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Vendor management: The key to productive partnerships

CIO

What is vendor management? Vendor management helps organizations take third-party vendor relationships from a passive business transaction to a proactive collaborative partnership. Benefits of vendor management. Left unmanaged, vendor partnerships can quickly fall behind.

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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. They often come with rigid processes, complex solutions, and high price tags.

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Your CEO has little idea who IT is or what IT does

CIO

Organizations want a one click technology solution but all too frequently lack the patience, discipline, and knowledge of what is required to make that one click solution a reality. Many executives would be hard-pressed to create a list of the major players in the IT organization. To combat this, CIOs need to humanize IT.

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Mitigating cyber risks: the essential role of collaboration for Middle East organizations

CIO

It is now a critical issue that demands the attention of board members and every department within an organization. The panelists identified three high-risk functions that organizations in the Middle East must prioritize—credential management, vendor management, and patch management.

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

CIO

Navigator: As technology landscapes and market dynamics change, enterprise architects help businesses navigate through complexity and uncertainty, ensuring that the organization remains on course despite evolving challenges. They ensure that all systems and components, wherever they are and who owns them, work together harmoniously.

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Grand Bank's Success Story: Enhancing Vendor Management with Ivanti's External Attack Surface Management Solution

Ivanti

In todays dynamic cybersecurity environment, effectively managing vendor relationships is crucial for protecting digital assets. According to PwCs 2022 Global Digital Trust Survey , 75% of executives reported that their organizations are overly complex, leading to concern about cyber and privacy risks.

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Thoughts on organizing architecture

Xebia

Gone are the days of making well-thought documents who are reviewed and tested by colleagues in the organization. The solution proposed and decisions made not only have to fit the context of the team, but as well as the organization. Organizing architecture guided by two perspectives.