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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

Contractors and vendors should be treated like your car insurance,” says Pratt. Implement agile sourcing Even the process of sourcing and making procurement decisions can end up costing IT organizations more than they bargained for. Billing errors, overprovisioning of licenses, and changes in capacity are other things to look for.

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Micro transformation: Driving big business benefit through quick IT wins

CIO Business Intelligence

The most recent micro transformation GTO conducted this year was the launch of the company’s enhanced pet wellness app, which offers a set of resources in real-time with the goal of creating a better experience for insured pet parents. It was a cross-functional effort between GTO team members and MetLife’s pet insurance team, Pappas says.

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Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?

Data Center Knowledge

In an open letter to the OpenStack community, co-founder and CTO Randy Bias is making the case that OpenStack must embrace other public clouds rather than set themselves up as an open alternative to the mega-clouds. Get solutions out faster and move in a more agile fashion.”. Innovation vs. Compatibility?

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