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

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CRAWL: Design a robust cloud strategy and approach modernization with the right mindset Modern businesses must be extremely agile in their ability to respond quickly to rapidly changing markets, events, subscriptions-based economy and excellent experience demanding customers to grow and sustain in the ever-ruthless competitive world of consumerism.

Cloud 147
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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

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In response, traders formed alliances, hired guards and even developed new paths to bypass high-risk areas just as modern enterprises must invest in cybersecurity strategies, encryption and redundancy to protect their valuable data from breaches and cyberattacks. Theft and counterfeiting also played a role.

Strategy 164
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How AerCap’s CIO has been a catalyst for a robust M&A strategy

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The successful execution of AerCaps growth through acquisition strategy involved many moving parts, among them merging two IT departments, a process that has plagued other high profile M&A projects in the past. Business strategy must drive IT decision making Business-first pragmatism is the key to understanding what makes Koletzki tick.

Strategy 152
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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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IT resiliency: Running two different hypervisors

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Rather than wait for a storm to hit, IT professionals map out options and build strategies to ensure business continuity. Following Broadcom’s late 2023 acquisition of VMware, numerous changes prompted customers and partners to reassess their strategies. I think we’re going to see more of that.

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Reimagine application modernisation with the power of generative AI

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Indeed, more than 80% of organisations agree that scaling GenAI solutions for business growth is a crucial consideration in modernisation strategies. [2] NTT DATAs Coding with Azure OpenAI is a prime example of just such a solution. The foundation of the solution is also important.

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Accelerating AI for financial services: Innovation at scale with NVIDIA and Microsoft

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Trading: GenAI optimizes quant finance, helps refine trading strategies, executes trades more effectively, and revolutionizes capital markets forecasting. Using deep neural networks and Azure GPUs built with NVIDIA technology, startup Riskfuel is developing accelerated models based on AI to determine derivative valuation and risk sensitivity.