CIO at the University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine, spends his time working with the board of directors and top leadership to reimagine healthcare and take the lead driving digital transformation.

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CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Legacy tech and all that goes with it Legacy systems and technical debt top the list of common innovation roadblocks. As McCormack notes, there are multiple strategies to support innovation. Clearly communicate how IT initiatives support the broader business strategy,” he says.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As part of the investment, Lydia Jett, founding partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, will join Andela’s board. Andela evaluates technical and soft skills of engineers and matches them with the teams that most closely fit. 3 strategies to make adopting new HR tech easier for hiring managers.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

About the Authors Rajakumar Sampathkumar is a Principal Technical Account Manager at AWS, providing customer guidance on business-technology alignment and supporting the reinvention of their cloud operation models and processes. Happy coding and building with Amazon Bedrock! He is passionate about cloud and machine learning.

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CIO

JULY 29, 2024

Now modern IT leaders are expected to have breadth and depth of experience across the broad spectrum of technology domains along with an innate sensibility to craft and lead business strategy. “Up You have to build authentic relationships and connections throughout the entire enterprise.”

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

Create self-service options Automating existing processes with AI gives enterprise departments a powerful new self-service tool. Identify potential issues By analyzing vast amounts of data, AI can identify potential technical and security issues long before they can escalate into system outages.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2023

Responding to both old and new challenges, IT leaders must reassess their business and technology strategies and, when necessary, realign them to address rapidly evolving business and economic concerns. However, they are especially important as CIOs help guide their enterprises through challenging times,” Perez notes.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Although enterprises acknowledge the importance of digital transformation in the current environment of flux, few succeed in their digital initiatives. A major reason so many digital transformation programs fail is that enterprises view them as technology problems rather than the organizational challenges they truly are.

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CIO

JUNE 3, 2024

Rethinking talent strategies To address its AI crunch, TE Connectivity just launched a four-tier training program that will range from basic education about AI and how to use it in office jobs to ways engineers can use AI to help design specific products. Reskilling employees is a crucial step, he adds. “In

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

When asked which challenges most often force IT to redirect time and focus away from strategy and innovation tasks, CIOs most commonly cited staff and skills shortages, changing business conditions, and addressing security threats. Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. 1 challenge listed.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

Enterprise CIOs have always been at a disadvantage competing with tech firms for skilled IT pros, but accelerated transformation efforts and an AI gold rush have significantly intensified the talent war, prompting CIOs to increasingly turn to outside firms for help. Last June, for example, Dun & Bradstreet launched D&B.AI

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