CIO First Look
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October 12, 2023
CIOs set their agendas to achieve ITâs ultimate balancing act
Ensuring operational excellence versus accelerating business growth has long been a conundrum (and trade-off) for IT. Greater prominence and honed IT strategies have todayâs IT leaders better positioned to finally strike the right balance. Read more
8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture
Great IT organizations donât happen by accident. Building a winning team requires dedication, support, and imagination.Read more
What enterprise software vendors are doing with generative AI
CIOs are cautiously evaluating generative AI for use in their own applications, while enterprise software vendors showcase the AI at a furious pace. Read more
Salesforce IT injects generative AI to ease its massive datacenter migration
Shifting 200,000 servers from CentOS to RHEL, the SaaS giant is enlisting gen AI to help handle the health and telemetry of its operations infrastructure in real-time. Read more
What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency
Business analyst help guide businesses in improving processes, products, services, and software through data analysis. These agile workers straddle the line between IT and the business to help bridge the gap and improve efficiency. Read more
4 reasons why gen AI projects fail
Data issues are still among the chief reasons why AI projects fall short of expectations, but the advent of generative AI has added a few new twists. Read more
What a quarter century of digital transformation at PayPal looks like
Currently processing a volume of payments worth over $1.3 trillion, PayPal has repeatedly staked its claim as a digital success story over the last 25 years. But insiders agree this growth needs to be constantly supported by reliable technological architecture in order to thrive. Read more
