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

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Prices are increasing, and negotiation is becoming more difficult,” agrees Melanie Alexander, senior director analyst on Gartner’s sourcing, procurement, and vendor management team. Vendors are not granting the same concessions they have in the past.” Deals done by business users alone may be technically unsound.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

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Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. Open and transparent communication with vendors is essential.

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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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However, social engineering is a common tactic, so it is advisable to continuously improve security awareness and education in an effort to decrease the effectiveness of social engineering attacks. Teams that focus on the user have 40% higher organizational performance than teams that don’t.

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Provider or partner? IT leaders rethink vendor relationships for value

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But what moved Extreme from provider to partner was its workers commitment to making sure that the city achieved its strategic goals with the project, not just that the new equipment worked technically. That vendor is looking after the long-term interests of the organization, and not just looking to get the next contract.”

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

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Brad Porter, CTO, KnowledgeLake KnowledgeLake He advises CIOs to listen to the data and use it to drive decisions. Emphasize customer-centric development Tech vendor CTOs are deeply aware of the importance of understanding customer needs and feedback, says Purdy. Invest early and often in addressing your technical debt.