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

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Are you happy in your current role?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

Yes

Unsure

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Which RDBMS do you feel best suits the needs of today's climate of rapid change and iteration?

Engineering

SQLite

CouchDB

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

SQLServer

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What is the best alternative to S3?

Cloud

Microsoft

Google

SAP

other

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What type of applications do you plan to run on Object Storage?

Storage

Custom

Homegrown

Analytics

Don't know

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To drive digital innovation, do you attend demos by tech startups / companies?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Never Tried

Tried but discontinued

Trying but needs work

Adopted but impact is unclear

Adopted with measurable impact

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Who does the CIO role in your organization report to?

Team & Organizational Design

Global CIO

CEO

CFO

Board

COO

Other

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What percent of your IT leadership is women?

People & Leadership

5-9

10-14

15-20

20+

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What will your IT team look like in 2024?

Financial Management

Increase headcount

Stay flat

Decrease headcount

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What is the top area of investment for your IT team?

Financial Management

Cloud Migration

Digitalization

Infrastructure

Mobility

Security

Applications

Other

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What’s on your IAM roadmap for the next 18-24 months?

Identity & Access Management (IAM)Threat & Vulnerability Management Security Strategy & Roadmap

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services3 days ago

Implementation of Zero trust architecture, its modules across the organisation is a priority for us. So, we will be implementing zero trust strategies in IAM, inline with overall strategy.

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Can you recommend any research articles or blogs on alliances management best practices?

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services6 days ago

I am not remembering any specific one for alliance management, but why not start with Gartner best practices guide on vendor management. Lot common in both.

https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/5339663

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Has anyone done a comparison of the gas pipeline management software packages on the market?

Applications & Platforms

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services3 days ago

Not sure on comparison, but one of our client is using GE’s Flow Safe Pipeline control system. Seems my point of contacts are happy with it.

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CrowdStrike outage: Any quick advice for orgs affected? What immediate actions are your IT and other teams taking to mitigate the effects of the outage?

Crowdstrike Outage 2024 IT Strategy & Roadmap Crisis Management+2 more

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services2 months ago

Right now, communication is key!

We have invoked a passphrase protocol to protect our users from social engineering attempts to gain unauthorised access to our users computers or systems by claiming to be from IT support ...read more

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How is AI influencing your enterprise digital transformation efforts?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies AI & Machine Learning

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services2 months ago

AI (especially GenAI) provides valuable tools to increase productivity of various domains of the company. With AI assistants, many employees get in direct contact with AI which makes training, communication and governance ...read more

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Would you accept a CIO / CDO job that does not report to the CEO? Why you would? Why you would not?

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services3 months ago

I would not accept that job as direct access to the CEO is crucial for aligning IT and digital strategy with overall business goals and ensuring strategic influence within the company.

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What specific training or development activities have you found effective in improving your team's ability to communicate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders?

Talent Management & Performance

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services4 months ago

I found cross-functional workshops with visual aids and storytelling sessions are most effective to train my team. Also I recommend targeted communication training for few team members.

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AI cost control: Thinking of early cloud adoption days when we blew our entire annual cloud budget in one month due to poor cost controls... What are you doing to be mindful of AI cost control in these early days? Anyone taking any lessons learned from their cloud pricing and cost control experiences into their AI projects and making sure contracts with third-party vendors and your engineering team developments don't get you into cost trouble?

Process Management

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services4 months ago

Yes. we are ensuring clear contracts with vendors and close collaboration with our teams to prevent cost overruns.

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Can anyone share some guidance on appropriate contingency % for large ERP implementations?

Process Management

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services5 months ago

Personally, I'd recommend aiming for a contingency of at least 10-20% for large ERP implementations. This buffer helps cover unexpected challenges and ensures smoother project delivery.

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If you could create any brand new, fully funded role on your team, what would it be?

Talent Management & Performance Talent Sourcing & Hiring IT Strategy & Roadmap

Pradeep RaoDirector and Chief Architect in IT Services5 months ago

A Corporate Document Controller, not in my team but across

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