TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

For IT teams, satisfying new climate-friendly energy budgets is presenting a challenge, particularly when dealing with older computer hardware. At the same time, acquiring improved, less power-sucking machines is becoming tougher both because of shipping backlogs and because hardware is quickly running up against efficiency limits.

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CIO

JULY 18, 2024

By understanding their options and leveraging GPU-as-a-service, CIOs can optimize genAI hardware costs and maintain processing power for innovation.” We’ve already seen the cost of AI really start to negatively impact cloud budgets,” he says. “In

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Cloudera

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

For example, one large telco we work with consistently bemoans the fact that no matter how they pad their annual budgets–even adding 50%–there’s never enough to cover the business demands they face and the surplus they add is quickly consumed even before hitting the half-way mark. Typical scenarios for most customer data centers.

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Kaseya

JANUARY 11, 2021

In this blog, we’re going to take a look at why OpEx holds the advantage over CapEx when it comes to IT budgeting. Since the upfront cost could be substantial, budgeting for CapEx involves setting some money aside for these types of purchases. data centers). CapEx and OpEx in IT. What IT Expenses Are Included in CapEx?

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CIO

JUNE 3, 2024

Do you have the data center and data science skill sets?” It’s well within the budget.” When it comes to data storage, Northwestern Medicine uses both the cloud and on-premises infrastructure for both temporary and permanent storage. On the cloud, you’re paying by the hour and you’re paying a premium.”

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CIO

JUNE 20, 2023

There are three ways to do this: Maximize hardware energy efficiency Consolidate infrastructure Use renewable energy sources Deploying Energy-Efficient Hardware The Hyperion Research study found three geo-specific motivations for the heightened prioritization of sustainability in HPC deployments.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To be sure, enterprise cloud budgets continue to increase, with IT decision-makers reporting that 31% of their overall technology budget will go toward cloud computing and two-thirds expecting their cloud budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the Foundry Cloud Computing Study 2023.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

They force a deep-rooted dependency on their proprietary hardware and platform for the workloads they run. Large VMware customers seeing huge price increases may be able to justify the time and complexity of a migration, he says. Mainframes have much stronger lock-in for the software running on them, he says.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. However, it’s important to remember that headcount and budget cuts are not the only strategies to streamline costs.

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Erik Bernhardsson

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here's a theory I have about cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP): Cloud vendors 1 will increasingly focus on the lowest layers in the stack: basically leasing capacity in their data centers through an API. You want to run things in the same cloud provider 9 and in the same data center 10. Databases, running code, you name it.

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David Heinemeier Hansson

DECEMBER 19, 2023

million cloud budget for 2022 , and the fact that we were going to build our own tooling rather than pay for overpriced enterprise service contracts. Shortly thereafter, all the hardware we needed for our cloud exit arrived on pallets in our two geographically-dispersed data centers. We then shared our complete $3.2

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CIO

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Yet, it is the quality of the data that will determine how efficient and valuable GenAI initiatives will be for organizations. For these data to be utilized effectively, the right mix of skills, budget, and resources is necessary to derive the best outcomes. An example is Dell Technologies Enterprise Data Management.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But if you’re a department head pitching a major software expenditure to a CIO, if you’re a CIO with a limited budget trying to choose between competing projects, or you’re a CIO trying to sell a software-driven strategic initiative to the CEO or the board of directors, a strong TCO analysis is a must.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Recent studies indicate that data centers consume one percent of the world’s electricity , and The Royal Society estimates that digital technology contributes up to 5.9% Up to 25% of data center power is consumed by equipment that no longer performs useful work, [i] and only 10-30% of server capacity is used.

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CIO

JULY 26, 2023

If you run your operations the same way as when you operated in data centers, the cloud will be three to five times as expensive.” On FinOps in action: Our on-prem software testing labs were running different operating systems and hardware combinations because every customer is unique. That’s the beauty of the cloud.

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Cloudera

AUGUST 5, 2021

Hardware or physical limitations. The complexity of workload and data dependencies. But, this has the side effect of introducing more hardware cost, in the case of a Side-car Migration, or more overall planning and effort in a Rolling Side-car Migration. Budgets, Hardware, and Physical Space. Budgetary limitations.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A December 2021 survey by CSO found that 44% of security leaders at large companies expected their budgets to increase in the upcoming 12 months. Through partnerships with service providers, Versa connects users to apps in the cloud or data centers with security layered on top — like data loss prevention tools and gateway firewalls.

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CIO

JANUARY 26, 2023

Server instances can be allocated to teams and then tracked with a budget. An important section of the suite is devoted to controlling the budget. The tool can be customized to generate accurate cost estimates of private installations by taking into account heating and cooling costs, hardware, and data center rent.

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CIO

JANUARY 24, 2024

AI’s broad applicability and the popularity of LLMs like ChatGPT have IT leaders asking: Which AI innovations can deliver business value to our organization without devouring my entire technology budget? Retraining, refining, and optimizing create efficiency so you can run on less expensive hardware. Here is some guidance. Learn more.

