CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

Jason Carolan, CIO of data center solutions provider Flexential, says deciding on the right model between full-services and staff augmentation is essential. Double down on vendor management. To manage these relationships, IT organizations need robust vendor management processes , says West Monroe’s Wright.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Technical Advisors Development Team Review Artificial Inteligence 187

CIO

JULY 11, 2024

As a result, some companies are even considering reversing course, and bringing workloads from the cloud back to their own on-premises data centers. The increasing complexity of heterogeneous IT landscapes and resulting higher costs are causing problems for many organizations.

Cloud 197

Cloud Budget Survey Architecture 197

CIO

MAY 29, 2024

“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.

Sustainability 163

Sustainability Artificial Inteligence Energy Guidelines 163

Palo Alto Networks

MAY 22, 2020

With a cybersecurity landscape dominated by fragmented security vendors and tools, businesses struggle to protect themselves. I t takes a collaborative approach across cybersecurity vendors, managed security service providers (MSSP) and organizations to take up the global cyber threat challenge.

Malware 98

Malware Network Vendor Management Data Center 98

CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What to ask The question CIOs need to ask themselves is not who will buy Nutanix, but what to do if a key vendor is acquired or otherwise changes direction — a fundamental facet of any vendor management plan. “If If your software vendor is independent then the immediate question is: Is the company buying this one that I’m using?

Hardware 78

Hardware Vendor Management Infrastructure Software 78

Apiumhub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Cost Optimization: By providing insights into software usage and license compliance, software asset management tools enable organizations to optimize their software spending. This may involve reallocating licenses, negotiating better licensing agreements, or identifying opportunities to consolidate software vendors.

Tools 92

Tools Software Compliance AWS 92

CIO

JUNE 28, 2024

The STA recently came out and declared that with new technological solutions, it will save SEK600 million (about $57 million) in annual internal operations, and apply it to road and railway works. And in those cost-saving measures, IT has a vital role, according to IT director Niclas Lamberg.

Development Team Review 158

Development Team Review Technical Review Analysis Transportation 158

Infinidat

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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.

Storage 69

Storage Systems Review Infrastructure Software Review 69

Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Cloud providers use the concept of a shared responsibility model to describe the fact that they’re responsible for meeting the security SLAs of the underlying services — securing the physical data centers, providing the controls to limit role-based access and so forth — but customers are responsible for secure configuration of those services.

Cloud 91

Cloud Serverless Lambda Weak Development Team 91

The Accidental Successful CIO

JUNE 16, 2021

This means that you’ll have to consider closing data centers and rationalizing staff. You can use the synergy targets as an opportunity to develop a vendor management capability in IT. Use this as an opportunity to teach your team about SLAs, vendor scorecards, and cost optimization.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Systems Review Meeting 52

The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The proto-CIO is a strong technologist with vendor management and negotiating skills, with a steady-as-she-goes disposition. Also, the needs and priorities will change over time: to the CIO, the minutia of cyber-security are more important and the details of the data center less important today than they were a decade ago.

eCommerce 45

eCommerce Retail Airlines Leadership 45

Kaseya

JANUARY 31, 2022

Common examples of attack surfaces include software, web applications, operating systems, data centers, mobile and IoT devices, web servers and even physical controls such as locks. Attack surface management is imperative for the following: Detection of misconfigurations. Types of attack surfaces.

Firewall 52

Firewall Network Authentication Hardware 52

CircleCI

JULY 18, 2022

Implementing well-known compliance best practices is a great way to measure your competence in internal corporate governance, risk management processes, organizational oversight policies, vendor management, and general security awareness. Comprehensive testing and change management. Conclusion.

Compliance 52

Compliance Software Review Software Policies 52

Kentik

MAY 17, 2021

And the cloud vendors’ management interfaces don’t make it easy to do simple things like figuring out traffic paths or visualizing traffic going over a VPN. Some aren’t fluent with cloud terminology or haven’t been exposed to cloud consoles and APIs. In short, running cloud networks is slowing network teams down.

Network 52

Network Cloud AWS Architecture 52

CIO

MARCH 12, 2025

Were moving FinOps practices into larger scopes of vendors, says Jennifer Hays, SVP and head of engineering excellence and accessibility at Fidelity Investments. Were looking more at SaaS and PaaS, and our enterprise technology organization is trying to utilize some of the same principles for our on-premises data centers.

Cloud 180

Cloud Weak Development Team Technical Review Data Center 180

CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Data centers consumed 220-320 TWh (trillion watts per hour) in 2021, roughly 7% of what the entire US consumes annually. Tracks cost savings from architecture initiatives, such as through optimization of IT infrastructure, cloud usage, or vendor management. Cost and resource optimization Cost efficiency.

Architecture 183

Architecture Enterprise Technical Review Sustainability 183

CIO

APRIL 12, 2022

Equinix buys West African data center company for $320 million. Global data center operator Equinix expanded its capability and connectivity in West Africa in early April with the $320 million acquisition of MainOne, which offers services in Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire.

Technical Review 214

Technical Review Enterprise Technology Software Review 214