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Measurable Enterprise Automation: A Strategic Guide for 2024

As we delve into 2024, the digital age continues to transform the business landscape, necessitating a constant evolution in enterprise processes. With digital marketing, customer support, and finance being critical domains in this landscape, Chief Information Officers (CIOs) need to focus on automation to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and remain

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How CIOs and CMOs Can Work Together to Drive Innovation

The CIO and CMO are two essential cogs in the wheel of corporate innovation. When they work together, they can create a powerful engine for change. Here’s how these two executives can join forces to drive innovation in their organizations. Historical tension between IT and marketing The CIO and CMO

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Why CIOs Should Be Marketing IT

CIOs need to demonstrate IT value The role of the strategic CIO is increasingly important to an organization’s success. As businesses strive to become more digital, the CIO must be able to demonstrate the value of IT in order to secure budget and resources. In addition to budget, the perception

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5 Ways CIOs Can Save Millions in 2023

As IT budgets get crunched for FY2023, many CIOs are facing the reality of less headcount, fewer investment opportunities, and the dreaded “do more with less” cliche. Smart CIOs must find creative ways to maximize dollars while maintaining IT throughput. Below are several areas to examine for cost savings as

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A Framework for Strategic IT Planning with Metrics

Modern IT is dynamic and fluid. Yet an IT department without a strategy is a reactive department; a department neither the CEO nor business stakeholders fully understand. Defining IT success is paramount to achieving results. It’s also imperative for demonstrating the value of IT’s partnership with the business.  The problem

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CIO Power Tools

The role of CIO requires its own set of tools and skills. Personal Kanban boards, a business model canvas, and the enterprise application portfolio are just a few tools of the trade for CIOs. Getting your hands on these artifacts means informed decision making and data-driven conversations with stakeholders. During

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7 Pitfalls of Low-Code Platforms

While the proliferation of low-code shows no signs of slowing down, understanding common challenges with such technologies is important prior to enterprise adoption.  What is a low-code platform? As the name implies, a “low-code” platform is a solution intended to build and manage software applications with minimal software coding. The

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When IT Reports to the CFO

When it comes to articulating the value of IT to corporate leadership, one size certainly does not fit all. IT leaders must continuously adapt their approach; especially when reporting to the head of finance.  The shifting sands of IT’s reporting structure According to a 2018 CIO reporting structure survey, roughly

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