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Mastering Azure management: A comparative analysis of leading cloud platforms

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Azures growing adoption among companies leveraging cloud platforms highlights the increasing need for effective cloud resource management. Given the complexities of these tasks, a range of platforms has emerged to assist businesses simplify Azure management by addressing common challenges.

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What is a cloud architect? A vital role for success in the cloud

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Some cloud architect roles are tailored to AWS or Azure while others may be targeted at specific knowledge areas such as infrastructure or blockchain. Others will find themselves on a management path, leading teams of cloud architects and engineers, ensuring they stay on track and budget when it comes to cloud infrastructure.

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Moderate IT budget increases have CIOs shaping 2025 strategies to suit

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Despite those complications, a huge majority of IT leaders expect their organizations’ IT budgets to increase — at least moderately — in the next fiscal year, with IT talent and software spending leading the way. Talent, software spending lead the way According to Forrester’s guide, personnel accounts for nearly 35% of IT budgets.

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Taming the cost of AI: Is FinOps the answer?

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AI services require high resources like CPU/GPU and memory and hence cloud providers like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud provide many AI services including features for genAI. This includes proactive budgeting, regular financial reviews and the implementation of cost allocation policies that ensure accountability.

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

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The numbers are higher from Foundry’s 2023 State of CIO survey , which finds that 91% of CIOs expect their tech budgets to either increase or stay the same in 2023. Related: 6 tips for making the most of a tight IT budget Budgeting, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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CIOs to spend ambitiously on AI in 2025 — and beyond

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Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform are enabling the massive amount of gen AI experimentation and planned deployment of AI next year, IDC points out. Cloud providers offer most organizations the least risky way to get started with AI, as they do not require upfront investments or long-term commitments.

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Google’s AI innovations at Cloud Next 2025: What CIOs need to know

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CIOs are under pressure to accommodate the exponential rise in inferencing workloads within their budgets, fueled by the adoption of LLMs for running generative AI -driven applications.

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