CIO

JULY 26, 2024

Focus on automation and flexibility According to the study, around 37% of respondents believe their company is well or very well positioned for the future in terms of digitization, but some still see a clear need for action in further modernizing their tools, processes, and workflows.

Cloud 215

Cloud Technical Review Study Survey 215

Apiumhub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Software asset management tools are specialized software applications designed to help organizations manage and optimize their software assets throughout their lifecycle. Usage Tracking: Software asset management tools monitor the actual usage of software applications.

Tools 90

Tools Software Compliance AWS 90

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A f ew months past graduation, the startup, combining both worlds of banking and business management tools for micro and small businesses, has closed a $3.8 Alongside providing banking services, he says Prospa offers invoicing tools, inventory management, employee and vendor management, an e-commerce store, and payroll features.

Small Business 258

Small Business Banking Software Fintech 258

CIO

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Your vendor shows signs of pulling back on investments You’re working on a set of proprietary reports for a vendor-based system, and you’re utilizing vendor tools to build these reports. As the project proceeds, you notice that the vendor begins to slow down delivery on its fixes and enhancements.

Budget 179

Budget Technical Review Vendor Management Project Management 179

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The goal of the startup’s SaaS tool is to bridge this gap via its centralized platform and to allow property management companies to streamline and organize vendor data and operations.

Windows 194

Windows Vendor Management Compliance Industry 194

CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

And there are thousands of gen AI-related open source tools, on top of the models themselves. Too many to choose from? Chatbot Arena ranks more than 160 top models both proprietary and open source and lists their licenses. GitHub lists more than 100,000 projects with LLM in their names, compared to 50,000 in May.

Open Source 172

Open Source Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review 172

CIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

SAP draws on AI for new predictive capabilities SAP is targeting the desire for better demand forecasting with new composable tools being announced at NRF 2024. It’s using AI to simplify stock replenishment and order management in physical and online stores.

Retail 158

Retail Artificial Inteligence Software Generative AI 158

CIO

JULY 11, 2024

However, the majority of IT managers admitted they can only handle cloud costs reactively, meaning only when services are rolled out or after they’ve been put into operation. Limitations of CCMO tools There’s a lot of room for improvement in cloud cost management. However, the problems aren’t only due to the tools themselves.

Cloud 197

Cloud Budget Survey Architecture 197

CIO

MAY 15, 2024

Cloud cost management tools are an answer. Budgeting, Cloud Management, Enterprise Buyer’s Guides, IT Management, Vendor Management Developer teams are learning that the pennies add up, sometimes faster than expected, and it’s time for some discipline.

Enterprise 88

Enterprise Cloud Vendor Management Budget 88

CIO

APRIL 2, 2025

When possible, Akamai avoids using tools that require agents, though there are areas, including cybersecurity, where theyre necessary and the benefits outweigh the risks. After the CrowdStrike incident, Akamai began reviewing all its vendor agreements to make sure the contracts had all the necessary protections in place.

Software Review 103

Software Review Security Systems Review Development Team Review 103

CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

AI and IA Over the last five years, Battle says, JLR has learned it needs to pivot toward digital centricity, or, in other words, adopt a data-first approach and position the data, structured or unstructured, in a way that the company can adopt AI and intelligent automation tools to help it make informed decisions.

Artificial Inteligence 192

Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Artificial Intelligence Business Transformation 192

CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

There’s indeed a lot of hype around the latest wave of large language models (LLM) and associated tools, yet beneath the noise, there’s a whisper about how the technology will one day become indispensable. Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, IT Leadership, IT Skills, IT Strategy, Predictive Analytics, Supply Chain, Vendor Management

Artificial Inteligence 196

Artificial Inteligence Enterprise Generative AI Artificial Intelligence 196

CIO

AUGUST 15, 2023

2023 has been a break-out year for generative AI technology, as tools such as ChatGPT graduated from lab curiosity to household name. Splunk adopts generative AI to help with observability Splunk already uses AI in its suite of tools to analyze machine-generated data.

