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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

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It’s no secret that having the right capabilities is essential to digital success, but given the dynamic nature of digital business, these capabilities go beyond technical know-how. The market is tight, but we are not short of people with technical skills; people who can develop, build infrastructure, and understand the cloud,” says Fox.

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How to succeed as a fractional CIO

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A fractional CIO is typically an experienced IT leader who is external to the enterprise yet acts as an accountable leader and extension of the executive team, says Dave Hartman, president of IT management consulting firm Hartman Executive Advisors. “A What services do fractional CIOs provide? How does one become a fractional CIO?

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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Such partnerships include long-standing ones such as business consultancies to advise on transformation efforts, software vendors with expertise in vertical or horizontal solutions, system integrators to help design and implement multi-vendor tech stacks, and managed service providers to run and optimize targeted IT domains.

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The CIO’s guide to smarter vendor negotiation: 10 tips

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IT leaders may find that prices are going up without an accompanying increase in benefits, with technology providers — less dependent on any one industry or geography — taking a harder line on deals, says Achint Arora, a partner in the pricing assurance practice at Everest Group. Deals done by business users alone may be technically unsound.

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What CIOs are in for with the EU’s Data Act

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If connected devices must be designed to make access to user data always directly possible, the CIO will have to deal with the technical solutions related to access authorization based on the users credentials, and the security of transmission to others. For Perugini, a relevant point is the burden of accessibility by design.

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From Hype to Hope: Key Lessons on AI in Security, Innersource, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

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By understanding these cases and implementing industry best practices, organizations can build stronger defenses and better navigate the constantly evolving threat landscape. Ransomware actors compromised the software’s server, potentially exposing the data of millions of users across various industries.