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Thinking of moving off VMware? Gartner tallies cost of large-scale VMware migration

Network World

The research firm speculates that internal expertise in architecture, security, vendor management, and more would need to be involved to successfully migrate off the popular platform.

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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

It prevents vendor lock-in, gives a lever for strong negotiation, enables business flexibility in strategy execution owing to complicated architecture or regional limitations in terms of security and legal compliance if and when they rise and promotes portability from an application architecture perspective.

Cloud 245
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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO Business Intelligence

Several hospitals canceled surgeries as well, and banks, airports, public transit systems, 911 centers, and multiple government agencies including the Department of Homeland Security also suffered outages. What if theres an urgent security fix? The overall cost was estimated at $5.4 Trust, but verify.

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The move toward enterprise security technology integration

Network World

82% of survey respondents “strongly agree” or “agree” with the statement: "My organization is actively building a security architecture that integrates multiple individual product." This is likely part of a SOAPA (security operations and analytics platform architecture) project. Here are the results: .

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Complexity snarls multicloud network management

Network World

Gaining firm control over a multicloud network environment can deliver performance, efficiency, and security gains – but it won’t be easy. Managing a multicloud network is a highly demanding task, says Robert Orshaw, a managing director at Deloitte Consulting. Many of these vendors have mature feature sets.

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The importance of converging the Security Service Edge

CIO Business Intelligence

The pandemic also exposed the limitations of virtual private networks, which enable remote access to secure computing resources. Even more alarming was when frustrated users disconnected from the VPN entirely to log in to their SaaS applications, thus bypassing any of the security controls and increasing the overall threat surface.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

For technologists with the right skills and expertise, the demand for talent remains and businesses continue to invest in technical skills such as data analytics, security, and cloud. Finally, the director of IT is tasked with managing specific teams or departments within IT operations, often including development teams and help desk support.