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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

CIO

Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. Meanwhile, The Global CTO Survey 2023 released last November by IT consulting company STX Next found that 35% of responding tech leaders listed technical debt/refactoring as their biggest challenge — making it the No. 1 challenge listed.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

IT leaders have long relied on third parties for talent, but what’s different is that CIOs are more likely these days to seek partners for highly strategic or niche skills, not just commoditized capabilities as in the past. The complexity escalates when dealing with advanced skills like AI or data science,” says Asnani.