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Feature

The hidden costs of outsourcing

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Building IT RelationshipsBy

6 challenges of agile at scale for ERP

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Feature

7 barriers to innovation worth breaking

Conventional cultures produce conventional results. To truly innovate, you have to rethink how you incentivize risk, respond to requests, and make resources available for experimentation.

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Feature

What is a chief data officer? A leader who creates business value from data

A chief data officer oversees a range of data-related functions to ensure your organization is getting the most from what could be its most valuable asset.

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Podcast The CIO Show

The CIO Show: Biz-managed IT, coming out from the shadows

In this episode, we get into the vexed topic of Shadow IT.

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CIOs grapple with how to jumpstart innovation amid pandemic

IT leaders turn to emerging technologies from strategic vendors and VC partners to help keep collaboration and innovation humming in a work world gone remote due to the coronavirus.

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Opinion

Maximizing stakeholder value

There are three stakeholder types for any organization, each exchanging value in distinct ways. The future of any organization depends on its ability to maximize that exchange.

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Feature

11 outsourcing myths debunked

Outsourcing has evolved — and so too have the misconceptions around what makes a successful sourcing partnership in the digital era.

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Opinion

Time to reset long-held habits for a new reality

As we enter the seventh month of the COVID-19 crisis in Australia, businesses are continuing to manage through the tough rules impacting the economy with so much uncertainty hanging over their heads.

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How-To

Tech Resume Library: 19 downloadable templates for IT pros

A well-crafted resume will attract recruiters, HR pros and hiring managers, but getting it just right is a daunting task. To jump start the process, Insider Pro has assembled this collection of real resumes revamped by professional...

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Podcast The CIO Show

The CIO Show: Raising the customer experience

In the latest episode of The CIO Show, technology leaders talk about how to deliver better CX.

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Feature

What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

Digital transformation is a foundational change in how an organization delivers value to its customers. Here is what transformation entails, along with tips to ensure your company is on the correct course.

Penelope Prett, CIO, Accenture
Movers and ShakersBy

Leadership lessons from Accenture’s CIO

Penelope Prett on how storytelling, team empowerment, and personal brand allow IT to deliver maximum value at one of the world’s largest professional services firm.

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic's impact on world economies.
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Exclusive survey: How IT is recovering from the COVID-19 crisis

IT leaders’ initial responses to COVID-19 helped keep many businesses open — now the emphasis is on thriving, not just surviving.

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Building IT RelationshipsBy

5 costly mistakes in infrastructure outsourcing

Consider yourself warned. These mistakes can derail your efforts, erode your business case, and start you off on the wrong foot with your chosen provider. Here's how to avoid them.

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Feature

5 tips for implementing an effective D&I strategy

To be successful, a diversity and inclusion initiative requires an organization-wide cultural shift. Transformation experts and IT leaders share tips for fostering real change in your organization.

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Feature

7 new rules for leading IT teams in the COVID era

Getting IT teams to work imaginatively and productively has always been challenging. New social distancing restrictions elevate a demanding task to a new and even more daunting level.

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Podcast The CIO Show

The CIO Show: How much are you worth?

In this episode of ‘The CIO Show’ we take a look at the latest data out on IT salaries in Australia, and the discuss current the trends in this most unusual of years for the sector and those working within it.

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Feature

How to build a resilient IT culture

The pandemic has underscored the importance of thriving through hardship and uncertainty. IT leaders discuss how they’re adjusting their leadership practices to help foster this key IT trait for the long haul.

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Managing Innovation & Disruptive TechnologyBy

Building enterprise agility

Why and how to foster this key capability in your organization

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