5 business concepts IT leaders should master
07 Dec
Science & Technology

5 business concepts IT leaders should master

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CIOs must master critical business concepts to fulfill their new mandate of being business partners with their leadership peers. Here are the latest business terms and notions impacting IT.CIOs have heard for years that they can no longer be only technology leaders. They must be business executives, too. CEOs say as much. CIO.com’s 2025 State of the CIO survey found that CEOs expect their top IT execs to help the organization achieve revenue growth objectives, identify data-driven business opportunities, reduce spending, enable new plans for customer acquisition and retention, among other objectives. If CIOs want to deliver on those CEO expectations, they must not only speak the language of business (as they’re often advised to do) but also understand business fundamentals — those key ideas and theories that have become the bedrock lessons of MBA programs and...
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What could a Trump deal on critical minerals mean for Australia – and could MAGA be a sticking point?
20 Oct
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What could a Trump deal on critical minerals mean for Australia – and could MAGA be a sticking point?

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Australia’s rich deposits of minerals used for green energy technologies and military hardware are increasingly prized, especially because of rising anxiety about China’s stranglehold on the global supply chain. That anxiety escalated after Beijing imposed new restrictions on rare earths exports, prompting a furious rebuke from Donald Trump and a warning from his treasury secretary that western allies would need to “decouple” from China if it proved an unreliable supplier.The timing of the latest US-China trade conflict could be good for Anthony Albanese, who will arrive at next week’s White House meeting armed with a valuable bargaining chip to negotiate with the deal-making president. The Australian government is expected to offer the US access to a proposed critical minerals stockpile, amid wider attempts to shield the country from the worst of Trump’s trade strikes and secure the...
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The critical role of Atlantic-Arctic water mixing in global ocean circulation uncovered
02 Sep
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The critical role of Atlantic-Arctic water mixing in global ocean circulation uncovered

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Technology tamfitronics The critical role of Atlantic-Arctic water mixing in global ocean circulation uncoveredby Sophie JenkinsLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2024A new study has highlighted the significant role that the interaction between Atlantic and Arctic waters plays in sustaining the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a key process for regulating the Earth's climate.Researchers from the University of Southampton, the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, the National Oceanography Centre, and Stockholm University analyzed ocean data spanning from 1979 to 2021 to gain a deeper understanding of how the mixing of these waters supports the AMOC.The AMOC functions as a vast ocean conveyor belt, transporting warm water from tropical regions northward and returning cold water southward, which helps distribute heat across the planet. This circulation is crucial for maintaining relatively mild temperatures in...
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