CIO
APRIL 29, 2025
Moreover, the CIOs identity has to be an authentic and managed narrative. This is not an exercise in self-advertising, or in positioning yourself as an all-knowing technology messiah. Whether we like it or not, we in IT, as perceived by our stakeholders, includes our vendors. We need to up our vendor management game.
CIO
APRIL 2, 2025
Immediately after the CrowdStrike outage happened, for example, Akamai ran a tabletop exercise. The exercise even involved running through CrowdStrikes remediation process. The exercise worked, she says, and Akamai wouldve been able to recover if the bad update had slipped through the checks. Prouty asks.
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CIO
OCTOBER 26, 2023
While I expected this exercise to confirm that consolidation is real, I was pleasantly surprised with the degree to which the CIO Tech Talk Community confirmed it – and how they are taking steps to realign their procurement and vendor management strategies.
CIO
JANUARY 10, 2024
The solution lies in making those teams understand they’re getting involved in innovation, not just a cost-cutting exercise. Get personal with your vendors Typically, only companies with multi-year commitments and savings plans get the personal attention of hyperscalers, says Jensen.
Jeremiah Grossman
MAY 17, 2016
Customers, even small ones, can exercise a ton of leverage over their security vendors if they only knew how. And, more often than not, vendors themselves don’t really mind. It signals that a deal is likely to be made and to a vendor, that’s what’s most important.
CircleCI
JULY 18, 2022
Implementing well-known compliance best practices is a great way to measure your competence in internal corporate governance, risk management processes, organizational oversight policies, vendor management, and general security awareness. Comprehensive testing and change management. How to automate compliance with CI/CD.
Strategy Driven
MARCH 18, 2011
Walmart wrings maximum efficiency from its supply chain by integrating four capabilities – aggressive vendor management, expert point-of-sale data analytics, superior logistics, and rigorous working-capital management – that together deliver ‘everyday low prices’ to consumers. You’re never just cutting costs.
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