Generative AI 148

Generative AI Enterprise Software ChatGPT 148

CIO

MARCH 9, 2023

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.” There may be alternative deal models that make sense.

Technical Advisors 174

Technical Advisors Vendor Management Groups Agile 174

CIO

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s a role that has grown in demand as companies push to implement new tools, technologies, and programs to manage day-to-day operations — with the average salary for a DevOps engineer having grown 14% since 2021, according to Dice. Average salary: US$139,683 Increase since 2021: 12.9%

Systems Administration 210

Systems Administration Hardware Project Management DevOps 210

CIO

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The problem isn’t that organizations lack a wealth of data or advanced analytical tools. Self-service Can the platform and data be used on-prem and is self-service, avoiding vendor-managed services and costs? What’s missing is the ability to unlock their total, end-to-end values easily. Does it lower the cost of acquisition?

Analytics 172

Analytics Development Team Review Technical Review Systems Review 172

Honeycomb

MAY 14, 2024

Challenge Amperity required an observability partner to facilitate their transition into the modern engineering era as their previous tooling struggled to support their growth strategy. Amperity’s observability depended on a suite of tools for logs, metrics, and dashboards. The challenge?

Engineering 111

Engineering Engineering Culture Sustainability Fractional CTO 111

CIO

AUGUST 22, 2023

The agile methodologies and tools differ by organization and sometimes by team, but what team leaders really want is the autonomy to make quick decisions around priorities, solutions, and technologies. When working with teams, they should simplify vendor management and reporting, including financial and other KPIs.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Agile Leadership Artificial Inteligence 148

CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

Technical skills topped the list but also crucial are key leadership and culture capabilities such as change management, strategy building, and business relationship management, as well as critical business skills such as cost, product, and vendor management, as shown in the graphic below.

Technical Advisors 216

Technical Advisors Recruiting Change Management Analytics 216

CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

McMasters takes full advantage of the analytical tools Microsoft provides with Azure Cloud Computing Services to assist with cost optimization analysis, but he doesn’t stop there. “We But there are also vendor-specific metrics we define, and we build telemetry using tools based on usage and needs,” the CIO says.

Cloud 187

Cloud Technical Review CTO Coach Fractional CTO 187

AWS Machine Learning - AI

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The agents component allows them to create, manage, access, and share agent implementations. On AWS, you can use the fully managed Amazon Bedrock Agents or tools of your choice such as LangChain agents or LlamaIndex agents. Finally, you can build your own evaluation pipelines and use tools such as fmeval.

Generative AI 104

Generative AI AWS Artificial Inteligence Enterprise 104

CIO

APRIL 27, 2023

Both roles require a knowledge of cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services, as well as experience with ITSM , I&O, governance , automation, and vendor management. Program analyst/manager A program analyst or manager is tasked with developing and overseeing IT projects to ensure that they stay on task and on budget.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Software Review Systems Review Software Engineering 174

CIO

MARCH 14, 2024

These aren’t just the basic backup and disaster recovery protocols that already exist, but tools that measure every process and service on business-critical systems to verify they’re performing as expected. But Banca Etica’s IT team communicates the business requirements to the vendor.”

Disaster Recovery 138

Disaster Recovery Banking Analytics Training 138

CIO

APRIL 1, 2024

Be ready to use generative AI to add speed Research and advisory firm Gartner has predicted that “by 2027, gen AI tools will be used to explain legacy business applications and create appropriate replacements, reducing modernization costs by 70%.” That’s the black swan for gen AI,” Gupta says.

Strategy 210

Strategy Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Agile 210

CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

Some enterprises turn to a fractional CIO to supply knowledge and expertise in one or more fundamental leadership areas, such as operations management, maintenance, strategic planning, risk, compliance/governance, vendor management, and other essential matters, Trzeciak notes. What services do fractional CIOs provide?

