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Which emerging vendors bring novel approaches to addressing perennial information management needs? Which are capable of harnessing big data?
Free ResearchBig data analytics and business intelligence remains the No. 1 CIO priority for the second consecutive year, according to a Gartner 2013 CIO survey of more than 2,000 CIOs.
IT executives in the information management field must extract maximum value from their data assets, but today's information infrastructures often aren't up to the job. Is yours?
Read an excerpt from Cool Vendors in Information Infrastructure and Big Data, 2013
Uncoordinated and reactive data management approaches impede business agility and efficiency. Most organizations have been implementing fragmented data and content infrastructures. However, they are now striving to become more information-centric by using information infrastructure to make data of all types more of a core component of business strategy. They are also trying to do this by fueling innovation through the creative use of information and information management (IM) technology.
There is an emergence of many new technology providers, with innovative solutions to aid achievement of these goals – this collection of Cool Vendors includes examples of that trend. The Cool Vendors profiled in this analysis deliver new and interesting approaches for addressing the rapidly growing need for ingesting, understanding, persisting and provisioning information assets in support of traditional and emerging information use cases. Specifically, these vendors focus on . . [end of excerpt].
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Are you struggling to improve your IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) organization? Do you know where you can make progress?
Free ResearchMost I&O leaders do not properly assess their current maturity and fail to set reasonable goals to upgrade their service delivery. Their improvement endeavors often fail to deliver target outcomes.
Improving IT infrastructure remains a top business priority for CIOs and senior IT leaders, according to a Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2013 survey.
Read an excerpt from 5 Steps Toward a Faster, Better, Cheaper I&O
Gartner's ITScore for Infrastructure and Operations assessment data indicated a noticeable and troubling trend – an overall lack of I&O organizational maturity.
As the I&O organization improves, looking for the right balance between cost efficiency and delivering real value to the business becomes crucial. Yet, achieving and sustaining changes in I&O team behavior is reported consistently as the most challenging aspect of I&O transformation.
It's evident that mature infrastructure and operations organizations are in a position to deliver service faster, better and cheaper than previously possible. Where should you start your I&O improvement mission and improve your maturity?
This research presents five steps to build a high-performance, business-aligned I&O organization improvement plan. This research also presents a model to achieve the improvement target in I&O. . . [end of excerpt].
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The top Gartner predictions for 2013 revolve around the challenges CIOs will face. The ever-changing IT and global economic landscape, the shortage of skilled IT workers in new growth areas and trends, such as big data, will continue to impact business and IT growth strategies in 2013.
Although the economic picture may appear bleak, opportunities and innovations will fuel the next generation of business-driven IT solutions.
What must the CIO consider?
The well-prepared CIO must remain nimble. Not doing so could mean the difference between success and failure in today's hypercompetitive environment.
CIOs must actively manage disruptive innovation associated with the era of the Nexus of Forces (Cloud, Social, Mobile and Information) to justify new IT purchases and accelerate new initiatives.
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