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Seek solutions now to remedy surging cloud costs

CIO

But only 6% of those surveyed described their strategy for handling cloud costs as proactive, and at least 42% stated that cost considerations were already included in developing solution architecture. According to many IT managers, the key to more efficient cost management appears to be better integration within cloud architectures.

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CIOs take aim at SaaS sprawl

CIO

According to IDC SaaS Path research from 2023 , 67% of businesses with more than 1,000 employees have employed a SaaS management platform, says IDC analyst Frank Della Rosa — a market category that includes a broad array of options, such as Productiv, Zylo, Flexera One, Blissfully, Torii, BetterCloud, Zluri, Apptio, and LeanIX, among many others.

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Germany goes full throttle into the cloud

CIO

More than a third favor the private cloud approach, or hosting cloudified applications in an external provider’s data center. And almost a quarter opt for the hybrid variant, or running applications in parallel in the cloud or in their own data center in a legacy variant.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

IT leaders at the 60-year-old fleet management firm determined that cloud could support its rapid growth without the challenges of maintaining data centers. data, security, development, architecture) as well. If the answer is no,” Upchurch says, “you may just be renting someone else’s data center.”

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3 things CIOs can do to make gen AI synch with sustainability

CIO

“If you’re only buying inference services, ask them how they can account for all the upstream impact,” says Tate Cantrell, CTO of Verne, a UK-headquartered company that provides data center solutions for enterprises and hyperscalers. Inference output takes a split second.

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Infinidat Is Purchasing’s Best Friend, and NOT Just for an Amazing ROI!

Infinidat

In situations where Infinidat is allowed to compete against AFAs (All Flash Arrays) for their business, the savings can grow to 50% or more on a $/PB basis, and that does not include the savings associated with simplified infrastructure design, staff productivity improvements, or savings in vendor management costs.

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Why the Age of the Cloud Native Security Platform Is Here to Stay

Palo Alto Networks

Instead, it’s a platform-centric approach to security, optimized for the cloud native architectures and operational practices of the present and future. Whether this be for vendor management, data locality or other reasons, large organizations rarely only use a single provider. A Cloud-Agnostic Security Future.

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