Technical Advisors 182

Technical Advisors How To Leadership Enterprise 182

CIO

AUGUST 13, 2024

Rawson’s focus on adopting innovative technologies that support sustainability includes implementing blockchain for transparent ESG reporting, AI for energy management, and IoT solutions to monitor and reduce resource consumption, he says.

Sustainability 192

Sustainability Hotels Data Center Energy 192

Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 7, 2020

This includes security and systems data, as well as knowledge management content and communications through collaboration tools. It is important to note that each element should not be thought of as a different tool but rather a capability that should be achieved with the given technology stack. What contextual data is needed?

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Systems Review Vendor Management Knowledge Base 96

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 22, 2019

Distributed tracing, a tool for monitoring and debugging microservices applications, is poised to become a critical trend going forward. A recent O’Reilly survey found that less than 40% of respondents have actually implemented Kubernetes, suggesting that the hype currently outweighs the reality. Distributed tracing.

Systems Review 99

Systems Review Trends Engineering System 99

CIO

MAY 29, 2024

As far as I know, none of the tools will give you a response to that question at the moment.” Start out by finding ways of measuring the carbon footprint of AI tools, and then for each use case, compare that to the potential benefits. The best way to avoid ruffling feathers is to establish clear guidelines early.

Sustainability 163

Sustainability Artificial Inteligence Energy Guidelines 163

Ivanti

AUGUST 4, 2021

In an average month, an organization may spend 40 hours or more per SaaS vendor managing usage, overall spend, and contract renewals. To be effective, the typical SAM solution requires extensive knowledge, managed services, licensing expertise, and tool administration training. But there’s a catch.

Software 98

Software Vendor Management Training Report 98

Palo Alto Networks

MAY 22, 2020

With a cybersecurity landscape dominated by fragmented security vendors and tools, businesses struggle to protect themselves. I t takes a collaborative approach across cybersecurity vendors, managed security service providers (MSSP) and organizations to take up the global cyber threat challenge.

Malware 98

Malware Network Vendor Management Data Center 98

Ivanti

APRIL 15, 2021

Ivanti has put great effort and resources into providing in-depth analysis, commentary, bulletins, and tools on Patch Tuesday’s security relevance and operational impact. Challenges with managing risk priority by vendor. Managing risk priority by focusing on vendor-defined severities can fall short of the mark.

Software Review 98

Software Review Metrics Systems Review Vendor Management 98

Datavail

MARCH 26, 2019

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software started out as a tool for sales professionals. A Cloud CRM can be defined as CRM software, tools and data that are hosted in the cloud. It’s also necessary to either train or hire technicians with the expertise to manage the system. Today, a CRM is much more than that.

Cloud 75

Cloud Survey Backup Vendor Management 75

CIO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

AI vendor management Only the biggest companies are going to build or manage their own AI models, and even those will rely on vendors to provide most of the AI they use. Many data science tools and base models are open source, or are based heavily on open-source projects.

Artificial Inteligence 195

Artificial Inteligence Enterprise Trends Open Source 195

CIO

JULY 25, 2024

This includes developing and maintaining cyber security programs, business analysis, strategic planning, and management tools. GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT) The GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership (GSTRT) certification is designed to validate several areas critical to IT leaders.

Security 197

Security Technical Review Project Management Agile 197

Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The writing is on the wall: Traditional security tools and methodologies are ill-suited to protect cloud native’s developer-driven and infrastructure-agnostic multicloud patterns. Few organizations would actively want to have siloed security tools that only address part of the continuum. Putting the Security Puzzle Pieces Together.

Cloud 84

Cloud Serverless Lambda Weak Development Team 84

CIO

JANUARY 3, 2024

An enterprise that bet its future on ChatGPT would be in serious trouble if the tool disappeared and all of OpenAI’s APIs suddenly stopped working. CIO, Data Privacy, Generative AI, IT Leadership, Vendor Management, Vendors and Providers

Technical Review 197

Technical Review Generative AI Systems Review Software Review 197