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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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Last summer, a faulty CrowdStrike software update took down millions of computers, caused billions in damages, and underscored that companies are still not able to manage third-party risks, or respond quickly and efficiently to disruptions. It was an interesting case study of global cyber impact, says Charles Clancy, CTO at Mitre.

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6 best practices for better vendor management

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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. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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Vendor management: The key to productive partnerships

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What is vendor management? Vendor management helps organizations take third-party vendor relationships from a passive business transaction to a proactive collaborative partnership. While working with IT vendors can help ease the burden on IT, it also raises concerns, especially around data, risk, and security.

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

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Observer-optimiser: Continuous monitoring, review and refinement is essential. Ecosystem warrior: Enterprise architects manage the larger ecosystem, addressing challenges like sustainability, vendor management, compliance and risk mitigation. compromising quality, structure, integrity, goals).

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How to know a business process is ripe for agentic AI

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Does [it] have in place thecompliance review and monitoring structure to initially evaluate the risks of the specific agentic AI; monitor and correct where issues arise; measure success; remain up to date on applicable law and regulation? Feaver says.

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

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Weve developed our software such that the LLM open source or proprietary can be swapped in or out via configuration. An abundance of choice In the most general definition, open source here refers to the code thats available, and that the model can be modified and used for free in a variety of contexts.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Shame-free down rounds, checkout flow tune-up, SaaS tsunami

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. If you’re trying to recalibrate online sales, this TC+ guest post contains formulas for calculating lost lifetime value (LTV) due to churn on a monthly and annual basis. Dominic-Madori Davis: Diligence? Well, why not? Are we doing it?