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Director at ISG, IT assessments, strategies and contracting. Love travel, horseracing, and a good wine.

Joined November 2015
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If managed well, #contractrenewal events can be important opportunities to reduce costs and create new business value. Read this article by ISG's Stacey Cadigan for five ways to maximize your #HRoutsourcing and #payroll contract renewal. bit.ly/47mIMCH
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The #cloud market is going vertical, targeting businesses in specific industries. In @InformationWeek, ISG's Bernie Hoecker suggests breaking the industry cloud selection process into eight basic steps to find the best match at the right price. bit.ly/4aL1iYo
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#F&A platforms are facilitating efficiency, providing strategic insight and enabling companies to navigate with agility and informed foresight. An #ISGProviderLens research study will examine providers that help businesses transform #finance operations. bit.ly/47sEHwK
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The #FutureofWork is coming, ISG's Iain Fisher writes in @FastCompany. Enterprises need to get their workplace in order now to accommodate the five types of jobs ISG research finds are increasingly being added to the design of new business models. bit.ly/48KhVSh
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One-size-fits all #ITservicedelivery can result in minor issues getting the same priority as major objectives. In @CIOonline, ISG's Ola Chowning advises IT and business stakeholders set value levels together to make decisions on outcomes rather than cost. bit.ly/4aLyM8K
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U.S. enterprises have mature #automation strategies and are well-positioned to take advantage of new #intelligentautomation platform capabilities like #conversationalAI, #documentprocessing and process discovery and mining, an #ISGProviderLens report says. bit.ly/3NMUDTy
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Traditional wired Ethernet deployments are among the #network technologies most prone to obsolescence. Businesses should evaluate whether duplicate connectivity solutions, wired and wireless, provide business value, ISG's Marc Herren tells @NetworkComputin bit.ly/3TRtenh
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AI has immense potential to help us, but only if we know how to help ourselves be good teammates. Read this article by ISG's Lauren Herbert to find out what capabilities we will need to work with AI. #FutureofWork #GenerativeAI bit.ly/3TUX9Lc
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It’s a new year, yet security threats never end. To stay ahead over the next 12 months, ISG's Jason Stading tells @InformationWeek enterprises should build, test and refine a holistic #cyberresilience plan that covers all their cyber capabilities and needs bit.ly/48ieQsP
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A sudden change in #network usage could signal a problem, ISG's Marc Herren tells @datacenter. Network teams should determine if the problem is rooted in changing business needs or a device or software that's incompatible with the network environment. bit.ly/4aMHUKG
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ISG Americas hosted its fourth annual ISG Food for the Holidays drive, donating food and funds this week to charities in Darien (Conn.), Atlanta, Dallas and Detroit. #ISGCares bit.ly/3TNgIFx
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Which trends will shape the #ManagedServices market in 2024? Join ISG's Stanton Jones and host @StevenHall_ISG in this podcast episode to learn what to expect for 2024 based on the latest data from the #ISGIndex. #2024Trends bit.ly/4aFMx93
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Increasing interest & rapid advancements in #AI tech have opened doors for many possibilities in workplace tech management, end-user productivity and experience enhancement. Read this ISG article for @MrinRai's top 10 #workplacepredictions for 2024. bit.ly/3S6tQTN
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Where should #utilities focus in 2024? ISG's Bob Lutz dives into 2 key trends for next year: #decarbonization and #costtakeout. Read this article for insights on how to tackle these trends, especially in light of the advent of generative AI. bit.ly/48D55oI
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U.S. enterprises and #serviceproviders have realized #IoT can create new capabilities and enable #digitaltransformation. An #ISGProviderLens report finds healthy demand in the U.S. for IoT with fast ROI, speed to market and accelerated benefits. bit.ly/3KkJzeK
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The #datacenter #outsourcing industry in the Nordics is highly evolved. Providers have developed tools such as AIOps, infrastructure-as-code and #automation blueprints. #Cybersecurity and data privacy are top priorities, an #ISGProviderLens report says. bit.ly/3qasDke
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An #ISGProviderLens study will evaluate providers that help the telecom, media and entertainment sector navigate spectrum scarcity, competition, the shift towards unified platforms and services and the importance of #UX, #cybersecurity and #ESG. bit.ly/3KjXlOz
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As technology advances and clients pursue ESG goals, #serviceproviders can by using #data and showcasing #sustainability. An #ISGProviderLens study will evaluate providers delivering sustainability technologies, #managedservices and accreditation. bit.ly/3KgrzSw
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Strong investments are turning Singapore and Malaysia into world-class #datacenter services markets, and companies have a growing number of #managedservices, managed hosting and colocation options to choose from, an #ISGProviderLens report says. bit.ly/3OeXG6f
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