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OTS Solutions

AUGUST 3, 2023

Colocation offers the advantage of complete control and customization of hardware and software, giving businesses the flexibility to meet their specific needs. Colocation refers to a hosting service where businesses can rent space for their servers and other IT (Information Technology) infrastructure within a third-party data center.

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OTS Solutions

AUGUST 3, 2023

Colocation offers the advantage of complete control and customization of hardware and software, giving businesses the flexibility to meet their specific needs. Colocation refers to a hosting service where businesses can rent space for their servers and other IT (Information Technology) infrastructure within a third-party data center.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

Legacy hardware systems are a growing problem that necessitates prompt action,” says Bill Murphy, director of security and compliance at LeanTaaS. “As As these systems age, employers face difficulties in securing replacement hardware and recruiting personnel with the requisite skills for maintenance.

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Perficient

JANUARY 29, 2025

Picture massive data centers packed with GPUs that cost as much as a luxury car ($40K a pop). Meanwhile, Meta has teams where the salary budget alone is bigger than DeepSeeks entire training cost and somehow, Metas models still arent as good. Heres the deal: Training cutting-edge AI models right now is stupidly expensive.

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CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Beyond the CIO First, no formal request was made to the CIO — the chief information officer — to execute a project, nor were business requirements defined, or even an elaborate budget needed. Funding for this is minimal at first and likely to grow — outside of the IT budget.

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CIO

MARCH 1, 2023

While computing power and hardware costs are lower on the cloud, your approach may not allow you to enjoy these savings,” explains Neal Sample, consultant and former CIO of Northwestern Mutual. Why buy real estate and hardware and pay extra salaries only to save a small amount? asks Sample, rhetorically. “Do

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CIO

MAY 31, 2023

They are saying, ‘Give me the technology budget and I can decide where to innovate,’ and CEOs and CFOs are saying, ‘If LOB leaders will commit to profit, well okay, let’s let them have skin in the game.’ In our hardware business, the COO runs the supply chain. What is your focus as head of software business operations?

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CIO

JULY 29, 2024

Budget stretto: tutte le aree in cui fare efficienza Per Thomas De Pace, CIO con diverse esperienze di gestione dell’IT nel mondo industriale, il contenimento dei costi è stato un leitmotiv. Da questa scrupolosa attenzione al budget deriva la dettagliata lista di strategie che il CIO ha elaborato per risparmiare. “Ho

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CIO

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Enterprise cloud customers are eager to use AI wherever they can for strategic initiatives, but without busting IT budgets already under pressure from multicloud complexity and sprawl.” Traditional hardware vendors also have as-a-service offerings that can run in data centers or at the edge: Dell Apex and HPE GreenLake.

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CIO

AUGUST 19, 2024

So, it’s no surprise that GenAI projects are prioritized for funding across budgets. We at Dell Technologies are giving organizations the insights and orchestration to automate many routine tasks within the data center, continuously keep models up to date, and accelerate the remediation of IT incidents.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For managers facing increasingly tight budgets, Hruby says you can make the most of limited resources by using the approach of many startups and small and midsize enterprises. “For This means transitioning to renewable energy sources, responsibly disposing of e-waste, and optimizing hardware to be more energy-efficient.”

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Dell EMC

JUNE 16, 2020

This new family of storage systems engineered with industry-leading storage software and server hardware is a new standard for how organizations take advantage of unstructured data, such as documents, images, videos, and social media content. Today we announced Dell EMC PowerScale. READ MORE.

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OverOps

APRIL 30, 2019

Excessive errors also use CPU and memory resources and may require additional cloud and data center infrastructure to support them or additional licenses to provision new servers. A significant portion of R&D budget is spent on infrastructure overhead costs such as hardware and network licensing, storage and 3rd party services.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

MSPs can also bundle in hardware, software, or cloud technology as part of their offerings. Support: MSPs typically offer 24/7 support for their services, although varying tiers may be offered to match support levels to a client’s budget and needs.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2024

Seek value creation Addressing digital transformation initiatives while simultaneously navigating budget constraints is a challenge many IT leaders face. His approach also extends to physical hardware by moving specific workloads to the cloud, reducing both office and data center footprints.

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CIO

JUNE 4, 2024

Al principio resultó bastante rentable comprar nuestro propio hardware , que era un clúster de cuatro GPU”, explica Doniyor Ulmasov, jefe de Ingeniería de Papercup. Cada vez veremos más hardware especializado en IA”, predice Claus Torp Jensen, antiguo director de Información y director de Tecnología y actual asesor tecnológico.

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CIO

MAY 26, 2023

The first covers mobile devices, networking technology, hardware, virtualization and cloud computing, and network troubleshooting. The certification covers various areas of specialization, including security, wireless, routing and switching, industrial, IoT, data center, cyber operations, collaboration, and cloud.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Today, 75% believe that cloud providers are likely to offer better (48%) or similar security (27%) to that of their own data centers. As always it revolves around budgets. These are dependent on a number of criteria revolving around an enterprise’s infrastructure, its staffing and hardware costs.

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