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CIO In The Know – The multiple ways AI is maturing and CIOs are shifting gears into other subjects

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon November 1, 2024December 31, 2025in AI, NewsletterLeave a comment

Starting the last two months of 2024 takes us into a maturing of the AI conversation with both vendors and enterprise alike. Investment in AI continues for both as well. Enterprises are largely moving from an experimentation phase to finding…

CIO In The Know – Mapping the CIOs second half of 2024

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon July 1, 2024July 24, 2025in NewsletterLeave a comment

As we start the second half of 2024, a number of items are on the minds of CIOs including AI PCs, VMware, AI and data. As if that wasn’t enough, there are incoming regulatory requirements alongside political and economic instability.…

CIO In The Know – Starting 2024 with a new focus on technology

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon February 7, 2024July 24, 2025in NewsletterLeave a comment

January proved to be quite the month for changes in the tech space. Between industry events, acquisitions, tech shifts and cybersecurity breaches, there was no loss of things to keep track of. From a personal perspective, I ended up taking…

CIO In The Know – Starting 2024 with a new focus on technology

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon January 8, 2024July 24, 2025in CIO, NewsletterLeave a comment

Happy New Year! Kicking off the first of this year’s CIO In The Know newsletters talking about The CIO Playbook for 2024. Bottom line: The CIO’s remit is huge! And complicated. Simplification is the key word here. Any conversation in 2023…

The CIO Playbook for 2024

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon January 5, 2024July 24, 2025in AI, CIO, Cloud, Data, ESG, Network, Research6 Comments

2023 was expected to be a bumpy ride as I mentioned in the CIO Playbook for 2023. It turned out much bumpier than expecting. Unfortunately, there is still a good bit of uncertainty going into 2024. The good news is that…

CIO In The Know – AI Fatigue is coming and what’s next

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon October 3, 2023July 24, 2025in AI, CIO, Newsletter2 Comments

Whew! Typically the summer months are slower than the rest of the year, but this summer has been nothing but crazy busy! I attended plenty of great industry events this summer. In June, there was HPE Discover, Snowflake Summit and…

The CIO Playbook for 2023

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon January 6, 2023January 10, 2023in CIO, Cloud, Data, ESG3 Comments

Each year, I revise the CIO playbook to reflect the changing agenda for the CIO. Over the past several years, the role of IT has seen dramatic change within the enterprise. 2023 is no exception as a few focus areas…