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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Does the US-China trade war affect your business?

News

Yes

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What portion of the IT department do you think gets the most preferential treatment when it comes to both talent acquisition and retention?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture Cloud+31 more

Developers

Infrastructure / Cloud Architects

Engineering

Security

CIO / Leadership

Data Science / Analytics

Service Desk / User Support

Strategy / Innovation Dept

Networking

Other (comment)

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Do you agree with this prediction? "By 2024, to support safe, distributed work environments, 50% of CIOs will accelerate robotization, automation, and augmentation, making change management a formidable imperative."

People & Leadership Process Management Productivity Tools+5 more

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

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What is your biggest security concern with a remote workforce?

Strategy & Architecture End-User Services & Collaboration People & Leadership+4 more

Isolated IT assets

Limited remediation ability

Phishing attacks

Password sharing

Unsecure networks

Using personal devices for work

Using work devices for personal

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How has the risk tolerance of executive management changed in the past year?

People & Leadership Governance, Risk & Compliance Risk Management+1 more

Increased

Decreased

No change

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What do you believe will be the top work perk of the future?

Access to child care in the workplace

Face-to-face access to leadership

Flexibility to work remote/in the office

Training opportunities

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Which process are you keen the most about automating?

Security & GRC Security Operations Center (SOC)Security Strategy & Roadmap+4 more

Compliance management

New employee onboarding

Permissions management

Security incident management

Alert prioritization & review

Other (comment below)

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What percentage of your IT budget currently goes to cloud services? According to Gartner, the proportion of IT spending that is shifting to cloud will accelerate in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, with cloud projected to make up 14.2% of the total global enterprise IT spending market in 2024, up from 9.1% in 2020.

Cloud Crisis Management Strategy & Architecture+2 more

0-5%

5-10%

10-15%

15-20%

20-25%

25-30%

Above 30%

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Which of the following are most important to you when choosing a technical skills training platform for your organization? (Select 3 most important to your business)

People & Leadership Applications & Platforms Engineering+1 more

Employee recommendations

Past experience

Peer reviews

Analyst reviews

Individual research

Brand recognition

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As a Strategic Sourcing leader, what topics do you typically want to address during your Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with the Marketing leadership? Which subjects are the Marketing leadership most interested in discussing?

Phil YeSourcing Leader in IT Servicesa year ago

As a Strategic Sourcing leader, I would typically want to address the following topics during Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with the Marketing leadership:

1. Marketing spend and procurement performance
2. Marketing ...read more

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Any suggestions of a creative design agency to help with brand assets for community/social campaigns + website UX/design/development to support an open-source Python library? The agency should work as though they were an extension of the Marketing team, have experience with technical/developer audiences, and work US-west coast hours.

Phil YeSourcing Leader in IT Servicesa year ago

Just went through an RFP process and I was highly impressed with Walker Sands, and PAN Communications

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Fairmarkit - Have you used this tool to 1) manage tail spend 2) RFP? How do you like this tool?

Peer Insights

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Supply Chain and Sales Collaboration: I would like to learn about potential concepts and models of collaboration between Supply chain Management and Sales. What are the potential benefits of such relationship?

Phil YeSourcing Leader in IT Services14 days ago

To Clarify my post above, what are the concepts of collaboration between Supply chain and sales to turn suppliers into customers.

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Is there a simple matrix model for weighing up the pros and cons of in-source vs out-sourcing software development?

Phil YeSourcing Leader in IT Services6 months ago

You may consider the following matrix, however it's difficult to paste to here but let's give it a try:

| Factor | In-sourcing | Out-sourcing |
|-------------------------|-------------|--------------|
| ...read more

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When evaluating vendors/suppliers, what "green flag" behaviors do you look for as indicators of a strong future partnership?

Phil YeSourcing Leader in IT Services7 months ago

Minimum and reasonable contract redline; trying to understand client's needs and tell them what is actually not needed; commit to providing A-team and provide their CVs; creative in structuring commercial deals.

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