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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

Companies taking a multicloud approach can experience ballooning OpEx numbers, says Barrett Schrader, managing director of the technology consulting group at Protiviti: “Organizations can take advantage of volume discounts with reduced complexity. Consumption-based contracts are self-optimizing,” says Gartner’s Buchanan.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget. Understand your licensing schemes and usage policies, which can be very complicated,” says McMasters. Whether agile should include FinOps or not is a matter of debate,” he says.

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How a cloud-first enterprise application strategy boosts speed and scale for your business

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud-first applications support a manageable OpEx cost model, metered like a utility, as opposed to requiring significant upfront capital investments in infrastructure and software licenses. Nichol (@PeterBNichol) , chief technology officer at OROCA Innovations.

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IT leader’s survival guide: 11 ways to thrive in the years ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

According to a future-looking report from IDC , to thrive in the years ahead, the key will be to make your organization more agile and resilient, in large part by empowering your teams through collaborative decision-making focused on business outcomes. . We reached out to a range of IT leaders to find out what it will take to get you there.

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10 tips for modernizing legacy apps for the cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Modernize with purpose Before you begin, it’s essential to tie any app modernization project to the business need that is being addressed, says Aparna Sharma, a managing partner for hybrid cloud services at IBM Consulting. Successful application modernization should increase business and IT agility and scalability, Perry says.

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6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget

CIO Business Intelligence

This is where Saurabh Mittal, CTO at Mumbai-based Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, wants IT leaders to make a careful distinction. Enterprise technology leaders must differentiate between cost and investment if they want to make the most of their limited budgets. “It We obviously won’t cut investments here.

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UK’s new digital strategy promises change – will it deliver?

CIO Business Intelligence

The first step would be to release a photo ID application on iOS and Android built in partnership with HMRC and using facial recognition to verify the identity through smartphone and driving license. The technology industry is excited by this ambitious strategy and is ready to support its delivery and implementation.”.

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